ND THE 92EDITION VS KIDS ARE ALRIGHT ADL v #WSW 18 JANUARY 2019 18 JANUARY ROUND 14 SEASON 2018/19 SEASON 02 REGULAR COLUMNS THIS THE LETTER 05 MATCH WARM UP 06 FIVE THINGS 11 PLAYERS TO WATCH 13 Brought to you by Turner and Freeman TODAY’S MATCH 16 THE WANDERER FEATURES The views in this publication are not JUNIOR WANDERER ZONE 18 necessarily the views of the Western Sydney THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT 08 Wanderers FC. Material in this publication The next generation of rising stars have been TAKE FIVE 25 is copyrighted and may only be reproduced coming through the Wanderers' ranks Brought to you by Turner and Freeman with written permission from the club. 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Good evening and welcome to tonight’s match against Adelaide United at ANZ Stadium. 2019 is a very exciting year fro the Wanderers with the completion of Bankwest Stadium and the new training facilities in Blacktown for the club’s Hyundai A-League, Westfield W-League and Academy teams. Having worked with the club for the last two year’s as one of the PFA’s Player Development Managers, it has been fantastic to watch the way the club has grown and produced a number of talented Mitsubishi Electric, proudly supporting local players that you will see on the park tonight. I returned to the club this season as the U20s head coach and assistant of the Foxtel Y-League team and it was an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up. It is an honour to come back to the club and learn from The Western Sydney Wanderers FC. people like Arthur Diles, Ian Crook and Markus Babbel to progress further as a coach. My time here at the club in 2014 was very memorable, we had a great bunch of players in the squad and it was a time where it was all new and fresh. I still talk to a lot of those players and I have many fond memories of being player at the club. This season has been challenging for our Hyundai #WSWvADL A-League squad but it has been great to watch the next generation come through the squad and get some minutes under their belts. If we can repeat our performance against Perth and have a bit of luck on our side there’s no doubt that we’ll be snapping up all three points at home! Come on you Wanderers! Dean Heffernan, PFA Player Development Manager and Foxtel Y-League Assistant Coach Member Number #4397 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 MATCH PREVIEW he Red & Black are back at home tonight Craig Goodwin's penalty was not enough to for their second match this season inspire a comeback as Adelaide United lost Tagainst Adelaide United. 2-1 to Sydney FC at Jubilee Stadium. The Wanderers come into the match following The last time these two sides met was on a seven-goal thriller against Perth last Boxing Day last year with the match ending in Sunday night at HBF Park. a 2-2 draw. Perth Glory staged a second half comeback The Red & Black will tonight need to secure to defeat the Wanderers 4-3, in what was all three points for any hopes of a finals berth arguably one of the games of the Hyundai this Hyundai A-League season. A-League season. The result was a frustrating blow for the Wanderers, who had taken the lead late in the (Left to right), Roly Bonevacia opening half through Kwame Yeboah. concentrates at training, Brendan Yeboah, making his first start in the Hamill and Jordan O'Doherty competition in over five years, teed up getting put through their paces second half goals for Roly Bonevacia and at training Abraham Majok. Despite the finish, there are plenty of positives that Wanderers members and fans took out of the match. Fielding a squad with an average age of 23.1 re-affirmed the bright future and the ability of the next generation of Wanderers coming through the Academy system. Whilst, 11 of the 16 players selected for the match were either from Western Sydney or came through the Wanderers Academy system. The Reds come into the match after their four- match unbeaten run came to an end in Sydney. 07 SUPPORT OUR WANDER WOMEN AT CLUB MARCONI IN THE WESTFIELD W-LEAGUE ROUND 13 FINAL ON THIS FIELD HOME MATCH COURTESY OF ANDREW HOWE CATHERINE CANNULI DAY @ANDYHOWE_STATTO REPORTER @CANNULI_13 his Westfield W-League season has definitely been a season of 'what ifs' for the Red & Black. TIt's been the narrative of our season so far, having had a number of fantastic performances but nothing to show for it. This Sunday, we travel to South Australia to face Adelaide United who are in red-hot form and in the line for their very first finals berth. We'll be coming off the back of a very frustrating finish against Sydney FC last Thursday which saw a second-half brace to Caitlin Foord secure a 3-0 victory over us in the Derby. We were close to taking the lead with Lo'eau LaBonta, having seen Bledsoe off her line, launched a long-distance strike from more than 30 metres out, but it was The Socceroos reached the knock-out stage of the 2011 Asian Cup denied by her compatriot. by defeating Bahrain 1-0 in the final group stage match on this day Georgia Yeoman-Dale and Elizabeth Addo both had their chances from in 2011. Needing at least a point to finish in the top two of Group distance and close range but we were unlucky in front of the goal and A, Australia's match against the Bahrainis was hard-fought, with struggled to break the duck. player-of-the-match Mark Schwarzer saving a string of shots in the Moving forward to Sunday's match against Adelaide we will need to take our second half. The Socceroos' scorer was Mile Jedinak, with a strong chances, score some goals and more importantly secure our first three points strike from 20 metres out, scored towards the end of the first half. of the season. With finals now out of the question, now it's just our pride on Australia eventually made its way to the final of the 2011 Asian Cup the line. in Qatar, losing to an extra time goal (0-1) in an epic 120 minute affair against Japan. It was Australia's second Asian Cup; after being defeated at the first knock-out stage game in 2007 (against Japan) the Socceroos secured the Championship title in 2015 at home in an unforgettable Asian Cup final, an extra-time winner against South Korea (2-1) sending most of the 76,000 crowd at ANZ Stadium into delirium. Andrew Howe @AndyHowe_statto is Australia’s leading football statistician. He is co-author of the upcoming Encyclopedia of Matildas, now available for pre-order from fairplaypublishing.com.au. #WSWvADL FOLLOW US @WSWANDERERSFC US @WSWANDERERSFC FOLLOW UP WARM 08 09 THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT THE NEXT GENERATION OF RISING STARS HAVE BEEN COMING THROUGH THE WANDERERS RANKS Despite the frustrating result against Perth, the match was a milestone moment for a number of youngsters from the Wanderers who had either graced the big stage for the very first time of their careers or made it their very own. It was also a symbol of the future of the club, with 11 out of the 16 players named in the squad either hailing from Western Sydney or coming through the Wanderers Academy system.