Nova Scotia Clippers

Nova Scotia Clippers

Full name	Nova Scotia Clippers
Nickname(s)	Clippers
Founded	1991
Dissolved	1991
Ground	Beazley Field
Chairman	Stan Brechin
Head Coach	Gordon Hill
League	Canadian Soccer League
1991	6th

The Nova Scotia Clippers were a short-lived franchise in the old Canadian Soccer League. The Clippers record for the 1991 season (their one and only in the league) was 7 wins, 7 ties, and 14 losses for 28 points. The team lost in the quarterfinals of the cup play-offs by losing two games, home and away, to North York.

The team played their home games at Beazley Field in Dartmouth. Their head coach and General Manager was Gordon Hill, who also played forward. The team had two assistant coaches, Mickey Lyons former captain at Everton and Dwight Hornibrook who had coached the Winnipeg Fury the previous season was added as a player/assistant coach mid season. Dwight played as a central midfield player. Their assistant manager was Ashley Phillips.^{[citation needed]}

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 MF Jamie Pollock 3 DF Neil Sedgwick [1] 4 DF Dino Lopez 5 DF Murray David 6 MF Robbie Cleugh 7 MF Lee Sullivan 8 MF Dwight Hornibrook 9 FW Dennis Larsen 10 FW George Kyreakakos 11 DF Tom Kouzmanis 12 DF Philip Ruiz

No. Position Player 14 MF Dana Peoples 15 DF Jeff Kelleher 16 MF Stewart Galloway [2] 17 MF Pat Sullivan 18 FW Peter MacIntosh 19 MF Nick Papadapoulos 20 FW Gordon Hill 21 MF Lewis Page [3] 22 GK Shel Brodsgaard 23 FW Hunter Madeley MF Tony Pignatiello (traded to Hamilton) Kevin Wasden [4]

References

1. ^ "Canadian Senior Club Soccer Champiohship 2000". http://www.saskatoonsoccer.com/2000_Senior_Nationals/Team_page_nsm.html. Retrieved 2009-06-28. 
2. ^ "2008 SMU Huskies Program". Saint Mary's University. http://www.smu.ca/athletics/documents/Soccer2008_webprogram.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-28. 
3. ^ "CSA Bio". http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/nationals/profile.asp?playerid=1115. Retrieved 10 June 2011. 
4. ^ "North Island athlete killed in car accident". North Island Gazette. 29 January 1992. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y18OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=soADAAAAIBAJ&dq=nova%20scotia%20clippers&pg=3958%2C294034. Retrieved 10 June 2011.