KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 14

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ILINDEN SUNDAY SPORTS 30TH MAY CENTRE 3PM MEN’S CLUB WELCOME

We welcome everyone to the Ilinden Sports Centre Hope to see you all at the game. for this round 14 clash against Marconi Stallions. We ask that you all continue to support the club. We enter this fixture in 3rd position following a very We ask that you continue to support our wonderful unlucky 2-2 draw last Sunday away against Sydney sponsors: Olympic. It was an action packed game that had a Major Sponsors bit of everything. PCFS Logistics, Smarltine Home Lending Centre Our under 20’s are proving difficult to breakdown Bexley, Marco Polo Foods, MKD Transcorp, Alland and they also secured a draw on the weekend. Electrical With that as the backdrop, we return to the Ilinden Gold Partners Sports Centre for round 14 action against Marconi. Ace Gutters, Brighton Australia, Vawdrey Australia, SCIS Group, Burek Bros, A+S Training, In the corresponding fixture earlier this year, the Your Consolidated Group, Maserati And Ferrari game finished 2-2. It too was a game with a bit Dealership Sydney, Transcorp Express, Simply of everything and this game promises to be no Pharmacy Rockdale, Cityview Group, Ribarovski different. Our visitors have been very unlucky in Catering Equipment several fixtures and so this promises to be an epic Official Suppliers battle. AV Ace Audio Visual, Kingsford Smith Transport Away from NPL action, last week we secured our Apparel Partner passage into round 7 of the FFA Cup following a Stanno 2-0 victory over local rivals St.George FC. We have been drawn against fellow NPL 1 outfit Mt.Druitt in Napred Ilinden! round 7 action. Match details to be confirmed. Apart from that, our annual club raffle is open. Thank you to our sponsors who have donated some impressive prizes.

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NPLNSW.COM.AU 3 1ST GRADE TEAM LISTS

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1 David Bradasevic (GK) 1 Nenad Vekic 2 2 Nathan Millgate 3 Mick Neill 3 Giorgio Speranza 4 Mitchell Stamatellis 4 Roberto Speranza 5 Banri Kanaizumi 5 Mason Ingram 6 Daniel Araujo 6 Mark Rodic 7 7 Chris Hatfield 8 Tomoki Wada 8 Connor Evans 9 Bai Antoniou 9 Anthony Costa 10 Amaury Gauthier 10 Marko Jesic 13 Zac Sfiligoi 11 14 Brayden Sorge 12 Stefan Nikolic 16 Mo Ahmed 14 Anthony Frangie 18 Sam Gulisano 16 Liam Youlley 19 Patty Savor 17 Martin Fernandez 22 Enol Ordonez Suarez (GK) 19 Zach Cairncross 23. Jordan Figon 20 Dion Shaw 21 Emmanuel Peters Head Coach: Steve Zoric 23 Brandon Vella Assistant Coach: Gary Deprato 24 Paolo Laxamana Goalkeeper Coach: Jose Bello Migo Physio: Michael Koutzoumis Head Coach: Peter Tsekenis Gear Steward: Jovan Ckorovski Manager: Peter Papoythis

Referee: A. Arndt Assistant Referees: H. Fenton-White and J. Park Fourth Official: N. Kour

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Rockdale Ilinden will be out for all three competition The Stallions have missed a winning edge with only points when they host a struggling Marconi Stallions one win all season and have been labelled the draw at Rockdale Ilinden Sports Cente on Sunday. masters. Third-placed Rockdale have dropped points in Chris Hatfield did have an industrious match for the recent weeks after a run of frustrating draws and Stallions while Nenad Vekic has been a standout for are now three points behind competition leaders the club’s as the number one keeper. Sydney United 58. Marko Jesic and Anthony Frangie in attack can create With only one win and four draws in their last five headaches for the Rockdale defence and will need matches, coach Steve Zoric will be determined to to be at their best to give Marconi their best shot. push his team back to winning ways. Nathan Millgate offers the side a brilliant option from Rockdale shared the spoils 2-2 with Sydney Olympic set-pieces. The tall defender possesses an innate in Round 13 with goals to Tomoki Wada and Alec ability to get his head to the ball in the opposition Urosevski helping their side in a brilliant fightback. penalty area. Wada’s creativity in midfield will be essential in this Rockdale will be favourites for this match at home, match, with the Japanese playmaker able to break but recent form from both sides could mean this through a talented Marconi midfield. game could end in a draw. Alec Urosevski remains the main man in attack for Rockdale and will be out to add to his tally of 11 strikes so far this season. Marconi comes into this match after three straight draws, including a 1-1 result against Sutherland in Round 13.

