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VPL GRAND FINAL Altona Magic v Dandenong Thunder Bob Jane Stadium Saturday 12th September KO 3pm BILLY VOJTEK / SOUVENIR GOLD COAST POSTER SERDARHUME PIR CITY FC FULL NAME: Serdar Pir BIRTHPLACE: BIRTH DATE: 28/8/1979 HEIGHT: 180cm WEIGHT: 80 MARRIED: Single CAR: Alfa Romeo NICKNAME: Sam PREVIOUS CLUBS: Carlton Soccer Club, Port Melbourne, Essendon Roy- als, Preston Lions REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS: Australian Schoolboys, Premiere League State Team CHILDHOOD FOOTBALL HERO: Maradona FAVOURITE O/S PLAYER: Christiana Ronaldo FAVOURITE VPL PLAYER: Isyan Erdo- gan Hume City FAVOURITE HAL PLAYER: FAVOURITE FORMER SOCCEROO: FAVOURITE CURRENT SOCCEROO: Harry Kewel MOST MEMORABLE MATCH AS A PLAYER: Win against Frankston Pines and saving relegation MOST MEMORABLE MATCH AS A FAN: Euro 08, Turkey VS Croatia MOST MEMORABLE GOAL YOU’VE SCORED: Playing with Essendon Royals scored the winner against Sunshine George Cross EARLIEST FOOTBALL MEMORY: Playing for Brunswick Juventus FUNNIEST MOMENT IN FOOTBALL: Too many to mention BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Not pursuing football overseas WORST INJURY: Ankle Reconstruc- tion MOST DIFFICULT OPPONENT: John Markovski FAVOURITE AWAY GROUND: Bob Jane Stadium SUPERSTITIONS: TYPICAL MATCH DAY MEAL: Fruit WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS: Tackling WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES: Scoring goals FAVOURITE TEAM WHEN GROWING UP: Manchester United FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTS: Tennis FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTSPER- SON: Mike Tyson FAVOURITE FOODS: Pasta FAVOURITE ACTOR/ACTRESS: Al Pacino Photo: John Punshon HOBBIES: Movies, bowling, pool FAVOURITE HOLIDAY RESORT: FOOTBALL FOCUS Phuket FAVOURITE NIGHTSPOT: CBD IDEAL DATE: Too many to mention FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: Two and Half men, footy show FAVOURITE MUSIC: Dance FAVOURITE FILM: Scarface LAST SOCCER SHIRT YOU BOUGHT: Boca Juniors FUNNIEST RUMOUR YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT YOURSELF: Getting old for the game BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: BIGGEST DRAG IN SOCCER: Scoreless games FOOTBALL AMBITION: Coaching WHICH PERSON IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO MEET? : Al Pacino YOUR TIP FOR THIS YEAR’S HAL: Gold Coast YOUR TIP FOR THIS YEAR’S VPL: Hume City Sunshine Georgies’ President, Charlie Borg FOOTBALL INSIGHT GEORGIES’ MESSIAH RETIRES Charles Leo Borg the President of the J@. Charlie did you and your committee have Sunshine Georgies Soccer Club has any plans once the sale went through to gener- called it a day after eight years at the ate income for the club in the form of a social helm of the former NSL club. club for members or similar? When Charlie stepped into the role of presi- CB. Absolutely, that was part of our plan and I dent, the club was at its lowest point in its his- really hope that the new board continue down tory having slid down from the that avenue as the members of the club have nev- in 1999 through to the second division, having er really had their own facility where they could gone through a season winless the year before. come together and share thoughts and ideas in Sponsorship was down, support for the club was the comfort of their own place. We would be able virtually non-existent and the junior division was to cater for the young for the old and the ladies of in a shambles. the club in a friendly atmosphere. As you know The direction at the club was undefi ned and John our facilities are primitive to say the least depending on who was leading the club goals and they are not deserving of the great people and aims changed like the weather, so much so that we have supporting our club and I hope that that loyal members and supporters were losing the new board follow through with what I con- interest in the club which led to their absence for sider as a priority. periods of time. Turn the clock forward eight years and the club J@. Charlie, looking back over your eight has turned around full circle thanks to the dili- years in charge of the club how do you rate gent leadership of Charles Borg and a hard work- your Presidency in that period? ing committee under his charge. The club rose CB. As you know John I love the club with a from the second division to once again take its passion, I believe to be a president you need place among the elite of Victorian football in the to be witty politically minded and you need to Premier League. Sponsorship was at an all time have good public relations skills. Whether I have high receiving great support from local business, been a good President is not for me to say but for and support for the club was looking respectable people like you and the club members and others again in the outer with a loud and passionate sup- to judge. porter base chanting the praises of their team on a weekly basis. Outgoing Sunshine Georgies President Charlie Borg (right) leads his team j@. Charlie, what are a couple of highs and Charlie Borg’s beginnings at the club came out in a derby match with Green Gully counterpart, Charlie Farrugia. lows that you have experienced in your time about after his best friend Freddie Calleja brought which enabled them to expand the amount of J@. Where do you see the club in the future, that have stuck in your memory? him down on a Thursday night to meet the mem- teams they had. what does it need to survive over the next de- CB. Beating Green Gully always gave us a thrill bers and he left a lasting impression on everyone Former George Cross player Steven Chetcuti cade. but one of my highlights was when after 34 he met with his humorous jokes and sharp wit. who was better known as a Green Gully cham- CB. As you know John I did my apprentership games without a win we beat Croxton Park 1-0 Wearing a white Mickey Mouse windcheater and pion player was given the team to rebuild on the under Alfred Zahra for whom I have the ut- and the celebration we witnessed was worthy of a cheeky smile on his face you knew this guy was recommendation of myself, and for the fi rst time most respect for as I regard him as the greatest grand fi nal win. a lad, one of the boys, and that he would fi t in in 20+ years the club won a senior trophy going Sunshine President of all time. I carried on his well at the club, and that is how he was from start through the State League cup undefeated. De- program when I took over the presidency at the J@. Ah yes I remember that Charlie it was to fi nish always happy to share a joke and have spite the team being undefeated after fi ve rounds club and as he use to say, is the a celebration and a half, the residents would a chat with anyone who cared to do so, happy of the season proper the rails came off the tracks life blood of the club and the key to its future. I have thought it was a rock concert on how to talk football or politics; just ask anyone from which saw the club part company with their believe the future is bright for the club provid- hard we sang the song. any club who have had the pleasure of dealing coach replacing him with a former club great ing that the new board of directors carry on with CB. As for the the lows probably what I will re- with Charlie and they will confi rm this as he is in Chris Taylor who fi nished the job started by the business plan we have in place now. In other gret is not sticking around to fi nish the job at the respected by many across the Football commu- his predecessor to win promotion. The team was words we need to continue on with the sale of club which has been a dream of mine for a long nity here in . again promoted the following year to fi nd itself Chaplin Reserve and establish the club elsewhere time, but as you know John time beats us all as Charlie’s fi rst experience in Football politics back in the Premier League and the transition of on council land. If this happens then I believe I will be 65 years old in December and I believe came in 2000 when he joined the club commit- the club was complete. there will be sunny days ahead for the Sunshine there is life after George Cross for myself and it’s tee under legendary club President Alfred Zahra The fi rst season in the VPL would see the club George Cross Soccer Club. time to start living it for myself. as a membership offi cer, at a time when the club survive relegation on the last day of the season was struggling and an issue of amalgamation and just a few games into the following season J@. Charlie at what stage were you with the j@. Your fi nal words Charlie before you offi - was on the table with neighbouring club Altona we would see the demise of Taylor as Sunshine sale of the land before your retirement? cially start your retirement after this article. City. Opinion was divided in the club on the is- coach who was replaced by Pepi Motemurro. CB. I believe the developers have completed the I would like to thank all those who believed in sue which was eventually defeated by Altona The team was relegated under Montemurro but feasibility studies required, I also believe it is a me and supported me, and to all the club mem- City members and Sunshine members who were the club took legal action against the Federation matter of time before they lodge the paper work bers, supporters and to the people I have become being led in opposition to the plans by another which saw the team retained in the VPL minus a which is required to get the rezoning at Chap- acquainted with on my journey in Victorian Soc- legendary President in the late Terry Muscat. hefty legal bill which drew criticism of Charlie lin Reserve done, and they have until March to cer, I wish them good luck; good health and God Charlie saw how quickly one could go from Borg and his committee. The following season come up with a fi rm decision because that was bless them all. hero to villain at the club having been in the com- the team was relegated and returned to the fi rst the agreement of sale. The club has a conditional mittee which was pushing for the amalgamation. division before winning back promotion in 2008 sale pending rezoning by the council. j@. On a fi nal note from someone that is a friend Alfred Zahra would not survive the aftermath of to the VPL where they are currently playing hav- of Charlie and who worked with Charlie while I the failed amalgamation attempt resigning three ing just missed out on fi nals action. J@. When the sale of the ground goes ahead was at the club, Charlie will be remembered as a months after the 2001 AGM in February of 2002, what plans are in place for the relocation of great guy who came into the club at a bad time which paved the way for Charlie Borg to step I took the opportunity to ask Charlie a few ques- the club? in its history. up to the position with a new committee and the tions about the club and his opinion of certain CB. I believe the new board plus the existing He has had to deal with internal politics and challenge of resurrecting the club. matters, and here are his responses to those ques- Holdings Committee are in constant talks with friendship ending issues such as the sacking of With a new committee and leader at the club tions. the Brimbank Council In relation to the reloca- coach’s and the exclusion of members who alleg- and an assurance that the club was staying at J@. Charlie why have you made the decision tion of the club. edly acted badly at times which is a role for pub- Chaplin Reserve for the time being while the sale to retire at this time after eight seemingly suc- lic relations offi cers and not sitting presidents, of the ground was explored under the right cir- cessful years at the helm? J@. What will happen when the land is sold, but he took it in his stride and dealt with issues cumstances, and looking to resurrect the ailing CB. There are two main reasons. The fi rst is be- will the Building Committee still be in exis- the best he could. club and secure its future, local business got be- cause I became disillusioned with the way the tence and how will the club manage the in- He with his committee made a difference at the hind the club and new sponsors came on board. Federation is running . I believe coming funds from the sale? club and led the club in a successful period that The St.Albans Hotel came on board as a major that they have hidden agendas and that they oper- CB. Well in my view John that will be the end of saw the club win promotion on three occasions. sponsor, the biggest sponsorship since their NSL ate with double standards. I also believe they are the Holdings Committee which will be replaced Without a doubt Charlie Borg will go down in days which was their springboard on the road to disrespecting the grass roots of our game which by a three persons trustees board as required by the clubs history books as one of the legends of recovery. are the ethnic clubs who made the game what it law. With all due respect to those at the club, the club alongside names such as Lou Debono, With confi dence in the club on the rise, spon- is today in this country. I just got tired of banging when I say trustees I mean trustworthy and pro- Alfred Zahra, Terry Muscat, John Markovski, sorship taking care of itself, there were three my head against a brick wall! fessional people who are not associated with the and John Gardiner. Congratula- major issues at the club that needed to be ad- The other main issue is the unwillingness of our club and who are better equipped to look after the tions Charlie Borg and enjoy your well earned dressed; the junior setup the grounds surface and club members to step up to the plate to get their clubs fi nancial interest’s. I believe that the club retirement. the team. The club began ground works by hav- hands dirty in the committee. For too long the will go into a joint venture with the Brimbank ing the surface ripped up, an in ground watering same people are expected to do the work and council for the allocation of the new ground fa- system was installed and a new surface was laid. like all things in life you need change otherwise cilities, to what extent I do not know as yet but it By John Attard The juniors got their house in order and slowly things become stale. will become clearer later on. but surely they started to attract more players Photo by John Punshon

Issue 26 Monday 7th September 2009 p3 The Premiership VPL Grand Final Preview CLASH OF THE TITANS Champs to Defend Title Against Fairytale FC Victorian football afi cionados are Players To Watch braced for a divine conclusion to the 2009 Victorian Premier Kliment Taseski (Altona Magic): League competition as the state’s The VIS graduate has stepped up to his top fl ight reaches it penultimate billing and really found his stride in the fi xture – the Grand Final. physical plains of the Premier League, And although there can only be one capping off a stellar year with a goal in winner, the side that takes out the title in the semi-fi nal clash against their grand 2009 will long be remembered for rea- fi nal adversaries Dandenong. Tipped to sons that both warrant a place in the his- be a star for the future by many. tory books of Australian state football. Dandenong Thunder, who only just Joseph Di Iorio returned to the top fl ight from State (Dandenong Thunder) League 1 have been a healthy injection Who can ignore such a impeccable into the competition this season, turn- scoring record the league’s most prolifi c ing their home ground George Andrews hitmen? The one-time Werden Bremen Reserve into a fortress for fans, whilst youth player and former-Australian Jo- setting a enormous benchmark for other eys under-17 international has certainly clubs despite their newly-promoted sta- found his feet at the Thunder, and a tus. grand fi nal victory and maiden Victo- Led by the enigmatic Stuart Munro, rian Premier League coache’s medal for the southern suburbs outfi t has mustered Stuart Munro could very well rest on a name for itself in the Victorian foot- this man’s output. ball landscape many did not foresee at season’s start. Not only did the Thunder collate with the traditional ‘big boys’ of Victorian football, they disposed most Altona’s man of the match from the Major Semi Final, Steve Laurie, By Daniel Phan of them in imperious fashion. and this year’s Golden Boot winner, Joey Di Iorio, will go head to Photo by John Punshon Despite their enviable season run, their head once again in this Saturday’s VPL Grand Final. fi nals run did hit a stumbling block, been the driving force behind Altona secure back-to-back titles since 1996 ironically, to their grand fi nal oppo- VPL GRAND FINAL Magic’s recent successes of the previ- and 1997, which – ironically – was nents: Altona Magic. But that all proved ous two seasons, which saw the side achieved by the club itself. Altona Magic to be a sterling wake-up call as Stuart from Melbourne’s west triumph over the A well earned 1-nil victory over Dan- Munro and co. bounced back from the v Melbourne Knights in last year’s grand denong Thunder in their semi fi nal was rare home defeat to see off Hume City DandenongThunder fi nal to clinch the competition. Question enough to grant the Magic a quick and at the Bob Jane stadium in the prelimi- is: can Tortevski’s troops repeat last sea- direct path into the grand fi nal. Also, it Bob Jane Stadium nary fi nal courtesy of strikes from Veton son’s feat, though with a much younger must be noted that they are only the sec- Saturday 12thSeptember Korcarevski, Hamlet Armenian, and the looking outfi t this time around? ond side to humble the Thunder at the insatiable Joeseph Di Iorio. KO 3pm A grand fi nal win will prize Altona electric yet hostile surrounds of George Coach Vlado Tortevski has very much with the bragging rights as fi rst team to Andrews.

p4 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 VPL Top Five Finals Series - Preliminary Final The Premiership THUNDER STRIKES THRICE! Dandy To Meet Magic In Grand Final DANDENONG HUME THUNDER 3 - 1 CITY

