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Tonight for our half time entertainment we are pleased to see the return of the wonderful young ladies from the Step up and Dance group from Kings park. Thank you to Tiffany and the parents that have joined us here tonight.

We also feature a bio profile on our club social media guru Richard Wolff who tirelessly dedicates his time to promoting our great club via social and business media streams.

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n behalf of our CEO Vince Camera and Blacktown City FC are also proud to announce Oour board of directors, Blacktown City FC that we now have become official gold members welcomes Blacktown Spartans FC, our loyal fans of The Greater Blacktown Business Chamber. and sponsors to Lily Homes Stadium for this We thank Alex Soncini, Trevor Oldfield and Frank BLACKTOWN CITY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEIR SPONSORS round 9 fixture. Webb and their staff for their kind participation and support. We also look forward to working We also welcome Mayor Stephen Bali for the closely with the group to help mutually stimulate honour of presenting the Mayoral Cup over the and help grow our membership and business MAJOR SPONSORS eventual two leg winner of this keenly contested network across the greater Blacktown social and and now traditional cross city derby. business community.

In lieu of the Sunday Mother’s Day weekend On a finishing note please see our corporate our club would also like to thank all Blacktown football box advertising. Please take time to Spartan FC and Football NSW officials in agreeing enquire and inspect these wonderfully appointed to switch this fixture to tonight. 2 corporate and membership box venues here at Mark Crittenden and the boys will be looking Lily Homes Stadium. These great facilities can also to make amends from last week’s hard fought be hired and made available for general business loss to Rockdale City Suns and get ahead of the or any football social or corporate day experience. pack early. We look forward to getting back to Our team building events are a unique way to our winning ways and wish all the boys and experience a wonderful corporate day away from our technical staff and match day officials the the office. Get the most from your people and very best tonight. We also wish all our SAP and inspire them to be the best they can be by mixing PARTNER SPONSORS Youth teams along with the coaching staff and business with a touch of sporting pleasure. To managers the best for what will be a marathon further discuss please feel free to call us on Saturday at Lily Homes Stadium with the first 9674 5763 or 8818 5555. game kicking off at 8.30am. We wish all our mums a very happy Mother’s In our program you will find some photos of last Day and hope you enjoy a glass of wine from our week’s pre game commemorative Anzac day newly licensed canteen or perhaps see you all at weekend. A special thanks to Bill Belcher O.A.M. the wonderful Lilys Restaurant, bar and function and director of the Blacktown City Band for his centre after the game. inspiring rendition of the Last post and Reveille. Enjoy and come on Blacktown City FC!

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he Blacktown Mayor’s Cup will go on the line Tas local rivals Blacktown City and Blacktown Spartans square off at Lily Homes Stadium on Saturday night. It has been contrasting fortunes for City and Spartans so far this season. S B # NAME S B # NAME Blacktown City is once again near the top of the 1 VEKIC Nenad 1 SALIADARRE Carlos PlayStation®4 NSW 3 SPERANZA Giorgio 3 TANNER Joshua Men’s competition ladder and remains one of 4 SPERANZA Roberto 4 MUTCH William the toughest teams in the league. 6 LEWIS Matthew 5 DUKIC Luka However, It has been a difficult season so far 7 MAJOR Travis 6 PERKATIS Yianni for Blacktown Spartans with only two wins from 8 MACURA Sasa 7 SASAKI Shu eight matches. 9 GIBBS Joseph 8 OTT Jacob 10 EVANS Connor 9 PROIA Anthony Form goes out the window on derby day and the Spartans will be desperate to get one over its 11 CHOI Danny 10 NAKAMURA Futa more favoured opposition. 12 GROZDANOVSKI Jonathon 11 CRIGHTON Jordan 14 MALLIA Mitch 12 QUIGLEY Xavier 16 ANTELMI Patrick 14 MORTON Hayden 17 BEUMIE Lewis 15 WHITESIDE Thomas 19 CAIRNCROSS Zach 17 TOMOHINO Hyams 20 PRENDERGAST Tristan 20 TOSI Benjamin 1ST GRADE - PLAYSTATION 4 NPL NSW MEN’S 21 SASAKI Riku 23 DULLAK Ogun 25 GAUTHIER Amaury POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 35 WHITE Aaron 1 United 58 FC 8 7 0 1 24 5 19 21 41 NASCIMBEN Domenic 2 Blacktown City FC 8 6 0 2 22 14 8 18 Coach: Mark Crittenden Head Coach: Ben De Haan 3 Rockdale City Suns FC 8 4 3 1 17 13 4 15 Assistant Coach: Luke Roodenburg Coach: Anthony Mansueto Manager: Graham Crawhall Manager: Denis Nascimben 4 Manly United FC 8 3 3 2 14 9 5 12 Physio: Shannon Codd 5 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 8 3 2 3 12 11 1 11

