TwenTy-sixTh ediTion • season 2013/14 VS ADELAIDE UNITED INSIDE THIS ISSUE ANTONY GOLEC: THE RIGHT MOVE TOPOR-STANLEY VS McKAIN CatCHING UP WITH PAUL WADE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RETURNS TO Parramatta TREVOR MORGAN: DEVELOPMENT IS THE KEY PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY 03 VISIT WSWANDERERSFC.COM.AU & SIGN UP TO THE WEEKLY WANDERER THIS WEEK ... FOLLOW US @WSWANDERERSFC 05 FROM THE PARTNER... 21 SpOT THE DIFFERENCE International Goalkeepers and Strikers Can you spot the five differences this week? academy director of Coaching Jim Fraser says that the wanderers have filled a hole 23 TAKE FIVE WITH ... in the western sydney community Joshua Barresi takes some time out with The wanderer 07 NEWS AND VIEWS Tonight’s match at a glance with on this 25 DEVELOPMENT IS THE KEY day, score wrap-ups and more with the Foxtel national youth League coming to a close the wanderer talks to Trevor Morgan 08 ANTONY GOLEC: THE RIGHT MOVE about his developmental techniques Golec has had his ups and down before joining the wanderers but is ready to 27 WANDERERS WORLD CUP make the most of his new opportunity Participants in wanderers Clinics were invited to play a "world Cup" before the Jets match 13 PLAYERS TO WATCH and enjoy a special match-day experience nikolai Topor-stanley and Jonathan McKain 28 #WANDERTWEET 15 CATCHING UP WITH PAUL WADE Thanks for your tweets! socceroos and national soccer League legend sits down with the wanderer to The views in this publication are not necessarily the talk life, work and western sydney views of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers 16 TODAY'S MATCH FC. Material in this publication is copyrighted and may Brought to you by amart sports only be reproduced with the written permission of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers FC. All 19 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL photography courtesy of Getty Images, George Suresh, RETURNS TO PARRAMATTA Steve Christo, Quarrie Sports Photography and Les Parramatta stadium will host its second Shorrock collection, Deakin University Library. aFC Champions League match with one of Japan’s premier teams OFFICIAL HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE PARTNERS WSWANDERERSFC.COM.AU SEE THE WANDERERS TAKE ON ASIA'S BEST VS WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH PARRAMATTA STADIUM KICK-OFF 7.30PM GATES OPEN 6.00PM TICKETS ON SALE NOW TICKETMASTER.COM.AU 05 FROM THE PARTNER... The opportunity for both the International Goalkeepers and international strikers to provide sponsorship for both the western sydney wanderers Foxtel national youth League team and westfield w-League teams is seen as an integral component of our long- term marketing strategy. he wanderers vision of connecting with the community and developing youth players Twhile supporting grassroots football programs runs parallel with the aims of our organisation. sponsoring the teams have been an exciting opportunity and the Club’s success in their first year and subsequent growth has shown that their business model is sound and ongoing success can be expected. Given the planning that has gone into the wanderers structure and the personnel that was employed at all levels; in administration, coaching team and playing squad, as a partner we are confident that our investment is secure. a hyundai a-League team in the western suburbs, which has long been the heartland of sydney football, was long overdue and wanderers has fulfilled the needs of thousands of fans that now support the Club. in discussions with my fellow director enzo Cheng we see wanderers as providing an excellent career path for our talented students and the region's footballers as a whole. our vision as an academy is to develop players of all abilities to fulfil their playing potential and enjoy their football experience. a major part of the football experience is having the opportunity to support a great club. western PARRAMATTA STADIUM sydney wanderers provides this opportunity and we are proud to be a Partner and look forward KICK-OFF 7.30PM to a long term relationship with the club. GATES OPEN 6.00PM Jim Fraser director of Coaching international Goalkeepers academy International Strikers WSWANDERERSFC.COM.AU 07 NEWS & VIEWS ROUND ON THIS DAY... WRAP-UP Courtesy of andrew howe @AndyHowe_statto he first few years of the national soccer League saw a great HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE Tongoing battle between Marconi and sydney City - the pride of Round 21 sun 2 Mar sydney's west and east - as the country's leading team of the time. Pirtek stadium Between 1977 to 1980 Marconi won a league and cup