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RED-DEMPTION 8 The Kids are Alright 18 The Wanderer Things are a little different to the last time Another Foxtel National Youth League The views in this publication are not necessarily the views of the Wanderers faced Adelaide season draws to a close the NRMA Insurance Western Story by Jacob Widon Story by Domenic Trimboli Wanderers FC. Material in this publication is copyrighted and may only be reproduced with the written Regular Columns permission from the Club.

Open Letter: Chief Today’s Match 16 Guardian Funerals Advertising For all advertising enquiries Executive Officer Wandercrew in The Wanderer or questions John Tsatsimas 5 Fox Football Fix 20 members of the Week: about partnership with Our Precinct the club please contact the Warm Up 6 SLAV’S Spot the Volunteers 26 Corporate Partnerships team [email protected]. Difference 22 Five Things 11 Corporate NEWS: In the Community: PHOTOGRAPHY All photography courtesy Players To Watch: Primo and Wanderers: Wanderers in the of Ali Erhan, Beans & Dimas vs Isaias 13 A Proud Partnership 23 Community 27 Mash Photography, Daniel Boud, Getty Images, and Steve Christo. Fox Football Focus Take Five with with Kate Cohen 15 Andrew Redmayne 25 Our Partners 30

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Back to Contents Page Open Letter

From the Chief Executive Officer Striving to be the best

Dear Wanderers Family, under the guidance of Ian Crook and we are excited I welcome you all on the first day of 2016 as well as by the prospects that are involved in our program. Onwards and our opponents Adelaide United to Wanderland. We aim to see the fruits of the Academy program upwards On a personal note, I hope 2015 was a good one reflected in our Hyundai A-League team in good CEO John for you and your families and I wish you all the very numbers in the not too distant future. Our elite Tsatsimas says best for 2016. training and administration facility is coming along he is looking We are excited at what this brand new year holds nicely and we will have more news in that space in forward to an for the Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club. the coming months. exciting 2016 Our boys are top of the ladder entering the back I would like to take this opportunity to thank end of the season and I could not be prouder of you for your unwavering support and we can the efforts that have been put in by all at the club, only continue to grow with you by our side. The including players, and his coaching last few months have shown that collectively we staff, administration staff, the Board and most are an important voice in the Australian sporting importantly you, the Members, to help us get to landscape and in a much broader context can where this club deserves to be. I also acknowledge represent Western Sydney on the national and the efforts of our corporate partners in that regard. world stages, in keeping with our mantra of being We look forward to our boys taking the field today a globally respected and recognised football club - and keeping us on track for qualifying for another the pride of Western Sydney. AFC Champions League campaign and competing at the business end of the season for domestic honours. John Tsatsimas This year we will see our Academy program debut Chief Executive Officer

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appy New Year and welcome to they’ve now won three games out of their HWanderland for 2016. We’ve had a last four matches. They’ve come through good week since our Christmas Eve win a sticky patch and are now getting some over Newcastle Jets with training being good results and playing good football. excellent over the holiday period. It’s similar to us: a slow start in regards We had a really short turn around after to results but now we’re getting the the Perth Glory game before Newcastle rewards. We are now on a nine match which made it harder to freshen the boys unbeaten run. When you put a new squad up, especially as Perth trips take a lot out together like we have it can take time to ON THIS DAY of you, but we handled that very well and gel, but we gelled quickly and established a played really well against Newcastle and good culture and very bright environment Courtesy of Andrew Howe controlled the game for most of the match. within the group from an early stage. @AndYhowe_statto With eight days since the Jets match We have always been positive and the we’ve had a longer turn around this week undefeated run hasn’t changed that. ormer Socceroo and 1983 which helps with preparation: we’ve been With the positive results everyone NSL Player of the year Joe F able to get a lot more done on the training is in a good mood and knows what is Watson was born on this day in field so we’re feeling good leading into required, especially over the Christmas 1952. After playing in his native tonight’s match against Adelaide United. and New Year period, to be the best and Scotland for Dundee United and Adelaide are coming off a good win perform the best and that won’t change Forfar Athletic, the ball-playing against Wellington where a strong today. Like every week we approach midfielder moved to second half saw them win 3-0. After a every game with the same focus no aged 21. From 1973 to 1986 slow start to the season for the Reds matter who we’re playing. he played at Hakoah/Sydney City where he amassed several Championship medals - NSW Match Day PARTNER Fixtures & Results state league titles in 1973 and Scan the QR code below for all score 1974, and NSL Championships in updates across our Hyundai A-League, 1977 (the inaugural NSL season), Westfield W-League and Foxtel 1980, 1981 and 1982. ‘Jinky’ National Youth League matches. Joe played 258 NSL games for Sydney City before ending his national league career at APIA in 1988 (12 games). From 1979 to 1986 he made 41 appearances for the Socceroos, captaining the team in his last match in 1986, against Czechoslovakia. He passed away in 2000.

