fortietH edition • season 2014/15 ROUND 22 VS NEWCAstle Jets PROUDLY brougHt to you by BORN ROLE MOdels INSIDE THIS editiON poljak vs Hoole • Hyundai a-league embracing erase racism tHe Hunter Have gatHered • season kicks off for powercHair PLUS a dubious CONVERSATION witH mario jardel This MATCH This MATCH 05 from tHe mayor 06 warm up 08 08 golgol mebraHtu & alusine fofanaH: born role models 13 players to watcH: POLJAK VS HOOLE 14 tHe Hunter Have gatHered 16 today's matcH 18 season kicks off for PowercHair 20 SLAV's spot tHe difference 21 win a wanderers jersey signed by tomi juric tHanks to pirtek 23 take five witH sam gallaway 24 Hyundai a-league 14 18 embracing erase racism 25 a dubious conversation witH mario jardel 26 guardian funerals wandercrew member of tHe week: scott staveley 27 cultural ambassadors inspire next generation 29 tHe arcHive 30 our partners The views in this publication are not necessarily the views of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 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All photography courtesy of Getty Images, Steve Christo, Chad Gibson, Eric Berry, Brett Hemmings, Matt King, Brendon Thorne, Ashley Feder, Michael Dodge, Paul Kane, Tony Feder and Mark Dadswell. stay connected VISIT wswanderersfc.com.au FOLLOW US @wswanderersfc WATCH WSWanderersTV PROUD SUPPORTERS OF 2014/15 CORPORATE PARTNER ENJOY A HAHN SUPERDRY ON GAME DAY AT ONE OF THESE LICENSED VENUES FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN WSW GEAR Parramatta RSL Check with each venue for Terms & Conditions. 03 stay connected | visit wswanderersfc.com.au FROM the MAYOR Left to right: Liverpool Boys High School student, Liverpool City Mayor Ned Mannoun and Liverpool Boys High School Principal at Liverpool’s Harmony Day Celebrations 2014 iverpool City Council is a proud in common with the Wanderers The Wanderers provide a great sponsor and supporter of the including our aspiration to be at the role model for our community and LWestern Sydney Wanderers FC. top of our game and become a great especially for the youth of Liverpool In this second year of our partnership sporting and recreational hub. through their demonstrated hard with the Wanderers I am thrilled that Liverpool is also working towards work, team spirit and leadership the Council has the opportunity to work the possibility of one day being in a skills while maintaining an active and again on a range of community initiatives. position to host its very own iconic healthy lifestyle. It shows our up-and- Council partnered with the multi-purpose sports stadium. With coming athletes and ambitious young Wanderers to deliver Harmony Day Sydney’s second international airport people that anything is possible if you celebrations in Liverpool last Thursday set to be built at Badgerys Creek, on put in the effort. 19 March in Bigge Park which included Liverpool’s doorstep, and a population We look forward to continuing our many great activities including player in the broader region set to reach partnership with the Wanderers and we appearances, entertainment and football 1.3 million, Liverpool provides an wish them great success this season. coaching clinics with over 200 students attractive strategic location and participating from local schools. a compelling proposition for the NED MANNOUN Liverpool is such a passionate development of a new 30,000 seat mayor sporting community and shares much stadium for Western Sydney. liverpool city council 05 stay connected | follow @wswanderersfc WARM UP IN the SHEDS witH ian crook @ChippYCROOK63 armony Day is a celebration that and Yojiro from Japan or any of the other really typifies our club. Each day boys who grew up watching their heroes HI see the club pushing forward in Europe and Australia, each player’s in all areas led by staff and a community cultural experience adds something to that represents a multitude of cultural our group. All want the same thing, to be backgrounds. The region we reside in successful with the Wanderers. is proud of its diverse multicultural Our fans and the community inspire composition and representing all within us every day to band together to work it continues to be a cornerstone of the harder to achieve. The atmosphere Wanderers identity. created on match day is unrivalled and ON this DAY When I look around training every is made up by people from all walks courtesy of andrew Howe day I see a number of different cultures of life. They are united by their shared @ANDYHOWE_stAttO working together on the park. Our first passion for our club. team squad alone represents more than This unity is why we have achieved orn on 21 March 1979, Liverpool