AIS

Deakin Stadium (Capacity 1.500)

AIS - Melbourne Victory (3:2) (Y-League, 21. December 2011)
AIS (Melling, Appiah, Field), MV (Jeggo, own goal)

Attendance: 56
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil

Players entering the field

 

Ready for kick-off

 

AIS are on the attack

 

The seats are in need of a paint!

 

Melbourne looking for a goal

 

Ready to kick off the 2nd half

 

The subs bench

 

Big save coming up from the keeper

 

View of the pitch

 

AIS celebrate the winning goal

 

AIS stole the victory here

CLUB HISTORY: (aussport.gov.au) AIS Men’s Football is an internationally renowned residential program, which has produced many high-quality players in domestic and international clubs.
It was established in 1981, as one of the AIS’s eight founding sports, with two broad aims: to identify and develop players for the national under-20 youth team, and to develop coaches through the scholarship coaching scheme.
In 2009, the program altered its focus to specifically train athletes usually aged 16 and turning 17 for the AIS’s youth team, which competes in Football Federation Australia’s National Youth League.
Scholarships are initially offered for one year, with the option of a second subject to the player meeting expectations.

STADIUM HISTORY: (ausstadiums.com) The AIS Athletics Track was originally constructed in 1985 as the warm-up track for the World Cup Athletics which were held next door at the National Athletics Stadium (now Canberra Stadium). With the removal of the athletics track from that venue in 1990, this has become the main venue for athletics in the nation’s capital.

The venue features a covered grandstand, lighting and an electronic scoreboard. The total capacity is around 5,000.