Football Gold Coast and Barber Bros & Co. have partnered for the upcoming senior finals series in an exclusive deal.

Having previously partnered throughout the 2015 season, both entities have now joined forces yet again with the upcoming finals series kicking off this weekend in the Premier League.

With two shops located in Isle of Capri and Broadbeach, Barber Bros. have serviced the Gold Coast since 2013 with expansion on the horizon yet again in the coming years.

The deal sees the barbershops hold exclusive naming rights for the finals series as well as servicing the Man of the Match awards for both the Premier League and Coast League semis and finals.

Emir Kanalic (one of the three owners) said it was a no brainer to partner with Football Gold Coast for the finals.

“All three owners love football and it was an easy decision for us to come back on board to partner for the finals series,” said Kanalic.

“Our two shops have serviced a lot of players and parents throughout the years so we thought it was the perfect timing to give back to the local community in a sport that we love,” said Kanalic.

Apart from the senior side of the agreement, Barber Bros. & Co will also be heavily involved within the junior space for the 2021 finals also.

“We have generally always been involved in the senior landscape on the Gold Coast but we want to ensure that the next generation are also looked after within our agreement,” said Kanalic.

Football Operations Officer Alan Marquez said the agreement with Barber Bros. & Co is just the beginning of what is hopefully a long partnership between the two.

“When we first partnered with Barber Bros. & Co the promotional side of our game was nowhere near what it is today. Both of us now have the resources and expertise to give our audience the best possible outcomes from the agreement,” said Marquez.

“We hope that this is just the first piece in a long and fruitful relationship between us all.”

The deal will also see the extended football community offered a healthy discount when visiting the two shops adding further value for the wider Gold Coast football family.

“Our biggest task was finding a good balance to ensure that everyone involved with football on the Gold Coast will benefit from the relationship we have developed. By offering a discount for all haircuts it will allow anyone involved in the world game the opportunity to get a quality haircut at a good price,” said Kanalic.

The Premier League finals series is set to begin this weekend with two legs scheduled for each of the semi-finals.

The first legs will see league champions Surfers Paradise Apollo taking on 4^th place Southport at Ashmore Village Park at 3pm before the late 6pm kick off sees Nerang Eagles take on Palm Beach at Duncan McKenna Field.

Another big weekend of action across the Gold Coast saw plenty of goals and big results. Here is the full review of the weekend that was!

Premier League

Surfers 7 (Rodriguez x2, Sumner x2, Watson, Saric, Wernerson) def. Runaway Bay 1 (Leighton)

Reserves: Surfers 0 drew with Runaway Bay 0

Surfers: Goodwin, Scott, Barwick, Saric, Watson, Dragicevic, Rodriguez, Sumner, Allison, Saunders, Wernerson

Subs: Minogue, Gomez, Jusifi, Bright

Runaway Bay: Went, Cardoso, Robinson, Day, Evans, Wegener, Rosa, Leighton, Correia, Barbosa, McNeill-Shaw

Subs: Lowman, Mancell, Bryant, Dimon, Hardy

Surfers Paradise came out of lockdown with a bang with a comprehensive 7-1 victory over Runaway Bay. The home side scored within the first minute and never looked back against a Bay side that rallied late in the game. The win sees Surfers maintain top spot in the Premier League moving through to the final two rounds.

Nerang 8 (Robinson x2, Davis x2, Powell, Grant, Dixon, Murphy) def. Robina 1 (Barwick)

Reserves: Nerang 10 (Trotter x2, Miner x2, Dooley, B. Kerwick, Toohey-Falck, Ohori, Bishop) def. Robina 1 (O’Connell)

Nerang: Rivers, Bell, Steene, Robbemond, Powell, Robinson, Dixon, Grant, Murphy, Chiezzi, Davis

Subs: Renneberg, Campbell, Miner, Trotter, Warren

Robina: Maddock, Fisher, Calley, Barwick, Chalmers, Franklin, Dutton, Goldsmith, Mulhearn, Rodriguez, Srichandorn

Subs: Mulhearn, Ujdur, Heggie, Brewer, Tartic

Nerang continued their applied pressure at the top end of the Premier League table with a 8-1 victory over Robina City on Saturday afternoon. The home side ensured that they keep up the pace with Apollo at the top of the table with the squad depth on full show after some personnel departures.