Victorian Premier League minor premier the Dandenong Thunder has advanced to Saturday’s Grand Final after a scintillating 3-1 win over Hume City on Sunday after- noon. After taking a narrow 1-0 lead into the half time interval, the Thunder secured their passage with a brilliant fi ve minute spell early in the second half. Two goals in the space of four minutes proved the gallant Hume outfi t’s undoing, with the Broad- meadows Valley Reserve-based club fi nishing a successful season with a defeat. Understandably, Dandenong coach Stuart Munro was elated at full time. “The boys showed they were hungry enough to get the result so I am delighted for them,” said Munro. “We got the goals at the right time, but it was a far from easy game because they really put us under pressure late in the match. “I’m pleased that the club has made it to the fi nal because they deserve it after the season they’ve had. “I’m sure Altona wont be looking forward to playing us next week.” Hume City created the fi rst chance of the game on ten minutes when Tony Sterjovski’s cross from the left fl ank was smothered over the line for a corner. From the resulting Andy Vlahos set piece, striker Zoran Petrevski rose high in the penalty area but could only head over amid a barrage of heavy pres- sure. After surviving the early pressure, Dandenong broke the deadlock against the run of play on the quarter hour. League top scorer Joe Di Iorio supplied a perfect ball from the right for Thunder captain Veton Kor- cari to nod home past the outstretched Lou Acevski to open the scoring. Colin Quirk had a golden opportunity to double Dandenong’s advantage just ten minutes later, but Acevski advanced off his line with speed to smoth- er the midfi elder’s strike. The exciting end-to-end contest continued to pro- duce chances at both ends, with Hume going close minutes later when Tony Sterjovski tried his luck from long range, but his effort was defl ected into the awaiting arms of Stuart Webster. Thunder’s Marcus Stergiopoulos tries the overhead kick as Hume’s With half an hour on the clock, Hume’s modest claims for a penalty fell on deaf ears after Petrevski Tansel Baser tries to thwart the effort. out-muscled Levent Osman on the edge of the pen- alty area. in desperation and its gamble paid dividends in the City coach Andy Vlahos refl ected on an otherwise Thunder: With just the keeper to beat, the ball looked to have 63rd minute. successful season for the club. S.Webster,A.Clapham,S.Rexhepi,L.Os- struck a trailing arm, but Perry Mur’s assistant ref- Former United defender Isyan Erdogan “We started the fi rst ten minutes on top of them, man, A.Wilford, C.Quirk, H.Armenian, eree fl agged in favour of Dandenong for a seem- ventured forward and got on the end of a weak but they got into the game and got behind us a cou- M.Stergiopoulos, ingly innocuous foul against Petrevski. cross to loop his header beyond the keeper and give ple of times,” said Vlahos. R.Davidson, V.Korcarevski, J.Di Iorio The second half started just as the fi rst fi nished, Hume hope of a late revival. “The turning point was the penalty decision; it was with an abundance of excitement and two goals for But it proved to be too little, too late, with the a penalty from where I was. Hume: the Thunder in the space of four minutes. minor premier deservedly booking its place in the “To come from fourth spot into the preliminary fi - L. Acevski, I. Erdogan, B. Beni, S. Pir, R. Midfi elder Hamlet Armenian found himself with grand fi nal with the emphatic win. nal is a good achievement, but we fell short. Thompson, T. Baser, T. Sterjovski, A. Opazo, M. just the keeper to beat and calmly slotted past To make matters worse for Hume, Alfonso Opazo “It’s a good group of boys and most of the squad Bosevski, Z. Petrevski, A. Vlahos, Acevski, before Di Iorio latched onto Quirk’s was shown a straight red card late in the game for has the ability to stay on next season.” through ball and crashed his strike into the roof of retaliation after a dangerous challenge brought the Saturday’s grand fi nal kicks off at 3pm at Bob Jane By John Bonacci the net. forward clattering to the deck. Stadium. With its back to the wall, Hume threw men forward Despite his disappointment with the loss, Hume Photos by John Punshon

Issue 26 Monday 7th September 2009 p5 The Premiership VPL Top Five Finals Series - Preliminary Final BERGERS, INTER FINAL! Camilleri Hat Trick Sinks South HEIDELBERG SOUTH UNITED 4 - 2 MELBOURNE Heidelberg United will take on Box Hill In- ganised side, with players able to fi nd each other ter in the Women’s Premier League Grand easily with crisp link-up play, and the South team Final for the fourth successive season, was struggling to fi nd a way to stop it. United’s after it comfortably accounted for South fi rst goal came just on ten minutes, when Belinda Melbourne in the Preliminary Final at Bob Pannella, who was returning from a lengthy sus- Jane Stadium on Sunday morning. The pension, created space for herself on the left-hand Bergers were too good for the Albert Park side of the penalty area and whipped in a danger- side, effectively securing the game in the ous cross. It was met on the volley by the left foot fi rst half, to set up another chance to add of Melanie Camilleri, and she smashed the ball to its 2007 premiership. into the back of the net. Heidelberg’s superior fi nals experience looked Heidelberg doubled its lead four minutes later, to be a telling factor, especially in the fi rst half, again through Camilleri, who was causing all sorts as it quickly ran out to a 3-0 lead, with less than of problems for South with her pace. Michelle a quarter of the game gone. It looked a more or- Verzi got past her defender on the right wing and

Melanie Camilleri completes her hat trick while Lisa Hodgkin tries in vain to stop her.

sent the ball into the penalty area, where Camilleri galos stepped up and scored, to bring the score took a touch and slotted home her second. Two back to 4-1, with fi fteen minutes remaining. Then, minutes later, United had effectively wrapped up with just three minutes left on the clock, Laura the victory, when Julia Nicolaci added a third, Spiranovic fi nished a mazy run by rounding the when she met a deep cross from the right with a ‘keeper and slotting the ball home. South ended well-placed shot. the game strongly, but it was too little too late, and South desperately needed to lift, and showed the match fi nished 4-2 in Heidelberg’s favour. signs of doing so after half time. The balance of Next Saturday’s Grand Final fi ttingly features play shifted more towards the centre of the ground, the teams that fi nished fi rst and second on the and South began to get forward more often. That WPL ladder, and the teams that have met in the said, Heidelberg was still looking the more dan- past three premiership deciders. Inter has claimed gerous team going forward, with Camilleri an the title in three of the past four years, while Unit- ever present danger. She signalled that her goal ed will be looking to add to the premiership it won hunger had not been sated fi fteen minutes into in 2007. With the teams having played three ex- the half, with a fi erce shot that rattled the cross- citing matches so far this season, including most bar and rebounded fortuitously into the arms of recently Inter’s dramatic win in last week’s Quali- South goalkeeper, Sarah McKeon. South was not fying Final, it promises to be another high quality so lucky ten minutes later, when Camilleri again match. found a way through to score, wrapping up her hat-trick in the process. There was a glimmer of hope for South when WPL GRAND FINAL Heidelberg’s Penny Bakopoulos and South’s Aimee Benton challenge it earned a penalty two minutes later, after Laura Spiranovic was upended in the box. Christie Tan- for aerial header. Box Hill v Heidelberg United Bob Jane Stadium Saturday 12th September KO 11am

By Niki Cook Photos by John Punshon

p6 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 WPL Finals Series WOMENS PREMIER LEAGUE What Cost The World Cup? FIFA Stipulations Hinders Local Traders In SA A nation rejoiced in May 2004 when FIFA President Sepp Blatter an- nounced that South Africa would host the 2010 World Cup. The people of South Africa seeing a chance to show case their country and dispel some of the beliefs that abound in- ternationally. Others seeing the huge fi nancial rewards it would bring their economy and also the opportunities to astute businessmen. One such businessman was George Ioan- nides from Pretoria. A the start of 2007 he purchased the Trademarks bar close to Lof- tus Versfeld, the home of the Blue Bulls Su- per 14 Champions in 2009, and a venue for the FIFA World Cup in 2010. In his bar he has 55 LCD televisions screens, as well as two, two-metre by two- metre screens. There are three bars in the venue and when the Bulls play he has on average 1500 people through the doors. Yet for the Confederations Cup he was forced to close his doors for 2 weeks, and at next years World Cup he cannot open for 6 weeks. “Basically we have been evicted, and have been told we have no right to trade,” Mr Ioannides said during the Confederations Cup. “None of the 300 tenants in and around Loftus have been allowed to trade or have Restrictions by FIFA mean local busineses in South Africa will not get a piece of the World Cup pie. access to their stores. We have not even been allowed access to check our fridges. ising committees goes beyond just closing At least help us with marketing costs once thing from their box a month prior to the The dentist in this area has had to close, as down businesses for the World Cup, the we re-open, we usually have 900 people in tournament. If they wished to use their box has the doctor. We were told that our busi- school calendar has also been changed. All the bar on student nights and the same on a they could but at a very high cost. ness did not lend itself to what they have of the schools have to take 6 weeks holiday Friday lunch time, but after being closed for Mr George Tamkei advised that to use his in mind. We will have lost 2million rand in during the World Cup. Some parents were 6 weeks we are going to have to work hard companies box for the three Confederations turnover, as we usually make close to 10 not happy about this asking what would to win that trade back.” Cup games held there, they were asked to million rand when the Springboks play at they do with their children during a six- “The government may see us as a business pay US180, 000 for the 10 seats. Loftus, with Italy playing Brazil there we week break in the middle of winter? run by white people, but we employ black Mr George Ioannides was advised that he would have been packed.” “I don’t think that this decision is vindic- staff. We look after our staff and we will pay would have to pay US150, 000 for his 28 “The Local organising committee have tive,” Mr Ioannides continued, it is a deci- them while they are not working, but some seats. come in and covered over all of our signs, sion that has been taken for the good of the businesses won’t, and that means they have So crazy is the situation and so strong is the and even damaged them. The Loftus man- country, and there have been a lot of ben- to fi nd other work to feed their families and power of FIFA that for the week leading up agement have told us that their hands are efi ts to South Africa hosting the world Cup. pay their bills. The tournament is giving to the Super 14 Rugby fi nal, the Blue Bulls tied and that the local organising committee We fi nally have an excellent airport; our South Africa a platform internationally but whose home ground is Loftus Versfeld, and signed everything over to FIFA. It is ethi- infrastructure is improving with new roads at what cost?” who had won the hosting rights, could not cally wrong, would this happen in any other and the Gautrain. The exposure the country use their own gym at the stadium. They had country where the World Cup was being will get is immeasurable, and we all know Time to go Football is moving in to move and use the gym at the University hosted? I have to cover 400,000 rand in op- that the World Cup is a billion dollar event. Loftus Versfeld, the stadium was sold over of Pretoria. erating costs and rent, even though I am not If you want us to close down then at least to FIFA for the Confederations Cup and the open and no one is offering any compensa- compensate us. If they had wanted us to World Cup as were all the staid being used. By Ashley Morrison tion.” Mr Ioannides explained. sell Budweiser – the world cup sponsor – Those patrons who had corporate boxes Amazingly the stipulations of the organ- then ask us and we would have done that. were told that they had to remove every- Special Report

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Most St Albans players step down leaving a large administrative Sering taking civil action against held their heads in their hands and wept qui- gap given the extent of their contributions Football Federation Australia and etly inside their dressing rooms with coach to the club. Football Federation Victoria as we Kruni Razov doing his best to console them. Which brings me back to the Macleod situ- went to press. Outside the rooms stood president Vlado ation. It’s been put to me that he’s gone stale The Fox Street outfi t was seething late last Brekalo in a controlled but defi ant mood after 11 straight seasons with the one club, week when it learned that Football Federa- knowing that those nine precious points which to me is a backhanded way of asking tion Australia’s appeals board had ruled that would have seen his side run away with the whether he should remain in the job. the nine points taken from the club (by the championship. It’s a view that in some ways mirrors appeals process conducted under the Foot- A few kilometres down the road at what has happened to Langwarrin in recent ball Federation Victoria umbrella) should Monterey Boulevarde the mood was just as seasons given that it appears to be merely not be returned. sombre. treading water in State One, seemingly con- The St Albans website conducted a poll Last Wednesday night the FFV tribunal tent to keep its league status intact. asking: “Would you fi nancially support civ- ruled in favour of Springvale White Eagles But it’s a view that does Macleod an injus- il action against the federations?” Up until which had protested their 3–2 defeat by tice because it implies that he can’t change, midday Sunday just over 70 per cent of re- Southern Stars alleging that their opponents that he can’t reinvigorate himself and his spondents had voted yes. had played three ineligible players. club and that’s not a view that I share. The website also posted a news story, writ- White Eagles were awarded a 3–0 win Macleod remains one of the club’s great ten by Mark Ivkovic, which claimed that and Southern Stars were fi ned $500. Those driving forces and I do not mean to demean during the FFA appeals hearing evidence three points were to prove crucial as White the enormous contribution that other folk was presented by FFV from two Frankston Eagles scrambled to safety despite losing make off the park. Pines representatives while St Albans was 1–0 at home to Clifton Hill on Saturday. Macleod has relied on experienced players denied the opportunity of presenting evi- For Frankston Pines coach Tom O’Halloran for a number of seasons now and the squad dence from an unnamed supporter. just three minutes were all that separated him he assembled this season was the oldest in The unnamed supporter had not appeared and his young side from what would have Henk van Stee – expected to sign the league. during the FFV tribunal or appeals hearings been a remarkable achievement of avoiding on as Melbourne Heart coach this There were times when some of those earlier this season after Frankston Pines the drop to State Two South-East. week. players also looked like the slowest in the and St Albans were both charged and found Pines needed to win and needed White league but there were other times when they guilty of club misconduct. Eagles to lose and while things were going were scintillating. Bulleen fans can attest to comfortable working with which could well The website story also raised the spectre of Pines way at the Serbian Sports Centre it that if they cast their mind back to the fi rst be another Dutchman. a possible conspiracy with these comments: was a different matter at Monterey Reserve 60 minutes of this season’s home clash with His fi rst task is to get his internal support “Clearly there is a hidden agenda as both but the Pines youngsters clawed their way Langy. organised before setting off on a reconnais- federations refused to hear any statements back from 1–0 and 2–1 defi cits to take a 3–2 But there can be little doubt that Macleod sance of available playing talent both here from anyone from St Albans Saints but lead. needs to revamp his squad if he stays at and overseas. would listen to the opinions of two Frank- Just when the improbable seemed possible Langy and wants to seriously mount a pro- The consortium will present van Stee with ston Pines supporters.” visitor Bulleen was awarded a penalty and motion campaign. Given that he still faces a list of Australian players out of contract as But St Albans’ joust with FFV’s disciplin- converted it to send Pines down. the prospect of having one of the lowest he begins a journey culminating in August ary and tribunal department may not be over White Eagles have now made successive budgets in the competition he’s going to 2010 when the new franchise fi nally goes this season as I have been told that the fed- last-gasp relegation escapes from State One, have to be even more canny than usual. into A–League battle. eration is investigating an incident that took on both occasions being saved by a solitary My gut feeling is that Macleod will shun The club will not fi eld a youth team in its place at Churchill Reserve last month when point. the usual off-season overtures from other inaugural season and may have some doubts St Albans defeated Northcote 3–2. Last season they were due to be relegated clubs and target some younger players in the about the effectiveness of participating in It’s been put to me that the federation has by fi nishing in the bottom four but when the broad local area given that he already tried the youth competition, preferring to estab- photographic evidence of the alleged of- Australian Institute of Sport team dropped to sign one of them during the last transfer lish a feeder-club system. fence and despite the game being played out of Premier League this had a domino ef- window. Although that decision may be taken out some weeks ago now it still can lay charges fect which meant that only three teams were I think he’ll stay for a 12th straight season of its hands by the powers that be when against St Albans if it sees fi t. relegated from Division One. and I think that there may be a different look you discover that just 11 per cent of youth But that time bomb was left ticking when White Eagles had fi nished fourth-last, a to Langy next season. league players throughout the world prog- St Albans travelled to Lawton Park on Sat- point ahead of Westgate. ress to senior selection with their clubs then urday knowing that if it beat Langwarrin and With promotion and relegation this year it’s a powerful argument in support of an al- Fawkner defeated second-placed Bentleigh reverting to a traditional two-up, two-down ternative setup. Greens then the Saints would go marching setup, White Eagles fi nished third-last, a back into Premier League. point ahead of Pines. And for a while that outcome was a distinct Should big Gus go? possibility. With St Albans taking an early Henk’s got Heart SPECULATION about the future of Langwarrin senior coach Gus Ma- lead after its fi rst foray into the opposition MELBOURNE Heart’s preferred can- cleod has gained momentum with penalty area the visiting fans were chant- didate, Dutchman Henk van Stee, is news that his close friend and coach- ing loudly. When news fi ltered through that expected to sign a contract this week ing advisor, Neil Collyer, has stepped Fawkner was 2–0 up the decibel level rose to coach the new A-League fran- down from his role as team manag- appreciably even though Langwarrin had chise. spells when it laid siege to the St Albans Van Stee is a former Sparta Rotterdam er. While Collyer is likely to revert to his cus- goal. and player who was sacked tomary coaching advisor’s role both he and But the mood of the Saints fans changed as De Graafschap manager in late February Macleod are undecided about their future at as the second half progressed and it became this year. Lawton Park. clear that for them matters had taken a turn He also has managed Feyenoord and AZ That’s due in part to the fact that inde- for the worse in another part of Melbourne. Alkmaar and is a good friend of Socceroo cision is the fl avour of the month at Langy Then news came through that Nick Harrhy boss , another former De Graaf- with news that president Steve Wallace is had hit the mark twice to bring the Greens schap manager. yet to decide whether to run for another within touch of promotion. While there has been much conjecture term. Secretary Kevin Quinn also is ponder- And when St Albans made it 2–0 in the 90th lately that van Stee will appoint an assistant ing his future in his role. minute it made no difference for Bentleigh well versed in the Australian game – with Gus Macleod – will he stay for a I’ve been told that treasurer Paul Willigen- had gained the precious point it required. names such as Postecoglou and Munro ban- 12th straight season at Langwar- burg and vice-president John Heskins will The scenes after the Lawton Park match died about – he may opt for someone he is rin? p8 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 Gas Bagging Dept. The Regulars

