After another week without a blog (although there was an ambitious attempt to watch two football games at once) the Queen’s Birthday long weekend was a perfect chance to get back into the habit of writing about suburban football for the seven people that read these things. Sunday began with an NPL 1 game at Gabbie Stadium between two old rivals: Blacktown City and Bonnyrigg White Eagles. Unusually, Bonnyrigg have struggled this season, but games between these two tend to be closely-fought encounters, and this contest was no different. I was looking forward to seeing Blacktown’s two new signings: striker Peter Cejka, signed from Hills Brumbies, and FFA Cup goalkeeping hero Tomi Romic, signed from SD Raiders. It could be a while before we see Romic play for Blacktown though, as Tristan Prendergast started in goal on Sunday (apparently Romic has not been promised any game time). The pattern for the game was established in the opening stages: Blacktown were looking to play balls over the top of the Bonnyrigg defence and utilise the pace of James Andrew. After Bonnyrigg keeper James Chronopoulous denied Andrew early on, Bonnyrigg took the lead. A left wing cross from Troy [...]