Burleigh 1 (Osman) def. by Palm Beach 2 (Hibbs, Miyamori)

Reserves: Burleigh 1 (Prince) def. by Palm Beach 4 (Anderson, Lawrence, Ellison, Schaffer)

Burleigh: Roddan, Kobayashi, Campbell, Casey, Hunt, Heritage, Ellins, Smith, Burich, Rees, Mackintosh

Subs: Moye, Birch, Deans, Osman

Palm Beach: Boyd, Finnigan, Zoomers, Hibbs, Mussell, Liebke, Squires, Skinner, Eller, Miyamori, Mckenzie

Subs: Anderson, Schaffer, Torrealba, Anderson, Gardner

Palm Beach rallied home late with two quick fire goals to take all three points in their clash against Burleigh Heads. The visitors struggled to put large amounts of pressure on the Bulldogs goal for the first 80 minutes before running away with the game towards the latter stages.

Southport 6 (Annor x3, Saunders x2, Woodward) def. Musgrave 3 (Mehic x2, Sonter)

Reserves: Southport 2 (Lamb, Price) def. Musgrave 1 (Timms)

Southport: Semple, Roiter, Hughes, Hills, Panes, Annor, Saunders, Cuba, Yuill, Ridden, Discombe

Subs: Parramon, Woodward, Clark, Greenwood, Wales

Musgrave: Brannigan, McDowell, Shanks, Pascoe, Smith, Saele, Pluples, Kelly, Mehic, Sonter, Tomasoni

Subs: Lockhart, Adam, Vasquez, Fleming

Southport wrapped up finals football for the first time since 2012 with an entertaining 6-3 win over Musgrave on Sunday afternoon. Both sides exchanged blows in the first 60 minutes before the Warriors ran away with the game in the last half hour courtesy of some errors and good play across the board.

Coast League

Legends 2 (Occhipinti, Dias) def. Musgrave 1 (Keereman)

Reserves: Legends 3 (Bicevic, Barley, Pask) def. Musgrave 2 (Regtien, Abdullah)

Legends: Barley, Suarez, Hegrao, Oliveira, Occhipinti, Dias, Salerno, Kurk, Simoes, Charleson, Lima

Subs: Bicevic, Siddle, Scarpato, Sanchez, Dimovski

Musgrave: Parrella, Jenks, Core, Colrain, Knapp, Gilbert, Penha, Alhajali, Mcshane, Deriard, Keereman

Subs: Adams, Willett, Gebremedhin, Nott

Legends continued their push for a top two finish with a 2-1 victory over local neighbours Musgrave FC on Friday night. The home side have found some form late in the second round after a rough patch to put themselves well and truly in a finals spot for 2021.

Nerang 4 (Ojulu, Fallembu, Xavier, Kinghorn) drew with Tallebudgera 4 (M. Hilton x3, Frankham)

Reserves: Nerang 0 def. by Tallebudgera 1 (Van Belois)

Nerang: Jovicic, Francis, Agic, Wolfenden, Ibrahim, Green, Ojulu, Fallembu, Xavier, Kinghorn, Mcgreevy

Subs: Kerar, Bryant, Pritchard

Tallebudgera: Smith, Reynolds, Wade, Macpherson, L. Hilton, M. Hilton, Stewart, Keevers, Frankham, Kerwick

Subs: Tomic, Stear, Stobbart, Keevers

Tallebudgera Tigers clawed their way back in their game against Nerang to come away with a 4-4 draw after trailing 4-1 in the match. The league champions rallied late and applied a lot of pressure in the end but could not get the win with the Eagles gaining a huge point in the run in to finals football.

Ormeau 1 (Whitehouse) def. by Mudgeeraba 2 (Brewer, Jones)

Reserves: Ormeau 0 def. by Mudgeeraba 2 (Dickson, Lincoln)

Ormeau: Cole, Calderon, Niesler, Hewitt, Whitehouse, Birch, James, Schofield, Fisher, Mcarthur, Neto

Subs: Driessens, Samuels, Junior

Mudgeeraba: Goodall, Rice, Tassone, Buxton, Lee, Tassone, Brewer, Smith, Jones, Wedelstedt, Fitzgerald

Subs: Klassen-Ladd, Dickson, Lincoln, Bright

Mudgeeraba edged closer to finals football in Coast League after a 2-1 victory away from home against Ormeau. The Wallabies desperately needed the maximum points to continue their push up the table heading into the final few rounds of the Coast League season.

We are back in action across the Gold Coast in the Premier League and Coast League with shortened rounds to restart the competition. Here is the full preview of what is to come!

Premier League

Surfers vs Runaway Bay- Sat 3pm @ Lex Bell Oval

Surfers look to get back in the winners circle when they host Runaway Bay at Lex Bell Oval. The home side lead the competition upon the restart and will be hoping that rust is not a major factor heading into the final push for the league title. Runaway Bay have a tricky run in for the remainder of the season however are more than capable of causing problems for all teams.

