2017 Round 15 Wollongong Wolves V Blacktown City
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KICKOFF ROUND 15 SUNDAY WIN STADIUM V 18TH JUNE 2017 FIXTURES TEAM LISTS FIRST GRADE MATCH PREVIEW 3PM TEAM OF THE WEEK #PS4NPLNSW CORPORATE PARTNERS 2 CONTENTSHEADING NPLNSW.COM.AU WOLLONGONG WOLVES COACHING STAFF & MANAGEMENT 1st Team Coach Jacob Timpano 1st Grade Assistant Coach Neil Mann and Alfredo Esteves Senior Managers Robert Positti and Surit Wadhwa Under 20s Coach Julio Miranda Under 18s Coach Richard Lloyd GK Coach John Krajnovic Match Preview 6 Health and Medical Services Figtree Physiotherapy Technical Director Neil Mann Team Lineups 18 CEO Chris Papakosmas 2017 Ladder 19 Admin Manager Susan Gatt Season Draw 30 Program Contributors Malcolm Rowney Photographer - Seniors Pedro Garcia Photographer – Juniors Chris Horn Ground Announcer Andrew Byron For advertising opportunities, please contact This program is proudly Susan Gatt on 4225 0999. printed by WOLVES SHOP 105 Crown Street Wollongong Public Notices: • Entry inside the perimeter fence of the playing area is prohibited at all times and offenders will be prosecuted. • All spectators are requested to vacate the ground within 15 minutes of the end of the final game. Police may be requested to remove any unauthorised people who remain after the stipulated time. • The setting alight of, or the lighting or discharging of any type of object, including fireworks, signal or smoke flares is strictly prohibited. Offenders will be arrested and charged. Website: wollongongwolves.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 2 4225 0999 Phone: 105 Crown St Wollongong NSW 2500 Twitter: @wollgongwolves Facebook: fb.com/wollongongwolves Instagram: @WollongongWolves 3 SPONSORS #PS4NPLNSW 4 WELCOME NPLNSW.COM.AU FROM THE elcome everyone to WIN Stadium – The and opportunities for all our juniors from WWolf Den, for our Round 15 match Helensburgh right down to Eden on the Far against competition leaders and premiership South Coast and every single junior club in favourites Blacktown City. between. Our mighty Wolves have enjoyed the perfect Today we are fortunate to have the young, start to the second round of the season picking up and coming stars of tomorrow from up 3 wins on the trot and playing some very Helensburgh Thistles Junior Soccer Club attractive football. making their debuts here on WIN STADIUM. Our boys are starting to really get together as a These kids, are part of our “Local Football Club” team at the perfect time and are commencing promotion, held every home game, where the our climb up the competition ladder. lifeblood and future of football, our children, The next month will be a very testing period are given the thrill of running out before the for the Wolves and how we fare over the next main game and at half time, emulating their 4 rounds will give a strong indication of our first grade favourites and playing in front of chances for 2017. their home ground. In succession we meet Blacktown City (equal This initiative has been a resounding success first) at home, followed by APIA Leichhardt with all the kids, boys and girls enjoying Tigers (equal first) away, then Sydney United themselves immensely and leaving with their 58 (fourth) at home and finishing with Hakoah dreams of one day, them running out onto our (eighth) away. ground as part of our first grade team. This sequence of matches will have a huge If we can foster and grow the love of football bearing on our run home. in each and every one of our children then our beautiful game of football here in Australia will Encouragingly, two of these crunch matches continue to thrive and flourish. will be right here at WIN Stadium – The Wolf Den which we have turned into the toughest We hope you enjoy today’s game and road trip in the competition. continue to support and cheer for our mighty Wollongong Wolves Football Club. In our 7 home matches so far this season, we have enjoyed 5 wins and one draw with only There is absolutely no doubt we have the the one solitary loss. loudest and most passionate supporters in the league. It has certainly been a happy hunting ground for our Wolves. Our crowds dwarf anything the other clubs in our competition can draw and it is through The boys intend to continue this strong home the continued support of our loyal band form, starting with today’s match against of followers, fans, supporters, family and Blacktown City and ensure WIN Stadium sponsors that the mighty Wolves will continue remains our fortress. to develop home grown players and provide Our home town crowds have been outstanding them with the complete pathways required to this year and reinforces the pride and passion make all their football dreams a reality. football holds across our region. Look out! The Wolves are on the hunt. Football has enjoyed a long, successful history GO YOU WOLVES. here in the Illawarra and South Coast