Caloundra’s stint in FQPL 2 got underway with a 4 goals to 2 win over Brisbane Knights at home on Saturday night.
“Starting the game that quickly, it just makes life a lot easier,” Caloundra player Ethan Galbraith said. “It was surprising but amazing at the same time.
“I think we started fast like we wanted to.”
“And we got on top. And once you do that to a team, obviously it makes it hard for them to get back into it.
“But credit to them. Second half with the man down, they really battled and made it difficult for us.
“It’s obviously a tough place to come. Travel up the Coast on a weekend.”
Brisbane Knights coach Rob Shaw acknowledged the slow start by his team but was happy to see improvement in the second half..
“The first 20 minutes we started off slow,” he said.
“Caught a bit cold. Bit of discipline as well. Ill discipline. Cost us, I think, at that first half.
“[We] changed shape in the second half, showed, the boys settled, started to play football, a little bit better football.
“It actually worked in some ways, even the man down. The boys worked hard. It was a bit of a mountain to climb, though, after the first half, but can’t fault the effort though from the boys.”
Caloundra were promoted from FQPL 3 Sunshine Coast after the 2025 season.
“It’s obviously first game in this league so we don’t really know the quality of what we’re up against.”
They are now due to play Morton City Excelsior away on Saturday coming.
“I think they’re a pretty tough team,” Galbraith said.
“We’ll be up against it next week but looking forward to the challenge.
“They’ve got a lot of good players in there they’ve got the two teams there don’t they.
“[They’re a] very good team.
“So we’ll be up against it but ready for it.”
And they’ll be taking some big lessons from round 1.
“We got to play for a whole 90 minutes,” Galbraith said.
“We can’t just turn up and play 45 minutes and expect to win games. It’s not good enough.
“So that playing a full 90 minutes is a big one.”
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