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o have a Community Round match match in Penrith for 30 years, since the to turn around our results and get some every two years is a great thing for last round of the 1985 National Soccer wins for them. Tthe region of Western Sydney. With League season so to be a part of the I’ve got a lot of mates that follow the fans’ help we’ve turned Pirtek Stadium Hyundai A-League’s first match here is a both Wanderers and the Panthers into a fortress and it’s nice to spread the real highlight in my career. because they’ve grown up around here love around Western Sydney to attract I’m happy being back in Penrith, and we used to come watch them when new supporters and also to reward our Sportingbet Stadium is a great venue and I was growing up until one of the lads fans from different parts of the region. we’ve got a lot of fans out here – the second got banned for stealing a corner post! In Season One we played a match at largest amount of Foundation Members Enjoy the match. Campbelltown Stadium where we had a than any other region – and I’m looking great win and got to thank the fans out forward to playing in front of them. there. Now it’s my home town’s turn to It’s no secret we have the best fans in Vice-Captain host a match and I couldn’t be prouder. the league, they’re very good, very vocal NRMA Insurance Western There hasn’t been a top-tier men’s and they’re a big reason why we want Sydney Wanderers FC 05 Stay connected | follow @wswanderersfc Warm up

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’ve heard player registrations are football because it will keep you healthy, you opening up around Western Sydney just play for the love of it but it’s great it will Ithis week so I want to take the time to keep you healthy throughout your life. encourage everyone to get involved. Back to the team and our new signings have When I was growing up I loved playing as fitted in brilliantly, they’re all good lads and a youngster – even in England’s freezing cold! the playing group has made it easy for them to The great thing with our game is that you make transition in. Having Santa back from injury friends for life; boys I kicked around with at too is like having a new signing, he’s got such a On this day ten years of age back in England I still speak to good attitude, a great desire and we’ve got Spira Courtesy of Andrew Howe now. You also get the bonus of healthy living! and Tomi coming back from national duty as @AndyHowe_statto You don’t set out as an eight year old to play well. Better results are just around the corner.

orn on 8 February 1953, Terry Butler was one of Apia Leichhardt’s register to Btrue legends. He joined the club as a junior and by age 17 was a regular with play football Apia’s first grade team. He made four Socceroo appearances, debuting against today! Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1972 aged 19. With Apia he won NSW Premiership We are on the line FIXTURES & RESULTS honours (1975), a state league Grand Final victory (1976), state league Player of the You may have noticed these odd Scan the QR code below for all score Year (1978), an NSL National Cup title in looking barcodes (see below right) updates across our Hyundai A-League, 1982 (where he scored an 85th-minute throughout this edition of The Wanderer. Westfield W-League and Foxtel National winner in a 2-1 win over Heidelberg) and To get the best experience simply follow Youth League matches. an NSL Championship medal in 1987 when these three easy steps: Apia romped in to first position on the STEP 1 Download a QR scanner app on national league ladder with several weeks your smart device remaining, Butler missing just two matches STEP 2 Open the app and scan each over the season. He capped off his extensive QR code in The Wanderer term at Apia with a win over Brunswick in STEP 3 Enjoy your interactive the 1988 National Cup final. Wanderers content

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Semi-Final aving been part of the Wanderers Looking dead on their feet, Korea Australia 2 (Sainsbury 3’, Davidson 14’) squad which became the first Republic looked to have had the edge in United Arab Emirates 0 HAustralian team to win the AFC extra time until Juric, seemingly fouled twice Champions League, Spiranovic and Juric in the box, showed incredible resilience and Final are now double Asian Champions following skill to get past two defenders and lay the Australia 2 (Luongo 45’ Troisi 105’) the Socceroos’ extra-time win over Korea ball for to tap-in. Korea Republic 1 (Son Heung-min Republic in the Asian Cup Final. Spiranovic too won even more admirers with 90’+1) While undoubtedly an occasion the his assured and classy displays at centre back. At entire nation can celebrate, there was a the FIFA World Cup he showed he was world certain Red & Black theme to Australia’s class and his performance in the Asian Cup Asian Cup win with Wanderers players proved that Brazil 2014 was no fluke. making almost double the appearances for The Red & Black involvement doesn’t end Australia than any other club. there though with Western Sydney legend Ante With Australia the first nation to hold Milicic helping pull the strings as assistant coach. both the AFC Champions League and the Part of the Wanderers coaching staff from Asian Cup at the same time, Spiranovic and foundation until the Champions League Juric hold a special place in Asian football Round of 16, Milicic played as big a part in the history having played in both finals. Champions League victory as anyone. Juric in particular will look back fondly on Joining the Socceroos in preparation for the the past few months having scored the only World Cup, Milicic helped goal in the Champions League Final against shape Australia into Asian Champions just as Al-Hilal before creating the extra time goal he helped prepare the Wanderers’ Champions that saw Australia lift the Asian Cup. League victory with .

