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elcome everyone to our Round 9 fixture against and software solutions with the Wollongong Wolves WBonnyrigg White Eagles. exclusively utilizing CDN’s CLoudvue centralised software The mighty Wollongong Wolves are looking to extend our UOW COLLEGE – UOW COLLEGE are the Wolves recent positive form, with another strong showing here Education and community partner and provide pathways at WIN Stadium – The Wolf Den. to the University of Wollongong. Providing opportunities Coming into this match following back to back victories through education. the squad is starting to fire and feeling confident. SOUTH COAST GRAPHICS PRINTERS – For all printing and We are making our home ground a fortress. distribution requirements. Strong, proud supporters of the Wollongong Wolves for over 20 years. Having picked up 7 points from a maximum 9 over our first three home matches we intend to make WIN MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA – Raising funds for Stadium a graveyard for visiting teams and the most ground breaking research into melanoma and partnering feared road trip in the draw for all our opposition. with the Wolves to raise awareness particularly among our kids. As the premier representative football team for the and South Coast, the Wollongong Wolves FIGTREE PHYSIO – Complete physio services to all our have a responsibility to give our region a team they seniors and juniors. The most comprehensive and can be proud of and one which shows the rest of the complete professional coverage available. competition what a strong, proud nursery and football The Wolves are also strongly supported by THE heartland we have here. We have shown through our – i98FM – ULTRA FOOTBALL – results so far this year that we will be competitive in PUMA. every single match we play and our strong start to the With the support we enjoy from our fans coupled with season leaves us perfectly placed to give us the best the commitment we have from our sponsors the future possible chance of featuring in finals football. for the Wollongong Wolves has never been as positive The support we receive from our fans and supporters is or as strong. something other clubs can only watch on with envy. We intend to grow our wonderful club, in conjunction Our home crowds are the best in the league and all our with everyone, to reclaim our place as the powerhouse boys enjoy nothing more than playing in front of our of football, not simply across our region or across NSW vocal, passionate and committed fans. but across the entire country. We have had great crowds for our first 3 home matches There are many exciting, realistic and achievable goals and are looking to build on this even further and packing we have set ourselves and together we are going to WIN Stadium – The Wolf Den every time we play at prove that dreams can indeed turn into reality. home. Through hard work, dedication, pride, inclusion and For a club like ours, a not for profit, community based vision we will show that by doing the right thing, for the organisation, strong, healthy home crowds are crucial to right reasons, the right outcome will ensure. our future. These are very exciting times for our club and for the Also important is the amazing support we get from our entire Illawarra and South Coast. valued sponsors. We will reclaim our rightful spot in our great game and It is through their contribution to our club and our sport most importantly, we will provide hope, opportunity and that we are in a position to grow our club and provide pathways to the most important and valuable asset – our opportunities and pathways to everyone. children. MCR – Multi Civil and Rail Services Sit back now and enjoy the quality football the mighty Wollongong Wolves Premier Major Sponsor have been Wollongong Wolves will be displaying. strong supporters of the mighty Wolves since 2014. Support our club that supports our community. Continuing to foster football across the Illawarra and South Coast GO THE WOLVES. MR CROWN – The Home of Football in the Illawarra, MR CROWN has partnered with the Wolves to further grow our beautiful game. Great food. Superb atmosphere. Families and children very welcomed. CDN – Central Data Network provide integrated IT 5 MATCH PREVIEW #PS4NPLNSW THE OPPOSITION:

