Paul Carrigan

Hello Everyone, Girls, Boys, Mums, Dads, Grandparents, supporters, members of the Rover community. I planned last week to write to you all this week to celebrate this week's Round 1 start to the 2020 season. I feel it is necessary to write to you … [Read more...] about Footy Manager’s Report – July 2020

Hi Everyone It was welcome news when I received a text from Ash Roberts to inform me the goal posts at Boss James were going in via the council engineers. The 8 posts are now standing tall represent to me HOPE - hope that we will play some footy … [Read more...] about Footy Manager’s Report – April 2020

Hello everyone and welcome to another fun-filled year at Hampton Rovers! We have a few new faces on the committee this year, led by a super eager guy that has been on the committee for three years, Rohan Bardwell. Rohan is aware he has taken … [Read more...] about Footy Manager’s 2020 Welcome Message

My first memory of meeting the Bergman family was in early 2008. I was attending an Auskick meeting at Ralph and Jo Bergman’s home. I must say I was nervous/excited, I had no real link to Hampton Rovers and was working with footballers at a senior … [Read more...] about Another Rover goes to the Big Show

The curtain has fallen. 2019, what a year. It only seems like yesterday I was a proud dad going along to my eldest son's first game at Rovers in 2009. I thought I knew plenty about the caper having coached for many years. As a 20 year old starting … [Read more...] about Footy Manager’s Report – Final for 2019

Week One of Finals Last week I talked about bittersweet moments in club land from one year to another. Yesterday reaffirmed everything I love about our sport and some things that make me question why we bother. I saw the highs and lows all at the … [Read more...] about Footy Manager’s Report – Finals Week 1

Each year we experience bittersweet moments at Rovers: the thrill of the first game, the win, the song, the sitting around with old friends and new, the excitement of The Lightning Carnival and the bitter feeling of a loss, injury and a season coming … [Read more...] about Footy Manager’s Report – Round 15

Once in a Blue Moon our club gets an email from another club congratulating us as a club for doing something well. Once every so often we get emails telling us about a great game or how well a team behaved or the great coaching an opposition team … [Read more...] about Footy Manager’s Report – Round 14

I have held off 24 hours this week so I could add a little at the end, I needed to see the outcome prior to a mention of a Rover or two that played yesterday. Let’s have a look at the week and how it unfolded. I dropped down to the Boss … [Read more...] about Footy Manager’s Report – Round 13

I was edgy Friday night/Saturday morning, some results and action from people close to me yet far away were playing on my mind, I found solace in watching the Under 19s play at Boss James for a half, (they won) community people doing community … [Read more...] about Footy Manager’s Report – Round 12