With Mark Boric With George Katsamboukas

It was another big week of football, rors which would lead to two goal, including Another European trial completed, Club Powerbrokers to their Annual Awards in which I missed most of the Satur- the goalkeeping howler from Tando Velaphi same result as all the previous one’s, night this Tuesday Night at a very plush day action whilst watching Terry An- which would hand the Mariners the win. But “Katsa, go home Son” venue. toniaidis take out the 2009 Richmond by then the dynamic duo had stopped talking It was certainly great to read 4 editions of Best and Fairest. Congratulations to about the pitch and the breathtaking quality Goal Weekly, back to back, upon my return, FFV Life Members have also been invited; Terry, who I’m sure has captured the of the play... and to catch up on the local goings on. however, they have to pay for the privi- admiration and respect of all those So on Saturday I spared the “pleasure” The St Albans appeal certainly took it’s lege. that have worked with him in his of watching a Pim Verbeek-coached Austra- time to be announced, with a number of Surely, Life Members should be sent lian second-string outfi t go down to Korea. times at Altona East, Sunshine Geor- Clubs, including St Albans, sweating on complimentary tickets, these people have Wasn’t exactly stunned when I found out gies and Western Suburbs. Thanks the result, as it would have affected their made some major contributions to local Scot McDonald had failed to score, and I to Didi of Copacabana International fi nal ladder positions. Soccer, and asking them to pay to attend for the fi ne hospitality in hosting the wonder if any of the betting companies are Surely, this could have been announced an FFV defeats the purpose of handing out night. offering odds on him ever scoring for the earlier, so as all clubs knew what they had Life Memberships. It all kicked-off on Thursday, when Fox Socceroos? There was no captain Lucas to do to get promoted. Sports began their coverage of the Victory Neill, as an unemployed person he had a Ernie’s boys have had a very indifferent versus Newcastle game with news of Danny prior appointment at Centrelink. Allsopp’s late withdrawl. Delving into Craig After a quiet game it looks like Shane On to the local scene we go where…. start to the Season, and it seems that the Hutchison of The Footy Show territory, they Smeltz was quick to regain form, leading A number of Clubs celebrated Champion- Victory Club Powerbrokers are delaying broke the apparent news of a falling out be- Gold Coast United to a win over FC. ships, whilst others, made the long trek to contract renewal talks with Ernie. tween the striker and the club of a proposed He is good enough to almost single-handed- the Westgate Bridge. Careful Ernie, you don’t want to become move to a club in Qatar. ly take Gold Coast to the title this season. The Northcote City boys went back to a stat on my Coach’s Tally Board, and re- played a straight bat in denying the rumour, Onto the internationals. In South Ameri- back, winning State 1, after winning State member, keep your friends close and your in an interview in which he oozed his natural can World Cup qualifying Brazil booked 2 in season 2008, and the Blue and White Club Captains closer! charisma. As for the game, well, it was fur- their place for South Africa with a win over boys celebrated in style, last weekend. ther evidence that for Victory this is season Argentina. The losers face a real battle to And what a celebration it was, I found out This is Katsa- Just as you’ve known him! three all over again. qualify now, and will need coach Diego the hard way that Jet Lag and a visit to John On Friday the A-League went to Can- Maradona to spend more time getting them Cain Reserve certainly tests out the body. berra for a game between the Central Coast right and less time telling everyone how State 2 South East seemed to be a fore- Mariners and Perth Glory. The Fox Sports much better than Pele he was. gone conclusion at the half way mark of commentary duo of Mike Cokerill and Andy In Europe, Spain and Ukraine put in bids the season, with Doncaster Rovers sitting Katsa’s Coach Toll Harper continually praised the surface at for the Tumping of the Week crown, both pretty on top, with a massive point’s differ- Bruce Stadium, claiming the players were handing out 5-0 beltings to Belgium and ence from the rest of the pack. Last Year This Year putting on a super show because of it. If they Andorra respetively. The title goes to Casey However, Malvern City came home with were I couldn’t see it. In the second half the Comets in State Two South East, however, a wet sail, picking up 31, out of a total of 33 7 - 22 evening dew would make the pitch quite slip- who fi nished their season off in style with a 4 - 22 points, to take out the Title. Outs - Weeks Outs - Weeks pery, and would play a telling part in the er- 9-0 win over Kingston City. The House of Darebin has invited the SOCCEROOS LEFT TO SEOUL SEARCH One of things you can take out from the Socceroos 3-1 friendly loss to South Korea is that rankings don’t count on the fi eld and Australia lacks depth. None of these insights are recent discover- ies. With everyone creaming their pants over the Socceroos highest ever FIFA ranking of 14th include moi it’s not such a stupid thing to say this was the defeat the Socceroos had to have. Imagine if the Socceroos won every friend- ly game leading up to the World Cup and unlikely as it may be, gone close to sneak- ing into to the top 10 it would have been the worst possible thing. No one wants to peak early. It’s what happens at the World Cup that counts. While I don’t discard the joy at being ranked close to some of Footballs elite Foot- ball is not Tennis. has one grand slam event every four years. The A League duo of and Shane Steffanutto combined well to set up South Victorian’s Josh Kennedy and Scott McDonald take heed of the lesson served by South Korea Korea’s fi rst goal after less than fi ve minutes. late and the half asleep defence allowed Jung Kisnorbo made up for his earlier defensive So again the Socceroos depth is questioned A poor pass by the Gold Coast United Captain Soo to fl ick in a goal at the near post. The Soc- mishap by scoring a header to make the score with a host of experienced Socceroo names his own half was kept in Steaffantuto. How- ceroos were down 2-0 after less than 20 min- 2-1. the man who plays for like Kewell, Carney, Emerton, Wilkshire, ever that allowed the Chung Yong to run on to utes and both from silly defensive mistakes. Palermo produced a great cross from a free Neill, Valeri, Moore, Chipperfi eld, Garcia the saved attempt to keep possession and he No doubt that would have made Verbeek fu- kick to set up the goal. and Viduka not playing. The high of reaching motored down the right. One pass later Mark rious at half time. If you see the reply there The second half was a much better perfor- FIFA ranking of 14 tempered by the questions Schwarzer was on his back and Australia was are three Korans free in the box by the time mance but Australia coped a late goal in the of depth and poor form by those in South Ko- 1-0 down Park Ju yong the scorer. the ball is delivered back from an unmarked 86h minute that Schwarzer appeared to save rea. The second goal was scored from a free kick Kim Jung – Woo who was lurking free at the at fi rst glance. The substitutive Striker for Ko- that Fury left back Stefannutto gave away in back post. where were you? rea headed the goal after Manchester United his own half. By the time the free kick was By Con Stamocostas At the 2006 World Cup in Germany 52% of midfi elder Park ran 55 metres and delivered lobbed at the far post the Aussies were too goals were scored by set pieces. the perfect cross. Photo Courtesy FFA

Issue 26 Monday 7th September 2009 p9 SOCCER SIDESHOW A Little Bit Of This, That, And The Other Dept. FOOTBALL QUOTES

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A visitor to the family who had ity of the ground) and against Greece on 11 played with Dinamo Zagreb found the two August when Victoria held the Greek team to boys playing in the back yard but could a scoreless draw. He scored one of the goals not get the ball away from them, and went in a three-nil win over South Australia at the round saying he could not believe what he that year. He turned out had seen. Starting at Essendon juniors Billy for Victoria 34 times in all, scoring 12 goals. represented Victoria at Under-13 to Under- 18 and went to training with Croatia when ‘He is Croatia’s ace-in-the-hole. it was playing in Geelong in 1961. Travel- ling regularly was out of the question, but He can turn a game in a fl ash the next year Frank Burin brought the Croa- with a sudden dart upfi eld and tia club to Maribyrnong Speedway and coach a cannon-ball drive. A fantas- Bozo Basic quickly spotted the young talent tic ball-player, he is sometimes in Vojtek. The club signed him for £100 ($200) and £5 ($10) a week, a princely sum guilty of over-elaboration but al- to the new player. ways spells danger when in pos- So Billy Vojtek made his debut for Croatia session.’ (Melbourne) then playing in Division One North. At that time there were two Croatian teams, the other, Croat, clinging on to a posi- In 1967 he was part of the Australian squad tion in the State League. In 1962, at the age which completed a ten-match unbeaten Asian of 19, Vojtek was the top scorer for his club tour under coach Joe Vlasits. Then in 1970 and won its best and fairest trophy. When the took him on the world tour from dust settled after the split in football in Aus- which the nucleus of the successful 1974 tralia which led to the formation of the Vic- team emerged. Vojtek only missed one Soc- torian Soccer Federation in 1962, Croat and ceroo game out of 31 international matches Croatia amalgamated but the combined team between 1967 and 1971, when he had a spec- was relegated only to come back up again tacular bust-up with Rasic. His continued in 1964 with Vojtek once again the leading good form ensured that he was back in the goalscorer. team in the lead-up to 1974 but did not make After two reasonable seasons in 1966 and the fi nal selection, something which proba- 1967, 1968 was a tremendous year for the bly had more to do with the coach’s cautious club, which was coached by Mijo Kiss, as it approach than political or other differences, fi nished as champion seven points clear of which have been touted by some. Polonia. Only four league games were lost When Croatia was expelled from the VSF all season. The fi nal match against Juventus in 1972, Vojtek went to north and starred was won by three goals to one and the team with Sydney Croatia in 1973 before Juven- which played was Mirko Kovacek, Duncan tus brought him back to Melbourne in June MacKay, Frank Bot, Horst Rau, Hugh Gunn, 1974 season and he won the Bill Fleming Hammy McMeechan, Billy Vojtek, Bill Medal the next year. In 1977, Essendon Li- McIntyre, Peter Davies, Jim Mackay, Alfred ons, about to become Essendon Croatia, Glaser. Bill McArthur who had been injured came calling and he had two years there be- in the previous match was replaced by Pe- Billy Vojtek in his Australian gear. Photo: Billy Vojtek collection. fore joining Green Gully in 1979. An achilles ter Davies. Croatia had the ball in the net six tendon injury brought his top level career to times, but three were disallowed. The goals tyre, Croatia’s top scorer for the season, Jim won the Ampol Cup and the to an end, but he continued to play and coach. which counted were scored by Bill McIn- Mackay and Billy Vojtek. In addition Croatia complete an extraordinary triumph. He helped Green Gully win the Ampol Cup in 1979, then had spells at Western Suburbs, St Albans Dinamo, Essendon Triestina and the youth team at Melbourne Croatia where he oversaw the development of a number of future stars including , Jani Suric, Krunoslav Razov, Stipe Jerbic, Tom Trupkovic, Damir Grganovic and his own son, Damian. He was a unanimous selection in the Melbourne Knights, team of the (half) century. The following quote by George Yelland on Billy Vojtek in 1969 sums up the man per- fectly. ‘He is Croatia’s ace-in-the-hole. He can turn a game in a fl ash with a sudden dart upfi eld and a cannon-ball drive. A fantastic ball-player, he is sometimes guilty of over- elaboration but always spells danger when in possession.’ By Roy Hay Photos Les Shorrock collection, Billy Vojtek leads out Victoria. Two icons of the Australian game, Jimmy McKay and Billy Vojtek. Deakin University Library Photo: Billy Vojtek collection. Photo: Sun, 8 August 1972, p. 50. p11 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 P W D L F A GD Pts 8 – 1 Gold Coast United 5 4 0 1 12 3 9 12 3 – , , Sergio VAN DIJK, Archie THOMPSON 2 Sydney FC 5 3 1 1 7 4 3 10 3 Central Coast Mariners 5 2 2 1 5 3 2 8 2 –, Carlos HERNANDEZ, , Branko JELIC, Lucas 4 Newcastle Jets 5 2 2 1 6 6 0 8 PANTELIS,