title while Western Sydney Wanderers 0 sydney City won two championships. But 15 March 1981 marked a Newcastle Jets 2 turning point as sydney City thrashed Marconi 5-0 at sydney athletic (Jaliens 37, Taggart 64) Field. it was a poignant result for Marconi who for the next three seasons struggled at the wrong end of the nsL ladder while sydney City went on to finish in the top two for the following five years to Round 22 sat 8 Mar clearly become the most successful club of the nsL's first decade. allianz stadium Sydney FC 3 (Jurman 59, Garcia 75, abbas 90+3) GUARDIAN FUNERALS WANDERCREW Western Sydney Wanderers 1 MEMBER OF THE WEEK: TAHLEE VAN GOOL (ono 49) y name is Tahlee van Gool and Mi am a wandercrew w-League AFC CHAMPIONS Ball Girl and my dad is a wandercrew LEAGUE stretcher Bearer for the hyundai Round 1 Group Stage a-League and Ball Person helper wed 26 Feb in the westfield w-League. Parramatta stadium i have been a ball girl for two Western Sydney Wanderers 1 seasons and i really enjoy being part (santalab 1) of it as i get to watch and learn from Ulsan Hyundai FC 3 the players. My favourite westfield (shin-wook 35, w-League players are Linda o'neill, Chang-hyun 43, Minsoo 67) Teigan allen and emily van egmond. some of my teammates are also ball kids and i have made new friends as well! i also enjoy FOXTEL NatiONAL Proudly BROUGHT TO YOU BY getting to hang out with dad YOUTH LEAGUE as he loves the wanderers. Round 18 sat 1 Mar My family are all wanderers fans Cook Park and Mum helps us sometimes as does Western Sydney Wanderers 1 my little brother who loves to sing (olsen 23) the songs. My favourite player in the Melbourne Victory 1 hyundai a-League is Mark Bridge. (Proia 71) THE WANDERERS HAVE SCORED MORE GOALS AGAINST ADELAIDE UNITED THEN THEY HAVE SCORED AGAINST ANY OTHER CLUB VISIT WSWANDERERSFC.COM.AU 11 & SIGN UP TO THE WEEKLY WANDERER WANT MORE WANDERERS FC? FOLLOW US @WSWANDERERSFC WSWANDERERSFC.COM.AU 08 WANDERERS FC VS ADELAIDE UNITED 09 ANTONY GOLEC: THE RIGHT MOVE story by Josh Bennett @josh_n_bennett Football is not always easy; sometimes you’ve got to do things the hard way. Just ask olyroo antony Golec. he 23 year-old signed a four month deal for John Kosmina and spent three seasons there the western sydney wanderers inaugural making a total of ten league appearances. TaFC Champions League campaign in February although enjoying his time in sydney Golec admitted after a proposed move to Chinese super that it was the right decision to leave the club in 2011 League club Liaoning whowin fell through. to explore a fresh opportunity with adelaide United. it has been a difficult season for the 194cm central “it was very good in the first season being a defender who fell out of favour at adelaide United young footballer coming through your first club, despite making 15 appearances for the club last season. you’re always excited and ready to learn,” he said. The lucrative Chinese super League seemed like “The second year, i was a bit young and naïve, i the perfect place to reignite his career but upon didn’t really understand what it was to be a professional arriving he immediately realised it was not for him. and i let that get in the way and my football suffered. “it wasn’t the right move for me, it didn’t feel “For me the best thing was to get out of like the right country to get the best out of me sydney FC; i had a lot of distractions and i was and to improve as a footballer,” he said. letting that get in front of the most important “The important thing for me is to enjoy my thing which was playing and learning.” football and learn and progress in my career and Golec joined adelaide with the opportunity of regular i didn’t feel it was the right step for me.” first team football and quickly established himself enter Tony Popovic. as one of the most reliable defenders at the club. Golec played with Popovic at sydney FC in 2008 his regular appearances in his first two seasons and was guided by the wanderers boss during at the club included aFC Champions League Popa’s stint as assistant coach of the sky Blues. matches but the arrival of spanish coach Josep “Popa was the main one, i was lucky enough Gombau this season saw Golec fall out of favour, to play with him at sydney FC and he actually something that was difficult to swallow. coached me there when he retired,” he said. “The experience was very frustrating. i will admit “i want to learn as much as i can and i had to it was hard but if there’s one thing about me that go to the wanderers, to Tony Popovic, because people know is that i don’t care if it is hard because i i know he’s the coach that can do it for me.” will try and make the impossible possible,” he said.