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Curtain comes down on 2022 NPL Tasmania season

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Photo:  Did Jimmy Ackerley handle the ball as Devonport's Connor Parke rushes in? [PlessPix] 

The curtain came down on the 2022 NPL Tasmania season this past weekend with only one game resulting in more than a single goal.

That was in the Clarence Zebras versus Devonport Strikers game on Saturday at Wentworth Park.

League champions Devonport won 5-1, but they feel behind to a 9th-minute goal from Dwayne Walsh, who showed how easy it could be to breach the league champions’ defence.

Photo:  A powerful header from Clarence Zebras' Josh Burgess. [PlessPix]  

Walsh ran past three Devonport defenders with ease and beat the second-choice goalkeeper, Thomas Pearce, who was in goal because regular custodian Keegan Smith was sidelined because of a shoulder injury.

The home-side’s lead did not last long and Roberto Fernandez Garrido equalised in the 26th minute.

Garrido, the league’s leading marksman, gave Devonport a half-time lead when he scored his second 7 minutes before the interval.

Clarence Zebras fell apart in the second half as Garrido went on to score twice more, with Brody Denehey squeezing a goal in between Garrido’s brace in each half.

Photo:  Roberto Fernandez Garrido (left) celebrates a goal with his Devonport team-mates. [PlessPix]  

Garrido won the NPL Golden Boot award with 27 goals in 18 games.  After the final whistle, he was presented with the Ibro Cahut Award as the league’s leading scorer by Paul and Robbie Furjanic.

The remaining three games of the final round resulted in 1-0 victories.

Glenorchy Knights, the deposed league champions, finished fourth but knocked off third-placed Kingborough Lions United 1-0 at the neutral venue of Empire Couriers Park on Friday night in an exciting match.

The Lions might have got a draw, but Noah Mies’s first-half shot stuck the crossbar.

Nick Naden grabbed the only goal in the 73rd minute when he received the ball just outside the box and managed to poke his shot past Greg Downes and keeper Lee Mackie.

Photo:  Clarence Zebras' Kane Hatcher (right) working out a way to beat Devonport's Connor Parke. [PlessPix]  

Launceston City finished their campaign with a 1-0 win over Olympia Warriors at Empire Couriers Park on Saturday, the goal coming from Gediminas Krusa in the 20th minute.  He converted a low right-wing cross from close range.

Olympia should have done better and missed at least four one-on-ones with the keeper.

South Hobart would have been expected to thrash wooden-spooners Riverside Olympia at South Hobart Oval on Saturday, but a brilliant display of goalkeeping by Daniel Nash kept the score at 1-0.

That goal came in the 25thminute from Josh Divin, who turned Sam Berezansky’s left-wing cross home at the near post.  It should never have happened as a Riverside defender had ample opportunity to clear the ball on the wing but hesitated and was robbed by Nick Morton, who fed Berezansky.

Photo:  Olympia's Adam Pickup about to tackles Launceston City's Gediminas Krusa. [PlessPix]  

NPL Tasmania

South Hobart 1-0 Riverside Olympic

Olympia Warriors 0-1 Launceston City

Clarence Zebras 1-5 Devonport Strikers

Photo:  South Hobart coach Ken Morton is clapped onto the field by his team and Riverside Olympic as he celebrates his 200th NPL game as a coach. [PlessPix]  

NPL Tasmania Final Standings (10 September 2022)

TEAM

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Devonport Strikers

21

19

1

1

71

11

58

South Hobart

21

14

3

4

64

23

45

Kingborough Lions

21

13

2

6

53

32

41

Glenorchy Knights

21

13

1

7

45

25

40

Launceston City

21

9

2

10

34

44

29

Clarence Zebras

21

5

2

14

35

52

17

Olympia Warriors

21

3

0

18

21

69

9

Riverside Olympic

21

1

3

17

12

79

6

Photo:  Riverside keeper Daniel Nash saves a header by South Hobart's Sam Berezansky. [PlessPix]  

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