6 Parramatta FC 8 3 1 4 10 19 -9 10

7 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 8 2 3 3 13 13 0 9

8 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 8 3 0 5 14 16 -2 9

9 Wolves FC 8 3 0 5 10 14 -4 9 Referee: S. Lucas 10 Sydney Olympic FC 8 2 3 3 10 14 -4 9 Assistant Referees: L. Greenshields & J. Bell 11 Blacktown Spartans FC 8 2 1 5 12 22 -10 7 4th Official: T. Plasto 12 Sutherland Sharks FC 8 2 0 6 11 19 -8 6

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20 Tristan PRENDERGAST 18 Alex ABDULLAH 1 Luca GALLO 2 Camil ABOUCHAAYA 23 Jake BORROMEO 19 Brendon BEZZINA 2 Mitch WHALLEY 3 Gatsby GRAY 24 Jake MAMONE 21 Lachlan CATANIA 3 Carl SKOBLA 4 Jacob KERR 25 Zac SPETH 22 Stevan DUKIC 4 Jarrod DODDS 5 Jacob CUNICO 26 Mason IRELAND 24 Adrian EPIFANINO 5 Nathan DOUNGMANEE 6 Louie ZACHAROPOULOS 27 Nikita ANDRICOPOLOUS 26 Leyton HINTON 6 Anthony GALLO 7 Jordan COUPE 28 George PANAYI 27 Jayden IRWIN 7 Sunny CHANG 8 Christian NASCIMBEN 29 Lewis FRASER 28 Sallu KAMARA 8 Josh EVANS 9 Hayden MACEROLA 30 Sam ORCHARD 29 Michael KONESTABO 9 Adolph KOUDAKPO 10 Shaho HASAN 34 Dakota ASKEW 30 Christopher LOUCOS 10 Kristen PAREIRA 11 Hassan JALLOH 35 Issam ELKHADI 31 Alex MOOY 11 Ahmed SWEEDAN 12 Oskar SHAMOUH 36 Issac DANDAN 32 Connor POWERS 12 Franco MAYA ALIANTE 13 Justin WILKIN 37 George FIRTH 33 Daniel SESTON 13 Francesco TERRANOVA 14 Philip HASIUK 34 Marko FILIPOVIC 14 Daniel SALINAS 15 Peter KIM 36 Christo HANNA 15 Harry KHAMIS 16 Tommaso PANDOLFO 37 Keaton BATES 16 Lewis FRASER 17 Fardob SANJAR-KHANI 40 Nicholas KOTEVSKI 20 Dylan NISKI 42 Lucas PERVAN 41 Domenic NASCIMBEN Coach: Ben WRIGHT Coach: Geoff ABRAHAMS Manager: Joe MAMONE Coach: Samuel JACOB Asst Coach: Marty MCCAFFERY Assist Coach: Edward Van Der MEULEN Manager: Denis NASCIMBEN Manager: Ross BOURKE Asst Coach: Mark MANSUETO Manager: Stephen PURVES

PREVIEW he two sides from Blacktown come face to face point behind leaders Manly United. for the first time this season at Lilys Football T The clash will be influenced heavily by two potential Centre on Saturday and the derby carries an air golden boot candidates within either camp, with of significance that has been absent in previous Blacktown Spartans’ Alex Mooy (seven goals in meetings between the two sides. eight) and Blacktown City’s Jonathan Grozadanovski The Spartans have proven to be one of the (six goals in six) facing off in what could be a crucial competition’s surprise packages so far and trail head to head match up in one of Round Nine’s big the traditional heavyweights by five points on the affairs. competition ladder. Samuel Jacobs’ side are neatly positioned in fourth place but have stumbled of late, winning just one of their last five encounters – a 3-0 triumph over lowly Rockdale in Round Five.

With the likes of Sydney Olympic, Bonnyrigg White Eagles and Sutherland lying just a point away from the Spartans in fourth, another poor result threatens to see the team slide out of the top six for the first time this season.

