Sunbury United and Gisborne kicked off their respective FV state league men’s seasons on Saturday, both coming away with at least a point.
Sunbury was at home in its state league 3 north-west clash with Laverton on Saturday afternoon.
Scores were locked at 2-1 at half time, with Sunbury having to do some work after being down.
Laverton ended a man down after red card, which helped Sunbury’s cause.
It was able to find an equaliser in the second half to take away a point in the 2-2 result.
Haruki Sakabayashi and Damian Rastocic were the goal scorers for Sunbury.
Sunbury is at home to Hoppers Crossing in round two. The Reds dropped down a division in the off season.
It was a dream start for Gisborne in the FV state league 5 west competition.
Facing Footscray Rangers, who were playing their first ever state league match, the Sky Blues came away with a 7-2 win.
The Rangers scored first before the Sky Blues found three goals before half time through Mattia Girardini, Jason Moody and Daniel Adamo.
The Rangers scored the first goal of the second half to bring the margin back to one goal, before Adamo reinstated the two goal lead with his second goal.
Jake Powell added his name to the goal scorers before Girardini scored twice late to get himself a hat-trick.
Gisborne plays Ocean Grove in round two.