Bonnyrigg White Eagles come to town to take on over Hakoah Sydney City East. The biggest losing the Wollongong Wolves at WIN Stadium in this margin was three goals achieved twice, 3-0 loss Round 9 encounter in the Play Station 4 NPL NSW to Sutherland Sharks in Round 17 and 4-1 loss to Mens 1 competition. Sydney United 58 in Round 21. This up coming game will be the 17th time that New players to the 2017 line-up include Zac the two teams have met in the league with Mackenzie from Wollongong Wolves and Milan another meeting being in the cup. We welcome Susak from Asia the club to Wollongong. BLAST FROM THE PAST THE OPPOSITION TODAY – BONNYRIGG WHITE This match was played on Saturday 6th August EAGLES 2011 at John Crehan Park, Cringila. It was the The Bonnyrigg White Eagles club last won Round 19 clash. honours by winning the 2015 Championship. Wolves: Brody Crane, Alex Mansueto, Dave Abel, The team defeated Blacktown City 2-0 with goals Jacob Timpano, Nick Littler, Zac Freeburn, Stepjan taken by Robbie Younis and Yuta Kokado. The Paric, John Martinoski, Andres Gomez, Mark team consisted of James Chronopoulos, Tynan Picciolini and Sasho Petrovski. Sean Robertson Diaz, Dylan Fox, Ray Miller, Ben Spruce, Kokado, replaced Martinoski. Chris Tadrosse (Capt.), Younis, Mun Soo Gil, Nikola Zonjic, and McDonald. Adam Jenner, David White Eagles: Andrew Bazi, David Vrankovic, Vrankovic, Alex Mansueto replaced Fox, Miller Michael Robinson, Aleksander Canak, Takuyama and Spruce respectively. The coach was Brian Murayama, Ben Spruce, Jamie McMaster, Shane Brown. Webb, Brendan Gan, Jared Lum and Brad Boardman. Blake Powell replaced Webb. Bonnyrigg in 2016 finished in fifth position on 30 points from 8 wins and 6 draws. The This, as a fast free flowing game, saw Petrovski team scored 41 goals conceded 39 with a plus scoring from the spot after Picciolini had strode two-goal difference, which the fifth best in the through and was taken out four minutes prior competition. The top scorer was again Younis to the half time whistle. Bonnyrigg replied close with 11 in tow, he being one of 11 players to have to a half hour on through McMaster. Spruce goaled with the addition of two scored by the propelled the ball to the far side to Powell. He opposition. The team had three matches in which headed it back for McMaster to do his job in the they did not score, which was the third best in 64th. Abel put the Wolves ahead when he latched the competition along with two other teams. onto a good ball from Timpano. He threaded The quickest goal came in the 14th minute was the ball through a crowded area. He nearly shared by two players, Bo Hyun Chun in Round scored another after being set loose by Timpano 12 and Asmir Kadric in Round 22. The solitary again, his effort thumped across the cross bar. multi scorer in a single match was Younis with Bonnyrigg restored parity when an Elasi cross three braces. Three clean sheets were achieved found Boardman to ultimately goal. which was fifth best along with three others. Abel stated post match –‘Yeah it was a good The best result sequence without loss was four effort, Bonnyrigg is a good side. …Jake cut it back matches – Rounds 10-13, win, draw, win and and I hit it. They don’t come for me very often.’ win. The worst sequence without winning was seven, Rounds 14-20, loss, draw, draw, loss, loss, McMaster’s comments – ‘We got there in the end. draw and loss. The biggest winning margin was We kept ticking over and we did well to hang in four goals in the Round 21 5-1 win there in the end.’

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THE MATCH-UP Yuzi Tashiro (WW) with five, and Hassan Jalloh with four. Three draws have been played between Bonnyrigg and the Wolves with the White Eagles The last five games result sequence is - Bonnyrigg having 12 league wins and one cup victory and - loss, loss, draw, loss and loss, Wolves - loss, win, Wollongong having two league wins. Bonnyrigg loss, win and win. has scored in every game while the Wolves have Scores from the previous round involving the five nil scores. The best sequence without loss for two teams were - Bonnyrigg went down to each team against each other is, Bonnyrigg - 12 Rockdale City Suns 5-0 while the Wolves defeated matches, win, win, win, win, win, draw, win, win, Sutherland 3-0. win, win, win, win and draw (2010-2014), and the Wolves - 2 games, draw, and win (2014-2015). SCORES AND SCORERS FROM THE PREVIOUS FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS At present this season Bonnyrigg White Eagles are a shadow of their former selves sitting at the 1. 2014. White Eagles 2 (Adrian Ucchino, Robbie foot of the table without a victory, with only one Younis) Wolves 2 (Matthew Bailey 2) draw in credit, losing seven games and earning 2. 2015. Wolves 3 (Peter Simonoski, Bradley one point. Conversely, Wollongong Wolves sit in Welch, Brendan Griffin) White Eagles 2 (Robbie seventh position with four wins and a draw. Both Younis 2) teams have scored an identical eleven goals with seven White Eagles and four Wolves players plus 3. 2015. White Eagles 3 (Tynan Diaz, David an own goal contributing to the scores. The away Vrankovic, Yuta Kokado) Wolves 1 (David Stojic) team also has three games without scoring as 4. 2016. White Eagles 1 (Yuta Kokado) Wolves 1 opposed the Wolves’ one game. Top scorers are () 5. 2016 Wolves 0 White Eagles 2 (Asmir Kadric, Greg Kondek) SELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF BOTH CLUBS – ZAC MACKENZIE Zac Mackenzie played for the Wolves for four seasons from 2013 to 2016 and tallied 74 league starting appearances with one from the bench, 6 starts and 2 substitute entries for the cup and one game in a finals series. He was the Wolves ‘Player Of The Year’ in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and that is a measure of his success. He made his debut in Round 2 away match to Blacktown City on 23rd March 2013 and his final game was in Round 22 against Bonnyrigg White Eagles on 14th August 2016. In Round 8 in 2013 with Bonnyrigg White Eagles being the opposition