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Story by JACOB WINDON @JacobWindon RED- DEMPTION

Rewind to Round 2 of this season and a 1-1 draw against Adelaide United meant the Wanderers would enter the third week of the competition with only a single point. Fast forward eleven weeks, the Wanderers are now favourites for the Premier's Plate.

t’s often said that things change quickly in Smelling blood in the water after Nikolai Topor- football but not even the most ardent Wanderers Stanley’s early sending off, Adelaide gave an already tragic could have dreamt of the transformation undermanned, battered and bruised Wanderers squad Don't stop Ithat now sees Tony Popovic’s men sit at the summit an almighty kicking. Such was ’s side’s believing of the Hyundai A-League table. dominance that they held a nearly unfathomable 80% Even when the How things change. To many, the new possession and dominated the shot count 26-1. chips were down, campaign represented more of a mass rebuilding Looking back, this might have been a defeat that Tony Popovic was phase than a serious title assault for the acknowledged certain shortcomings and sparked an quietly confident Wanderers but after twelve rounds the mood early search for something fresh at Western Sydney. that the Wanderers around Wanderland is as vibrant and as fiercely It’s almost as if Popovic viewed Gombau’s Adelaide would be back at unconquerable as it has ever been. with their sleek and distinctly Spanish controlled their best The upcoming match against Adelaide United possession game not just as a blueprint for Hyundai should be held as a marker of just how far the A-League success, but as a stylistic and structural revitalised Wanderers have come in the space of a avenue his team could pursue in the near future. year: from a humiliating 2-0 defeat at Coopers Stadium It now seems that the Wanderers custodian has last December, to the 1-1 draw in Round 2 this season. melded together the best of both worlds with his Although the Wanderers had won the AFC current squad, combining the inventive attacking Champions League a month prior to that Round 9 football from the Spaniard’s scrapbook with the encounter in the 2014/15 season, the immediate future rock-solid foundations of his own pragmatic, looked bleak and painful. The side had not won any continental-trophy-winning philosophy. of their opening eight fixtures and had seemingly been The net effect has Popovic’s men reaching for worked out by the domestic opposition. the stars again midway through the club’s fourth Teams were gleefully lining up to exact revenge season of existence. on the young upstart that had written itself into When the Wanderers host the Reds tonight, the Australian footballing folklore in barely three years. respective identities of each club will have changed

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Wanderland is as vibrant “and as fiercely unconquerable as it has ever been

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dramatically from their last meeting in Round 2, and Palm Beach Sharks to confirm that the rangy deviated even further from campaigns past. midfielder had all the natural tools to successfully During his stint down under Gombau navigated modify the mechanics of the Wanderers’ midfield Pacemaker his former side up the standings and in doing so into something reminiscent of a Guardiola team. Dimas has been transformed the Reds into the league’s poster boys With an outstanding passing range and tigerish very good at for sexy football but the arrival of successor and aptitude off the ball, Popovic’s silent general captures controlling the countryman has seen Adelaide both the Wanderers old and new: one minute gliding tempo in midfield lose some of their sheen as the new custodian gracefully through the midfield conducting the adjusts to the demands of a new league – in his first movements of the fleet-footed attackers in front of managerial role no less. him before vigilantly snapping and snarling at the At the same time, the mantle of the league’s entertainers heels of the opposition with terrier-like aggression. has been adopted by Popovic’s Wanderers. It’s a role the The Spaniard is both the assistant orchestrator team have worked hard for and are now relishing. to Andreu and the chief watchdog of the It’s especially symbolic that Dimas will front the Wanderers’ midfield and has already made Adelaide ranks tonight – a player who would have himself into one of the most invaluable cogs in fit the Gombau prototype neatly. The Spaniard is cut Popovic’s new machine. from the same cloth of player that spelt out the gulf It would be fitting that Dimas – a player whom in class, style and standing in Adelaide’s triumph last both Gombau’s and Amor’s Adelaide would have season and along with fellow Catalan Andreu, has snapped up in a heartbeat – and his Wanderers side embodied the Wanderers’ revolution. overcome the Reds tonight. It would confirm that old The midfielder played under Pep Guardiola in labels have been swapped and that new eras are in 2007, and it only took a few cultured touches against full swing at both clubs.

