Club in Focus: Modbury Jets

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South Australian State League One Side, Modbury Jets appear in the Australia Cup Final Rounds for the first time. Today, we dive deep onto the path they took to reach the Round of 32.

Club: Modbury Jets
State: South Australia
Home ground: Smith Partners Stadium
Founded: 1964
Australia Cup Final Rounds appearances (inc. 2022): One
Head Coach: Maurice Natale

Road to the Round of 32:
Modbury Jets 6-0 Seaford Rangers
Tea Tree Gully 2-5 Modbury Jets
Modbury Jets 4-3 South Adelaide Panthers
West Adelaide 0-2 Modbury Jets
Vipers FC 1-4 Mobdury Jets

Two goals in the opening ten minutes for the Jets helped them progress against Vipers FC in a high-scoring match with saw the South Australian side come out on top 4-1 at the FSA Centre Of Football.

Cooper Wegner opened the scoring at the Centre Of Football after just seven seconds of play. However, the Vipers answered back 4 minutes later with their own goal before Hamish Mccabe put the Jets ahead once again two minutes after the scores were levelled.

Michael Doyle doubled the away side’s lead inside the first half to give the Jets a two goal advantage before Wegner completed his brace on the 76^th minute to put the game to bed.

Australia Cup Record
2014 – Preliminary Rounds
2015 – Preliminary Rounds
2016 – Preliminary Rounds
2017 – Preliminary Rounds
2018 – Preliminary Rounds
2019 – Preliminary Rounds
2020 – Competition not held
2021 – Preliminary Rounds

Last Five State League 1 Results:
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As things stand, the Jets lead the South Australian State League 1 after 18 games of action and have a six-point gap over second-placed West Adelaide FC.

Match Details:
Armadale SC vs Modbury Jets
Date: Thursday 21 July 2022
Time: 8:30pm AEST
Venue: Alfred Skeet Oval