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Thirty-fourth EDITION • sEAsON 2014/15 ROUND 13 VS Central COast Mariners PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE YEAR THAT WAS INSIDE THIS editiON TRIFIRO vs TRIFIRO • NEW YEAR's REsOLUTIONs WEsTERN sYDNEY TO HOsT BEsT OF AsIA • Santa WRITEs IN THE sHEDs PLUS A DUBIOUs CONvERsATION WITH MICHAEL McGLINCHEY This Match This Match 05 FROM OUR CAPTAIN NIkOLAI TOPOR-Stanley 08 06 WARM UP 08 THE YEAR that was 13 Players TO Watch: TRIFIRO VS TRIFIRO 14 NEW YEAR'S REsOLUTIONs 16 today's match 18 WEsTERN sYDNEY TO HOsT BEsT OF AsIA 20 sLAv's sPOT THE DIFFERENCE 21 IRAq WINs wanderers AsIAN CUP FINAL 23 takE FIvE WITH BRENDAN HAMILL 18 24 24 WsW vs CCM: ONE YEAR ON 26 GUARDIAN FUNERALs WANDERCREW MEMBER OF THE WEEk: TOM DANIELs 27 A DUBIOUs CONvERsation WITH MICHAEL McGLINCHEY 29 THE ARCHIvE 30 OUR partners The views in this publication are not necessarily the views of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Material in this publication is copyrighted and may only be reproduced with the written permission of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers FC. All photography courtesy of Getty Images, George Suresh, Steve Christo, Jarred Stedman, Ali Erhan and Sebastian Giunta. Stay CONNECTED VISIT WsWANDERERsFC.COM.AU FOLLOW US @WsWANDERERsFC WATCH WsWANDERERsTv C M Y CM A BETTER WAY MY Visy’s food-grade recycled plastic is made right here CY in Australia. Look for the symbol on pack. CMY 13 4479 WWW.VISY.COM.AU K 03 Stay CONNECTED | vIsIT WswanderersFC.COM.AU FROM OUR Captain hen I look back at 2014 and To represent our Club and country at the work, determination and resilience. what we’ve achieved I still FIFA Club World Cup was a fitting reward To be a Wanderer and captain of this Whave to rub my eyes. and an experience I will never forget. Club is a huge honour and one that I Embarking on our first AFC 2015 sees us take on two take on, as everyone does at this Club, Champions League campaign while still enormous challenges: with clarity of purpose. competing on the domestic stage was 1. Defend our Champions League title That purpose is simple; to improve in a big task and one we took on with the 2. Get ourselves into another A-League all areas. same attitude we’ve all had since signing Grand Final With the challenges of 2015 in our sites, with the Wanderers. If there was a target painted on our our belief remains the same as day one. We Losing the Hyundai A-League back following our inaugural season, are the Western Sydney Wanderers and Grand Final was a bitter blow, we’re now sure to have it tattooed there nobody tells us what we can’t achieve. especially the manner in which it – but if this is the outcome of our Sing for us and celebrate with us. happened from my perspective, but success then I say bring it on! Happy New Year! the way the team and the Club rallied It has been a testament to players to, firstly, qualify for the knock-out and staff, both past and present, NIKOlai TOPOR-Stanley stages of the Champions League throughout our history that we have Captain and then to go on and win it was an enjoyed the success we have achieved. NRMA INsURANCE WEsTERN incredible achievement. Not through luck but through hard sYDNEY WANDERERs FC 05 Stay CONNECTED | FOLLOW @WswanderersFC WARM UP IN the SHEDS WITH BRENDON sANTALAB @BSantalab elcome to Wanderland in are not falling for us at the moment and 2015! A New Year is often a sometimes that’s part of the challenge of Wtime for change and hopefully being a footballer. As a team and coaching today we can change our current trend; staff we need to work out a way to turn good performances and a lot of chances things around and that includes sticking to but without hitting the back of the net! our guns and continue grinding away. It has been the story of our season so Last but not least, a happy New Year far but we’re not playing badly. When you to all our fans and a big thank you for ON this day watch the game against Wellington it’s clear your support during 2014. Even during CourtesY OF ANDREW HOWE to see that we again had chances and were this tough period our fans have been @AndyHOwe_stattO simply unlucky with the penalty decision unbelievable; you have shown your true that went against us. But that’s football and loyalty to this Club during a tough period. n the biggest move for Australian it’s all about working hard now and getting 11 games without a win would no football since joining FIFA, Football out of the rut that we’re in. doubt be frustrating as a fan but the way IFederation Australia became a member It’s not an easy position to be in and as you’ve backed us and kept pushing us of the Asian Football Confederation on players we want to turn it around as quickly forward has been unbelievable. 