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against a familiar foe in Sporting FC. After conceding from a corner in the first half, the Pinks did well to turn it around and come away with a 4-1 scoreline. Karim Vatvani scoring the pick of the goals on his Bavaria debut. Next up was Laguna 2007 FC, another team whom we had encounters with before in the old 4th Division. It proved to be a comfortable 8-0 victory with Liam Franco making an impressive start to his Bavaria career, but it was the evergreen Jamie Walker who bagged a hat-trick on the day.

experience, who very quickly made a big impression.

It was a delayed start time to the league (as is usually the case) and a new structure to go with it being trialled out by the powers that be at the GFA. A new 12 team league that would split in half after a full round of fixtures. After numerous discussions and a relatively inexperienced squad, the objective was set. Premier Division survival. Our first fixture saw us come up against a familiar foe in Sporting FC.

End of season

Review 2018/19

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After two consecutive promotions, Bavaria became the little fish in the big pond. An unprecedented rise to the GFA Premier Division.

he summer saw a clear out with many of the "Bavaria Originals" stepping down after successfully guiding the Pinks to the promised land. Montado and Bosio acted quickly to rebuild the squad with young, fresh faces. The hat-trick from Boca Juniors arrived, with Grech, Vatvani and Sheppard-Capurro all willing to step up a division. In addition, 16 year old John Paul Hernandez also joined the Pinks - a local goalkeeper with no Futsal experience, who very quickly made a big impression.