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14 ROUND 16 | Wanderers FC vs Wellington Phoenix Yojiro Takahagi for Kawasaki in the Champions League ans have already seen what Japanese Group Stage. international Yojiro Takahagi has to Starting his professional career at one of Foffer after he scored six minutes into his Japan’s most successful clubs in Yokohama Red & Black debut against City. F Marinos, Tanaka played 112 games before Born and raised in Japan, Yojiro began his transferring to J-League side Kawasaki career with J-League heavyweights Sanfrecce Frontale in 2011 where he would go on to Hiroshima as a youth player. play 155 matches including in the 2014 ACL. Working up the ranks, the attacking midfielder was sent on loan to lower Sam Galloway division Ehime FC to gain experience he third player to make his before returning to his parent club to fight Wanderers debut last week, Sam for a first team place. TGallaway joined the Red & Black Establishing himself as a first-team player, after four seasons with Newcastle Jets. Yojiro became a key component of the best Aged 22, Gallaway, a Coffs Harbour club in Japan as Hiroshima won back-to- junior and product of the Australian back J-League titles in 2012 and 2013. Institute of Sport, is a strong and With his form noticed, Yojiro was competitive left back with a great work called up to the Japanese national team ethic. Gallaway has all the attributes for and made his debut against China on 21 the Wanderers and could become a key July 2013, going on to win the East Asia player in the Wanderers Champions Cup with the Blue Samurai. League title defence. Yojiro joined the Wanderers after a recommendation from and Kerem Bulut also experiencing the fans first hand in the rowing up in Auburn, the local AFC Champions League Round of 16. Western Sydney product developed Gin the Football NSW and Australian Yusuke Tanaka Institute of Football pathways. nother who made his debut last Playing youth football for Sydney FC, week in Melbourne, Tanaka stood Kerem moved to Europe where he Aout as a deep attacking threat out signed with Czech club Mlada Boleslav wide and showed his experience when before heading to Turkey with Akhisar anticipating to drop back and make a Belediyespor and Karşıyaka. clearing header, saving a goal for the second The striker has played for a number time that match. of Australian underage teams with his At 28 and coming off a 39 game season with most notable performance in the 2010 Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League, Tanaka is a AFC U19 Championship where he was key acquisition to the Wanderers roster. awarded the Golden Boot with seven With a rich footballing pedigree and the goals. He also played in the 2011 FIFA ability to play at both left and right fullback, U20 World Cup where he scored one Tanaka will be a key ingredient to the Wanderers goal and assisted with another. ACL Championship defence this season. Kerem has signed a contract for Tanaka too has played at Wanderland the upcoming AFC Champions before when taking on the Wanderers League campaign.

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18 ROUND 16 | Wanderers FC vs Wellington Phoenix he outdoor football season is almost both new and old to play in 2015. 5 reasons to Play Football upon us for 2015 and registrations Juric is passionate about growing the this season Tare well underway across the state. game, particularly in Western Sydney So if you’re a player, coach, referee or where he grew up. 1. Stay in shape and volunteer you can now register for the new “I played junior football in Western increase/maintain fitness season at playfootballnsw.com.au Sydney and some of the best memories of my 2. Meet new people and Building on last year where over 280,000 life came from those experiences,” said Juric. develop lifelong participants played football in New South “Football is my passion, I love the game friendships Wales, this coming season is shaping to be and want to see everyone in Australia another great year for the game. share my joy. 3. Build strength, flexibility, With the Socceroos winning the AFC “Play football this year, grab a and endurance Asian Cup last week and the Matildas friend, brother or sister and join your 4. It’s fun! taking part in the FIFA Women’s World local club!” Cup in Canada later in June, it’s safe to 5. Because Tomi Juric told say that football – currently the largest you to participation sport in NSW – is on track for another bumper season. Globally, over 265 million people play Each year Football NSW in football, making our game a truly conjunction with Football Federation international sport. And after the Australia and Associations embark on a Wanderers won the AFC Champions major campaign to encourage Australians League last year it’s expected that to Play Football. Registrations are now open for tens of thousands of football fans in Western Sydney Wanderers’ forward your local football club. If you Western Sydney will follow in the Tomi Juric has jumped on board this don’t have a club, you can find one footsteps of their heroes and play the season to help, encouraging footballers at playfootballnsw.com.au/play beautiful game this season. The inclusive nature of football – accepting participants of any culture, faith, sexuality or gender – makes the game a safe, fun and happy environment to play sport. Who do you sing for? We sing for football. What are you waiting for? Scan here to Register now