1 January 2006. While being the biggest as possible. There’s no hiding that things Enjoy 2015! fish in the small sea of Oceania had some benefits, including almost-certain qualification for age-restricted men’s and WE are ON the LINE FIXTURES & RESULTS women’s world cups, the move into Asia guaranteed constant quality competition You may have noticed these odd Scan the QR code below for all score for Australia’s national and club sides. The looking barcodes (see below right) updates across our Hyundai A-League, OFC Nations Cup, Oceania’s equivalent of throughout this edition of The Wanderer. Westfield W-League and Foxtel National the AFC Asian Cup, paled in significance To get the best experience simply follow Youth League matches. to the Asian Cup – the last Oceania Cup these three easy steps: held in Australia in 2004 attracted a mere STEP 1 Download a QR scanner app on 3,000 average per game. The Wanderers’ your smart device AFC Champions League triumph – an STEP 2 Open the app and scan each inconceivable thought for an Australian QR code in The Wanderer club a decade ago – has only further STEP 3 Enjoy your interactive vindicated the move to Asia. Wanderers content BURLINGTON — Stone inspired porcelain tile DI LORENZO TILES Pty Ltd Tile Merchants | www.dilorenzo.com.au Bella Vista 02 8818 2999 | Redfern 02 9698 8737 | Newcastle 02 4962 5775 | Willoughby 02 8602 1470 1855-28 06 ROUND 13 | WANDERERs FC vs CENTRAL COAsT MARINERs WARM UP #HASHTAG Every edition we’ll publish the best tweets and instagram pics you guys tag us in. FIELD repOrter WITH DEAN HEFFERNAN @Heff35 start of a New Year and, positive, which the boys will be doing, unfortunately, we’re yet to see a and they’ll be right. A win. Though unlike a lot of folk At Perth we were coming dead last with five out there I’m not too concerned; I actually games to go and it was almost mathematically think the team is playing some pretty impossible for us to make finals but we stayed THEY LIkE THEIR PREsENTs! good stuff. The boys are creating a lot of positive, got on a run, made the top six and exMily_ chances, look very dangerous and are fast should have won our semi-final! on the counter-attack. At the moment We didn’t change how we played, we they’re just not hitting the back of the net just started hitting the back of the net but that will come and when it does it will and that’s all the difference. be the kick-start they need for the season. There are still plenty of games to go – I was in a situation like this once 51 points on offer – plus Santa will be back before with Perth Glory. We were playing soon which will help Tomi a lot. They’re good football but hadn’t won in eight not far off from going on a run, Popa will matches and only had two wins in our make sure the boys know they’re doing the NEW DOONA COvER WHO’s last 15. It can be tough at training at right thing and when they scrape into the BODY Is IT? @WswanderersFC times like that but you need to stay top six then anything can happen. EITHER Santalab OR jURIC BEsT CHRIsTMAs PREsENT EvER Match Day partner @JacKI3 KatHL33N WE HAvE three WINS, Three DRAWS & three LOSSES AGAINsT THE “MUMMY, ME & BECCA at A WANDERERs GAME.“ - 5 YEAR OLD NEPHEW LUCAs. #WsW MARINERS #WEsTERNsydneywanderers 3 @RAHBEHKAHHH CHAMPIONS WSW MENS CHAMPIONS TEE $40.00 Rib crew neck with interior taping for durability and WANDERLANDGEAR UP FOR comfort. MERCHANDIsE @wswanderersfc .COM.AU 07 Stay CONNECTED | Watch WsWANDERERsTv THE YEAR THAT WAS Story BY Stan UzUNOv @StanUZUNOV & CHRIsTIAN Layland @Layles89 08 ROUND 13 | WANDERERs FC vs CENTRAL COAsT MARINERs his year has seen the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers embark on Ta captivating journey – unimaginable at times, through the greatest of highs and lows. From a bitter return to the grandest stage of Australian club football to a glorious night in Riyadh when a “small club” became a continental powerhouse, the Wanderers story has got it all. Having competed in four separate competitions and participated in an astonishing total of 47 matches, 2014 will go down in the books as one of, if not the, busiest schedules for an Australian club ever.

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