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he stated post match -‘I’m coming along all right. total. His initial time was in the 1995/96 season I’ve been learning heaps from the coaches and and for the next two seasons. In all, he played each week I’m getting better.’ He certainly did sixty seven times with five substitute on field and is of now (2017) in Bonnyrigg colours. roles, scoring eighteen goals at this time. Also In 1995/96, Perinich with nine goals was the Wolves For a tall player, Mackenzie is agile and quick equal Golden Boot winner with Mario Jermen. turning, displaying keen anticipation, being His first was in his debut match versus Morwell strong in the tackle and good at directing passes Falcons away. It came in the sixty-fourth minute and possessing close ball skills and a never say on 7th November 1995. He hit a consolation die attitude. goal from close range to pull a deficit of four. He He played in both FFA Cup Round of 32 matches was a multiple scorer in a single match on two with the Central Coast Mariners in 2014 and occasions when he achieved braces, one against Sydney FC in 2016 and he certainly held his own Newcastle Breakers in Round 10 and again in against the much vaunted opposition. After the Round 21 versus the same opponents, goaling Sydney FC match he stated -‘we did quite well in the fifty second and seventy-eighth minutes and then we had a ten to fifteen minute period respectively. For the first, he took advantage of where we lost our shape and they scored two a defender’s mistimed clearance to rifle the ball goals and put us to bed. We had a real hot go, home. Perenich was causing consternation to the had a few chances which could have gone in, opponents throughout the match and produced but we did not hold it together. We enjoyed the a powerful polished goal following Lupcho game a whole lot more without that (relegation) Naumovski’s lead up work. hanging over our heads.’ Following four seasons with Northern Spirit, In 2016, he made the competitions ‘Team Of The Perenich was back with nine games and one goal Year’ as a substitute after being selected in the achieved in 2001/02. His third time was in 2006 2015 ‘Team Of The Year’. when he played five times with another from Mackenzie originally came from Albury and the bench with another one goal effort. This one played for the Western Sydney Youth team occurred in the twelfth minute of the Round before coming to the Wolves. He left the Wolves 14 Marconi match. From the half way mark, for Sydney to continue his university degree and Ballamodou Conde played a lifted pass over sign for the western Sydney team, Bonnyrigg defenders allowing Perenich to run onto. Gaining White Eagles. control, with the goalkeeper advancing to narrow the angle, Perenich shot. The ball powered At Bonnyrigg so far in 2017, Mackenzie has through the legs of the custodian straight into played in Rounds 1-7 and has been on the the goal. scoresheet on one occasion. It was in the Round 6, 3-3 draw with Sutherland Sharks. MacKenzie Perenich was a speedy character possessing skill in the thirty-ninth met a cross from the right to take players on and was sharp in the goal area. side pushing the ball into the corner of the net His final game for the club was on 4th June 2006 eluding the goalkeeper’s reach. against Parramatta at WIN Stadium. (Players comments were taken from the writer’s By Malcolm Rowney match reports at that time.) WOLVES’ PAST PLAYER OF NOTE – TONY PERINICH Striker Tony Perenich played for the Wolves in the and also in the NSW Premier League with three stints at the club in

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Milton=Ulladulla Panthers are a part of the The Milton- Shoalhaven Football Association and have Ulladulla Panthers been nurturing and fostering the growth and were formed in development of football in the Shoalhaven for 1973 by a local over 40 years. group of committed and passionate football fans. Since then the club has grown and gone As with many clubs involved in our great sport, from strength to strength. Milton-Ulladulla Panthers are run exclusively by a passionate group of volunteers and parents, Today the mighty Panthers boast over 450 who all assist with every facet of providing members and are one of the largest and most the opportunity for children and members of successful teams across the Shoalhaven. the community to connect, engage and grow Football Association. through the wonderful sport of football. With an illustrious track record, the Panthers It is through the hard work and dedication can proudly boast that they are one of the most of these mums, dads, relatives, friends and successful country clubs participating in the community members, who provide their time, NSW wide Champion of Champions competition. effort and financial support to give our kids the chance to participate and enjoy football. The Milton-Ulladulla have reached the finals of the Wollongong Wolves are a prime example of just prestigious Champion of Champions event, how important clubs like the Milton Ulladulla winning 5 titles and finishing runners up on Panthers to our sport. First grade captain and another 5 occasions. stalwart of the Wollongong Wolves, Christopher One season, they captured 2 titles in the Price, is a product of the Milton-Ulladulla tournament, something incredibly difficult to nursery. Chris grew up playing his junior football achieve. Particularly for a small, country club. with the Panthers and it was here he developed the skills, techniques, passion and pride that In 1998 the Panthers were presented with a 25 now sees him lead the Illawarra and South year service to the game plaque from Football Coast’s premier representative team out on the NSW and this year, celebrating 44 years since paddock every match. The impact Chris has had their inception, continue to grow the sport on our club and community is immense and it across their community and are looking forward all began for him and for us as a proud Panthers to many, many more years of success and junior. contribution to their region.