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ith the Western Sydney after their members which allows them to with their role models. It’s something that’s Wanderers bringing top-flight attract and retain players before handing tangible, it’s not just a pipe dream – they see Wfootball to Penrith for the first them over to representative teams when local guys from Western Sydney who are time in 30 years we take a look at Nepean ready,” he said. making a career and playing professional Football Association; the guardians of “We work with Football NSW to football in Australia. football in the region. identify coaches and state team players “They can see the connection The Nepean FA cover the Penrith, Blue while we have a development program that with what our players did, how they Mountains, Hawkesbury and Wollondilly is in partnership with the Wanderers. grew up, where they grew up and council areas with around 12,000 registered “I run FFA coaching courses for all all the things from school to the players from U5s to Over 45s making up the clubs and am also the technical local club to the support of the local 1,039 teams at 31 clubs. As well as the 31 director at Nepean FC.” community. It gives them a greater amateur clubs, the Nepean FA also has a Wanderers Community, Pathways and sense of how to achieve their goal of strong representative structure through Football Development Coordinator Josh playing high-level football.” Nepean FC who play in State League 1. Hunter said the partnership between the With Wanderer Mark Bridge as well Club and Nepean benefits football and as Socceroos , Mat Ryan and young players. , the region has certainly “We provide support where they need it produced high calibre players. and offer a value add to their programs by Nepean FA Football Manager James sending players to talk about their experiences, Rankine puts the success of football in the challenges and what it took for them to become area down to a number of factors. a professional player,” Hunter explained. “We have a great structure to identify “The impact is positive as young players If you want to play football in players here at Nepean. All 32 clubs look now have a real touch point and interaction Nepean this season scan here.

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enrith has been synonymous with teams such as Sydney City Hakoah, APIA game against City in 1985.The the sport of rugby league since the Leichhardt, Sydney Olympic, Marconi- two-conference NSL, which ran for two PPanthers entered the competition in Fairfield, Blacktown City, St George years and coincided with Penrith City’s 1967 but for a brief period in the mid ‘80s, Budapest, Parramatta Melita Eagles and time in the NSL, was largely unsuccessful. the suburb at the foot of the Blue Mountains Sydney Croatia amongst others from It could be argued that they were amongst hosted a team in the . Newcastle, Wollongong and Canberra. the least successful years of football at the Penrith City in 1984 and 1985 participated Roy Cotton was a former lower national level and definitely amongst the at the highest level of domestic football in division professional player in England least publicised. Australia but it must be said that they didn’t and, while he wasn’t a household name SBS, which had just morphed from exactly set the competition on fire. in Australia, he was arguably the biggest Network 0-28, would inevitably give the Penrith City was relegated at end of the signing Penrith City was able to secure to competition some exposure but games 1985 season and never resurfaced at the their cause in the two years. were generally covered with one camera highest level even though under the auspices For the record Penrith City finished and one commentator such as Mike Hill, of Penrith-Nepean they were in the NSW in 7th place out of 12 teams in 1984 and or George Donikian. While as late as 2009 boasting in 11th place in 1985. There was a brief the multicultural broadcaster did its best, players such as Brisbane Roar’s Dimi Petratos glimmer of hope in 1984 when a quarter not every household in Australia could and Central Coast Mariners’ Matthew Nash. final place was reached in the NSL Cup but pick up their broadcasting signal. In 1984, when Penrith City first made it in reality the local community preferred to In the end poor crowds and the lack of onto the national scene, the NSL was split into remain loyal to the rugby league team led mainstream media coverage for the NSL two conferences (Northern and Southern) by a youthful Greg Alexander rather than were too much of a burden for Penrith City which allowed money to be saved on travel venture down the Great Western Highway to bear. The club was relegated in 1985 and expenses and gave the fans more local derbies. to watch Penrith City play at Cook Park in it has now taken 30 years, and the Western Penrith City was in the Northern St Mary’s. An old match report states that Sydney Wanderers, to take top-flight football Conference which was comprised of 202 people attended a Penrith City home back to the foot of the Blue Mountains.

