Wollongong Wolves FC V Sydney United 58 FC
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KICKOFF NSW MEN’S ROUND 14 Sunday 9 JUNE 2019 3pm WIN STADIUM CORPORATE PARTNERS 2 #NPLNSW CONTENTS WOLLONGONG WOLVES COACHING STAFF & MANAGEMENT 1st Team Coach Luke Wilkshire 1st Grade Assistant Coach Yuzo Tashiro Senior Manager Mark Wilkshire Under 20s Coach Manny Mavridis Under 18s Coach Richard Lloyd Under 18s Assistant Scott Nichols Under 18s Manager Robbie Day GK Coach John Krajnovic Match Preview 6 Chairman Tory Lavalle Team Lineups 20 Health and Medical Services Figtree Physiotherapy Season Draw 34 Technical Director Neil Mann Admin Manager Susan Gatt Program Contributors Malcolm Rowney Photographer - Seniors Pedro Garcia Photographer – Juniors Chris Horn For advertising opportunities, please contact Susan Gatt on 02 42 722 624. This program is proudly printed by WOLVES SHOP 32 Waverley Drive Unanderra 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: 02 42 722 624 Address: 32 Waverley Drive Unanderra NSW 2526 Twitter: @wollgongwolves Facebook: fb.com/wollongongwolves Instagram: @WollongongWolves NPLNSW.COM.AU 3 CLUB WELCOME Welcome back to Win Stadium for the second week the boys showed that we are. They played some in a row. fantastic football and gave APIA a real headache. We are at home every weekend in June and we will To beat the team coming second and only three be working hard to ensure that we take maximum points behind us 4 nil was a great performance points and maintain our lead at the top of the table. and very satisfying. In fact, I enjoyed watching the Please support the boys by being in the crowd at football we played from the sideline. each home game and cheering them on. It would be great if you could encourage others to come But, that is all in the past and we are looking no along to the games. further ahead then today. Last week we had a better crowd and the Wolfden’s We go again today against a dangerous Sydney support with the drums and chants made for an United 58 and we are ready. Their results have been improved atmosphere. Thank you to everyone and a bit up and down of late, but we know that they in particular the Wolfden. Your support is invaluable. can play, and on their day, they are one of the better teams in the competition. Last week’s performance against APIA was very satisfying. The first half was a bit of an arm wrestle, Our boys are ready to perform again and I have the but I could see that they expended a lot of energy utmost confidence that they will. trying to play a high tempo game and unsettle us. I hope you enjoy todays match. Everyone is I was always confident that they would struggle to welcome back to the Fraternity Club after the game. keep up with us in the second half. Come back for a meal and a drink with me, the I believe that we are the fittest and most mobile players and the fans. team in the competition and in the second half 4 #NPLNSW MAJOR SPONSOR NPLNSW.COM.AU 5 MATCH PREVIEW and Central Coast Mariner, Joshua Macdonald made his debut off the bench to strengthen the squad. V With the return of Tom Huskok after signing from Melbourne club, Melbourne Knights the club have added to strengthen the side. Huskok made his 2019 debut in Round 13. The team from Edensor Park, Sydney United and The club from Edensor Park has been at the forefront last season’s finalists, come to WIN Stadium for the of the game in NSW and has been successful Round 14 clash with the Wollongong Wolves. Since over the years on many occasions. One such 2004/05 NSW Premier League season, today’s achievement was the 2006 Championship when match will be the twenty-ninth meeting in the the team defeated Blacktown City by 4-0. The team NSW based competition. The first Mens 1 Premier was Matthew Cox, Milan Bosnar, Joe Vrkic, Ante League match was a 1-0 victory to Sydney United 58 Juric, Todd Brodie, Petar Markovic, Ben Vidaic, with Petar Markovic scoring at WIN Stadium. One Luka Glavas, Lisandro Berbis, Mitchell Thompson hundred and eighty-nine goals have been scored and Mile Jedinak. Ricky Perinich, Tallan Martin and between the two clubs in league games at a goal per Jim Bakis replaced Bosnar, Vidaic and Thompson game average of 2.8. respectively with Jean Paul De Marigny being the coach. Glavas was the lone goal scorer netting all THE OPPOSITION TODAY - SYDNEY