March 2, 2014
by Martin Stern
Football South Burnett
Nanango’s FFA side beat Toowoomba premier league team Gatton 2-0 at Clive Berghofer Stadium on Saturday night.
Nanango will now go on to the next round against Willowburn, last year’s grand finalists in the Toowoomba Premier League.
In a bit of a scrappy contest, Nanango scored in the first half through a penalty taken by Kieran Mangan.
The second goal came in the second half through Thomas Mangan.
But a win is a win, and the team was pleased with the outcome.
“We all enjoyed the experience of playing in our first FFA Cup match and look forward to playing a very strong Willowburn side in a fortnight,” team captain Damien Walters said.
In the other match of the day, Willowburn beat last year’s premiers USQ 6-3.
The winner of the Nanango versus Willowburn match will take on the SWQ Thunder NPL side.
Although a date or venue for the Nanango versus Willowburn class has not yet been decided, there is a possibility the match could be played in Kingaroy on Saturday, March 15, which would be a huge boost for the game in our region.
UPDATE March 5: The match between Nanango and Willowburn will be played on March 15 at Kingaroy Senior Soccer Club; 5:00pm kick-off
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