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With a dedicated management and coaching team, Milton-Ulladulla Panthers nurture their young players, encourage their older players and pride themselves on their philosophy of fair play and inclusion for everyone. Team spirit, enthusiasm and pride in the jersey and community are the ingredients the Panthers have successfully mixed to forge a strong, proud club that continues to be at the forefront of development of football across the Shoalhaven. This year the Panthers boast 110 mini-roo players from 5 to 8 year olds in small sided games. Already blooding and guiding the next generation. They also have participating teams in senior mens and womens along with over 35s. Football pathways and avenues for everyone, from their very first season onwards. In today’s home match for the Wollongong Wolves we are proud to feature the Milton Ulladulla Panthers as our “Local Football Team” for this round. Watch closely as their selected junior teams play their matches on the hallowed turf on WIN Stadium – The Wolf Den as there is no doubt, it is here you will be getting the first glimpse of the next Christopher Price and the next star to come out of the Australia’s greatest and most successful football nursery, the Illawarra and South Coast.

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UNDER 18s - PLAYSTATION 4 NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sydney FC 8 7 0 1 22 7 15 21 2 Manly United FC 8 5 2 1 15 10 5 17 3 Rockdale City Suns FC 8 4 2 2 20 7 13 14 4 Parramatta FC 8 3 4 1 10 7 3 13 5 Wollongong Wolves FC 8 3 3 2 15 7 8 12 6 Blacktown City FC 8 3 1 4 10 8 2 10 7 Sutherland Sharks FC 8 3 1 4 13 13 0 10 8 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 8 2 3 3 18 21 -3 9 9 Sydney United 58 FC 8 2 2 4 11 16 -5 8 10 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 8 2 1 5 12 21 -9 7 11 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 8 1 4 3 9 20 -11 7 12 Sydney Olympic FC 8 0 3 5 8 26 -18 3

UNDER 20s - PLAYSTATION 4 NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Sutherland Sharks FC 8 6 1 1 30 9 21 19

2 Blacktown City FC 8 6 0 2 17 11 6 18

3 Sydney United 58 FC 8 5 1 2 14 8 6 16

4 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 8 4 1 3 22 12 10 13

5 Sydney FC 8 3 3 2 11 8 3 12

6 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 8 3 2 3 11 11 0 11

7 Sydney Olympic FC 8 3 2 3 16 18 -2 11

8 Wollongong Wolves FC 8 3 0 5 12 18 -6 9

9 Manly United FC 8 2 2 4 16 17 -1 8

10 Rockdale City Suns FC 8 2 2 4 8 18 -10 8

11 Parramatta FC 8 2 1 5 9 14 -5 7

12 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 8 1 1 6 7 29 -22 4

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13 FEATURE STORY #PS4NPLNSW THE THE WOLVES’ FIVE LONGEST WINLESS STREAKS

After experiencing a long winless streak in extra time in another. The club was lucky not Mens 1 competition in 2016 it was back to to be relegated as another team experienced the history files to find out about similar financial troubles and was relegated instead. circumstances that previous teams of the Wolves have gone through. When a winless Sequence - loss, loss, loss, loss, loss, draw, loss, streak continues all and sundry associated loss, loss, loss, loss, loss, draw, loss, loss, loss, with a club going through this, the waiting for a loss, loss, loss, loss and loss. victory is one of the hardest things. Finishing Position: twelfth of twelve teams. Following are the years in which the top five 1983 longest winless streaks occurred - 2009, 1983, 2016, 1995/96 and 2013. The number of draws Fourteen games were in this season’s winless in the sequences was from seven to one and streak and it lasted from Round 8 to 21. The the number of scoreless draws was two. In seven defeats and seven draws in the sequence addition, teams that sustain these numbers of with five draws in a row from Round 14 -18. The winless rounds invariably conclude the season victory was oh so sweet when it came in Round closer to the foot of the point’s table rather 22 with a 2-1 win over Brisbane Lions. This was than the top. the team’s second victory of the campaign. Some of the losses were close as In Round 10, 2009 losing 5-4 to Marconi and in Round 21 a 3-2 In 2009, the victory never came in the loss to Canberra City was sustained. competition as the record winless streak Sequence - loss, draw, loss, loss, loss, draw, continued for a club record of twenty matches draw, draw, draw, draw, loss, draw, loss and after indeed the Round 2 single victory. The loss. team could not garner a victory to end the situation even though reinforcements were Finishing Position: fifteenth of sixteen teams. brought in for the final five rounds. It all started 2016 in Round 3 with an away 0-1 loss to Sydney United, which was followed by 5-2, 5-1, 1-0 and In 2016 the winless streak of twelve looked to 7-0 losses before a score draw gave a short have relegation consequences but that was put respite. However the defeats continued for to bed with the victory to end the sequence in another seven matches with a couple being by Round 21 against Parramatta FC by one goal narrow margin, a 3-2 to Bankstown being one to nil. of these before another score draw in Round Following a 3-1 victory over Sutherland Sharks, 15. the Wolves drew with Sydney Olympic to begin Four losses continued with Wollongong being the streak. A close 4-3 loss to Parramatta scoreless in these. However in the final three in Round 10 and two subsequent draws matches of the season Wollongong did in continued the sequence. This was followed by fact score. In the final match five were scored with a 3-0 loss and another scoreless draw. but alas, the opposition hit six. Throughout Four more defeats eventuated with a Round the season there were three victories that 12 postponed game thrown in with two close the supporters would exist on. In Round 2 ones, a 3-2 and 2-1 defeat to Blacktown City the 3-2 was affirmative and the team won and Sydney Olympic. However, the result in the two Cup games 5-0 and 2-0 and went out in Sydney Olympic match was overturned later