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24 ROUND 16 | Wanderers FC vs Wellington Phoenix A Dubious conversation WITH RUSSELL CROWE Story by Max Grieve @maxjgri

For our game against Wellington Phoenix TW: Tries? traditionally underperforming team with at Sportingbet Stadium this week, we a non-threatening animal as part of its tasked our ‘Dubious Interview’ reporter RC: Well what do you call them? name. Sounds like my kind of club. Paint with finding someone who was tenuously my face yellow and black, sort of like I did representative of the opposition, so he sat TW: Hang on – you’re talking about in Braveheart – I’m on board! down with a New Zealander piggybacking Wellington Phoenix, right? on Australia’s success, Russell Crowe. TW: Like you did in Braveheart? RC: What? I thought we were talking about The Wanderer: Hello, Russell? league – I didn’t think the Bunnies would go RC: Yeah, like I did in Braveheart. up against the Panthers for a couple of months Russell Crowe: Call me Russ mate. yet, but there you go. I might as well get on this TW: You mean like Mel Gibson did Phoenix bandwagon though. Who are they? in Braveheart? TW: Alright Russ, no worries. Thanks for doing this by the way – I’d have thought TW: Well, Wellington aren’t usually that RC: Yeah, Mel, sorry. Sometimes I get the you’d have other things going on. What good, but this season they’ve really hit their two of us mixed up. This game should be are you expecting at Sportingbet Stadium stride, thanks in a large part to Nathan good, anyway – is there a tryline? this weekend? Burns, who’s the league’s top scorer. TW: No, Russ. RC: Look, we’re talking about a team in good RC: Sounds alright. And what’s a phoenix? form, flying high near the top of the ladder, RC: Hands? Can you use hands? and a team that’s struggling to keep up. We’ve TW: It’s a mythical creature – it doesn’t even exist. got one of the best attacking players in the TW: Nope. Thanks Russ. competition and I really wouldn’t be surprised if RC: A non-existent animal isn’t that we see the visitors pile on four or five tries here. intimidating. So we’ve got an in-form, RC: Cheers.

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In celebration of the tenth year of the Hyundai A-League we’re digging deep into the vault to find the best moments of each round. ROUND 16 | 21 January 2012 Central Coast Mariners VS Adelaide United

he Central Coast Mariners entered Premiership race, the Mariners changed The win gave Central Coast an 11 Round 16 looking for three easy points their formation in the second half in an point buffer over Brisbane Roar in the Tagainst the lowly Adelaide United to attempt to get back into the match. Premiership race, ultimately allowing consolidate their top-of-the-table position. They finally did that in the 74th minute as them to take out the Premier’s Plate. Adelaide United, under two substitutes combined to equalise. Oliver That success though could not be had not been travelling well and were not Bozanic floated a long cross from the right replicated in the Finals Series as they went expected to pick-up any points. allowing Adam Kwasnik to control the ball out in straight sets, losing to Roar over two- Things were going to plan early as in with a fine touch before powering home. legs before being knocked out by Perth Glory the 14th minute Daniel McBreen headed Adelaide were stung and almost in the semi-final on penalties. in ’s cross for only his second re-took the lead as a Van Dijk shot goal of the season. was forced onto the post by Ryan – Central Coast Mariners The lead wasn’t to last though as rebounding back towards the goal line (GK), Pedj Bojic, Patrick only a minute later Adelaide’s attacking before Ryan dove on it on the line. Zwaanswijk, (C), Joshua trio, , and With Adelaide players remonstrating Rose, John Hutchinson (Oliver Bozanic 61’), Dario Vidosic, combined for van Dijk to with the referee that the ball crossed the Rostyn Griffiths, (Troy Hearfield equalise. Outfoxing line, Ryan played the ball which allowed 67’), Daniel McBreen, Bernie Ibini (Adam with a feint and turn, the striker blasted Troy Hearfield to launch a counter-attack. Kwasnik 56’), Michael McGlinchey the ball past Mat Ryan. He picked out McBreen in the box Things got worse for the Mariners only whose initial shot was saved by Eugene Adelaide United minutes later as Cameron Watson’s long Galekovic but Joshua Rose ran in and hit it (GK), , throw was collected by Djite who brushed off home on the rebound. Daniel Mullen, Antony Golec, Osama Malik, Alex Wilkinson to score and take the lead. A shattered Adelaide United could not Zenon Caravella, Cameron Watson, Fabian Desperate to ensure Brisbane Roar get back into the match, nor could they Barbiero (Jacob Melling 59’), Dario Vidosic, didn’t make up any ground in the save their season as the Mariners won 3-2. Sergio van Dijk, Bruce Djite (Iain Ramsay 73’) 29 Stay connected | visit wswanderersfc.com.au Our partners

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