Mother Nature propelled Bayswater City Soccer Club to its first-ever state league title and treble last Saturday in front of 2700 fans at Mt Hawthorn’s Litis Stadium.
Baysy was trailing 1-0 at halftime, but after a rousing team talk from coach Chris Coyne, the boys scored twice against Stirling Lions to win the league grand final.
“The wind was so strong in the first half that our back four had dropped too deep and we struggled to get the ball forward at all,” he says. “When we won the ball back we were too far away from their goal to hurt them. So in the second half, with the wind at our backs, we pressed forward as high as we could and caused them all sorts of problems.”
The Black and Blues have now completed the treble, winning the Night Series, Cool Ridge Cup and the state league.
Baysy will now play Adelaide in the interstate play offs.
“We were quite sloppy in our approach to a lot of things when I first took over as coach,” says Coyne, a former defender with the Socceroos. “But I like to think I’ve instilled a more professional approach and culture at the club.”
by STEPHEN POLLOCK
Perth Voice Interactive 
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