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FORTY-FIFTH EDITION SEASON 2015/16 DOUBLE HEADER HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE ROUND 4 VS PERTH GLORY WESTFIELD W-LEAGUE ROUND 3 VS SYDNEY FC PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY DOWNLOAD OUR FREE TRAINING APP FOOTBALL, NRMADE BETTER Key features: • Video lessons with Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Dimas Delgado, Romeo Castelen and more; including NYL and W-League players. • Tips and challenges to perfect your skills and technique from Trevor Morgan (National Youth League Head Coach) and Ian Crook (Wanderers Academy Technical Director). Download or update the FOOTBALL, NRMADE BETTER training app today! CONTENTS DOWNLOAD OUR THIS MATCH We’VE PACKED THIS ISSUE OF THE WANDERER FREE TRAINING APP WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR TODAY'S MATCH FORTY-FIFTH EDITION SEASON 2015/16 ROUND 4 VS PERTH GLORY FORTY-FIFTH EDITION SEASON 2015/16 ROUND 4 VS PERTH GLORY FEATURES PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY This issue of The Wanderer has two different covers to collect. Don’t miss out - there are limited numbers of each available at today’s match. ThE WANDERER REBUILDING & RiVALRY 8 SwAppiNG WEST FOR WEST 19 The views in this publication Fox Sports reflects on the opening rounds of Both the Wanderers and the Glory will today are not necessarily the views of our men's and women's campaigns square-off against old flames the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Story by Simon Hill & Stephanie Brantz Story by Domenic Trimboli Material in this publication is copyrighted and may only be reproduced with the written permission from the Club. REGULAR COLUMNS ADVERTISING For all advertising enquiries OPEN LETTER: CAPTAIN SLAV'S SPOT THE OF THE WEEK: WESTFIELD in The Wanderer or questions NIKOLAI TOPOR-STANLEY 5 DIFFERENCE 22 W-LEAGUE BALL KIDS 26 about partnership with the club please contact the WARM UP 6 CORPORATE NEWS: IN THE COMMUNITY: Corporate Partnerships team [email protected]. 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ROCK SOLID learn from them. We want to taste success again and our past Captain Nikolai I A year ago today, the Western Sydney will not define our future. This season we firmly Topor-Stanley is Wanderers stood tall. A combined effort between believe that we are title contenders and we will do hoping results will the players, coaching staff and the most loyal and everything in our power to ensure that the fans will start to turn for passionate supporters in the country helped us be wearing their Red & Black with pride. the Wanderers become the first Australian club in football history Today, on the anniversary of our Champions League to lift the Asian Champions League trophy. triumph, we have come full circle with another important We defied the odds and permanently etched our date in the history of the club – our first double-header. place in the hearts and minds of Western Sydney I hope that this is the first of many opportunities and the history books of football. the men’s and women’s team come together to create Yet with all great moments of triumph come a day of great football for the fans. moments of despair. A whirlwind of an A-League I encourage our supporters to celebrate the season tested our limits, our beliefs, our goals and culture this club has created and support all levels of what it takes to be resilient. football. Whether it is the youth, women’s, men’s or As a Club we weathered the storm (and hail the future stars from our academy. blizzard) in our fortress during some testing times. We look forward to bringing you along on the We now reflect on these moments as lessons, journey this season and returning to the top of the growing and moving on. We turn the leaf to a Hyundai A-League bringing the success and pride new chapter in our short history learning from the Western Sydney so richly deserves. challenges that have ultimately helped shape our identity as a Club. The Western Sydney Wanderers are never NIKOLAI TOPOR-STANLEY content. We strive to be the best in all facets and CAPTAIN push to deliver both on and off the field. We strive to WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC STAY CONNECTED FOLLOW US @WSWANDERERSFC 5 WARM UP WHAT DOES THE FOXE SAY WITH HAYDEN FOXE AST SATURDAY WE came away from the continue to keep doing what we have LSydney Derby with many positives. been doing as a team and play some We dominated the majority of the match great football we will keep improving and our fans dominated the stands, both each week and get some points. showing some very encouraging signs Prior to the men’s game, the women towards the future of this club. will be taking to the field to play A lot of our players have played in big in the Westfield W-League Sydney derbies in Europe before but it doesn’t Derby. Football is one of Australia’s matter how many you have played in, fastest growing women’s sports and it’s when you have a fan base like ours it is wonderful to see so many individuals always a euphoric feeling for the players embrace the beautiful game. that walk onto the field for their very Today’s double-header is a first Sydney Derby. fantastic opportunity for fans to In the end, we were very unfortunate celebrate all facets of the club’s not to get the three points but that’s culture. Our W-League team is football and I think a lot of the neutrals constantly improving and getting would have awarded the match our way better and better. It’s important ON THIS DAY on the balance of play. that as fans of the Western Sydney COURTESY OF ANDREW HOWE Now we put the Derby behind us Wanderers we support all aspects of @ANDREWHOWE_STATTO and move onto today’s match against this great club including the women, Perth Glory. Glory are a physical, the youth and the academy that is USTRALIA BECAME OCEANIA resilient and big sized team but if we currently being set up. ANations Cup Champions with a 5-0 win (11-0 on aggregate) WE ARE ON THE LINE FIxtURes & ResULts over Tahiti in Canberra on this You may have noticed these odd day in 1996. With Tony Popovic Scan the QR code below for all score looking barcodes (see below right) in the team, the victory ensured updates across our Hyundai A-League, throughout The Wanderer. To get the Australia qualified for the 1997 Westfield W-League and Foxtel best experience simply follow these FIFA Confederations Cup in National Youth League matches. three easy steps: Saudi Arabia where the Socceroos ultimately made the final, STEP 1 Download a QR scanner app to succumbing to a red-hot Brazil 0-6. your smart device Goals came courtesy of a Kris Trajanovski hat-trick, a Tahitian STEP 2 Open the app and scan each QR own goal and one from Robbie code in The Wanderer Hooker. The match also saw Paul Wade break the record as most STEP 3 Enjoy your interactive capped player. Wanderers content 6 THE WANDERER DOUBLE HEADER WARM UP #HASHTAG You can earn 20 points in the WSW Rewards app by + + FIELD REPORTER using the official hashtag 20 100 #wsw - PLUS you could POINTS POINTS WITH SARAH WALSH @SWALSHY9 appear in The Wanderer. EADING THE WANDERERS out into this season. Lthe Sydney Derby was one of the The Wanderers have a great squad highlights of my years playing in the this season and have picked up Westfield W-League. When it comes some exciting internationals. Keelin to monumental matches such as the Winters is one of the best buys in the Derby, it really doesn’t matter where W-League and the Wanderers are very the teams are on the table as they both lucky to have her as I know she enjoys step up to another level. playing for the club and its strong With the Sydney Derby being played family atmosphere. The leadership @VIETT_ before the men’s match, I don’t think that Winters provides both on and fans realise the impact that they make off the field especially to the younger when they turn up and support the players is invaluable.