UNITED 58 four. New recruits to the 2019 Miro Vlastica coached The 2018 campaign saw the club finishing with 38 Sydney United 58 include striker Peter Simonoski points from 12 wins and 2 draws with 8 defeats in after his long stint from 2009 with the Wollongong third position. The team won one finals match with a Wolves, Judah Cleur from Marconi Stallions and penalty shoot out win 5-3 after it was 1-1 after ninety former U17 and U20s Uruguayan international minutes and after extra time with Patrick Antelmi Sebastian Gallegos (a player who trialled for the being the scorer. Thirty-six goals were achieved with Wolves against the Central Coast Mariners in twenty-nine against with goal per games averages October, 2018 from Hawkesbury City - NPL3) in of 1.63 and 1.31. Six nil scores eventuated which addition with Liam Rose from Central Coast Mariners. was the second highest equaling three other teams In Round 2 new signing and former Wolves’ player with six clean sheets. In Rounds 1-11 sixteen goals 6 #NPLNSW MATCH PREVIEW were scored with fourteen being conceded with a Sydney United 58’s best and worst results in 2019 plus 2 goal difference. In Rounds 12-22 nineteen are 3-0 and 0-5 as against the Wolves 4-0 and 0-1. and fourteen was the outcome with a five-goal Each team has conceded eleven (WW) and twenty- difference. The upshot is more goals were scored in one (SU58) goals with a plus 22 and minus 3 goal the second half of the season with the same number difference respectively. being conceded but a slightly better goal difference. The top scorer was Christopher Payne with twelve The Wolves hold pole position on the point’s table goals with a season strike rate of 0.54. Eight other on thirty points from nine wins and three draws players contributed in the scoring department. The and are six points ahead of the nearest club, while biggest winning margin was three, 3-0 in Rounds 5 Sydney sit in fourth position gaining six wins and and 15 with the highest losing margin being four, three draws and earning twenty-one points. 2-6 in Round 20. The best sequence without losing The result sequence in the previous five games for was seven, in Rounds 15 -21, win, win, win, win, win, Sydney United 58 is win, draw, loss, win and loss, win and win. Multi-scorers in a single match were while the Wolves have win, loss, win, win and win. Nikas with a treble and Payne with two braces and the quickest goal came in the 9th minute of Round PLAYERS TO WATCH 19 scored by Adrian Vlastelica. Players who were Goalkeeper Tom Manos has been the incumbent selected in the ‘Team Of The Week’ were Panni custodian for four years and has been impressive in Nikas with four, Payne (2), Manos (2), and Adrian his domain. He is extremely effective in tacking high Vlastelica, Petar Markovic and Matthew Sim with one each. In the previous five years, the club has concluded the seasons in 9th, 7th, 1st, and 7th and in 2018 a 3rd position was achieved. These positions do show are a little of a roller coaster ride, however two finals appearances in five years is a plus. THE MATCH -UP The top scorer for each club is Thomas James (WW) and Peter Simonoski (SU58) with fifteen and seven goals respectively with each team scoring thirty- three and twenty goals. Eight Wolves players have contributed to the scoring while the identical number of United personnel has done likewise. The scorer of the team’s previous goal is Thomas James (WW) and Matt Sim (SU58). Sydney United has nineteen wins to the Wolves’ seven in their match-ups since the 2004/05 season while United 58 has kept the Wolves scoreless in ten matches while the converse is five. To date in the 2019 competition, Sydney United have been kept scoreless on three occasions with the Wollongong team with only one nil result. In the previous round Sydney United 58 was defeated 4-2 by Blacktown City FC while the Wolves put four past APIA Leichhardt with nil in reply. NPLNSW.COM.AU 7 MATCH PREVIEW balls into the box, and he is brave on one on ones but could not convert, with Turnbull saving many of should they eventuate. these attempts. Striker Peter Simonoski would like nothing better in On the hour mark, Bailey achieved number three. scoring against his previous club and he scored a hat Giraldi provided a clever back heel and Bailey trick in his first game in 2019 for his new club.