and the Wollongong Wolves intent to build and grow on that history significantly in the future. We will remain the premier representative team for our area and will continue to provide pathways 5 MATCH PREVIEW #PS4NPLNSW THE OPPOSITION: Blacktown City, the 2015 Championship winners in the competition and equalled one other team. are at WIN Stadium for this Round 15 clash in Gibbs scored the quickest goal in the 2nd minute the PlayStation NPLNSW Mens 1 competition. of Round 9. The biggest winning margin was 6-0 We welcome the club that was successful in 2016 in Round 9 versus Blacktown Spartans and the and also made the Quarter Finals of the FFA biggest margin defeat was 3-1 in Round 6 against Cup only to bow out to the same team that the Hakoah Sydney City East. Multi scorers in a single Wolves did in the Round Of 32, Sydney FC, by the match were brace scorers, Macura in Round 2 and identical score line, 3-0. Blacktown will be striving Antelmi in Round 9. to emulate last season’s success. This will the Newcomers to the team for 2017 include Bo 39th league meeting between the sides after first Hyun Chun from Bonnyrigg White Eagles, James clashing in 1981, with one further clash happening Andrew from Sutherland Sharks and Choi, back in a finals series in 2012. Blacktown indeed from Adelaide United. (Though receiving an played in the Illawarra previously this year at Balls injury earlier in the season that has kept him Paddock, Bulli when the team was victorious in the out of action since) Daniel Araujo has returned FFA Cup versus Bulli 3-0 with goals by Mitch Malia from Sydney FC after playing in the NSW Premier (2) and James Andrew. League Mens 2 competition in 2016. THE OPPOSITION TODAY - BLACKTOWN CITY BLAST FROM THE PAST Blacktown last won honours, being the 2016 Mens In Round 13 at WIN Stadium in 1986, the two 1 Grand Final Champions by defeating Sydney teams met on the 7th July. United by 3 goals to nil. The scorers were Danny Choi with a brace and Patrick Antelmi. The team Wolves: Warwick Young, David Green, Jock was Nenad Vekic, Giorgio Speranza, Roberto Morlando, Peter Kotamanidis, Ray Vlietstra, Reg Speranza, Matthew Lewis, Travis Major, Sasa Chilby, Leonel Arcosa, Richard Peil, Robert Giraldi, Macura, Joey Gibbs, Connor Evans, Choi, Mitchell David Batten and Randall Easthorpe. Pat Brodnik Malia, Zachary Cairncross. Antelmi, Riku Sasaki replaced Peil. and Shayne D’Cunha replaced Gibbs, Malia and Blacktown: Dave Curtis, Peter Willis, Steve Knight, Cairncross respectively. The coach was Mark Brett Thornwaite, Paul Kay, Jeff Ainsworth, Gary Crittenden. Byrne, Joe Carroll, Robbie Slater, Peter Denyer Blacktown concluded the 2016 season in second and Adam Sandy. Brian Allen and John Bradley position with 45 points from 14 wins and 3 draws, replaced Kay and Thornwaite. losing 5 games, scoring 47 goals and conceding The Wolves hit the lead with five minutes 26 with a goal difference of plus 21which was remaining in the first half. A Giraldi headed goal the third highest. The top scorer was Choi with but Blacktown’s Denyer was impeded behind nine goals to his credit with 10 other players the play and a penalty kicked despite the Wolves contributing and with one own goal from the protests was awarded. Denyer duly converted. The opposition. There were four games that the team home team regained the lead when recent signing did not score which six teams bettered. The best Easthorpe took advantage of a goalmouth mix-up result sequence without loss was five – win, win, to slot the ball home. A Carroll through ball found win, win, win and win and this achieved twice, Thornwaite and Blacktown had equalised once in Rounds 1-5 and 16-20. The worst sequence again. With time running out it looked to end up a without winning was two - draw and loss in draw until Allen provided a pass to Carroll and he Rounds 14 and 15 and 21 and 22. Five clean headed the ball over the custodian Young, into the sheets were achieved which was the third best goal for the winner. 6 MATCH PREVIEW NPLNSW.COM.AU THE MATCH - UP Round 1). Seven and six players have achieved goals for Blacktown and Wollongong respectively. There have been five draws between the sides with Blacktown having twenty-seven victories The top scorer(s) for each club is James Andrew to the Wolves’ seven, scoring eighty-nine league (Blacktown) and Yuzo Tashiro (Wollongong) with goals to forty-one since the first meeting in 1981. eight goals apiece. The Wolves have thirteen nil scores as against In each team’s previous matches, Blacktown Blacktown’s three. The best result sequence defeated Bonnyrigg White Eagles 3-2 and the without losing is thirteen for Blacktown - win, Wolves beat Manly United 2-1 with the scorers draw, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, being James Markovic, Joshua Macdonald (WW), win and win (2011 - 2017) and four for the Wolves and James Andrew with 2 and Mitch Malia (BCFC).