5 Perth Glory 5 2 0 3 6 6 0 6 1 – Danny ALLSOPP, Mark BRIDGE, Jason CULINA, Dyron DAAL, Kofi DANNING, Travis 6 Brisbane Roar 5 1 3 1 7 8 -1 6 DODD, Brendan GAN, Royston GRIFFITHS, Michael MCGLINCHEY, MILSON, Jason NAID- 7 Melbourne Victory 5 1 2 2 6 8 -2 5 OVSKI, Nigel BOOGAARD, Jin-Hyung SONG, 8 Wellington Phoenix 5 1 2 2 6 8 -2 5 Tahj MINNIECON, Daniel MCBREEN, Leo BERTOS, Danny TIATTO, HENRIQUE, Ste- 9 Adelaide United 5 1 2 2 5 7 -2 5 ven FITZSIMMONS, Ben SIGMUND, Wayne SRHOJ, Adriano PELLEGRINO, Victor SIKORA, 10 North Queensland Fury 5 0 2 3 6 13 -7 2 Matt SIMON, Lloyd OWUSU, Sean ROONEY, , Labinot HALITI, Iain FYFE, Alex WILKINSON, Matt SIMON, , ROUND 6 FIXTURE VENUE LOCAL AEST , Mitch NICHOLS Fri 11 Sep 2009 Adelaide Utd v Central Coast Hindmarsh Stadium 7.30PM 8.00PM Sat 12 Sep 2009 Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium 5:30PM 5:30PM Sat 12 Sep 2009 Sydney FC v North Qld Fury 7:30PM 7:30PM Sun 13 Sep 2009 Melb Victory v W’ton Phoenix Eti had Stadium 3:00PM 3:00PM Sun 13 Sep 2009 Perth Glory v Gold Coast United ME Bank Stadium 3.00PM 5.00PM Round 05 Melbourne Victory 1 Wellington Phoenix 1 Central Coast Mariners 2 Gold Coast United 2 North Queensland Fury 1 (Archie THOMPSON 25’) (Paul IFILL 34’) (Alex WILKINSON 42’, Matt SIMON 89’) (Shane SMELTZ 45’/56’) (Robbie FOWLER 7’) Newcastle Jets 1 Adelaide United 1 Perth Glory 1 Sydney FC 1 Brisbane Roar 1 (Labinot HALITI 87’) (Iain FYFE 41) (Mile STERJOVSKI 82’) (Steve CORICA 75’) (Mitch NICHOLS 84’)

Thursday, 3 September 2009 Friday, 4 September 2009 Friday, 4 September 2009 Saturday, 5 September 2009 Saturday, 5 September 2009 Eti had Stadium, Melbourne Westpac Stadium, Wellington Canberra Stadium, Canberra Skilled Park, Robina Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Referee: Chris Beath Referee: Michael Hester Referee: Ben Williams Referee: Strebre Delovski Referee: Matt hew Breeze Assistant Referees: Hakan Anaz and Assistant referees: Glen Lochrie and Assistant referees: Ben Wilson and Assistant referees: Brad Hobson and Assistant referees: Jason Power and Shaun Evans Mark Rule Daniel Dewhurst Nathan MacDonald David Walsh Fourth Offi cial: Alex Azcurra Fourth Offi cial: Jamie Cross Fourth Offi cial: Gary Vandeburgt Fourth Offi cial: Jarred Gillett Fourth Offi cial: Matt hew Gillett Crowd: 15,168 Crowd: 7,523 Crowd: 5,139 Crowd: 6,800 Crowd: 7,173

Melbourne Victory line-up: 20. (gk), 5.Surat SUKHA (17.Mat- Wellington Phoenix line-up: 1.Mark Central Coast Mariners line-up: 20. Gold Coast United line-up: 20.Scott North Queensland Fury squad: thew FOSCHINI 76’), 6.Leigh BROX- PASTON (gk), 3., 4.Jon (gk), 4. Pedj BOJIC HIGGINS (gk), 3. 20.Justi n PASFIELD (gk), 2.Robbie HAM, 7.Matt hew KEMP, 10.Archie McKAIN, 6.Tim BROWN, 7.Leo BERTOS (23. Adam KWASNIK 83’), 5. Brad (c), 5.ROBSON, 7.Zenon CARAVELLA, MIDDLEBY, 3.Chris TADROSSE, 6.Ufuk THOMPSON, 11.NEY FABIANO, (5.DIEGO 84’), 8.Paul IFILL, 9.Chris PORTER, 7. John HUTCHINSON, 9. Nik 9.Shane SMELTZ, 13.Bas VAN DEN TALAY, 9.Robbie FOWLER (c) (15.Fred 12.Rodrigo VARGAS (c), 14.Billy GREENACRE, 11.DANIEL, 17.Vince LIA, MRDJA (11. 79’), BRINK, 14. (11. MILSON AGIUS 80’), 11.David WILLIAMS (24. CELESKI (8. 5’), 15.Tom 18.Ben SIGMUND (13.Troy HEARFIELD 14. Michael McGLINCHEY, 15. Andrew 18’), 15.Tahj MINNIECON (ANDERSON Dyron DAAL 64’), 16.Paul KOHLER, PONDELJAK, 22.Nick WARD, 23.Adrian 82’), 22.Andrew DURANTE (c) CLARK (21. Ahmad ELRICH 70’), 16. Ni- 69’), 16.Kristi an REES, 17.Matt OSMAN 18.James ROBINSON, 19.Daniel LEIJER gel BOOGAARD, 18. Alex WILKINSON (Steve PANTELIDIS 55’), 22.Adama MCBREEN (14.Chris GROSSMAN 64’), Substi tutes not used: 10.Michael FER- (c), 19. Matt SIMON, 22. Nicky TRAVIS. TRAORE 22.Karl DODD, 23.Rostyn GRIFFITHS Substi tutes not used: 1.Mitchell RANTE, 20.Reece CROWTHER (gk) LANGERAK (gk), 11. Nathan ELASI Substi tutes not used: 1. Andrew RED- Substi tutes not used: 40.Robbie BAJIC Substi tutes not used: 1.Paul HENDER- Yellow Cards: Ben SIGMUND 39’, Vince MAYNE (gk). (gk). SON (gk) Yellow cards: Nil LIA 55’, Tim BROWN 73’ Red cards: Nil Red Cards: Nil Yellow Cards: Michael McGLINCHEY Yellow cards: ROBSON 6’ Yellow cards: Paul KOHLER 29’/31’, 78’ Red cards: Nil 57’ Red Cards: Nil Red cards: Paul KOHLER 31’ Newcastle Jets line-up: 1. Ben KEN- Adelaide United line-up: 1.Eugene Sydney FC line-up: 1. NEDY (gk), 3. Adam D’APUZZO, 4. GALEKOVIC (gk), 3.ALEMAO, (gk), 3.Stephan KELLER, 4.Simon CO- Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY 5. Ljubo 4.Iain FYFE, 7.Lucas PANTELIS Perth Glory line-up: 1. Tando VELAPHI LOSIMO, 6.Karol KISEL (Steve CORICA Brisbane Roar squad: 1. Liam MILICEVIC, 7. Jin-Hyung SONG, 8. Matt (c), 9.CRISTIANO (15.Francesco (gk), 4. Andy TODD, 6. Chris COYNE, 7. 67’), 7.Brendan GAN, 9.John ALOISI (c), REDDY (gk), 3. Luke DEVERE, 4. Craig THOMPSON (c), 11. Tarek ELRICH, 15. MONTEROSSO 82’), 10.Adam HUGHES, (c), 8. Victor SIKORA (24. 12.Shannon COLE, 14. MOORE (c), 6. David DODD (5. Josh Sean ROONEY, 16. Jason HOFFMAN 11.Lloyd OWUSU (16.Inseob SHIN Matt hew MAYORA 66’), 10. Wayne (Sebasti an RYALL 86’), 19.Mark BRIDGE McCLOUGHAN 45’), 9. Sergio VAN (10. Donny DE GROOT 64’), 22. Kaz PA- 90’), 12.Paul REID, 14.Scott JAMIESON, SRHOJ, 11. Branko JELIC, 12. Scott (Kofi DANNING 55’), 22.Sung Hwan DIJK, 10. Charlie MILLER, 12. Matt TAFTA, 24. Chris TRIANTIS (25. Labinot 17.Michael MARRONE, 21.Mark NEVILLE (17. Todd HOWARTH 54’), 16. BYUN, 23.Rhyan GRANT MUNDY (17. Mitch NICHOLS 84’), 13. HALITI 64’) RUDAN Adriano PELLEGRINO, 19. Naum SEKU- HENRIQUE, 16. Bob MALCOLM, 18. LOVSKI, 21. Mile STERJOVSKI Substi tutes not used: 20.Ivan Danny TIATTO, 24. (11. Substi tutes not used: 20. Neil YOUNG Substi tutes not used: 5.Daniel MUL- NECEVSKI (gk) REINALDO 61’) (gk), 2. LEN, 20.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk) Substi tutes not used: Aleks VRTESKI (gk), 25. AMARAL Yellow cards: Nil Substi tutes not used: 20. Griffi n Mc- Yellow cards: Labinot Haliti 87’ Yellow Cards: Michael MARRONE 37’, MASTER (gk) Red cards: Nil 43’, Iain FYFE 62’ Yellow Cards: Naum SEKULOVSKI 46’, Red cards: Nil Red Cards: Nil Branko JELIC 49’ Yellow cards: David DODD 5’, Charlie MILLER 18’, Josh McCLOUGHAN 70’, Red Cards: Nil HENRIQUE 82’, REINALDO 83’ Red cards: Nil p16p12 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 Round 05 HAL CROWDS GO AWOL By Con Stamocostas The A League crowds are the talk of the com- at Victory knocked a big money move to the Glory keeper Tando Velapi. With the score at A League Import Watch: peti ti on at the moment. Parti cularly puzzling Middle East and Danny had a bit of a dummy 1-1 and with only a handful of minutes re- Chicks love getting them and blokes are the Gold Coast Crowd fi gures. spit and took his ball and went home. The maining Velapi slipped and fell at the most want to play like them………… I’m Arguably the White Shoe Brigade has the Victory must be cursing the FFA and Fox for awful moment. Dylan Macallister did show talking about Gold Coast United’s best squad in the league, the best stadium scheduling their games opening two home some skill to run past the Glory keeper who Brazilian triumvirate of Milson, An- and is getti ng more press than any other games of the season on Thursday night. Both was now crawling on his knees. The Mac then derson and Robson. Other imports team. Mad Miron and Professor Palmer are round one and fi ve crowds were lower than laid the ball to Matt Simon from the by line that impressed were the Phoenix’s doing a great job PR wise so what’s the prob- expected and the A League need the large and the tall lanky striker side footed it in to an Paul Ifi ll, Adama Traore and Bas Van lem? While most of the Surfer chicks and victory support so they can prop these league empty net, for an unlikely home away from der Brink of Gold Coast United and Grommets were absent at Skilled Park Sta- plummeti ng crowd averages home 2-1 victory to the Mariners. of course the Fury’s Robbie Fowler. dium up on the Gold Coast, those who did go Adelaide United is a club who seem to have The North Queensland Fury are starti ng to Song for the Newcastle Jets is play- were treated to a wonderful game of enter- lost their way at the moment. They just can’t fi nally get there shit together. The Scouse man ing consistently well this season and taining high pulse football. put it together on the park. The team look Robbie Fowler scored a delightf ul goal when the Kosovo kid Labinot Haliti scored While someti mes the focus is on who is not they are trying too hard and it’s draining to he found room in the penalty box to open the a great equalising header against there, when it should be on who is, the ac- watch at ti mes. The Reds are wasti ng chances scoring with a sublime right fi nish. The Fury ti on on Saturday evening was excellent dude, when they get them and some players are not were unlucky to have Paul Kohler sent off in the Victory. gnarly even! The Gold Coast support would showing up….Cassio, has anyone seen Cassio? the fi rst half and were cursed by the football have been stoked to get a 2-1 win over ti tle A couple of weeks back Red’s coach Aurelio gods when a Mitch Nicholls defl ecti on sal- A-League Socceroo Watch: pretenders Sydney FC and go two points clear Vidmar said they would have to change the vaged a point for the Brisbane Roar. The Roar Mile Sterjovski and Jacob Burns are at the top. Shane Smeltz has been as cool like way the team trains, due to the large amount seem to be suff ering from a huge fan back- starting to “show themselves” as Pim an ocean breeze this season with eight goals of players that were getti ng struck down with lash aft er the club raised membership prices Verbeek likes to say. The Jets Ljubo scored in fi ve games. Like Russell Crowe, Phar calf injuries. If you can’t train properly the ob- from $390 to $1080 for a family pass. Those Milicevic was superb again. and Lap and everything else that is good from vious questi on how can you play…….. extra four games the hike has been justi fi ed Verbeek should have a look at Griz- New Zealand we should really be claiming The Central Coast Mariners are just the for bett er have fairy dust sprinkled on the zly Adams when Holland and Oman him as an Aussie……… somebody check his jammiest of bastards of the A League aren’t ti cket; otherwise it’s a con job. Who knew come to Australia in October. passport. they? The game was played in Canberra on Scrooge moved to Brisbane!!! Melbourne Victory is in crisis mode read the Friday night .A small crowd of 5000 plus will All in all round fi ve of the A League had a Hot Spot: The Gold Coast United Tabloid head line. Danny Allsop not help the Canberra’s bids cause to get into mixture of granite juxtuposed with some ex- showed that without Jason Culina is normally the consummate professional but the A League next season. However the sur- cellent play, if only the crowds would stop they can beat a full strength Sydney he did a Cassio and refused to play on against face certainly helped the Mariners get a win paying att enti on to those sports they play FC and must be favourites for the the Jets on Thursday nights. The management as a tennis ball bounce did not assist Perth with a rockmelon. Championship.