twenty nationalities from all corners so much in a short time, and with your City junior Christian Care was an of the globe. Whether it be Romeo of continued support we will continue to BAustralian youth representative and Surinamese-Dutch upbringing, Yusuke succeed in the future. long-time Marconi player. He had youth team stints at Parramatta Eagles, Sydney United and Marconi and We ARE ON the LINE FIXTURES & RESULTS spent a year at the Australian Institute of Sport. The midfielder first joined the You may have noticed these odd Scan the QR code below for all score Australian U20 team on a tour of South looking barcodes (see below right) updates across our Hyundai A-League, America in mid-1998 and took part in the throughout this edition of The Wanderer. Westfield W-League and Foxtel National 1999 U20 World Cup, where he played To get the best experience simply follow Youth League matches. against Saudi Arabia and Ireland. these three easy steps: He also featured in several games for STEP 1 Download a QR scanner app on the national U23 team in the lead-up to the your smart device Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Care made STEP 2 Open the app and scan each his NSL debut in 1997 aged 18, eventually QR code in The Wanderer making 120 national league appearances STEP 3 Enjoy your interactive over six seasons at Marconi. 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 22 | wanderers fc vs newcastle jets 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 ootball is unique in the sporting Football has given me the chance to meet landscape as it truly is the world’s game. people and go places I would never have F The Wanderers and the Western expected. I could never have imagined Sydney community have really embraced that one day I would travel to the Middle cant stop loving tHis cake this fact bringing their varied cultures under East to play football against Kuwait! by @suescakesandmore one banner to support their mighty Red & The multicultural values of the @wswanderersfc Black boys through thick and thin. Truly, Wanderers guarantee an exciting future to #wsw everyone is welcome here at our family club. come as the club continues to represent the @CHURROthedOGGY This is what the organization has been all various backgrounds of the community about since day one. that loves and supports the Red & Black. Harmony Day really reminds me With a new youth academy the club how football brings together so many looks to continue to develop new local different people and allows everyone to talent from all backgrounds. Alongside experience cultural diversity. In my time a committed region full of football overseas I enjoyed bringing my own people who love the club I know that the culture into different environments while Wanderers and success will be going hand tHrowback #snakes immersing myself in other ways of life. in hand for many years to come. #awesomesnake #bucketHat #snakebelt #wsw @CHRistiANBUHAGIAR3 we only need TWO MORE goals TO HAve SCORED tHey see me rollin.... tHey 9 Hatin.. #rbb #gameday ONE HUNDRED #labanda #drummer #wsw 8Hyundai a-league goals @RenOthOPE MERCH HOT LINE 0451 750 560 TEXT YOUR NAME, BAY AND SEAT NUMBER FROM KICK-OFF TO THE 80TH MINUTE AND ONE OF OUR FRIENDLY STAFF MEMBERS WILL STOP BY AND TAKE YOUR ORDER SHOW YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD TO RECEIVE 10% OFF YOUR PURCHASE 07 stay connected | watcH wswandererstv golgol mebraHtu & alusine fofanaH BORN ROLE MOdels 08 round 22 | wanderers fc vs newcastle jets golgol mebraHtu & alusine fofanaH BORN ROLE MOdels story by matt dorman @MAtt11DORMAN 09 stay connected | visit wswanderersfc.com.au You too can be fuelled by Herbalife... For more information visit www.herbalife.com.au TODAY! seven children and the Red Cross facilitated a life-changing move to Australia. “It was very unknown,” Mebrahtu says. “I was a bit anxious. I remember thinking we’re leaving our extended family and everything else behind and coming to a new place. But having my family with me made the transition quite easy and I was still young so I could adapt quite quickly.” His upbringing, which he describes as “turbulent” before reaching Brisbane, stands him in better stead than most to rise to the expectations of a role model. If football is a ‘universal language’, as Mebrahtu says, he’s an expert translator. The athletic forward was involved in Refugee Week in 2012 and relishes the opportunity to inspire. “I was in their shoes once. I still remember when we first came to Australia thletes are thought of as role The teenager debuted over a year I attended similar events for refugees and models for a reason.