1ST GRADE LADDER

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sydney United 58 FC 13 8 3 2 29 14 15 27 2 Blacktown City FC 13 8 2 3 25 11 14 26 3 Rockdale Ilinden FC 13 6 6 1 25 13 12 24 4 Wolves FC 13 5 4 4 19 22 -3 19 5 Manly United FC 13 5 4 4 15 18 -3 19 6 APIA Leichhardt FC 13 5 2 6 16 17 -1 17 7 Sydney Olympic FC 13 5 2 6 15 16 -1 17 8 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 13 4 5 4 15 19 -4 17 9 Northbridge Bulls FC 13 3 4 6 25 23 2 13 10 Marconi Stallions FC 13 1 9 3 19 22 -3 12 11 Sutherland Sharks FC 13 2 4 7 16 27 -11 10 12 Sydney FC 13 2 3 8 20 37 -17 9

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Sydney Olympic 2- Rockdale Ilinden 2 at Marconi Stallions 1 – Sutherland Sharks 1 at An inspired second-half fightback has helped Marconi Stallions were forced to settle to their Rockdale Ilinden snatch a 2-2 draw against Sydney ninth draw of the season as they were held 1-1 by Olympic at Belmore Sports Ground on Sunday. Sutherland Sharks at Marconi Stadium on Saturday. Goals from Tomoki Wada and Alec Urosevski Chris Hatfield ensured the Stallions took home a after the interval helped Rockdale secure a vital point with a goal on the cusp of halftime after Sharks competition point after conceding twice in the defender Gabriel Contigiani opened the scoring opening 45 minutes. only moments earlier. It was a frustrating result for Olympic who were Sutherland was keen to put behind last week’s in control of the contest after goals from Adam lacklustre performance against Northbridge in the Parkhouse and Brendan Cholakian. past and was a much-improved outfit on the night. However, the visitors were not to be denied The Sharks enjoyed a short lead in the late stages with Urosevski opening Rockdale’s account only of the first half after Lachlan Everett picked out an moments after the restart before Wada headed oncoming Contigiani deep in the box for the opener. home to net the equaliser 15 minutes from time. Marconi levelled the game minutes later after an over-powered back pass from Chris Lindsay gave Hatfield a perfect run through on goal where he netted the equaliser.

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Patrick Antelmi Sydney United 58 13 Alec Urosevski Rockdale Illinden 11 James Andrew Sutherland Sharks 8 Kyle Cimenti Rockdale Ilinden 7 Travis Major Blacktown City 7 Marko Jesic Marconi 7 Jack Stewart Mt Druitt Town Rangers 6 Chris Payne Sydney United 58 6 Matt Sim Sydney United 58 5 Lachlan Scott Wollongong Wolves 5 Dejan Pandurevic Manly United 5

NPLNSW.COM.AU 7 U20 TEAM LISTS

31 Andrew Di Blasio 41 Lucas Ramirez 32 Ryan Velovski 42 James Tanoski 33 Adam Manoski 43 Mouhamed Hamdache 34 Ali Hamdan 44 Peter Tufevski 35 Daniel Geroski 46 Youssef Harrar 36 Dion Iconomopoulos 48 Gaelen Dorigo 37 Harry Skotadis 49 Max Luburic 38 Jad Moussa 53 Jayden Anevski 39 James Nikolovski Kristopher Jovanovski 40 Karim Farhat Head Coach: Jeff Suzor