Odd Spot: Mathew “Hallmark” ADELAIDE (9th) Breeze once again showed he has a NEWCASTLE (4th) Vs card for every occasion, sending the CENTRAL COAST(3rd) Vs BRISBANE (6th) Fury’s Paul Kohler to the sheds after the defender received a second yel- Adelaide’s poor early season form continued in Wel- low for a rather soft challenge. The Newcastle Jets host Brisbane on Saturday, hop- lington on Friday night, with the Reds just hanging on ing to continue their impressive start to the season. to come away from New Zealand with a point. In the They were able to nick a point against Melbourne last absence of skipper Travis Dodd, the Reds struggled to Best Goal Celebration so far: Thursday, as Tarek Elrich’s pinpoint cross was nod- fathom chances and only really ever look dangerous at Lloyd Owusu (ADL) scored against ded home by Labinot Haliti. The Roar fell behind to set pieces. The Central Coast has silenced their critics the Fury last week and there must an early piece of Robbie Fowler brilliance, and despite in the fi rst month of the season and impressively sits the Fury being reduced to ten men for over an hour they have been at least three different third on the table. They were lucky to take three points were only able to come away with a point. They seem from Perth as a Tando Velaphi slip let Dylan Macal- dance moves in one. The man who to be really struggling to cover injured midfi eld pairing lister in on goal and he unselfi shly squared it for Matt played for Ghana twice fi nished the Massimo Murdocca and Matt Mckay. Last season Bris- Simon to tap home the winner. In the corresponding move by the holding up the roof. bane had the better of the Jets, defeating them on two fi xture last year the Reds skipped out to a three goal occasions. Worryingly for the Jets the three goals they lead, but in a thrilling comeback the Mariners were scored against Brisbane all came of the boot of former able to score three late goals to pinch a point. It’s hard Quotes Of The Week: striker Joel Griffi ths. The Roar isn’t travelling too well to see something similar happening this time around “When Shane is one-on-one with at the moment and an in form Newcastle should ac- with Adelaide’s inability to fi nd the back of the net this count for them at home. the goalkeeper like he was for the (htt p://www.onthepunt.com. season a real concern. I get the feeling there won’t be second goal, you can light your many if any goals in this one. DRAW au/soccer_aleague.php) HOME WIN cigar!”Miron Blieberg coach of league leaders Gold Coast United lights up a Cuban. SYDNEY (2nd) MELBOURNE (7th) PERTH (5th) Vs Vs Vs Goal of the Week: Robbie Fowler’s NORTH WELLINGTON (7th) GOLD COAST(1st) poise and composure for the Fury’s QUEENSLAND(10th) opening goal against Brisbane Roar I think it is fair to say that so far Melbourne’s title The Gold Coast showed why most pundits believe brought back memories of God’s Sydney host North Queensland on Saturday night, defence has been a complete disaster. They have they will win the A-League in their fi rst season, with Liverpool days. strangely this is the second time the two teams have seen skipper Kevin Muscat tear a hamstring, Mat- an impressive 2-1 victory over Sydney on Saturday. met in the fi rst six rounds of the season. The fi rst time thew Kemp miss games to be at the birth of his After losing midfi eld general Jason Culina to interna- they met it was Sydney claiming all three points in child and Billy Celeski rupture his ACL. All this tional duty, the Gold Coast was also forced to cover Team of the Week: GK:Vu what was an enthralling contest. North Queensland’s in between persistent rumours that Danny Allsopp striker Joel Porter who succumbed to a calf injury, but ckovic(CENT),LB:Traore(G defence was almost non-existent on that occasion and is looking to make a move to Qatar and only one marksman Shane Smeltz made up for any perceived they were lucky to only concede three times, with Aloi- CU), (NEW), win from fi ve outings. An Archie Thompson header fl aws in the Gold Coast line up, fi rstly with a world si, Brosque and Danning all causing havoc. Since then Vargas(MEL), RB:Elrich class header and then with an opportunist goal to seal though the Fury has shown vast improvement, but are gave the Victory a deserved lead at half time last (NEW), LM:Minneicon(GCU) week against the Jets; unfortunately they went into the points. It was the same old story for Perth who still searching for that elusive fi rst victory. They would CM:Talay(Fury) CM:Thwaite(GCU) have fancied their chances on Saturday night against their shells in the second half and were made to pay created a glut of chances, but came away with noth- the Roar, until Paul Kohler was sent off for a second as a late header from Labino Haliti gave the Jets a ing to show for it. They fell behind to a rare goal from RM:Williams(FURY) yellow card inside the fi rst half hour. Vitezslav Lav- share of the points. The Wellington Phoenix can Central Coast skipper Alex Wilkinson, but were hand- FW:Smeltz(GCU) FW:Fowler(FURY) icka tasted defeat in the A-League for the fi rst time, as consider themselves terribly unlucky to have not ed a lifeline when Brad Porter handled the ball inside the area. Mile Sterjovski’s penalty was saved, but he Shane Smeltz scored either side of half time to send the walked away with all three points against Adelaide. Round Six Predictions: Gold Coast top. Sydney FC will have to be similarly was able to score the rebound, before poor old Tando The Phoenix were far the better side and if not for Adelaide Utd 1v1 CC Mariners wary of Robbie Fowler who has found form scoring in a poor refereeing decision would have had a winner Velaphi slipped on the dewey surface gifting Matt Si- Newcastle Jets 2 v 1 Brisbane Roar his last two outings. I expect the Fury to be competi- via Paul Ifi ll. I am willing to give the Victory one mon the winner. This match will be a great measuring stick to see just how far the Glory has come. I don’t Sydney FC 2 v 1 North Qld Fury tive here, but can’t really see them taking any points more chance here, on the back of three big inclu- expect them to beat the Gold Coast, but wouldn’t be away from Sydney. HOME WIN sions Hernandez, Allsopp and Muscat. Melbourne Victory 2 v 1 Wton Phoenix surprised to see them take a point at home. DRAW HOME WIN Perth Glory 0 v 2 Gold Coast United

Issue 26 Monday 7th September 2009 p13 Round 05

WPFC AUFC

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Wellington Phoenix 1 (Paul IFILL 34’) Adelaide United 1 (Iain FYFE 41)

Friday, 4 September 2009 Westpac Stadium, Wellington Crowd: 7,523

CHAMPION CACERES SIGNS WITH PHOENIX CHAMPIONSHIP-winning attacking midfi elder Adrian Cac- eres will join Wellington Phoenix FC for the remainder of the Hyundai A-League 2009/10 season after inking a deal at the weekend. The 27-year-old Argentina-born Australian, released from the fi nal year of his two-year contract with the Central Coast Mariners by mutual consent, He played 22 games for the Gosford outfi t that season and scored two goals. However, after not being picked to play for the Mariners in the fi rst four games of the 2009/10 cam- Wellington’s Paul Ifi ll raises his arms in delight aft er opening the scoring against the travelling paign, Caceres sought – and was granted – an early out. Reds on Friday night. PHOTO COURTESY WPFC Dominant Phoenix denied deserved win By John Mitchell

DESPITE dominati ng for much of their his strike partner Chris Greenacre was ad- when the ball fell to him in space inside the The Phoenix’s dominance in the fi rst half Hyundai A-League 2009/10 round fi ve judged off side in the play. penalty area, but his scuff ed shot bobbled was refl ected in their 11 shots on goal to match the Wellington Phoenix were left There was greater intensity and industry narrowly wide of Galekovic’s right-hand Adelaide’s three, but only two were on tar- to rue only snaring one competi ti on point shown from the Phoenix following their dis- post with the custodian beaten. Daniel get from the home side. against Adelaide United at Westpac Sta- appointi ng loss the previous week to Sydney again turned provider moments later with dium on Friday night. FC, with a number of goal-scoring chances a delightf ul lob to Greenacre but his eff ort Immediately aft er halft ime the Phoenix The 1-1 draw in front of 7578 loyal fans created. Daniel made the most of his fi rst was also wide. dodged a bullet when a Cristi ano strike beat maintained an unbeaten record at home start for the Phoenix since the fi nal round The constant pressure from the home side Paston but not the post. Soon aft er, Vince that has now stretched to eight games, but match against Melbourne Victory last sea- was fi nally rewarded in the 35th minute Lia let fl y with a drive from centre fi eld that the Phoenix could not deliver the knockout son, the midfi elder’s 90 minutes marked by when Bertos, aft er another searching run fl ew just wide as the men in yellow and blow to collect maximum points in a game several penetrati ng runs and delightf ul link down the right fl ank, swung in a cross that black lift ed their intensity. that on the balance of play they deserved play. was left to run by Greenacre before fi nding Chances were few in the fi nal 30 minutes to win. Ifi ll inside the penalty area. Ifi ll’s measured despite increased pressure from the Phoe- Phoenix striker Paul Ifi ll bagged his sec- The Phoenix made a bright start, with Dan- left -foot drive was too powerful for Galek- nix inside Adelaide’s half. Ifi ll’s disallowed ond goal of the season with a 35th-minute iel fi nding midfi elder Tim Brown on the ovic to deny at his near post. goal near fullti me, followed by an injury strike that gave the home side the lead, but six-yard box in the opening minute but his However, against the run of play Adelaide ti me strike from Brown that was defl ected the visitors levelled just before the break header glanced wide of the Adelaide goal. managed to get back on equal terms three away for a corner, capped off an ulti mately through Iain Fyfe. Ifi ll thought he had Leo Bertos had a measured strike from dis- minutes from halft ime when defender Fyfe frustrati ng night for the home side. bagged the winner fi ve minutes from full- tance go wide, while defender Ben Sigmund was on hand to push home a corner beyond ti me when he coolly slott ed the ball beyond headed over the crossbar from a corner. Phoenix goalkeeper from close Adelaide custodian , but Brown again went close in the 12th minute range.

p16p14 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 Round 05

MVFC NJFC

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Melbourne Victory 1 (Archie THOMPSON 25’) Newcastle Jets 1 (Labinot HALITI 87’)

Thursday, 3 September 2009 Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Crowd: 15,168

Archie Thompson’s header hits the onion bag. Newcastle’s Nikolai Topor-Stanley gets his mop-top over Victory’s Fabiano. PHOTO BY PETER KAKALIAS PHOTO BY PETER KAKALIAS Jets frustrate Victory as rumours surround Allsopp By Chris Aloi A late header from Labinot Haliti gave a precious equalizer in the 85th minute. very good chance to level the scores half- that Melbourne forward Danny Allsopp was Newcastle Jets a share of the spoils in their The under-manned reigning champions way through the second half, but his shot not suff ering a hamstring injury as he was encounter with Melbourne Victory at Eti - were tested in the second half but with- was well saved by Glen Moss. reported by the club but actually missed had Stadium on Thursday night. stood the pressure from Newcastle unti l Jets coach Branko Culina was rewarded the match due to a dispute with the club Melbourne lost key midfi elder Billy Celeski winger Tarek Elrich beat his marker Matt hew for his faith in the talented Haliti , a player over him being allowed to sign a lucrati ve to a nasty knee injury just minutes aft er the Kemp for pace on the right and popped in a who is known to have enormous potenti al, deal with a Qatari side. opening whistle, but, despite also missing delightf ul cross to a grateful Haliti minutes deciding only an hour before the match to The club and player both denied this aft er Carlos Hernandez (internati onal duty) and from ti me. play him off the bench despite knowing he the match, though Allsopp’s manager later Danny Allsopp (injury), carved out a lead af- Melbourne’s acti ng captain Roddy Var- was not really match fi t. confi rmed to media that there had been ter dominati ng possession in the fi rst half, gas had a great chance to give his side the His gamble was rewarded with a solid interest from a Qatari club in the strikers’ Archie Thompson classily heading home a lead in the 27th minute but sprayed his free 25 minute sti nt from Haliti , who, in tan- services. Leigh Broxham free kick in the 42nd min- header wide of the mark. dem with Dutch forward Donny De Groot, Melbourne, whose squad will require ute. Broxham’s delivery from a free kick just greatly improved the visitors’ att acking some new signings given their run with inju- Melbourne had looked like they were go- before half ti me was inch-perfect for Archie prospects, his header the icing on the cake ries and the possible departure of Allsopp, ing to grind out a one-nil result before Jets Thompson, who delightf ully headed in his for Culina’s Jets in what was a great week are yet to notch a win at their home stadi- coach Branko Culina introduced Haliti from third goal in three games. It was a goal out for the club, just four days before they had um aft er their fi rst three att empts, making the bench in the 64th minute, the Albanian- of the top drawer the home crowd favou- caused the upset of the season by beati ng Sunday’s home fi xture against Wellington born forward celebrati ng his return to the rite, who looks to be bubbling with confi - top side Gold Coast 1-nil at Energy Australia Phoenix a must-win aff air. Jets and the A-League aft er two years of dence at the moment. Stadium. professional football in eastern Europe with Young Jets striker Jason Hoff man had a Rumours were abound before the match

Issue 26 Monday 7th September 2009Issue p15 26 GOLD COAST UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB SEASON 2009/10 Photo Courtesy Gold Coast United FC

Back row, L-R: Adam Griffi ths, Kristi an Rees, Jess Vanstratt an, Scott Higgins, Jerrad Tyson, Michael Thwaite, Bas Van Den Brink. Middle Row L-R: Graham Ross (GK coach), Milson, Daniel Piorkowski, Richard Greer, James Brown, Matt Osman, Shane Smeltz, Steve Pantelidis, Andrew Barisic, (youth team coach). Front row L-R: Adama Traore, Jeff erson, Robson, Jason Culina, Miron Bleiberg (head coach), (asst coach), Steve Fitzsimmons,

Issue 26 Joel Porter, Tahj Minniecon, Zenon Caravella. Monday 7 Sep 2009 Round 05

NJFC GCFC

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Gold Coast United 2 (Shane SMELTZ 45’/56’) Sydney FC 1 (Steve CORICA 75’) Saturday, 5 September 2009 Crowd: 6,800

PLAYER RATINGS

GCUFC Higgins: 6. Apart from the goal, barely tested. Osman: 7. His set-pieces were hit-and-miss, but the fi rst goal was one of the hits. Acti on from the top of the table clash on Saturday night. PHOTO COURTESY GCUFC Rees: 7. Did well. van den Brink: 7. Policed Aloisi very capably, and made one vital clearance. Traore: 5. Not as effective as in previous games. Thwaite: 7. A good fi rst half. Clearly enjoying his foot- United back on top ball at the moment. By Mike Salter Robson: 7. Static at times, but made some good contri- butions in the second period. Sydney FC suff ered their fi rst-ever loss Sydney began to pull themselves into when Bolton misjudged Robson’s free Caravella: 7. Very constructive in attack throughout. under Vitezslav Lavicka, as Gold Coast the game. There were half-chances for kick from the left , allowing Rees to nod Minniecon: 7. In and out of the game, but had some United regained top spot on the A- Aloisi and the lively Alex Brosque in the an angled header at goal. To the relief excellent moments. League ladder with a 2-0 win at Skilled succeeding minutes, and on the half- of the away fans, the ball crept wide of Porter: 5. Looked out of sorts, and went off with an Park. hour a delightf ul move involving these the right-hand post. injury early. The hosts were without their marquee two ended with Brosque racing at goal Steve Corica also joined the fray, in Smeltz: 8. You can’t argue with two good goals and signing Jason Culina, Brazilian import on the right: Kristi an Rees narrowed place of the out-of-form Kisel, and consistent movement across the entire forward line. Robson fi lling his shoes in the “hole”; the angle well, and Brosque’s shot went things started to happen for the visi- elsewhere, Matt hew Osman replaced wide. tors. Brosque fi red a crisp ball across Substitutes: Steve Fitzsimmons at right-back. There On 33 minutes it was the hosts’ turn goal on 67 minutes aft er good lead-up Milson: 6. Always involved, but not always effective. were two changes for Sydney FC: the again, when Caravella turned his man work from Danning and Grant, but Bas Pantelidis: 6. Made little impact. injured Terry McFlynn was replaced in and had a shot defl ected onto the out- ven den Brink was there to clear ably. Anderson: N/A. Late substitute for Minniecon. midfi eld by young Rhyan Grant, while side of the post. Robson should have A minute later, Corica let fl y with his Brendan Gan started on the right at the done bett er with a good opportunity right foot, missing the target but not by expense of Kofi Danning. two minutes later, but it was indeed much. SFC The home side dominated proceed- Miron Bleiberg’s team who opened Sydney’s pressure fi nally told on 75 ings early, with Zenon Caravella pro- the scoring, just before the half-ti me minutes. Cole produced his best cross Bolton: 5. Caught out for the fi rst goal. viding plenty of movement and enter- whistle. A deep, harmless-looking free of the night from the right touchline, Cole: 6. A better performance, including a good cross prise in the absence of Culina. On 11 kick from Osman on the right reached and Corica’s stooping header drift ed for Sydney’s goal. Some defensive problems, as usual. minutes, Tahj Minniecon skipped past Smeltz at the far post, and the Goal past Scott Higgins and in off the post. Colosimo: 7. A typically gritty effort. Shannon Cole on the Sydney right, Coast striker’s looping header sailed ag- All the momentum was with Sydney Keller: 7. Playing himself into form. and sent in a menacing cut-back which onizingly over Bolton, who had drift ed and they looked all set for an equaliser, Byun: 6. One of his better games, although he could was stabbed just wide by Caravella. Six slightly off his line. but the virtue began to ebb out of the improve his crossing. Gan: 7. A mature performance, contributing in both at- minutes later, Matt Osman swung in a Milson began the second half in inci- away side as Gold Coast regained some tack and defence. corner from the left , and Shane Smeltz sive style, glancing a near-post header composure. Robson’s fi ne run and shot Kisel: 4. Sydney’s weak link on the night. At fault for the was presented with a headed chance; just wide from an Osman cross, and on 81 minutes signalled another shift second goal and ineffective throughout. fortunately for the visitors, he planted then fi nding space on the right for a in the fl ow of the game, and when Bro- Grant: 7. A solid season debut, although his passing it straight into Clint Bolton’s arms. At shot at goal, which failed to trouble sque was forced off with an injury on 85 could have been a little more constructive. the other end, Byun Sung-Hwan, re- Bolton. minutes, giving way to Sebasti an Ryall, Brosque: 7. Looking to make things happen. leased by John Aloisi, fl ashed a danger- On 56 minutes, Gold Coast went fur- the wind was taken fully out of Sydney’s Bridge: 5. Performed his well-known disappearing trick ous ball across goal from the left , but ther ahead. Smeltz pounced on a slop- sails. again. there were no Sydney players there to py back-pass from Karol Kisel, evaded Lavicka’s men did, however, have the Aloisi: 7. A strong performance despite very tight mark- take advantage. Cole’s att empted tackle, and banged fi nal chance of the game. Aft er Byun ing. On 19 minutes, Joel Porter went down the ball confi dently past Bolton for his had done well to dispossess a goal- with a calf strain and was replaced by and the hosts’ second. bound Milson at the other end, John Substitutes: another of Gold Coast’s Brazilians, the Not surprisingly, Sydney began to throw Aloisi won a free kick right on the edge Danning: 6. Still a little below his best. striker Milson. The substi tute almost all their resources into att ack, and Kofi of the Gold Coast box. Sydney’s mar- Corica: 7. A good goal in vain. made an immediate impact when an Danning replaced a largely anonymous quee man stepped up to take the kick Ryall: N/A. Late replacement for Brosque. error from Cole allowed the ball to Mark Bridge as Lavicka sought to revive himself, but it slammed against the reach him in the box on 21 minutes, but his side’s hopes. The home side nearly Gold Coast wall...and the three points Bolton was out quickly to cover. scored a third on 64 minutes, however, were Miron Bleiberg’s. p18 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 Round 05