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FIVE THINGS Our top five turning points this season

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1. First point The Wanderers fell 1-0 down thanks 3 to an early own goal but thoroughly dominated proceedings, deservedly equalising late on through Andreu. The 5 side showcased a new style in their first point of the season which gave them a platform to build upon.

2. 1-0 win over Perth After falling winless in their opening three fixtures, the pressure was on the Wanderers to make their mark at home. Following to halt the momentum gained from the outside the box. Nichols’ heroics prolonged Dario Vidosic’s strike on the cusp of half- Wanderers’ first win of the season but the winning streak to six ahead of a crunch time the side managed to tentatively hold Mitch Nichols popped up on the edge of the game with Melbourne Victory. on to seal their first win of a new era, and box to notch back to back wins for the first ignite a seven-game winning streak. time since the April of the 2013/14 season. 5. Victory win The Wanderers had already emerged 3. Mitch Nichols' late 4. Nichols sustains the run victorious from one top-of-the-table winner v Jets against Brisbane encounter with Brisbane the week before Having conceded the opener in Just when it seemed John Aloisi’s Brisbane but their 2-0 triumph over Victory elevated controversial circumstances, the Wanderers would thwart the Wanderers at home for a superb winning streak to even greater showed huge resilience and fight to claw the second time this season, it was Nichols heights. The scalp of the reigning champions their way back into the game through again who saved the day for the Red & is one that could go a long way in deciding Andreu’s penalty. The Jets threatened Black with an incredible curling strike from the outcome of the 2015/16 winners.

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PLAYERS TO WATCH EVERY MATCH WE GIVE YOU THE HEAD-TO-HEAD STATS ON TWO OPPOSING PLAYERS

DIMAS ISAIAS

Duels Won

60% 48%

Passing Accuracy

83% 78%

Chances Created

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Dimas Midfielder Isaias Midfielder Dimas has seamlessly adapted to life Despite Adelaide’s stuttering start to the in the Hyundai A-League. The campaign, Isaias continues to be a bright 32-year-old has shown that he’s capable spark. The 28-year-old is technically of both breaking down attacks and PROUDLY blessed and tactically astute but will brought to kick-starting assaults, and together you by need greater support around him if with Andreu, has formed quite a Adelaide are to blunt the Wanderers’ formidable midfield partnership. dynamic front-third.

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here is a distinct Spanish theme that runs the Barcelona academy, before Dimas, Andres and through both Western Sydney Wanderers Alberto made their way out west. and Adelaide United, two sides who are And the players have made an immediate impact A foreign Tfeeling the influence of their coaches and imports. on the field – with Alberto providing a calming figure affair For Adelaide, it was an evolution which at the back and Dimas and Andres proving vital for Tonight’s match began when Josep Gombau took over and the midfield balance. The trio of Spaniards set the is set to have introduced perhaps the most entertaining style in tone for the Wanderers when playing out from the a distinct the competition. New manager Guillermo Amor back, with Dimas frequently coming short to help Spanish influence has taken a little bit of time to find his feet, but move the ball from defence and through midfield. crucial to his side remains Isaias, and And he, and fellow midfielder Andreu’s positioning Argentine Marcelo Carrusca. when the ball is in the final third allows for fullbacks For Western Sydney, the Spanish influx is more and Scott Neville to get forward recent, as Tony Popovic sought to take the next step without being over exposed at the back. It is those in the club’s long term plan. Assistant coach Andres simple, yet crucial actions which have played a major Carrasco was the first, having spent 15 years with role in Wanderers’ resurgence this season.