30 Jordan Ford 38 Jesse Hirschowitz 31 Daniel Helweh 39 Jay Hirschowitz 32 Jarred McKinley 40 Luka Zepina 22 Andrew Holder 41 Ahmad Taleb ® 25 Blake Ilitch 42 James Hilton 18 Dimos Vlachos 43 Jackson Andrews 33 Jackson Angelou 44 Adrian Neoklis 35 Jeremy Dinh Coach: Steve Appleby Manager: Patrick Gatt

U20 LADDER

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Manly United FC 13 10 0 3 28 12 16 30

2 Sydney Olympic FC 13 8 2 3 28 12 16 26

3 Sydney FC 13 6 5 2 16 8 8 23

4 Blacktown City FC 13 6 3 4 24 12 12 21

5 Wollongong Wolves FC 12 6 2 4 21 18 3 20

6 Marconi Stallions FC 13 6 2 5 19 16 3 20

7 Sydney United 58 FC 13 4 3 6 22 25 -3 15

8 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 13 4 3 6 21 31 -10 15

9 Northbridge Bulls FC 13 4 2 7 19 23 -4 14

10 APIA Leichhardt FC 13 3 4 6 16 26 -10 13

11 Sutherland Sharks FC 12 3 3 6 11 24 -13 12

12 Rockdale Ilinden FC 13 0 5 8 10 28 -18 5

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10 #NPLNSW CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

CLUB PLAYED U20’s 1st TOTAL Blacktown City FC 26 42 104 146 Sydney United 58 FC 26 30 108 138 Manly United FC 26 60 76 136 Sydney Olympic FC 26 52 68 120 Wollongong Wolves FC 25 40 76 116 Rockdale Ilinden FC 26 10 96 106 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 26 30 68 98 APIA Leichhardt FC 26 26 68 94 Marconi Stallions FC 26 40 48 88 Sydney FC 26 46 36 82 Northbridge Bulls FC 26 28 52 80 Sutherland Sharks FC 25 24 40 64

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NEXT ROUND FIXTURES MANLY UNITED FC VS WOLLONGONG WOLVES FC VS ROCKDALE ILINDEN FC SYDNEY OLYMPIC FC 7:00 PM / FRI 4 JUN 2:30 PM / SUN 6 JUN ALBERT BUTLER MEMORIAL PARK

SUTHERLAND SHARKS FC VS BLACKTOWN CITY FC VS APIA LEICHHARDT FC SYDNEY UNITED 58 FC 3:30 PM / SAT 5 JUN 3:00 PM / SUN 6 JUN SEYMOUR SHAW LILY HOMES STADIUM

MARCONI STALLIONS FC VS SYDNEY FC VS NORTHBRIDGE BULLS FC MT DRUITT TOWN RANGERS FC 6:00 PM / SAT 5 JUN 6:30 PM / SUN 6 JUN MARCONI STADIUM ROCKDALE ILINDEN SPORTS CENTRE

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HOME GROUND - Ilinden Sports Centre 468 West Botany St, Rockdale rcsfc.com.au

ROUND 1 28/02/21 (Sun) 15:00 Wollongong Wolves FC ROUND 2 07/03/21 (Sun) 15:00 Sydney Olympic FC ROUND 4 21/03/21 (Sun) 15:00 Manly United FC ROUND 6 04/04/21 (Sun) 15:00 APIA Leichhardt FC ROUND 9 25/04/21 (Sun) 15:00 Sydney United 58 FC ROUND 11 09/05/21 (Sun) 15:00 Sydney FC ROUND 14 30/05/21 (Sun) 15:00 Marconi Stallions FC ROUND 16 13/06/21 (Sun) 15:00 Blacktown City FC ROUND 18 27/06/21 (Sun) 15:00 Northbridge Bulls FC ROUND 19 04/07/21 (Sun) 15:00 Sutherland Sharks FC ROUND 21 18/07/21 (Sun) 15:00 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC

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