NQFFC BRFC

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MATCH DETAILS

North Queensland Fury 1 (Robbie FOWLER 7’) Brisbane Roar 1 (Mitch NICHOLS 84’)

Saturday, 5 September 2009 Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Crowd: 7,173

Luke Devere and Daniel McBreen fl y high in the Queensland derby. PHOTO COURTESY NQFC Fury feel pain of another draw as Roar steal late point By Daniel Lato

Brisbane Roar has scored a late goal to at Reddy’s goal, but the Roar gloveman the score remained 1-0 to the home side at the Fury defenders but he couldn’t keep salvage a point against a gallant North ti pped the ball over the goal. half ti me. his curling shot from the edge of the box Queensland Fury outf it at Dairy Farmers Brisbane conti nued to struggle to get into Dodd made way for Josh McCloughan at the down. Stadium. the game as the home side knocked the ball break, as reshuffl ed his deck to Nichols then claimed possibly the luckiest The home side played two thirds of the around with great precision. put Bob Malcolm in the centre of midfi eld. goal of his short career when the ball de- match a man down and in the end it took a Matt Mundy was required to dig his side Fury opened the second stanza with vigour fl ected off the att acking midfi elder from a lucky defl ecti on from Young Socceroos mid- out of a defensive hole on 30 minutes as as both Williams and Fowler tried their luck Sergio van Dijk right-footed shot to level the fi elder Mitch Nichols with six minutes left he nipped between a Williams ball bound from distance, but Reddy was comfortable score. on the clock to claim Brisbane’s fi rst point for Royston Griffi ths as the Fury conti nued dealing with the threat. Fury immediately went on the att ack and in a Queensland derby match. to push the Roar back into their defensive McCloughan posed Brisbane’s fi rst threat of only a fi ngerti p save from Reddy prevented Bouyed by a good result last week against half. the half as he rose to meet a Charlie Miller Robbie Middleby from restoring the lead a Adelaide, and in front of a vocal home The game then turned a minute later when cross with his head, but Pasfi eld was well minute later. crowd, the Fury had the away side under Fury defender Paul Kohler received his sec- positi oned to catch the ball. Miller then had one fi nal chance to com- early pressure. ond yellow card in two minutes aft er foul- Roar began to boss possession, but plenty plete the grand heist, but his free kick from The early pressure told and Brisbane found ing Robbie Kruse, reducing the home side of Fury bodies behind the ball proved a the edge of the box on the stroke of full themselves a goal behind aft er only seven to 10-men. tough wall to break. ti me went just over the bar. minutes. Brisbane began to gain the possession as- Captain Craig Moore was next to threaten, Roar coach Frank Farina said he was disap- James Robinson put a hopeful ball into the cendency with the extra man, however again with the head, when he latched on to pointed with the performance of his side, Roar box which managed to fi nd its way to some disciplined defending from the Fury a Malcolm free-kick but the ball ballooned he was delighted to have secured a point Robbie Fowler and the former England in- team meant the Roar needed to remain pa- harmlessly over the goal. on the road. ternati onal calmly turned to slot past Liam ti ent. Mitch Nichols was thrown into the fray on “We were fl at tonight,” Farina said. “But I’ll Reddy with his right foot. David Dodd had the fi rst chance of the 71 minutes as the Roar sought to make the take that point any day of the week. The Fury looked to double their lead with game for Roar aft er 42 minutes when he most of the extra man and salvage some- “We’re a bett er side than what we showed added pressure and David Williams found met a curling Danny Tiatt o corner, but his thing from the match. tonight and we have to play bett er than ti me on the ball 25m from goal aft er10 eff ort went well over Justi n Pasfi eld’s goal. Miller looked to pounce on a defensive er- that.” minutes and unleashed a thunderous drive Despite some late pressure from the Fury ror on 78 minutes aft er confusion between

Issue 26 Monday 7th September 2009 p19 Round 05

CCMFC PGFC

2 1 Central Coast Mariners 2 (Alex WILKINSON 42’, Matt SIMON 89’) Perth Glory 1 (Mile STERJOVSKI 82’) Friday, 4 September 2009 Canberra Stadium, Canberra Crowd: 5,139 PLAYER RATINGS

CCMFC Vukovic: 8 – Made several crucial saves Porter: 5 – Looked unsure at ti mes and gave away a Alex Wilkinson scores his fi rst ever Hyundai A-League goal. PHOTO COURTESY CCMFC needless penalty Boogard: 7 – Very solid in central defence Wilkinson: 8 – Did a good job leading the defence and scored a goal Clark: 6 – A solid performance before being substi tuted in the 65th minute Mariners nick Bojic: 8 – An outstanding game from the midfi elder Travis: 8 – Combined excellently with Bojic Hutchinson: 7 – Impressive in central midfi eld McGlinchey: 6 – Not as infl uenti al as the other midfi eld- ers but solid nonetheless Simon: 7 – Frequently caught off side but looked danger- ous in the second half and scored a goal it at the death Mrdja: 6 – Did some good things but wasn’t heavily By Jacob Kagi involved Elrich: 5 – Looked unstable in an unfamiliar full-back role Perth Glory’s embarrassing away defender Nigel Boogard fell to an full-back Bradley Porter handballed aft er coming on as a substi tute form conti nued aft er an 89th min- unmarked Sterjovski on 12 yards. in the box despite having no att ack- MacAllister: 7 – Played a big part in the winning goal ute goal to Matt Simon saw it lose However, he foolishly tried to cross ers around him in the 81st minute. aft er being brought on late 1-2 to Central Coast Mariners in to Jelic instead of shooti ng, causing Sterjovski shot the resulti ng penalty Kwasnik: 5 – Didn’t have much ti me to make a large Canberra. the move to fall apart. down the middle and had it saved by impact Mile Sterjovski appeared to have Perth conti nued to have the most Vukovic, but the Socceroo att acker given Glory its fi rst point in an away chances and it was only inches away was the fi rst to get the rebound and match this season when he levelled from moving ahead in the 31st min- calmly levelled the scores. PGFC the scores in the 81st minute, but a ute when Jelic’s shot from 20 yards Just minutes later, Wayne Srhoj nar- Velaphi: 5 – Made an inexcusable mistake to cost Glory horrible blunder by Perth goalkeep- hit the crossbar, with Vukovic well rowly missed out on putti ng Glory in the game er Tando Velaphi allowed Simon to beaten. front when his fi erce header came Neville: 6 – Held his own at right-back score the winner. Despite struggling to match Glory’s off the crossbar, and Simon made Coyne: 7 – Another good performance Alex Wilkinson had put the Mari- intensity for most of the fi rst half, the visitors regret this in the 89th Todd: 7 – Impressive in central defence, where he is ners in front minutes before half- Wilkinson gave the Gosford side minute aft er he scored the winner. forming a solid partnership with Coyne ti me, aft er he fi nished with a simple the lead in the 42nd minute. John Velaphi sprinted out to claim an in- Sekulovski: 6 – Solid without being outstanding tap in his fi rst goal in his 89-game A- Hutchinson’s set piece was headed nocuous long ball, but he misjudged Pellegrino: 6 – Yet to reach the impressive level he was League career. on by Pedj Bojic, allowing the un- it and let it bounce over him. Sub- at last season It was Perth who made the more marked defender to score from close sti tute Dylan MacAllister was the Burns: 6 – Was mostly impressive but was somewhat lively start, and it almost took the range at the back post. fi rst to get to the loose ball and he at fault for the fi rst goal lead in the 13th minute through The goal saw Central Coast im- passed across to Simon, who tapped Srhoj: 6 – Very infl uenti al early but faded out aft er that Branko Jelic. Aft er scoring two goals prove signifi cantly, and it came out in to the empty net to give Central Sikora: 6 – Not his best eff ort in Glory’s 2-1 win over Melbourne the much stronger side aft er half Coast the victory. Jelic: 7 – Appears to be quickly sett ling into the side last week, the Serbian striker had his ti me. This nearly led to it doubling Aft er the match, Perth’s players and is a real menace for opposing defenders close range header brilliantly saved its lead in the 65th minute, when were clearly frustrated aft er los- Sterjovski: 7 – An improved performance from the by Mariners goalkeeper Danny Vuk- Mrdja looked as if he was through ing yet another away game, having marquee signing ovic. and around Velaphi, only for the now lost all three matches on the Howarth: 6 – Another solid performance as a substi - Glory’s dominance subsided soon Glory shot-stopper to take the ball road this season. Central Coast will tute aft er as Central Coast became more away from him. be pleased with a greatly improved Mayora: 5 – Sti ll hasn’t impressed aft er four games involved in the game, but the West- The home side conti nued to control performance, and will go into next with Glory. Comes across as unconfi dent and laconic. ern Australian missed another great the match, in front of a disappoint- week’s match against Adelaide full opportunity to take the lead 15 min- ing crowd of 5,139, but it appeared of confi dence. utes later, aft er a poor header from to have thrown away the win when p20 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 By Julius Ross OVERSEAS WRAP

