MVC v TH #WSW 90EDITION VS 5 JANUARY 2019 5 JANUARY SEASON 2018/19 SEASON ROUND 11 THE NEW GUARD 02 REGULAR COLUMNS THIS THE LETTER 5 MATCH WARM UP 6 FIVE THINGS 11 PLAYERS TO WATCH 13 FEATURES Brought to you by Turner and Freeman THE WANDERER THE NEW GUARD 8 TODAY’S MATCH 16 The views in this publication are not He may have had an unconventional start to necessarily the views of the Western Sydney his career, but youngster Jordan O’Doherty JUNIOR WANDERER ZONE 18 Wanderers FC. Material in this publication has quickly become one Wanderer to watch is copyrighted and may only be reproduced TAKE FIVE 25 with written permission from the club. LEDBROOK MAKING HER MARK 14 Brought to you by Turner and Freeman Veteran midfielder Kylie Ledbrook has ADVERTISING continued to make her mark in the IN THE COMMUNITY 27 For all advertising enquiries for Westfield W-League. 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It’s been a tough start to the Hyundai A-League season for us, it’s come with it’s own set of challenges but we’re on a path to redemption and things are starting to look up. Without doubt, it’s The Western Sydney Wanderers FC. been hard for us a playing group and I really feel for our members and fans because they deserve more and the last few results have been really tough to take. We’ve been working hard this week in training and have kept our focus on continuing to improve, together as one team. We’ve got a lot of great leaders in this team and a lot of experience. Yeah #WSWvMVC I wear the armband, but there’s your Mark Bridge’s, Vedran Janjetovic’s and Oriol Riera’s plus plenty more in the squad that have a lot of experience. We have everyone together united to have a crack this year and I’ve got that support. I’m going to lean on the boys as much as I can to be as successful as we can this year because at this club it’s all about winning titles and chasing honours. It’s no different this year. Brendan Hamill. Captain. Member #108985. For more information on our products please visit www.mitsubishielectric.com.au Phone:1300 280 625 VISIT WANDERLAND.COM.AU WANDERLAND.COM.AU VISIT THE LETTER 06 Victory, on the other hand, extended their an ominous warning to the rest of the Hyundai unbeaten run in the Hyundai A-League to A-League, crushing the Red & Black 4-0. eight games after a 1-1 draw with Wellington Victory played out on an attacking MATCH Phoenix last Friday night. masterclass, putting the result beyond doubt Ola Toivonen scored yet again at AAMI Park, by half-time as they scored three goals cancelling out David Williams’ second-half inside 39 minutes before former Wanderer PREVIEW opener for Phoenix. Terry Antonis added a fourth late on. The result was enough to move Victory to the The Red & Black will need to be on alert he Western Sydney Wanderers tonight top of the table for now with the club needing tonight and ready to fire to kick-start their switch focus to Melbourne Victory in a win to secure their spot at the top. positive start to the season, and it all begins Ttheir second match against the club The last time these two sides met, Victory sent tonight against the Victory. this season. Babbel’s men will be looking to turn the tide on their season following a very disappointing defeat to Melbourne City mid-week. Two goals in two first half minutes helped a 10- man Melbourne City defeat the Wanderers 2-0 in the first Hyundai A-League fixture of 2019. The visitors stunned the Wanderers late in the opening 45, capitalising on two defensive fades and producing quickfire strikes from Lachlan Wales and Ritchie De Laet. City’s two-goal buffer looked less secure following the 57th minute dismissal of Rostyn Griffiths, but the Wanderers were unable to take advantage and saw a frustrating evening underlined by Oriol Riera’s missed penalty and some sensational goalkeeper from Eugene Galekovic. It was not all doom and gloom for the Red & Black with the Wanderers able to take something about of the fantastic individual performance of Alexander Baumjohann, as well as the energetic display from Abraham Majok who came on as a substitute late in Alex Baumjohann focused the second half. at training 07 SUPPORT OUR WANDER WOMEN BY TUNING INTO THE WESTFIELD W-LEAGUE ROUND 11 MATCH AND ON THE FIELD MYFOOTBALLLIVE APP CATHERINE CANNULI REPORTER @CANNULI_13 elcome to tonight’s Hyundai A-League match against Melbourne Victory at ANZ Stadium. WIt’s been a challenging season so far for both our Hyundai A-League and Westfield W-League teams who have struggled to have a positive start to the New Year. There have been many lessons learnt so far and there’s no doubt both will find ON THIS form and finish the season off with a bang. Our Westfield W-League team aren’t in action this week as they had their COURTESY OF ANDREW HOWE mid-week double header clash against Melbourne Victory on New Year’s Day. DAY @ANDYHOWE_STATTO Goals to Tameka Butt and substitute Adriana Jones cancelled out a spectacular opening strike from Georgia Yeoman-Dale as we came very close to breaking our winless run. We couldn’t have wished for a better start to the Westfield W-League action in 2019 when Yeoman-Dale took a chance in the 14th minute. With City goalkeeper Lydia Williams off her line, Yeoman-Dale received the ball ins pace about 25-yards-out and took her shot first time, the ball curling into the left corner. We sat back and a defensive lapse proved costly with Butt given both space and Australia’s number one capped women’s national team player time to equalise. Julie Dolan was born on this day in 1961. Now a resident of the 10 minutes from time, Jones snatched the winner rounding goalkeeper Nicole Central Coast, Dolan captained Australia in the Matildas’ first Simonsen and rolling the ball into an empty net. A international match, against New Zealand at Seymour Shaw We pushed hard for an equaliser late on, with both Elizabeth Addo and Yeoman- Park in the Sutherland Shire in 1979. The Julie Dolan Medal is Dale coming close, but it wasn’t meant to be. now awarded to the Westfield W-League player of the year. We have now been working hard this week for our next match, the Sydney Derby on Thursday night, and hope to see you there supporting Read more about Julie Dolan and every other Australian women’s team player the girls! in Andrew’s upcoming publication, the Encyclopedia of Matildas, now available for pre-order from fairplaypublishing.com.au. MATCH DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WSWANDERERSFC.COM.AU #WSWvMVC FOLLOW US @WSWANDERERSFC US @WSWANDERERSFC FOLLOW UP WARM 08 09 THE NEW GUARD HE MAY HAVE HAD AN UNCONVENTIONAL START TO HIS CAREER, BUT YOUNGSTER JORDAN O’DOHERTY HAS QUICKLY BECOME ONE WANDERER TO WATCH Joining the club during the off-season this year from Adelaide United, Wanderer Jordan O’Doherty has cemented himself in the Wanderers starting XI and has become a symbol of the next generation of Red & Black. Born in Palma de Mallorca in Spain, O’Doherty migrated with his family as a youngster to South Australia, which is also where his #WSWvMVC football career started as a junior. WATCH WSWTV WSWTV WATCH FEATURE 10 “My family’s actually from Europe so “It was at that point when I got into the youth we moved over when I was four year’s team at Adelaide United, I played there for a (Left to right) O'Doherty controls the ball against the old and we just sort of went into bit, after the NPL season there.