Nerang vs Robina- Sat 3pm @ Bob Jeffrey Field

Nerang will be looking to maintain pace at the top of the table with Surfers when they take on bottom placed Robina City in their first match back. The home side will be missing a contingent of first grade players who have departed overseas for college however with the depth the Eagles pose should make light work of the struggling City who are yet to take all three points out of a game this season.

Burleigh vs Palm Beach- Sat 6pm @ Pizzey Park

Palm Beach will be looking to push on and keep their good run of form intact when they travel to take on Burleigh in the late kick off. The home side have had a turbulent year riddled with injuries however will be hopeful of putting on a prideful performance in front of their fans. 

Southport vs Musgrave- Sun 3:15pm @ Ashmore Village Park

The Warriors will be out to secure finals football for the first time since 2012 when they take on neighbours Musgrave in the Sunday kick off. Southport could be looking at their final game of the regular season against the Mustangs and will be hoping to finish with a bang against the men in orange.

Coast League

Legends vs Musgrave- Friday 8:10pm @ Keith Hunt Park

Legends will be eager to get derby spoils and maintain their position in the Coast League when they take on their closest opponent Musgrave on Friday night. The experienced veterans have had time to rest in the last few weeks and know the challenges they face heading into the final few rounds.

Nerang vs Tallebudgera- Saturday 5pm @ Glennon Park

League champions Tallebudgera Valley come up against one of the high flying young teams in the competition in Nerang on Saturday afternoon. The home side will be eager to continue their push for finals football when they take on the champions in a busy day at Glennon Park.

Ormeau vs Mudgeeraba- Saturday 5pm @ Norfolk Park

Mudgeeraba will know the importance of picking up maximum points for their run home against Ormeau away from home on Saturday evening. The visitors are in a tight battle for finals positions and will be hoping to put themselves right in the mix as we head towards the business end of the season.

A goalfest around the Coast over the weekend saw plenty of big results and important fixtures wrap up! Here is the full review of all the action below!

Premier League

Palm Beach 6 (Squires x2, Eller, Miller, Miyamori, Anderson) def. Broadbeach 1 (Watmough)

Reserves: Palm Beach 2 (Lowry, Schaffer) def. Broadbeach 0

Palm Beach: Boyd, Murphy, Zoomers, Hibbs, Mussell, Liebke, Squires, Eller, Miller, Miyamori, Skinner

Subs: Anderson, Schaffer, Anderson, Mckenzie, Gardner

Broadbeach: Finlayson, Sjorup, Mcmaster, Shennan, Watmough, Evans, Cuba, Boyce, Fernandez, Hughes, Collins

Subs: Griffiths, Chin, Codrea, Elliott

A rampant Palm Beach got the jump from the beginning of the match to defeat Broadbeach 6-1 in Friday night action. The Sharks scored three goals in the opening exchanges and never looked back against the Dolphins who struggled to get going for the duration of the 90 minutes.

Surfers 6 (Rodriguez x2, Watson, Saric, Sumner, OG) def. Burleigh 0

Reserves: Surfers 3 (Kallinikos, Ramos, Matthews) def. Burleigh 0

Surfers: Goodwin, Scott, Barwick, Saric, Watson, Dragicevic, Rodriguez, Bright, Sumner, Allison, Saunders

Subs: Kallinikos, Harris, Minogue, Matthews, Jusifi

Burleigh: Mccloy, Kobayashi, Campbell, Casey, Felizatto, Ellins, Smith, Burich, Pfefferkorn, Rees, Mcclements

Subs: Perkins, Moye, Pinchin, Heritage, Roddan

Surfers Paradise continued their run of form with a comprehensive 6-0 victory over Burleigh at home. The league leaders looked solid from the beginning of the match against a Bulldogs team who looked tired from their midweek clash against Musgrave

Robina 1 (Jones) def. by Runaway Bay 3 (Whiddett x2, Wegener)

Reserves: Robina 1 (Jain) def. by Runaway Bay 4 (Geraghty, Mancell, Jose, OG)

Robina: Maddock, Goewie, Fisher, Shin, L. Calley, Barwick, Koenig, Jones, M. Calley, Srichandorn, Tartic

Subs: Burnette, Brabin, Rodriguez, Heggie, Franklin

Runaway Bay: Went, Wegener, Robinson, Lowman, Madeley, Barbosa, Whiddett, Correia, Westell, Rosa, McNeill-Shaw

Subs: Wakeham, Day, Leighton, Mancell, Evans

Runaway Bay all but secured their position in the Premier League with a 3-1 victory over Robina away from home. The Bayhawks played the second half against 10 men after Robina were reduced with Tartic getting his second yellow in the first half.