Group 1 MP W D L GF GA Pts Denmark 7 5 2 0 14 3 17 THE ROAD TO SOUTH AFRICA Hungary 7 4 1 2 9 4 13 It is only nine months until the FIFA 100 per cent qualifying record, with seven Sweden 7 3 3 1 8 3 12 Portugal 7 2 4 1 9 5 10 World Cup kicks off in South Africa. wins out of seven, and they sit a comfort- Albania 8 1 3 4 4 8 6 Goal! Weekly checks out the qualify- able six points clear on top of the Group Five Malta 8 0 1 7 0 21 1 ing action to gauge who will feature table. Valencia’s dangerous duo of David Villa and Denmark 1:1 Portugal next year. Hungary 1:2 Sweden David Silva netted a double each, while Ge- South America rard Pique picked up a single. Group 2 Five-time champions Brazil, inspired by Real Turkey’s striker Tuncay Sanli also struck a MP W D L GF GA Pts double in his side’s 4-2 win against second- Switzerland 7 5 1 1 13 6 16 Madrid superstar Kaka, qualifi ed for the 2010 Greece 7 4 1 2 12 6 13 FIFA World Cup South Africa on Saturday last Estonia as the Turks look to close the gap Latvia 7 4 1 2 11 6 13 thanks to a 3-1 win over bitter rivals Argen- on Bosnia-Herzegovina who remain second Israel 7 2 3 2 10 9 9 thanks to a 2-0 victory over Armenia. Luxembourg 7 1 2 4 3 13 5 tina. Moldova 7 0 2 5 2 11 2 The result maintained Brazil’s proud record of never having missed a FIFA World Cup. It Group Six Moldova 0:0 Luxembourg Ukraine proved that they are still alive and Switzerland 2:0 Greece also piled more pressure onto Argentina coach Israel 0:1 Latvia Diego Maradona whose team are clinging kicking in Group Six as they demolished An- onto the fourth and fi nal automatic qualifying dorra 5-0 in Kiev. Group 3 spot from the South American zone. Sitting third on 14 points, behind leaders MP W D L GF GA Pts England (21) and second-placed Croatia (17), Slovakia 7 5 1 1 19 8 16 Northern Ireland 8 4 2 2 13 7 14 MP W D L GF GA Pts the win gives Ukraine a much-improved goal Poland 7 3 2 2 19 8 11 Brazil 15 8 6 1 28 7 30 Brazil are SA bound after defeating difference and puts them in touching distance Slovenia 7 3 2 2 10 4 11 Paraguay 15 8 3 4 21 13 27 Argentina of Croatia, who have played an extra game. Czech Republic 7 2 3 2 8 6 9 Chile 14 8 2 4 23 14 26 San Marino 8 0 0 8 1 37 0 Argentina 15 6 4 5 20 18 22 Slaven Bilic made sure that Ukraine wouldn’t Colombia 15 5 5 5 9 11 20 below Greece only on goal difference. leapfrog his side just yet, with Ivan Ratikic Slovakia 2:2 Czech Republic Ecuador 15 5 5 5 18 22 20 In the other match, bottom of the group Mol- giving the Croats a 1-0 victory over Belarus. Poland 1:1 Northern Ireland Uruguay 15 4 6 5 23 17 18 dova managed to double their points tally Venezuela 14 5 2 7 17 24 17 The win also sets up an interesting clash – from one to two – after seven matches, Group 4 Bolivia 15 3 3 9 19 31 12 with England mid-week; a Croatian victory MP W D L GF GA Pts Peru 15 2 4 9 8 29 10 grabbing a goalless draw with second-last and the race for top spot may be blown wide Germany 7 6 1 0 20 4 19 Argentina 1:3 Brazil Luxembourg. open, an English win and the Poms can’t be Russia 7 6 0 1 15 3 18 Paraguay 1:0 Bolivia caught and will qualify for 2010. Finland 7 4 1 2 10 11 13 Peru 1:0 Uruguay Wales 7 3 0 4 5 7 9 Colombia 2:0 Ecuador Group Three Azerbaijan 7 0 1 6 1 9 1 Despite a late equaliser from Milan Baros se- Group Seven Liechtenstein 7 0 1 6 1 18 1 curing a 2-2 draw with Group Three leaders Romania has dashed France’s hopes of book- Russia 3:0 Liechtenstein UEFA Qualifying – Group One Slovakia, the Czech Republic are unlikely to ing a ticket to South Africa, holding Les Blues Azerbaijan 1:2 Finland In Group One action, Portugal’s hopes of feature at the 2010 World Cup. to a 1-1 draw in Group Seven. reaching South Africa took a heavy blow as Currently sitting fi fth, seven points the Slo- Sitting in second place on 14 points, a win Group 5 they drew 1-1 with Denmark. vaks, the Czechs were in need of a win to would have given the French much-needed MP W D L GF GA Pts With three rounds remaining, Portugal (10 Spain 7 7 0 0 18 2 21 keep their hopes of a second-placed fi nish breathing space over third-placed Austria (10 Bosnia-Herz 7 5 0 2 20 7 15 points) sits seven points behind group lead- alive. points). Turkey 7 3 2 2 10 7 11 ers Denmark (17), three behind Hungary (13) But Slovakia led on two occasions, forcing But Thierry Henry’s strike was cancelled Belgium 7 2 1 4 10 16 7 and two behind Sweden (12). Estonia 7 1 2 4 7 19 5 the Czechs to equalise twice. out by his countryman Julien Escude, who Armenia 7 0 1 6 3 17 1 Portugal’s downfall was their own creation Stanislav Sestak gave the group leaders the knocked the ball into his own net to gift Ro- against Denmark, the side failing to capitalise initial advantage, but Daniel Pudil drew a mania an equaliser. Armenia 0:2 Bosnia-Herzegovina on dominant spells and netted only once from goal back. Marek Hamsik again gave Slova- Turkey 4:2 Estonia Austria made the most of France’s mishap, Spain 5:0 Belgium over 20 attempts. kia the advantage, but Baros’ strike with six with Marc Janko scoring twice in a 3-1 win Carlos Queiroz’s team went behind to a Nick- minutes remaining, meant the sides shared over minnows Faroe Islands, who scored Group 6 las Bendtner strike, but Brazilian-born sub- the spoils. only their third goal of the campaign. MP W D L GF GA Pts stitute striker Liedson spared their blushes by Slovakia’s slip almost allowed second-placed England 7 7 0 0 26 4 21 netting an equaliser on 86 minutes. Croatia 8 5 2 1 16 7 17 Northern Ireland to close the gap on top spot, Group 8 Ukraine 7 4 2 1 14 6 14 In the other Group One qualifi er, Sweden had but the Irish failed to take maximum points AC Milan’s Kakha Kaladze and Georgia’s Belarus 7 3 0 4 15 11 9 beanpole striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to thank against Poland. Kazakhstan 7 1 0 6 7 22 3 captain Kakha Kaladze gave Italy a 2-0 win Andorra 8 0 0 8 2 30 0 for their 2-1 victory of Hungary. Kyle Lafferty, of Rangers fame, gave the Irish courtesy of two own goals. The Barcelona-based forward unleashed a the lead in the 37th minute, a lead they held As a player who plays his club football in Ukraine 5:0 Andorra shot in the dying seconds, with the scores onto until the 80th minute when Poland’s Italy, Kaladze seemed to change allegiances Croatia 1:0 Belarus locked at 1-1, but Hungary’s goalkeeper Ga- Mariusz Lewandowski equalised to lift his as he headed into his own and then knocked bor Babos was equal to the test and blocked Group 7 side to third place. in a Domenico Criscito cross to gift the group MP W D L GF GA Pts the shot. leaders the win. Serbia 7 6 0 1 15 5 18 To the misfortune of Babos, and great fortune Group Four Republic of Ireland (16 points) remain just France 7 4 2 1 9 7 14 Austria 7 3 1 3 10 10 10 of Ibrahimovic, the rebound ricocheted off Two penalties in six minutes from Tottenham one behind Italy (17) after Irish fan-favourite the Swedish’s striker’s chest, and bounced Lithuania 7 3 0 4 6 6 9 striker Roman Pavlyuchenko helped Russia Robbie Keane scored his 40th goal of his in- Romania 7 2 2 3 8 11 8 into the net. to a 3-0 victory over Liechtenstein in Group ternational career. Faroe Islands 7 0 1 6 2 11 1 Sweden had taken an early lead through vet- Four qualifying. Keane hit the winner with seven minutes eran defender Olof Mellberg, but Hungary Austria 3:1 Faroe Islands Russia, now only a point off group lead- against Cyprus in a match that seemed des- France 1:1 Romania clawed one back through a Szabolcs Huszti ers Germany, took the lead in St Petersburg tined for a draw after Kevin Doyle and Mari- penalty. through defender Vasili Berezutsky, and then os Elia had scored for their respective sides. Group 8 Pavlyuchenko netted twice from the spot to MP W D L GF GA Pts In the other match, third-placed Bulgaria Italy 7 5 2 0 11 3 17 Group Two put the result beyond doubt. comfortably defeated Montengro 4-1 to keep Rep of Ireland 8 4 4 0 10 6 16 It is tight at the top of Group Two, where Finland moved up to third after a late 2-1 win them in touch of Ireland. Bulgaria 7 2 5 0 10 5 11 Switzerland displaced Greece of the all-cru- over hosts Azerbaijan, but remain fi ve points Cyprus 7 1 2 4 7 11 5 cial automatic qualifying position with a 2-0 Montenegro 7 0 4 3 6 12 4 adrift of the second-placed Russia. Group Nine Georgia 8 0 3 5 4 11 3 victory in Basel. The Finns came from behind after Elvin With the Netherlands 11 points clear at the In the top-of-the-table clash, the Swiss failed Mammadov gave the home side the lead, top of Group Nine, second place is the only Bulgaria 4:1 Montenegro to threaten until the closing stages when Cyprus 1:2 Republic of Ireland with Hannu Tihinen’s equaliser and Petri position realistically up for grabs. Georgia 0:2 Italy Stephane Grichting and Marko Padalino Pasanen’s 85th minute winner gave the visi- Scotland currently lays claim to the position struck to give Ottmar Hitzfeld’s team the tors all three points. after a 2-0 victory over Macedonia, and Nor- Group 9 valuable three points. way could only manage a 1-1 draw. MP W D L GF GA Pts Latvia consolidated third place in Group Two Netherlands * 7 7 0 0 16 2 21 Group Five But with Scotland on 10 points, Norway and Scotland 7 3 1 3 6 10 10 after they secured an important 1-0 away vic- Spain smashed their way to their seventh Macedonia, both on seven points, remain a Norway 7 1 4 2 7 6 7 tory over fourth-placed Israel. consecutive Group Five qualifying win as the serious threat to Scots’ hopes of 2010. FYR Macedonia 7 2 1 4 4 9 7 A header from Kaspars Gorkss was the dif- Euro 2008 champions humbled Belgium 5-0. Iceland 8 1 2 5 7 13 5 ference between the sides, with Latvia now The emphatic performance maintains Spain’s Scotland 2:0 FYR Macedonia Iceland 1:1 Norway Issue 26 Monday 7th September 2009 p21 By Leroy Jerome Robinson in the UK LONDON CALLING THE ODDS OF GOING DOWN? I’m not much of a gambling man, (home), Hull City (away) and Bolton Wan- so when I found myself on the high derers (home). Only time will tell if experi- street in South London several weeks ence will be enough to keep them up but if ago with a few minutes to spare be- they can get 6 points from those 3 games I’ll fore lunch at a local Italian restaurant be sold on their survival. I took a wander. Imagine how sur- prised I was to fi nd my legs taking Wolves me to not one but two betting shops. 4 points from 4 games Tentatively crawling around each I seems to be about the found what I was looking for; football average for this aver- odds coupons for the upcoming sea- age bunch. Wolves are son. no exception. The same Aside from Burnley being 2,000-1 to win things I’ve mentioned the league, what I found most appealing about the other clubs apply to Wolves. Scor- were the relegation odds. Usually the pro- ing goals is the main problem. They really moted teams will be the most favoured to go have to hit the ground running after the in- down but not this year. Portsmouth and Hull ternational break. They have an away game had the dubious distinction of being favou- against Blackburn, are at home to Fulham rites for the drop ahead of Birmingham City, and then go to Mick McCarthy’s former Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers. club Sunderland. As we are on an international break the Anything less than 3 points from those 3 time has come, just four games into the sea- games would probably leave Wolves look- son, to ask if anything has changed. These ing up at most of the EPL. In many ways were the relegation odds at William Hill’s three draws is better than a win and two de- website on Saturday 5th September. Take Leroy’s tips and turn a Ayrton Senna into a bag of sand. feats as defeat to teams like Blackburn and clubs like Burnley that they expect to “make After 2 defeats to start the season they got Fulham means a 6 point swing. Portsmouth 8/13 things diffi cult for the bigger clubs” in the 4 points from the next 2 games and rest in The key though is to win games at home. Burnley 8/13 EPL, but invariably they also expect to go mid-table. I expect more goals from The They’ve taken one point at home from two Hull 10/11 down. Tigers this season and with the recent (and games against Hull City and West Ham Birmingham 6/5 If they do it will be playing passing football excellent) free agent signing of Jan Venne- United, not good enough if they wish to stay Wolves 15/8 and not just launching the thing airborne. 6 goor of Hesselink perhaps they can ensure up. The win at Wigan was a welcome one points from 4 games, including home wins survival in the EPL before the fi nal day this but not all teams will be as inept at home as I would say these odds are a pretty fair re- against Man Utd and Everton, suggest they time around. Certainly JVH represents bet- Wigan has been so far. fl ection of what each side has done over the will not fall down quite as easily as Edu- ter value than the £5m they were going to Manager Mick McCarthy couldn’t keep fi rst few games this season and of how close ardo. spend on Bobby Zamora of Fulham. Sunderland up the last time he coached in it will be this season. They’ve only scored twice in 4 games and With 4 goals from 4 games (albeit they’ve the top tier and though I like the signings of though they’ve kept clean sheets in both conceded 8 – 5 of those to Spurs) they are on Kevin Doyle (Reading), Ronald Zubar (Mar- Portsmouth their wins, once the defence starts to crack track to score more than they did last year, seille), Michael Mancienne (loan - Chelsea) Since Paul Hart re- they will struggle. Their squad is the usual not a diffi cult feat. Their next 3 games see and Nenad Milijas (Crvena Zvezda), and the placed Tony Adams the collection of no-name players experiencing them play Sunderland (away), Birmingham fact that you can sponsor a player of your only news coming from their fi rst crack at the top fl ight and a few re- (home) and Liverpool (away). They would choice (very cool!), I don’t think there is Pompey has been nega- jects from other EPL clubs; usually this isn’t take 4 points from that if I offered it to them enough Premier League experience in the tive. With the club fi - enough to stay up. and I expect The Tigers to get them. squad to cope when they ineivtably hit a bad nally sold (as well as their best players) the If they are to stay up it will be a true col- patch in form. manager knows which players he’ll have to lective effort because the players they have What they really needed was a deadline work with, at least until January 1st when day signing of an experienced campaigner are not good enough individually to domi- Birmingham the next round of sales begins. nate a game. They’ve signed Dave Nugent It’s always hard judging to give the dressing-room the benefi t of his Notable late signings include midfi elder to help score goals and to some degree their the promoted teams. Bir- wisdom. Kevin-Prince Boateng from Spurs, Jamie success will be measured by how he and mingham looked awful O’Hara (loan deal from Spurs), Yebda (loan Steven Fletcher gel as a partnership. in patches in their last Two From Five Will Stay Up deal – Benfi ca), as well as defenders Tal Unfortunately they play Liverpool (away), game against Spurs and It’s really tough choosing who’ll go down Ben Haim (Man City) and Mike Williamson Sunderland (home) and Tottenham (away) could have been buried at such an early stage in the season. Injuries (Watford). in the next three games and I can’t see them by half time. As it was and form play a huge part but wisdom and They’ve lost Dave Nugent (loan) and getting any more than a point from those. they hung around and could have won. The past performance suggests two promoted Niko Kranjcar to Burnley and Spurs respec- Welcome to the EPL boys. Enjoy your stay fact that they lost is indicative of the way teams will go down and one established tively so the goal-scoring burden is fi rmly and please leave by the nearest available things usually go for promoted teams. EPL team will join them. Winning at home on new Ivory Cost striker exit when the journey is over. is the key, as Stoke showed last year. I think and John Utaka, players they will lose early Which Birmingham will turn up for the rest last year was an exception to my rule but next year for the African Cup of Nations. looking at the fi ve this year I think Wolves, Hull of the season? Like Hull they have 4 points If that isn’t bad enough Pompey’s website The signing of Jozy Al- from 4 games which is a decent return but Burnley and Portsmouth are the worst of a doesn’t even include Dindane in the squad! tidore is to be commend- over the long run probably isn’t enough to bad bunch. Birmingham and Hull have just Not to mention the fact they still have last ed. With his strength and stay up. enough experience to stay alive for another year’s league table on the site instead of this ability to annoy defend- Two goals from 4 games should be a worry year. year. Nil points from 4 games - truth hurts I ers with his huge frame for The Blues and their transfer activity at guess! Another bad sign is that they’re spon- he has what it takes to the close of the window may worry the fans Of course a few teams like Bolton, Fulham sored by jobsite, a website that helps people be a success in the league. Phil Brown has too for it was almost non-existent. They or Wigan may be dragged into the fi ght and fi nd work. Paul Hart may need that site in a been pulling his hair out trying to sign play- did sign left-back Gregory Vignal from if that happens maybe the promoted teams month or so. Pompey’s outlook isn’t much ers (especially strikers) and keeps getting Lens but for the most part they’ll rely on can survive due to the defi ciencies of others, better than the UK economy’s. spurned. Most players probably believed, experienced players like Stephen Carr, Lee but that’s not something I’d put money on. All is not bleak. Any type of form, say like I did at the start of the season, that Hull Bowyer, , James McFadden, a couple of wins in the next three games was a sinking ship. Franck Queudrue and new signing Christian against Bolton (home), Aston villa (away) The strange thing is they’re better than last Benitez. SOURCES: and Everton (home) will see them climb the season. Not only did Brown sign Altidore he They are unbeaten at home thus far and http://www.wolves.co.uk table and out of the relegation places. got Stephen Hunt from Reading, and they’ve they’ll need to remain so, especially against http://www.hullcityafc.net kept Geovanni. Selling Michael Turner to the fellow strugglers. What they have over www.portsmouthfc.co.uk Burnley Sunderland will hurt them but they have a the rest of their newly-promoted cous- http://www.bcfc.com Owen Coyle has no such job ready-made replacement in giant Ibrahima ins is EPL experience in their ranks. They http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com worries. It’s almost always Sonko (loan – Stoke) to replace him. have games against local rivals Aston Villa www.premierleague.com the case with such small p22 Monday 7th Septem- Issue 26 LONDON CALLING By Adam North in the UK GAUGING THE BIG FOUR So Far So Good For the Blues The Premier League has only been ing on illegal style of play, in which they going for a few weeks and yet it’s al- kick and foul the players to stop them from ready inspiring much talk and indeed being hurt. I do not wholeheartedly agree argument. There have been some with Arsene Wenger’s criticism of United, great performances, some major up- suggesting they play ‘Anti-Football’, but I sets, and plenty of talking points that do think he has a point. have been pondered over by both Of course, in the coming weeks United fans and media alike. Some teams may pick up, and they could start scoring are doing better than expected so far, freely and playing sumptuous attacking whereas some are looking decidedly football, but so far the indications are that it unimpressive. But exactly how well, could be a tough season for the champs. And or indeed how badly, have the Pre- the same can certainly be said for Liverpool. mier League’s ‘Big Four’ started? The Reds currently sit seventh in the league, Undoubtedly the team that has gotten off having already conceded seven goals in their to the most impressive start is Chelsea. An- four games, and have already suffered two celotti’s men have looked the class of the defeats. Indeed they lost against two of the league so far, taking the maximum twelve league’s better sides, Tottenham and Aston points from their fi rst four games. Right Villa, but it’s the manner of their defeats now, going into the international break, the which should be making the Kop worried. Blues sit atop of the Premier League with a Liverpool have looked very shaky so better goal difference than everyone else in far, as they have little to no creativity in the the league. midfi eld, they do not look good at the back, I thought that it may take a while for With a Community Shield already under his belt, and their star duo, Torres and Gerrard, have Chelsea to get going, since they have had a Carlos Angelotti is off to a fi ne start at Stamford Bridge. been considerably ordinary. I have often change of manager bringing with it a change suggested that Liverpool would struggle if in football philosophy and style of play. Yet the champions and last years fi fth best team before a ball was kicked, the current champs either Torres or Gerrard missed games, but they have shot out of the proverbial blocks away from home. have gotten off to a patchy start. So fat their it seems that they are struggling even with in a manor that even Usain Bolt would be The Gunners won their fi rst two matches win against Wigan was their most impres- those two playing. Rafa Benitez himself proud of. Ten goals in four games is impres- convincingly, but they did lose in the fi rst sive result, yet even in that game they looked even demanded more from Stevie G last sive for the Blues, as over the last few sea- big game of the season against Manchester a little anaemic up front until they grabbed week, an actions that hints at a man who sons their success has been based on their United. Despite losing, however, Arsenal the fi rst goal, at which point Wigan’s resolve knows his team are vastly underperforming defensive capabilities combined with the fans should not be too downhearted by their broke and United ran up the score. The Red as a whole. ability to knick an important goal here and teams display at Old Trafford. For much Devils struggled to beat Birmingham in their The one bright spot for Liverpool at the there. Not this season, however, and it is of the game the reds from London domi- opener, and in what could be the biggest moment is Glen Johnson, who has looked a their Italian manager, strangely enough, that nated the reds from Manchester, and in the shock all season they were beaten by the class apart from his team-mates since joining is imploring his team to attack rather than end their downfall came from much of their newly promoted Burnley, and deservedly from Portsmouth. He has provided width to defend. own doing, as they conceded a penalty and so. And, like I have said already, they could and attacking momentum, and has even net- And it also seems that fi nally Anelka and also scored an own goal. Overall, a draw, have lost against Arsenal, which would have ted some handy goals. But if it’s your right Drogba have decided that they enjoy playing or maybe even an Arsenal win would have been quite a body blow even this early in the back who is your star performer, something alongside each other. In the match against been the correct result based on the match season. is seriously wrong. The loss of Xabi Alonso Fulham it was the French speaking duo that itself, but United did what they have done It’s true that fans of the Manchester club to Madrid is hurting Liverpool already, and were the class apart for the Blues, and they since the Premier League’s inception, and can point to nine points on the board from if they don’t right the ship soon, I can hon- bagged a goal each on the way to a com- they won a game in which they did not play four games, but it is the manner that they estly say that I believe that their spot in the fortable win, in a game which beforehand great, which I’ll touch on later, and they have achieved those wins, and it’s the way top four, and therefore in the Champions looked like it may have caused a problem or have taken points away from a title rival. that they are currently playing, that is the League, could be under threat, especially two for the current league leaders. For Arsenal, the game against United worrying factor for those predicting more with teams like Spurs and Manchester City Before every Chelsea fan gets carried away could be an indication of how their season United league success. I hate to say it, but in looking so good. though, the four wins that Chelsea have will pan out. Already we have seen that the four games in the league since Ronaldo So with four games played, well three in achieved so far have been against relatively they can be free scoring and an impressive has left, United lack any real threat up front. Arsenal’s case, things are looking good for weak opposition. The Blues have done what attacking unit, yet they may stumble over Yes they have scored goals, but teams do not the London half of the ‘Big Four’. For Unit- was expected of them, but it will be inter- their own feet a little too much, resulting in seem to fear their attacking line as much as ed, the season has started slow, but it is way esting to see if they both employ the same a fairly good season, but perhaps no trophies they did when the best player in the world too early to suggest that they won’t claim yet tactics they have been using against stronger at the end of it. Then again, if the Gunners was on the team sheet. I doubted Ronaldo’s another league title. And for Liverpool, well opposition, and if they continue to have the can continue playing this well, and also per- departure would be that big a loss for United, let’s say that if the rest of the season car- same level of success. haps knick some points in games that they but so far it’s looking like it may cost them ries on like it has, they might even struggle Although it is indeed Chelsea that have don’t play as well, then they could be title the title. The game against Arsenal sug- to get into Europe, let alone the Champions started the better, it is probably Arsenal that contenders. gested that they cannot play football against League. And as for their title hopes, they’ll have looked the most impressive. Eleven And so that brings us to Manchester Unit- the bigger teams right now, and instead they be praying that Torres and Gerrard get a lot goals in three games is an impressive scor- ed. Many people’s favourites for the title have adopted a grittier, perhaps even border- better fast, otherwise it could be another tro- ing ratio, considering they have played both phy-less season for Rafa and his team.