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due to an unregistered Olympic player being Sequence 1 – loss, loss, loss, loss, loss, loss, fielded in the tie. loss, loss, loss and draw.

Sequence - draw, loss, draw, draw, loss, Sequence 2 – loss, loss, draw, loss, draw, loss, draw, loss loss, loss, loss, loss and loss (loss loss, draw, loss and loss, overturned to win) Finishing Position: eleventh of twelve teams Finishing Position: eleventh of twelve teams 2013 1995/96 Nine rounds was the winless streak from It was in fact two winless streaks lasting 10 Rounds 6 -14 with two draws amongst the matches each from Round 11 to 20 with nine losses and one draw and from Round 22 to 31 seven losses. The streak followed a victory and seven losses and three draws in the 1995/96 a 4-2 loss began the streak followed up by a season. 1-1 draw. A 4-1 and 2-0 defeat came before a high scoring 4-4 draw was followed by 3-1 fairly A 2-0 defeat kicked off the first one followed comprehensive loss. A close loss 4-3, 1-0 and two close 1-0 games. The opposition scored 4-0 happened before the streak came to an end 3 goals in successive matches with one in a big way by scoring four goals with one in Wolves reply before six were conceded and a huge defeat. A 4-0, 3-1 and 3 -1 were fairly reply to defeat of the opposition. comprehensive defeats and a 1-1 saw an Sequence – loss, draw, loss, loss, draw, loss, improvement. It took 4-1 victory to stem the loss, loss and loss. first streak with a new coach at the helm for this and two previous matches. Finishing Position: twelfth of twelve teams.

Two narrow defeats 1-0 and 3-2 eventuated The waiting for an end to a long winless before a 3-3 draw. Following was a 1-0, 1-1 and sequence is not a happy occurrence. However, 2-1all narrow defeats, with further close games the longer it does go on, the closer it is to the being 1-0, 0-0, 3-2 and 1-0 before a 2-0 victory end. in the penultimate season game broke the sequence. By Malcolm Rowney

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S B # NAME S B # NAME 1 PASFIELD Justin 1 GK CHRONOPOULOS James 2 MATTHEWS Sam 3 VRANKOVIC David 3 MADDEN Darcy 4 SUSAK Milan 4 MORTON Hayden 6 MACKENZIE Zachary 5 BALDACCHINO James 7 KONDEK Gregory 6 HRISTOVSKI Steven 8 DANASKOS Troy 7 PRICE Chris 9 PETERSON Aaron 8 GRIFFIN Brendan 10 LO Martin 9 SIMONOSKI Peter 11 SPRUCE Benjamin 10 STOJIC David 12 GIL Mun-Soo 11 TANOVSKI Hristjan 13 MCKENZIE James 12 KAIRIES Luke 14 MCDONALD Taylor 14 MACDONALD Joshua 15 MILLER Raymond 16 ANTELMI Patrick 16 GALLAWAY Samuel 17 O’ROURKE James 17 FARIA Leon 18 BERNAL Nicolas 18 KADRIC Asmir 20 TOSI Ben 19 SHAW Thomas 21 WILSON Brett 20 GK SAVICIC Stevan 22 ROBINSON Michael 21 JALLOH Hassan 23 HAYES Steve 36 ZONJIC Nikola 30 TASHIRO Yuzo Head Coach: Brian Brown Head Coach: Jacob Timpano Assistant Coach: Cliff Pointer Assistant Coach: Neil Mann GK Coach: Jose Bel Amigo Physiotherapist: Matthew Whalan Team Manager: Ian Arnott Team Managers: Robert Positti and Surjit Wadhwa

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1ST GRADE - PLAYSTATION 4 NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Rockdale City Suns FC 8 6 2 0 23 10 13 20

