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REGULAR COLUMNS OPEN LETTER: WHITE TODAY'S MATCH 16 GUARDIAN FUNERALS ADVERTISING For all advertising enquiries RIBBON AMBASSADOR WANDERCREW MEMBERS in The Wanderer or questions NATHAN HINDMARSH 5 FOX FOOTBALL FIX 20 OF THE WEEK: OUR about partnership with PROMOTIONAL the club please contact the WARM UP 6 SLAV'S SPOT THE AMBASSADORS 26 Corporate Partnerships team [email protected]. DIFFERENCE 22 FIVE THINGS 11 IN THE COMMUNITY: PHOTOGRAPHY CORPORATE NEWS: LET'S END VIOLENCE All photography courtesy of PLAYERS TO WATCH: BLACKTOWN WORKERS AGAINST WOMEN 27 Ali Erhan, Daniel Boud, Getty CASTELEN VS BONEVACIA 13 LEADS THE WAY 23 Images, Jarred Stedman, WANDERERS SHOP 29 Laurie Schwab collection - Deakin University Library FOX FOOTBALL FOCUS TAKE FIVE WITH and Steve Christo. WITH KATE COHEN 15 SCOTT NEVILLE 25 OUR PARTNERS 30 STAY CONNECTED VISIT WANDERLAND.COM.AU 3 OPEN LETTER FROM THE WHITE RIBBON AMBASSADOR NATHAN HINDMARSH SAYS NO TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ELCOME TO WANDERLAND, a venue around me. It could be a neighbour, a team mate, where I spent many happy years, in a friend. It does not discriminate, it doesn’t matter a region I am proud to call my home. your background, your education or how much STAND UP, SPEAK OUT WToday is a special day in the Wanderers’ money you have in your wallet. When people are Violence against calendar as it marks their annual White Ribbon scared to speak up and others are scared to speak women is not to match, now in its fourth year. out we will never make a change. be tolerated Throughout my playing days I have always I played football until I was 12 before switching to been associated with the White Ribbon campaign league, my kids play football but what I have found and now with my roles at NRL and on Fox Sports through working with White Ribbon is that we are all WHITE I get to continue being an active advocate for part of the solution. Our voice and our actions will help RIBBON social change in this area. change the cycle and today as a proud member of the Scan the QR The White Ribbon campaign is an easy thing Western Sydney community I stand up and speak out. code below to be a part of. It is about not staying silent on So on this day, take the pledge with me. to visit the the issues of domestic violence, specifically men’s Stand up, speak out and help prevent men’s website violence against women. If people sitting here today violence against women. in the grandstand or watching on TV at home can For more information visit www.whiteribbon.org.au take the time to simply think about the issue then at least a small part of our job is done. While I’ve never personally known domestic NATHAN HINDMARSH violence, that doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened WHITE RIBBON AMBASSADOR STAY CONNECTED FOLLOW US @WSWANDERERSFC 5 WARM UP WHAT DOES THE FOXE SAY WITH HAYDEN FOXE PON REFLECTING ON our current We return back to Wanderland Uthree wins from three matches, today after a couple of away there have not been many changes matches and it will be great to in the way we have been playing or play in front of the best fans in the approaching games. In the first few league. You are all very vocal and rounds we were playing some great supportive during both good times football and have worked on the final and bad. We have had such great ON THIS DAY details in the front third. support over the past few weeks From the final pass to the with the Sydney Derby feeling COURTESY OF ANDREW HOWE moment leading into goal scoring like a home game, the fans taking @ANDYHOWE_STATTO opportunities these are all elements over Newcastle and we even had SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARY FOR of our game that we have recently some travelling supporters in A Australian football as the capitalised on. The biggest lesson we Melbourne last week. men’s national team played its have learnt with these victories is that This gives the players a huge very first qualifying match for a we must continue to play the way we boost and we expect no different in FIFA World Cup 50 years ago. want to play and the results will come today’s White Ribbon match against Following a short pre-match naturally. Wellington Phoenix. All the causes camp in Cairns, the lack of I believe the players have continued the club supports are very important international experience for the to adapt to our new style and not panic and we have to provide a voice for part-time Aussies (who only had and stress about final scores as they these causes. I am very proud that an international suspension lifted knew the results would eventually we are able to partake in a game by FIFA a couple of years earlier) start coming through. that supports White Ribbon. showed with a 6-1 loss to North Korea in a very hot and humid MATCH DAY PARTNER FIxtURes & ResULts Phnom Penh. Sydney Prague player Les Scheinflug scored We’d like to thank our match day Scan the QR code below for all score Australia’s only goal, a 70th minute partner for tonight’s game against updates across our Hyundai A-League, penalty. Australia lost the second Wellington Phoenix. Westfield W-League and Foxtel leg 3-1 against the rampaging National Youth League matches. North Koreans who went on to defeat Italy at the 1966 World Cup in England. Many lessons were learnt in the 1965 play-off defeat – Australia’s first of many drama- filled qualifying campaigns – that almost got the Socceroos to the World Cup at their next attempt four years later. 6 THE WANDERER ROUND 7 WARM UP #HASHTAG +20 +100 FIELD REPORTER POINTS POINTS WITH ADAM D'APUZZO @ADAMDAPUZZO INCE RETIRING FROM the Wanderers Tony Popovic this season have been SI have been working in accounting fulfilling their role in the team. +500 for PWC and supporting the club from From the Spaniards executing the new POINTS + the sideline. 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Clubs with profiles like the impressed by the team’s performances so Wanderers should be supporting such far in the season despite the results not causes like this to both raise awareness and going our way in the first few matches. ensure that people feel comfortable talking Recently the team has been reaping about these issues and seeking help. the rewards of their hard work, their new I encourage all fans to get behind the @KARAMCHAN style of play and taking their chances: cause and the Wanderers campaign to overall doing a great job. All the new create a voice for women suffering in players that have been brought in by silence and prevent future abuse. WSWREWARDS DOWNLOAD THE APP TODAY! Turn to page 28 now to see how you can win the @KHOLMIE Ultimate Members Derby Experience. 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