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The initiative will give grassroots teams from all the club and for all grassroots football to have the over the chance to play their opportunity to play at Valentine Sports Park. games at the Home of Football under lights and on “For many of the players it will be the first time they a state-of the-art synthetic pitch. have played on a world class synthetic pitch as well And it’s all free of charge. as at a major venue like Valentine sports Park,” she Football NSW Head of Communications, Facilities said. and Government Relations Ricardo Piccioni said the “We jumped at the opportunity when we were initiative was about providing the community with approached by Gladesville Hornsby Football access to world class facilities. Association to reschedule this match to VSP. All the keep our game “Grassroots Football Friday is a new initiative from players are buzzing and can’t wait to play on Friday. Football NSW to give community players from “This is a great idea from Football NSW and I know across the state the chance to play under lights at there is plenty of support around the clubs for this the Home of Football,” he said initiative.” “We’re offering our state-of-the-art synthetic fields Gladesville Ravens director of Mens Football Ewen beautiful free of charge to all of our Associations on a Friday Page praised Football NSW for giving back to the night, and encouraging them to schedule any of their grassroots matches at Valentine Sports Park. associations which helped fund the development INTEGRITY IN SPORT of Valentine Sports Park. “We want as many people as possible to experience playing at our fantastic facility, and hope to have “The change rooms and the facilities at VSP Football NSW and the men and women of all ages and abilities gracing will make the boys feel like they are a Hyundai our fields during 2016.” A-League player for a night,” he said. Playstation 4 National Premier Leagues NSW are bound by Grassroots Football Friday kicked off last week “The boys don’t often get to play under lights at All with Putney Rangers anad Gladesville Ravens Age 8’s level so that too will be a great experience. Football Federation Australia’s representing the Gladesville Hornsby Football “Hopefully throughout the year more and more NATIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT and Association All Age 8 competition. teams from the Gladesville Hornsby Football NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING POLICY. Speaking before the match Putney Rangers club Association and other associations will get the president Lina Candy said it was a massive coup for chance to play at VSP too.” An extensive list of resources are available on Interested in playing at Valentine Sports Park? the competition website at nplnsw.com.au Clubs interested in taking part in Grassroots Football Fridays and playing a fixture at Valentine Sports Park FREE OF CHARGE this season should contact their local association. ANTI-DOPING SPORTS BETTING AND MATCH FIXING • National Anti-Doping Policy • National Code of Conduct • FFA Sports Supplements and • FFA Sports Betting and Medication Guidelines Match Fixing Guidelines • Confidential “Stamp out Doping” form, • Sportsradar Integrity Brochure - report suspicious doping activity Summary of Services • Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority • National Policy on • ASADA Prohibited List Match-Fixing in Sport • Integrity in Sport: Illicit Drugs • FIFA Code of Ethics • FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations • FIFA Code of Ethics e-Learning Tool • FFA Anti-Doping Education Presentation

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Rockdale City Suns 3 - Blacktown City FC 2 at Blacktown Spartans 1 - Manly United FC 1 at Ilinden Sports Centre Blacktown Football Park An 81st minute Hristijan Tanoski goal has Manly United has fought back to snatch given Rockdale City Suns an inspired 3-2 a 1-1 draw with Blacktown Spartans in its PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s victory against a fast finishing Blacktown Men’s Clash at Blacktown Football Park on City FC. Saturday. Tanoski’s late goal at Ilinden Sports Centre Dom Ferguson’s 57th minute strike saved on Saturday night sent the Rockdale fans into Manly from a frustrating away defeat after raptures as Paul Reid’s side was required to Jacob Ott gave the home side the lead after find a winner after Blacktown had clawed it’s only five minutes. way back from an early 2-0 deficit. It was a strong bounce back performance from Goals to Rockdale’s Tanoski, Blacktown after leaking five goals to APIA last and Blake Ricciuto cancelled out strikes from round. Blacktown players and . On the other hand it was a frustrating result It was an emotional win for the Suns who went for Manly who paid the price for poor finishing. into the match without usual starters and Steve Hesketh while midfielder Blake Ricciuto made an inspirational return after nearly a week in hospital. 01: LARGE USE: OVER 150MM WIDE This logo has a smaller ‘ ’ symbol FOOTBALL NSW WOULD LIKE® TO THANK THEIR SPONSORS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT

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