Nerang 4 (Robinson, Powell, Adams, Murphy) def. Southport 2 (Ridden x2)

Reserves: Nerang 1 (Miner) def. by Southport 3 (Mejia, Middleton, OG)

Nerang: Rivers, Towse, Bell, Steene, Robbemond, Powell, Robinson, Adams, Roussakis, Grant, Chiezzi

Subs: Dixon, Trotter, Murphy, Davis, Warren

Southport: Semple, Price, Hughes, Hills, Panes, Annor, Saunders, Wales, Yuill, Ridden, Discombe

Subs: Parramon, Woodward, Clark, Greenwood, Middleton

Nerang trailed 1-0 early in the second half before roaring home 4-2 victors at home against Southport. The game was a tight affair in tricky conditions with errors costing both sides goals throughout the 90 minutes.

Kingscliff 5 (Minear x2, Brennan, Green, Jeffrey) def. Musgrave 0

Reserves: Kingscliff 5 (Mourant, Manson, Sutherland, G. Saunders, A. Saunders) def. Musgrave 1 (Reardon)

Kingscliff: Ward, Morosini, May, Green, Oldaker, Sealey, Brennan, Minear, Jeffrey, Bradley, Bray

Subs: Santos, Mourant, Wotherspoon, Blackwell

Musgrave: Brannigan, Shanks, Pascoe, Smith, Pluples, Lockhart, Kelly, Mehic, Sonter, Adam, Tomasoni

Subs: McDowell, Saele, Joseph, Fleming

Kingscliff put on a dominant display at home to defeat Musgrave 5-0 in their Sunday afternoon clash. The home side started strong and never looked back against a Musgrave team that looked flat after a tough midweek clash against Burleigh away from home.

Coast League

Tallebudgera 5 (M. Hilton x2, Frankham x2, Stewart) def. Mudgeeraba 2 (V. Tassone, Jones)

Reserves: Tallebudgera 3 (Voutos, Sonter, Skorupski) def. Mudgeeraba 1 (Klassen-Ladd)

Tallebudgera: Smith, Reynolds, Tomic, Stobbart, Macpherson, L. Hilton, M. Hilton, Russell, Stewart, Keevers, Frankham

Subs: Stear, Macpherson, Valentine, Kerwick, Nuspan

Mudgeeraba: Goodall, L. Tassone, Lee, V. Tassone, Buxton, Dorbeaux, Davies, Smith, Jones, Brewer, Rice

Subs: S. Tassone, Lincoln, Fitzgerald

Tallebudgera extended their lead at the top of the Coast League even further with a 5-2 win against Mudgeeraba. Both sides were reduced to 10 men in the clash with plenty of goals and action both ways.

Palm Beach 2 () def. Ormeau 0 ()

Reserves: Palm Beach 2 (Dority, Holmes) def. by Ormeau 3 (Scullino x3)

Palm Beach: NA

Ormeau: Cole, Caldeorn, Niesler, Karamollaoglu, Hewitt, Birch, Cooper, James, Peralta, Schofield, Rahimzadeh

Subs: Harris, Mcarthur, Shute, Neto

Palm Beach earned a big three points in their clash against Ormeau with a 2-0 victory at home. Both sides have had tough years overall but the win for the Sharks is a great step in the right direction for their future plans.

Legends 2 (Occhipinti, Bender) def. Runaway Bay 0

Reserves: Legends 2 (Simoes, Pask) def. Runaway Bay 1 (Reinhard)

Legends: Krupski, Suarez, Negrao, Karlos, Long, Occhipinti, Kurk, Summers, Dimovski, Bender, Lima

Subs: Ibanez, Beltrame, Simoes

Runaway Bay: Siede, Palin, Tse, Pietropaolo, Cooke, Mehic, Hagos, Bent, Neumann, Whitaker, Weeks

Subs: Christie, Phillips, Goudge

Legends got back to winning ways with a 2-0 win over Runaway Bay. The three points are crucial for the Legends as they look to keep up the pace in the top four of the Coast League.

Tweed United 5 (Criddle, Mclean, Thelwall, Lockley, Kolovos) def. Musgrave 2 Keereman, Gilbert)

Reserves: Tweed 7 (Swanson x3, Staff x2, Bredemeyer, Cusbert) def. Musgrave 2 (OG, Nott)

Tweed: Pretty, Cassidy, Criddle, Mcgrory, Mclean, Thelwall, Lockley, Kolovos, Pirlo, O’Brien, Wedd

Subs: Aspery, Marshall, Sorge, Cusbert, Fowler

Musgrave: Parrella, Jenks, Jansen, Colrain, Knapp, Mcshane, Pham-Sultan, Krarup, Keereman, Gilbert, Deriard

Subs: Adams, Alhajali, Gillett, Core

Tweed earned a big three points at home against Musgrave in a 5-2 victory. The Marlins are in a race for the top four placings and a win against the Mustangs have put them in a good position for the remainder of the season.