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THE OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME FOR THE NRMA INSURANCE WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC TENTH EDITION | SEASON 2012/13 SATURDAY, 26 JANUARY 2013 | ROUND 18 VS MELBOURNE Heart FC SOUVENIR AUSTRALIA DAY BUMPER EDITION PRESSURE ON IN WANDERLAND JOEY’S TRIUMPH POWER & MIGHT: COLE VS GARCIA PROUD TO BE A WANDERER WALSHY WRITES OFFICIAL WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC PARTNERS CONTENTS CONTENTS WHY RIVALS FEAR 03 WANDERLAND How Tony Popovic is turning Parramatta Stadium into a visitors nightmare. GIBBS IT ALL 05 HE HAS GOT Joey Gibbs has worked hard 05 to enjoy playing football for the Wanderers. Players TO Watch 07 Cole vs Garcia - No time for complacency as the competition heats up. What DOES IT MEAN 09 TO BE A WANDERER? 09 Beauchamp, Ono and Elrich reveal their pride in the club. A FAN BASE 11 WITH FLAIR Sarah Walsh writes an open letter to her fans. RED & BLACK VOICES 03 11 12 Sing along with some SINCE YOU WERE Foundation popular RBB chants. 18 LAST HERE 24 MEMBERS PHOTO Catch up on the team’s Back by popular demand HALF SEASON progress over the last - can you spot yourself? 14 WRAP-UP couple of weeks. Eight key moments from CAPTION THIS PHOTO the season so far. Do W-LEAGUE 25 The best entry wins a you have a favourite? 20 Match REVIEWS Wanderers merchandise pack. See how our Westfield Today’S Match W-League team performed #SUMMERFOOTBALL 16 Can the Wanderers make it in their last two matches 26 More of your snaps two out of two against Heart? of the season. from the Instagram and twitter. #GoWanderers. WANDER WOMEN 21 It was a memorable Holiday CLINICS inaugural season for our 28 The next generation Westfield W-League side. of Wanderers. Advertising ENQUIRIES NYL Match REVIEWS WESTERN SYDNEY For all advertising enquiries please contact Jonathan WANDERERS FC Bannister on 02 8602 6407, 0438 429 713 or email 22 An important away win in 30 [email protected] Melbourne for our National Partners PHOTOGRAPHY Youth League squad. Thanking our 2012/13 partners. Front cover photograph courtesy of Getty SPOT THE DIFFERENCE COMMUNITY ROUND Images. All photography courtesy of Getty Images, Graeme Gillmer Photography, Beans 24 Can you pick the five 31 Come and see the & Mash Photography, Daniel Linnet Foto and difference in the photo Wanderers play out at Eric Berry. of Shannon Cole? Campbelltown Stadium. 02 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC VS MELBOURNE HEART FC WHY rivals FEAR wanderland Courtesy of Getty Images WHY RIVALS FEAR WANDERLAND NRMA INSURANCE WESTERN improving record at home. We want other heavyweights - have brought three wins SYDNEY WANDERERS COACH teams to not look forward to coming here.” and just the one loss. The Wanderers TONY POPOVIC says THE The Wanderers have good memories beat Brisbane Roar 1-0, Adelaide United HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE’S against the Heart. When the two teams 6-1 and the Victory 2-1, and lost 2-0 NEWEST CLUB IS IN THE played at Parramatta Stadium in Round to competition leaders the Mariners. PROCESS OF MAKING ITS Five, the Wanderers won 2-1 to record That takes their home record to four HOME GROUND A very their first home win at their third try. wins, four losses and one draw. difficult ENVIRONMENT Before that, the Wanderers had drawn The home crowds have been rising in FOR VISITING TEAMS - AND with Central Coast Mariners and lost to number and getting louder in voice all that THE fans ARE playing Sydney FC at home. After beating the along, and the Wanderers players have A BIG part IN that. Heart, the Wanderers lost their next two regularly remarked about how big a plus it home games - against Newcastle Jets and is to have such fanatical crowd support. “It’s the same in any competition all over Melbourne Victory - in a reminder that Popovic, with his vast experience as a the world - if you can compile a good record you’ve got to crawl before you can walk. player in Australia and overseas, knows at home you’re on the road to achieving The Wanderers had just the one win, the value of it as well - and is keen for something worthwhile,” Popovic said ahead one draw and three losses at home at it to continue and get even bigger. of today’s clash with Melbourne Heart. that stage. They were doing better away “The fans have been a great support for “We’re not getting ahead of ourselves at from home, but since then their home us,” Popovic said. “They don’t just physically the Wanderers, but we feel we’re building results have improved dramatically. support the team by turning up for games something - and a big part of that is our Four games - all against competition - they are