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16 The Wanderers Round 13 Back to Contents Page Today's Match Adelaide United SQUAD S B # Name Position ¨ ¨ 1 Goalkeeper TODAY'S ¨ ¨ 2 Defender ¨ ¨ 3 Iacopo LA ROCCA Defender Score ¨ ¨ 4 Dylan McGOWAN Defender MATCH ¨ ¨ 5 Midfielder ¨ ¨ 7 PABLO SANCHEZ Forward Grab a pen and write down your own ¨ ¨ 8 ISAIAS Midfielder SUBSTITUTES record of the game ¨ ¨ 9 Sergio CIRIO Forward ¨ ¨ 10 Marcelo CARRUSCA Midfielder Ladder Correct at completion of Round 12 OFF CLUB P W D L F A GD PTS ¨ ¨ 11 Bruce DJITE Forward 1 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC 12 8 2 2 20 10 10 26 ¨ ¨ 12 Mark OCHIENG Midfielder 2 BRISBANE ROAR FC 12 7 3 2 20 11 9 24 ¨ ¨ 13 Dylan SMITH Forward ON 3 MELBOURNE CITY FC 12 6 2 4 30 20 10 20 ¨ ¨ 14 George MELLS Midfielder 4 SYDNEY FC 12 5 5 2 15 10 5 20 ¨ ¨ 15 Ben WARLAND Defender OFF 5 MELBOURNE VICTORY 12 5 2 5 16 15 1 17 ¨ ¨ 16 Defender 6 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 12 4 3 5 16 19 -3 15 ¨ ¨ 17 Mate DUGANDZIC Midfielder 7 ADELAIDE UNITED 12 3 4 5 13 18 -5 13 ON ¨ ¨ 18 Jimmy JEGGO Midfielder 8 NEWCASTLE JETS 12 3 4 5 9 15 -6 13 ¨ ¨ 19 Eli BABALJ Forward 9 PERTH GLORY 12 3 3 6 13 18 -5 12 OFF 10 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 12 1 2 9 12 28 -16 5 ¨ ¨ 20 John HALL Goalkeeper Legend ¨ ¨ 21 Defender ON P Played W Wins D Draw L Loss F For A Against GD Goal Difference PTS POINTS ¨ ¨ 23 Defender ¨ ¨ 24 Bruce KAMAU Midfielder Coach OFF PROUDLY brought to you by Guillermo AMOR ON

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Story by Domenic Trimboli @dom_trimbolI The Kids Are Alright

With the youth team already supplying two Hyundai A-League debutants this season, our current crop of youngsters are showing that the future is looking bright indeed

nother typically adrift of the first-placed Sydney FC, While results are always unpredictable Foxtel who also have a game in hand. important, the overarching goal National Youth League Only the top-placed team in each of the of youth football will forever be Aseason has come and almost gone. league’s two conferences advances to the centred on player development and Only two rounds are left to play and big dance, and with the Newcastle Jets progression, and it’s a box that the although it’s still mathematically possible, and Central Coast Mariners also sitting Wanderers continue to tick. the Wanderers’ youth side looks set to above the Wanderers, the Red & Black Of the number of talented youth miss out on a coveted Grand Final slot. will be left ruing what could’ve been. players that have donned the hoops Ahead of this weekend’s penultimate It’s not all heartbreak though, as throughout this season, two have gone on to make game against the Newcastle Jets, the course of the season so far, the Wanderers their Hyundai A-League debuts: Josh Trevor Morgan’s side sit five points have given onlookers plenty to be excited about. Macdonald and Mario Shabow.