2 Blacktown City FC 8 6 2 0 17 10 7 20

3 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 8 6 0 2 19 8 11 18

4 Sydney Olympic FC 8 5 2 1 13 7 6 17

5 Sydney United 58 FC 8 5 0 3 20 9 11 15

6 Manly United FC 8 4 2 2 20 16 4 14

7 Wollongong Wolves FC 8 4 1 3 11 9 2 13

8 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 8 3 2 3 15 14 1 11

9 Sydney FC 8 1 0 7 9 18 -9 3

10 Sutherland Sharks FC 8 1 0 7 10 22 -12 3

11 Parramatta FC 8 0 2 6 8 25 -17 2

12 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 8 0 1 7 11 28 -17 1

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1 Mitchell Presilski - GK 1 Luke Genua - GK 2 Jarrod Alston 2 Sebastian Black 3 Adrian Avello 3 Tyson Black 4 Blake Burkinshaw 4 Jayden Calver 5 Joshua Correia 5 Adam Chicharo 6 Eddy English 6 Nav Darjani 7 Luca Gaudiosi 7 Harrison Dennis 8 Grimshaw 8 Anthony Krsteski 9 Sam Lendrum 9 Rocky Lavalle 10 Brendan Low 10 Keegan Matias 11 Fletcher McFarlane 11 Oliver Mitrevski 12 Rhys Mooy 12 Will Nattrass 13 Jayden Nikolovski 13 Luke Paull 14 Potts 14 Joshua Petrovski 15 Thomas Richmond 15 Preston Ridley 16 Smileski 16 Noah Vidler

UNDER 14s UNDER 13s UNDER 12s

1 Tom Butkovic 1 James Riach - GK 1 Morgan Woolnough - GK 2 Jake Almond 2 James Anagnostopoulos 2 Chisholm Brown 3 Sam Alston 3 Lucas Ayala 3 Josh Bussoletti 4 Zander Alston 4 Jack Deale 4 Jay DeGouvia 5 Harrison Anagnostopoulos 5 Julian DeFreitas 5 Aleksander Dulevski 6 Brandan Angelevski 6 Jack Duffy 6 Owen Flanigan 7 Andrew Aston 7 Matthew Jackson 7 Damon Gray 8 Josh Field 8 James Jovanovski 8 Kyron Guevara 9 Ned Glasgow 9 Jacob Krkovski 9 Jyden Harb 10 Gabriel Krsteski 10 Kieran Kuzmanovski 10 Thomas Hastings 11 Tony Krstevski 11 Flynn Madden 11 Cooper Kerridge 12 Dane Mathews 12 Daniel Merola 12 McKenzie King 13 Logan Mathie 13 Joshua Nikolovski 13 Martos 14 Luke Palermo 14 Anton Radice Jones 14 Noah McNeill 15 Matthew Popovski 15 Luca Seritti 15 William Milinkovic 16 Taylan Skurtevski 16 Samual Starcic 16 Skurtevski 17 Jett Stroemer 18 Ryan Thompson 19 Sebastian Tomasiello 20 Kalani Vella

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UNDER 11s UNDER 10s UNDER 9s

1 Harry Taylor - GK 1 Aaron Burns 2 Christian Beleski 1 Josiah Kirchberg - GK 1 Jacob Hastings - GK 3 Billy Beniuk 2 Max Atsas 2 Christian Anagnostopoulos 4 Kiran Dhami 3 Tom Bent-Genge 3 Lenny Atsas 5 Kolby Guevara 4 Alessandro Calmasini 4 Taj Demito 6 Axl Hornby 5 Noah Crapis 5 Kyan Hawke 7 Kahled Houchaymi 6 Lachlan Flood 6 Michael Marijan 8 Milo Hudson 7 Lachlan Groves 7 Noah Mathie 9 Isaac Kostovski 8 Adam Kairis 8 Ordham McDermott 10 Cooper Markovic 9 Josh Keir 9 Christian Mihajlovic 11 Jared Mihajlovic 10 Martin Kolevski 10 Ryan Molnar 12 Elijah Millet 11 Levi Martins 11 Rishay Patel 13 Lucas Moreira 12 Liam Mavridis 12 John Perri 14 Innocent Nwali 13 Adrian Pontone 13 Beau Randle 15 Samuel Palermo 14 Daniel Simone 14 Christian Rodriguez 16 Noah Smart 15 Miles Thompson 15 Lennox Roodenrys 17 Lukas Srbinoski 16 Daniel Tugrul 16 Jimmy Skarvelis 17 Christian Vujic 17 Ashton Stapleton 18 Kieran Wardle 18 Noah Stella 19 Harry Wililo 19 Zane Stroemer

