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Sunshine Coast Wanderers are one win away from a potential showdown with an A-league club after the âunderdogsâ advanced in the FFA Cup.
Paul Arnisonâs men knocked over Surfers Paradise Apollo in an extra-time thriller 3-1 which was sealed by a header to skipper Chris Jancevski.
The win means Wanderers have made the last of the preliminary rounds of the cup before the heavyweight teams are introduced.
The Wanderers next face the winner of Gold Coast Knights and Holland Park Hawks.
âWe want to get through to the last 32,â Arnison said.
âIt was a tricky tie and Iâm delighted to get through and keep the magic of the cup alive.â
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A familiar face will aim to take the Noosa Lions to their fifth straight premiership in 2021.
The Lions bid farewell to four-time premiership mentor Kevin Aherne-Evans at the end of the 2020 season.
Aherne-Evans heading south into the A-League coaching ranks as senior assistant coach for the Brisbane Roar.
The Lions put out an expressions of interest on December 1 for the position of head coach.
The call answered by Noosa premier reserve coach and player Ben Amson.
Amson started with the club in 2003 and said he doesn’t imagine his future at any other club.
“I’ve spent two seasons away in 17 years so probably not going to end up at any other club ever,” he said.