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SIXTY-THIRD EDITION X SEASON 2016/17 X ROUND 10 VS MELBOURNE VICTORY PrOUDLY BRoUGHT TO YOU BY CONTENTS Everything you need for tonight’s match FEATURES REGULAR SIXTY-THIRD EDITION X SEASON 2016/17 X ROUND 10 VS MELBOURNE VICTORY COLUMNS OPEN LETTER: SICK KIDS BEAMING AFTER WANDERERS VISIT 5 WARM UP 6 YOUNG GUN ASPRO SHOOTING HIGH FIVE THINGS: FIVE Why the sky is the limit for the 20-year- PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY 8 YOUNGSTERS WHO’VE old defender MADE THEIR MARK 11 Story by Tom Watson PLAYERS TO WATCH: THE WANDERER JUMPEI VS TROISI 13 The views in this publication are not necessarily the views of the LOOKING BACK ON NRMA Insurance Western Sydney THE YEAR THAT WAS 15 Wanderers FC. Material in this TODAY'S MATCH 16 publication is copyrighted and may only be reproduced with the written FOX FOOTBALL FIX 20 permission from the Club. ANTH'S SPOT ADVERTISING THE DIFFERENCE 22 For all advertising enquiries for CORPORATE NEWS: The Wanderer or questions about HERBALIFE FUELING THE partnership with the club please WANDERERS 23 contact the Corporate Partnerships team by sending an email to TAKE FIVE: [email protected] SCOTT NEVILLE 25 A TALE OF TWO MANAGERS GUARDIAN FUNERALS PHOTOGRAPHY The similarities between the two men 18 WANDERCREW MEMBER All photography in The Wanderer in charge tonight is courtesy of Ali Erhan, Football OF THE WEEK: Victoria, Getty Images, Steve Christo Story by Joshua Thomas TAYLAH MONKS 26 and White Ribbon Australia. 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The Wanderers spent a special respectful, warm and bring a “To come down here, spend lot of energy into the wards,” a couple of hours, get around afternoon with the brave kids and families Gilly Paxton says, Director to some of the wards and to see at The Children's Hospital at Westmead of Community Relations majority of the kids here and and Marketing at Sydney hopefully put a smile on their Children’s Hospitals Network. faces, is a really good feeling,” STORY BY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS “When our little patients Robbie Cornthwaite said. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD find out they are going “They are very, very brave.” Mitsubishi Electric proudly supporting to get a visit, their faces It is the second year in a light up. Sometimes they row the team has brought The Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Not only are there plenty of are already wearing their Christmas cheer to Westmead. Wanderers fans at the Hospital Wanderers jersey.” “We know it takes (patients and families) but the Each year leading into the club a lot of work to building also houses the sickest Christmas, visits like this coordinate the boys but we very year, more kids in the state, which is why really help the Hospital are so grateful to everyone than 80,000 children the whole team visited this week, create a special buzz for involved,” Ms Paxton said. Eare treated at The to bring a little Christmas cheer patients, some of whom “It really does make the Children’s Hospital at to families who really need it. are likely to celebrate the patients and their parents Westmead, with many of them “The players are all holiday season from inside feel special and supported by local to Western Sydney. amazing with our patients, so their hospital room. their community.” For more information on the MR-C405G For more information on our products please scan the QR Code. Phone:1300 280 625 please visit www.mitsubishielectric.com.au FOLLOW @WSWANDERERSFC #WSW 5 WARM-UP WITH HAYDEN FOXE COURTESY OF ANDREW HOWE @ANDYHOWE_STATTO E HAVE BEEN playing good football in The atmosphere from the Wrecent weeks. To put it all together crowd when hosting the Derby last Saturday away in Gosford and get in Round 1 was electrifying, the result we wanted against a much as they are each home game improved Central Coast Mariners was a we play. I know the boys get big positive for all of us at the club. a big lift from our supporters The players have the confidence whenever we play, so we’re and belief in each other and the style really looking forward to of football that we are playing and it playing here again tonight. showed in the performance last week. We anticipate a tough game We were tested mentally and again against one of our biggest rivals. we overcame decisions out of our Melbourne Victory have a quality control, but continued to play our side and one we always look forward way and defend exceptionally well to testing ourselves against. They got from front to back. one over us when we played them a Following our away match in the month ago. This time, we definitely Central Coast we return tonight to our want to reverse the result in our home at ANZ Stadium. favour and get the three points. NE OF JUST five players to play O100 games for the Socceroos, VISIT THE WANDERERSSHOP.COM.AU Scotland-born Jimmy Rooney was born on this day in 1945. After stints at Peterborough (England) and Montrose VOTE FOR YOUR EARN (Scotland) in the mid-1960s he moved +500 to Australia where he played for Lions MAN POINTS (Vic), Sydney Prague and APIA before OF THE joining Marconi for the inaugural NSL season 1977. He was the distinction of being voted national league player MATCH for the first NSL season. He moved to THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST POINTS AT Heidelberg in 1979 where he later took THE END OF DECEMBER WILL BE CROWNED TH MINUTE MEMBERS’ PLAYER OF THE MONTH VOTING OPENS AT THE 70 on a player-coach role. His decade- VOTING CLOSES AT 10:00PM long career with the national team was DOWNLOAD THE APP highlighted with appearances in all WSW REWARDS three of Australia’s 1974 World Cup games, and a captaincy role for the 1978 WSWREWARDS World Cup qualifying campaign. CELEbRAtE NEW YEARS DAy SUNDAY 1 JANUARy KICK-OfF 7:50PM X ANz STADIUM TICKETS ON SaLE NOw wANDERLAND.COM.AU/TICKETs 6 THE WANDERER ROUND 7 WARM-UP WITH CATHERINE CANNULI @cANNULI_13 ATCHING THE GAME last weekend left time, especially with their fans, until Wme with a great feeling of pride. The we came along. boys played very well and things are Now we’ve stolen the limelight. coming together for us now. It’s a massive rivalry both on and You can see each of the individual off the pitch and I can guarantee that players learning how one another are tonight will be an exciting clash. playing and we will only get better. Victory will be coming out firing Following Jerrad Tyson’s and they’re not going to take us lightly controversial send-off, you could see how knowing that we are coming off a great strong the team’s mentality was. They all win over the weekend. held it together for a win with Brendon These days three points are very Santalab even sneaking in a goal before important. It’s a tight top four and people the end of the match. want to win games, especially against us. If Central Coast got back into the Hopefully the three points from last week game with another goal I believe it would will give the boys some confidence going have been a very different story. forward and they head into the game excited. I think we have now found our I can assure you that they will be momentum heading into the match up for the fight and I look forward to tonight against Melbourne Victory. hopefully celebrating a win with you It has become a great rivalry as following the match. Melbourne dominated for such a long Come on you Wanderers! 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