21 FEATURE STORY #PS4NPLNSW FATHER PART 3

Following from Robert and Dez Giraldi, Larry total of fourteen appearances with seven league and Peter Gaffney and Zivko and Steven starts with a further seven from the bench. In Hristovski, another father/son combination has his second season he came off the bench for a seen the light of day in the final Round 22 of the solitary game in the 1989 season and made five 2016 National Premier League starts and four subs appearances in 1989/90 Mens 1. Left sided defender Boden Allport in the first season of summer football. His final made his starting debut versus Bonnyrigg White game was against Wollongong Macedonia on Eagles following on from his father, Jeff, in the the 7th March 1991. Jeff had the experience of late 1980s and early1990s. playing and training with Scottish international Alan Brazil and English internationals Paul Boden spent much of the 2016 season playing Mariner and Trevor Francis, who were guest in the Wolves Under 20s side before getting the players in 1988. Following on from the Wolves, call up into first grade by coach Jacob Timpano. he plied his trade at Cringila Lions and Lysaghts Boden -‘I was with the Wolves in the Under 13s before going back to Albion Park to help them and 14s then did other things and came back at back into the IPL. He concluded his playing 16 years old playing in the under 20s for three career at Dandaloo and the beginning of his years. It was nice to play in the Cup and I wish I coaching career at the same club. could have played against Sydney FC (in 2016). Jeff coached the Wolves Under 20s team for I have always been reminded (of his father’ a number of years and was the first grade exploits). caretaker coach in cup games. He successfully Boden was also in the NSW Institute Of Sport coached to win the in 2011/2012 representative team that also 2016 Grand Final. included Tom Manos (2015 Wolves goalkeeper) Both father and son were selected into the and James Baldacchino (current central All Schools Australian side in 1987 and 2014 defender). respectively. Against Bonnyrigg White Eagles, Boden The Allports have joined the Wolves’ father and defended stoutly and stepped up to the son combinations at the club. Who will be next plate. Post match he stated -‘It was good and in line? definitely a step up and I really enjoyed it. ‘ By Malcolm Rowney The left defender also played in the 2016 cup in the Round 3 clash with Linfield FC. In addition he was an unused substitute in two FFA Cup matches and one league game. Leaving the Wolves, he is now at Albion Park White Eagles in the Illawarra Premier League for the 2017 season. Jeff played his initial game in the firsts team in the 1988 National Soccer League when he came on as a substitute in the Round 24 game against Brunswick Juventus at the age of 18. He made a

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2 Ricardo BERNARDINO 22 Harrison BAGOT 5 Ethan KAMBIOSIS 23 Jordan CRACKNELL 7 Jack LOMBO 24 Damian CUPAC 8 James MARKOVIC 32 Luke DEBROT 9 Stefan DIMOSKI 72 GK Jordan GEDDES 10 Harrison TARANTO 25 Michael GUSE 11 Tory MUSUMECI 26 Anthony HADDAD 12 Dion STERJOVSKI 27 Luke IVANOVIC 13 Nikola DJORDEVIC 21 Hassan JALLOH 14 Mitchell FERRARO 28 Nikola KRLJAR 15 Marcus BIMBILOVSKI 29 Andrija MANDIC 16 Luke FOSTER 34 Alex MOOY 27 Jake TREW 77 GK Maxwell ROWSTON 30 Daniel ARCABA 20 GK Stevan SAVICIC 30 Carl SKOBLA Coach: Julio Miranda 31 Alexander ZARAFETAS Assistant Coac: Alfredo Esteves Team Manager: Robert Positti and Surjit Head Coach: Hamish Brown Wadhwa

UNDER 18s

 

1 Brendon KRCANOSKI 65 Ljubisav BOGICEVIC 2 Andrew BOVA 66 Daniel BOROVINA 3 Daniel CHICHARO 67 Michael DEMIRGELLIS 4 Louis CONNELL 68 Ethan DOSANJH 5 Ekoue D’ALMEIDA 69 Pavle DRCA 6 Thomas DARJANI 70 Brendan FICARRA 7 Luke DAY 71 Luca FRASCA 8 Jordyn DELLA VEDOVA 72 GK Jordan GEDDES 9 Andre DIAS 73 Sherwan ISMAEEL HASAN 10 Riley HINDS 74 Hayden JAMER 11 Emanuel HONDROUDAKIS 75 Milan PARENTA 12 Jack HOOPER 81 Avit PRASAD 13 Brendan MITROVSKI 76 Gliso PRLIC 14 Benjamin RIACH 77 GK Max ROWSTON 15 Joel STARR 78 Justin SMITH 79 Brian SUTOMO Coach: Richard Lloyd 80 Francis TSIPONIS

Head Coach: Dejan Lukic Team Manager: Neven Cupac 23 FEATURE STORY #PS4NPLNSW GALA DAY 2017

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Football NSW you are cordially invited to attend the 2017 Nova Employment football4all Gala Day on Sunday 25 June. football4all is a Football NSW initiative introduced in 2008 aimed at giving people with a disability or special needs the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful day of football with family and friends at no expense. Entertainment The football4all initiative is focused on encouraging people with a and giveaways disability to become involved in football and enjoy all its benefits. available on The event will host over 300 participants from our programs and the day! various organisations across NSW as well as invited teams from Special Olympics, Illawarra Disability Trust.