extremely vocal. That gives our WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC VS MELBOURNE HEART FC 03 WHY RIVALS FEAR WANDERLAND players a lift and reminds the visiting players that they’re on foreign ground. “Support like that can help keep players going in a tough game - and the record shows we’ve usually been very strong towards the end of our games at home. We’re attracting a strong support base, and the fans are clearly enjoying the experience.” After failing to score in either of their first two games at home, the Wanderers have become much more adept at scoring there. The game against Adelaide was the breakout one, with six goals in a performance that stunned the Hyundai A-League and announced that the Wanderers had truly arrived. They backed that up with two goals against the Victory, squaring the ledger with a win in that game after losing to the same team at Parramatta Stadium earlier in the season, before failing to get on the score sheet against the Mariners. But the loss to Central Coast was another learning experience against a quality opponent - and the Wanderers have proved with their results that they are learning something every time they play. Courtesy of Getty Images Hydraulic Solutions For custom design, engineering and system installation. • PTO’s • Pumps • Valves • Hoists • Hose & Fittings • Oil • Power Packs • Cylinders • Motors • Filters • Gauges From concept to commissioning to after sales service. CALL HYDRAULIC DISTRIBUTORS NOW. www.hydraulicdistributors.com.au 27 Altair Place, Penrith T: 02 4721 5544 An Australian Owned Company GIBBS IT ALL HE HAS GOT GIBBS IT ALL HE HAS GOT Courtesy of Getty Images IT taKES A SPECIAL KIND OF His talent earned him a transfer The goal poacher’s return to the FOOTBALLER TO TRIUMPH across Sydney to Manly United – with fold was capped off with his first WHEN THE GAME THROWS the Northern Beaches club awarding Hyundai A-League appearance – obstacles YOUR way – Gibbs the Lucas Neill Scholarship and replacing Alex Brosque in the 2009- AND IT’S THE ABILITY TO an opportunity to attend trials overseas. 2010 Grand Final against Melbourne battle THROUGH THOSE He returned to Australia with a wealth Victory at Etihad Stadium. HITCHES that HAS SPURRED of experience and one that Gibbs credits “It was a good experience and I YOUNGSTER JOEY GIBBS. as allowing him to mature as a player. definitely didn’t expect that,” he says. That maturity was met with On the back of that rewarding The 20-year-old’s football journey regular first-grade appearances – experience – another one was has its ebbs and flows, and it is these catching the attention of Hyundai on the cards in Belgium. experiences that have made him the A-League club Sydney FC. “I was there for six months player that he exuviates today. The forward remembers training and it didn’t really work out. “I’ve gotten better and I hope to keep alongside plenty of experienced players “They promised a lot getting better as well – it’s enjoyable but including his coach now at Western and nothing came. it’s also a lot of hard work,” Gibbs said. Sydney Wanderers – Tony Popovic. “It was just a mix of troubles - I From the Central Coast of New His lucky break was met with think with the financial crisis at South Wales - the striker played for some disaster – Gibbs fell victim to the time and they were hoping his local club before his potential was double stress fractures in both feet for investors that never came. noticed by Western Sydney Premier and was forced to watch the first half “It was exciting at the start because League club Blacktown City Demons. of the season from the sideline. you think everything is going to go well WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC VS MELBOURNE HEART FC 05 GIBBS IT ALL HE HAS GOT but it didn’t really turn out that way. “I reckon it’s a good life experience to know that things always don’t go your way.” The beauty of hindsight means the striker doesn’t shy away from the horrible feeling and lack of motivation he had upon returning home. “The quicker you get on with it - it is the best thing,” Gibbs said. “I was obviously disappointed, and lost a bit of confidence and being a bit down affected my games. “I think that probably lasted too long and I snapped out of by the time I went to Marconi. “Then things started to happen once I put in the effort.” A bright season back in the Premier League granted Gibbs another opportunity to try his luck in the national competition – this time with the new Western Sydney club. Gibbs came to the forefront of potential player signings under Popovic after he scored four goals in the Wanderers first trial game at St Marys on July 25 last year.

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