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The Kids Are Alright

After a series of impressive performances in dazzled as a late second-half substitute, pre-season, Macdonald made his official first- delighting the crowd with one memorable team debut in the Wanderers’ Westfield FFA pirouette move on the halfway line. Cup Round of 32 win against Brisbane Roar. Many of Macdonald’s and Shabow’s Entering as a second-half substitute, teammates have also been asked to Macdonald wasted no time in displaying train with Popovic’s side throughout his trickery and fleet-footedness, winning a the season, where they’ve been able penalty after being brought down in the box. to hone their skills and gain some Since then, the 19-year-old has two invaluable experience from the first- Hyundai A-League appearances to his name team coaching staff. and will no doubt look to feature more in 2016. It’s a testament to the whole-of-club Meanwhile, Mario Shabow will forever focus that the Wanderers are striving to Stepping up remember Round 8’s 2-0 win against the build, and with the Wanderers’ academy Josh Macdonald Central Coast Mariners as the day he teams set to be introduced in the 2016 and Mario made his Hyundai A-League debut. NSW , it’s an Shabow have both The 17-year-old, who has been an exciting time to be part of the Western made their senior RBB Member since the club’s formation, Sydney footballing landscape. debuts this season

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Story by Fox Football @FoxFootball Fox Football Fix With a New Year comes fresh insight from our friends at Fox Sports. 2016 will be a massive one on and off the pitch for the Wanderers so we got Fox Sports personalities to let us know their New Year’s resolution and their Hyundai A-League tips.

Mark Bosnich Tara Rushton RESOLUTION RESOLUTION See the A-League break new Drink more water, expand ground in 2016 my repertoire in the kitchen, spend less time on my phone, Hyundai A-League take up pilates and score more Premiers goals on the football pitch Western Sydney Wanderers Hyundai A-League Hyundai A-League Premiers Champions Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne City Hyundai A-League Champions Melbourne Victory

Brenton Speed Adam Peacock RESOLUTION RESOLUTION I’ve never smoked, so very Have [more] fun fortunate not to need New Year’s Resolutions Hyundai A-League Premiers Hyundai A-League Western Sydney Wanderers Premiers Western Sydney Wanderers Hyundai A-League Champions Hyundai A-League Brisbane Roar Champions Western Sydney Wanderers

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Robbie Slater Mark Rudan RESOLUTION RESOLUTION Stop giving it too much Smell the roses violence in the commentary and get better at tipping Hyundai A-League Premiers Hyundai A-League Western Sydney Wanderers Premiers Western Sydney Wanderers Hyundai A-League Champions Hyundai A-League Western Sydney Wanderers Champions Western Sydney Wanderers

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Stephanie Brantz Megan Barnard RESOLUTION RESOLUTION Make fewer lists! To become a better cook/chef than Tara Rushton - which Hyundai A-League shouldn’t be too hard ;) Premiers Western Sydney Wanderers Hyundai A-League Premiers Hyundai A-League Western Sydney Wanderers Champions Melbourne City Hyundai A-League Champions Melbourne City

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LAST ISSUE'S ANSWERS 1. Dimas has a shaved face 2. The flag’s black stripe is now red 3. Andreu has an extra stripe down his shorts 4. A smiley face emoticon is on the man’s face in the background 5. Jaushua Sotirio has a tattoo on the back of his neck

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SPEEDING Take Five Andrew Redmayne is in the hot seat for this HURTS US ALL edition of the Wanderers Take Five Your earliest What is your favourite memory holiday destination? of The A deserted island with Mitch Nichols Wanderers is? What is your favourite I don’t think my musician? first memory Jack Johnson was good as I was part of What kind of things do the opposition you like to do when you’re and the result not training or playing was 1-1. The football? atmosphere the I enjoy getting to the beach, studying, fans created was relaxing and having a coffee amazing Your signature meal is? Who was Either a lasagne or a BBQ your In the movie of your life favourite player to watch If you were to go to who would play you? when you were growing up Maccas, what is your Mark Wahlberg and why? usual order? I loved watching Australian goalkeepers An apple pie and a chocolate thick shake If you were stranded on especially Spider and Schwarzer. It an island, what would be was inspirational to know that Aussie If you were on X-Factor your three essential items? boys could make it with the biggest what song would you I would take Mitch Nichols (and his three and best in Europe audition with? essential items), a surfboard and a boombox She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5 as it is What was your favourite the only song I know all the lyrics to What would you buy with TV show as a child? your last $50? I was a big Franklin the Turtle fan A cab to the beach What is your most When you were growing up treasured possession? PROUDLY brought to who or what did you want Two off-seasons ago I built a you by to be? wooden surfboard so that’s pretty A footballer special to me

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