Valentine Sports Park, 235-257 Meurants Lane, Glenwood 2768 Gala Day starts at 9am and concludes at 3pm. Cost: FREE

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We hope you are able to join us on the day.

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25 FIRST GRADE #PS4NPLNSW

CLUB CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Updated Monday 1 May 2017

NSW MEN’S

Club U/18's U/20's 1ST Total Blacktown City FC 10 36 80 126 Rockdale City Suns FC 14 16 80 110 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 9 26 72 107 Sydney United 58 FC 8 32 60 100 Sydney Olympic FC 3 22 68 93 Manly United FC 17 16 56 89 Wollongong Wolves FC 12 18 52 82 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 7 22 44 73 Sutherland Sharks FC 10 38 12 60 Sydney FC 21 24 12 57 Parramatta FC 13 14 8 35 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 7 8 4 19

Club Played Wins Draws Losses Total Blacktown City FC 24 15 3 6 126 Rockdale City Suns FC 24 12 6 6 110 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 24 12 4 8 107 Sydney United 58 FC 24 12 3 9 100 Sydney Olympic FC 24 8 7 9 93 Manly United FC 24 11 6 7 89 Wollongong Wolves FC 24 10 4 10 82 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 24 8 5 11 73 Sutherland Sharks FC 24 10 2 12 60 Sydney FC 24 11 3 10 57 Parramatta FC 24 5 7 12 35 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 24 2 6 16 19

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TEAM OF THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Updated Monday 1 May 2017

Club U/18's U/20's 1ST Total Blacktown City FC 10 36 80 126 Rockdale City Suns FC 14 16 80 110 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 9 26 72 107 Sydney United 58 FC 8 32 60 100 Sydney Olympic FC 3 22 68 93 01: Manly United FC 17 16 56 89 LARGE USE: OVER 150MM WIDE This logo has a smaller ‘®’ symbol Wollongong Wolves FC 12 18 52 82 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 7 22 44 73 Sutherland Sharks FC 10 38 12 60 Sydney FC 21 24 12 57 Parramatta FC 13 14 8 35 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 7 8 4 19

Club Played Wins Draws Losses Total 02: Blacktown City FC 24 15 3 6 126 FOOTBALL NSW WOULDSMAL LIKEL USE: TO55MM THANK - 150MM WID THEIRE SPONSORS This logo has a larger ‘®’ symbol Rockdale City Suns FC 24 12 6 6 110 FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 24 12 4 8 107 Sydney United 58 FC 24 12 3 9 100 Sydney Olympic FC 24 8 7 9 93 Manly United FC 24 11 6 7 89 Wollongong Wolves FC 24 10 4 10 82 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 24 8 5 11 73 Sutherland Sharks FC 24 10 2 12 60 Sydney FC 24 11 3 10 57 Parramatta FC 24 5 7 12 35 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 24 2 6 16 19

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29 HEADING HOME #PS4NPLNSW

HOMESUBHEAD GROUND - WIN STADIUM Harbour St, Wollongong

ROUND 03 SUN 26TH MARCH 1 - 1 VS Manly United FC

ROUND 05 SUN 9TH APRIL 1 - 0 VS APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC

ROUND 07 SUN 23RD APRIL 2 - 0 VS Hakoah Sydney City East FC

ROUND 09 SUN 7TH MAY 15:00 VS Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC

ROUND 10 SUN 14TH MAY 15:00 VS Rockdale City Suns FC

ROUND 12 SUN 28TH MAY 15:00 VS Parramatta FC

ROUND 13 SUN 4TH JUNE 15:00 VS Sydney Olympic FC

ROUND 15 SUN 18TH JUNE 15:00 VS Blacktown City FC

ROUND 17 SUN 2ND JULY 15:00 VS Sydney United 58 FC

ROUND 19 SUN 23RD JULY 15:00 VS Sutherland Sharks FC

ROUND 22 SUN 13TH AUGUST 15:00 VS Sydney FC

Fixtures subject to change. Check NPLNSW.com.au for the latest information. 30 Purchase your season pass by contacting the Wolves office on 4225 0999 or email [email protected]

Join us at Mr Crown, the home of football in the Illawarra, for our after match celebrations and presentations at 90 Crown Street Wollongong. Children Welcome. Restaurant Open. SHOW WITH SIRINE DEMACHKIE

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