Issue 26 Monday 7th September 2009 p23 INTERSTATE South Australia Zebras Advance To SA Final Adelaide City has set up a rematch minutes before half time when Jono Negus Richie Alagich Claims of last year’s grand fi nal with Metro was through on goal with only the keeper to FFSA RESULTS Stars after it comfortably knocked off beat. The ABE custodian saved brilliantly Medal DEVINE HOMES SUPER LEAGUE Adelaide Blue Eagles 2-0. to keep his side in the match. City also keeps its dream alive of break- Midway through the second half new Richie Alagich has won the Super Adelaide Blue Eagles 0 ing its own record for a fi fth consecutive top signing Morrell doubled the lead after Ne- League Player of the year, taking Adelaide City 2 (P.Eleftherakis, fl ight championship. gus was again involved. Negus pounced on home the Sergio Melta Medal by a D.Morrell) (HT 0-1) Goals either side of the break to Peter a defensive error on the half way line and whopping 19 votes. Best – Blue Eagles (Not Provided) Eleftherakis and new signing Damian Mor- charged towards goal. As he shaped to shoot, Alagich recorded an incredible 35 votes af- Adel City (P.Pezos, K.Nash, N.Budin) rell were enough to send ABE packing and some nifty tackling from the ABE defence ter a stellar campaign with the Raiders. The draw curtains on its 2009 season. saw Negus lose possession. He quickly re- 2009 Sergio Melta Medal is the second for ABE were without suspended defender Tim trieved the loose ball and laid off to Budin Alagich who won the same award in 2004 Devine Homes Super League Sarris and top goal scorer Saranti Parissos whose cross found Morrell at the back post. also with the Raiders. Alagich won the 1993 Reserves was a surprise starting off on the bench, pick- His header was superbly saved by DeLucia Medal for Best Premier League ing up an injury at training during the week. but Morrell netted on the second attempt. Player with the Pirates as a 19 year old. Adelaide Galaxy 2 Adelaide City 2 Adelaide City gave a start to new signing City keeper Ben Moore was fi nally called Alagich polled nine best on ground perfor- mances and received a vote in every match Adelaide City won 4-3 on penalties Damian Morrell who recently joined from into action moments later when a Damian (details not provided by fi rst named he played excluding rounds 15 and 18 where relegated Modbury Jets while player coach DiMella cross found Angelo Arambatzis team) continued to start in defence. lurking in the area. Arambatzis’ header pro- Raiders lost 3-1 to Adelaide Galaxy and 4-0 Mori’s men looked more comfortable from duced a fi ne save from Moore keeping the to the Blue Eagles respectively. Alagich the outset with ABE having to adjust to play- score at 2-0. missed rounds 12 and 14. Devine Homes Super League ing without a strong target man up front in City held on for the win and effectively Runners up were the Super League’s Gold- Under 19 the absence of Parissos. Argentine Maxi set up a rematch of last year’s grand fi nal en Boot winner Jason Trimboli of Campbell- Dominguez and Angelo Arambatzis not against Metro Stars. There was some late town who amassed 22 league goals and Eli Adelaide City 2 (Kaiser 2) combining well for the Blue Eagles. controversy when an off the ball incident Vlassis of the Western Strikers. Both play- Adelaide Blue Eagles 2 (Flynn, Bar- City dominated in midfi eld with David Pal- after the fi nal whistle saw Saranti Parissos ers fi nishing the season with 16 votes. letta) (HT 1-0) (FT 1-1) (AET 2-2) ladino and Nick Orr getting fair shares of the shown the red card. The 2009 Sergio Melta Medal joins the Adel City won 4-2 on penalties ball. Marcelo Arias often out numbered in The black and white’s won last year’s Adelaide United Club Champion award Al- Best – Adel City (Barbaro, Kaiser, the middle of the park for ABE. grand fi nal 2-0 and appear to have peaked gaich won in 2003-2004. Koleznikowicz) Blue Eagles Morrell created the fi rst real chance of the at the right time. Adelaide City fi nished Raiders made it a medal double with coach (Walter, Kalinovic, Barletta) game for City when he broke down the right fi fth on the premiership table at the end of John Duthie taking out the Super League Coach of the Year. and his superb cut back was met by Orr. Orr the home and away season and has now land and Joe Lagana of Croydon all fi nished Branko Milosevic won the Bob Telfer however blasted his shot over the bar. won their last fi ve games. the season locked on 12 votes. Medal for the Premier League’s best player. Eleftherakis gave Adelaide City the lead Metro Stars will be weary of Adelaide Russel Waller took out the Milan Ivanovic The 45 year old became the oldest player to on the half hour mark when some confusion City’s momentum as Metro have had little Medal as the State League’s best player. win the award. between Blue Eagles centre back Dean Ken- match practise in recent weeks playing only Waller polled 22 votes, one more than runner The former Socceroo polled 15 votes in nrick and keeper Gino DeLucia gifted Nick twice in the last fi ve weeks. up Faustin Machochi of Seaford. Budin a shot at goal. DeLucia came off his Coincidently, Metro Stars and Adelaide the fi nal nine games for Adelaide Olympic line to collect but Kenrick’s clearance fell City will do battle in all levels of the Super and it proved enough to earn the award. A League Grand Final; Seniors, Reserves and best on ground performance on the last day straight to Budin. His shot was blocked and By Lee Gagliardi the rebound fell to Eleftherakis who was on U19’s. The Final will be played at Hind- of the season ensured there was no four-way hand to tap in the easiest of goals. marsh Stadium on Sunday 13th September. tie after runners up Elias Demourtzides of Photo by Adam Butler DeLucia was again in the thick of things the Comets, Danny Graystone of Cumber-

Peter Eleftherakis taps in the opener for Adelaide City p24 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 INTERSTATE REDLANDS TO FACE OLYMPIC IN PRELIM With Brisbane Strikers having se- their advantage though and were made to Possession and territory was on the Fire’s Preliminary Final Preview – cured their place in the Grand Final pay for it. In the 21st minute, a cross from side but still they were unable to break Olympic FC v Redlands City Devils with victory of Olympic FC in the Ma- the left was not cleared effi ciently and fell through the resolute Redlands defence. Olympic FC host Redlands City Devils in jor Semi-fi nal, the race for the other to the feet of Redland’s Wayne Knipe. He Sam Knight had a great chance to equal- this year’s Preliminary Final knowing that berth began when Sunshine Coast took one touch and curled in a nice left foot ize after switching from the left wing to the they have beaten their opponents twice al- hosted Redlands City Devils in an shot from the edge of the area to beat Fire right. He cut in past two defenders and hit a ready this season in an opening round 4-0 elimination match. The winner then goalkeeper Antony Hall. powerful right foot shot across goal. With victory and a hard fought 2-1 win away in going on to face off against Olympic The Fire settled after the goal and created the goalkeeper beaten, the ball cannoned off Round 12. in the Preliminary Final. two good chances, Greig Henslee crossed the post and away to safety. Shortly after- Redlands are arguably in better form, well from the right but Craig Hawkins was wards Shaun Blackman’s header fl ew nar- ending Sunshine Coast FC’s twelve game Sunshine Coast Fire 0 Redlands City Dev- unable to convert with his head. Whilst later rowly wide of the post after a good cross unbeaten streak last week as well as defeat- ils 2 (Wayne Knipe 21’, Chris Bale 77’) Redlands failed to clear a corner but the Fire from Tyson Holmes. Luck was not with the ing QAS 4-2 in the last round of the regular could only manage to blast the ball over the Fire. season. Of the two teams Sunshine Coast had the cross bar. To make matters worse Fire cap- Jai Cross entered the game as the Sunshine Olympic, on the other hand, haven’t tasted better form going into the semi-fi nal with a tain Ryan Smith had to leave the fi eld short- Coast looked for a deserved goal. A 3-4-3 success since 26 July when they narrowly 12-game unbeaten streak to defend. Howev- ly after with concussion. formation allowed the forwards to push on beat Capricorn Cougars 1-0 in Rockhamp- er the Devils had shown during the season A shift in positions saw Micheal Gial- but Cross found his best effort blocked by a ton but will be especially keen to make the they have what it takes to defeat the Sun- lourakis more up front, Craig Hawkins to Redlands defender. fi nal after throwing away a two goal lead shine Coast side when they downed them midfi eld and Henslee back to defence. It As the Fire pushed on they left gaps at the in last week’s major semi-fi nal with rivals 3-1 at Stockland Park. wasn’t enough to prompt a breakthrough as back eventually Redlands took their chance Brisbane Strikers. The Fire dominated the early stages of the Redlands led at the break 1-0. with Chris Bail snatching a second goal and match, keeping possession and forcing the The Fire started the second half in much all but sealing the win. By Jarrod Ellis Redlands keeper to deny some long range more dynamic form, passes were crisper and efforts. The home side couldn’t convert the movement off the ball was much better. In Brisbane

INTERSTATE West Australia Western Knights stay on track for title With three rounds still to be played in Dawson inside the box thwarted the attack. second half were a shadow of the side that were the State Premier League, Armadle were suddenly the stronger team and so dominant in the fi rst. WA RESULTS the Western Knights moved a step clos- dominating the middle of the park and in the Second placed Perth, fi ve points behind the er to claiming the championship, while 53rd minute pulled a goal back. James Robin- Knights play third placed Floreat Athena in the First Team their opponents Armadale stayed em- son showed great skill on the by-line to beat late game on Sunday and must win if they hope Canning City 2(Lujan 18, Newcombe 66,) broiled in a relegation dogfi ght. a Knights defender and then lay the ball back to win the championship. Inglewood United 3(Grant 10, Loncar 83, The Western Knights opened the scoring to the edge of the box, where Ryan Pearson Bottom placed Canning City, one point behind Kovacevic 91,); Cockburn City 0 Stirling Li- ons 2(Feraron 9, OG 28,); ECU Joondalup as early as the seventh minute when a Daniel unleashed a powerful drive that beat and un- Armadale pulled an early goal back against In- 2 (McCulloch 31, 44,)Swan United 3(Scali Micevski corner was fl icked on by Barry Dev- sighted Siddall. glewood United and then took the lead. But an 5, 7, Watt 51,); Western Knights 3(Annall lin and David Annall at the back posted nodded Armadale continued to attack and in the 71st equaliser from Loncar in the 83rd minute was 8, Dawson 33, Hepburn 91,) Armadale the ball down and into the back of the net. minute Jeff Bright was played in on the left followed up with another from Mladen Kova- 1(Pearson 53,); Sorrento 0 Mandurah City The could so easily have doubled their lead in hand side by a great ball from Kieran Tracey, cevic in the 91st minute. With three rounds to 2(Hedges 72, 78,). the 13th minute when Devlin, this time fl icked he looked certain to score, but good covering go they face an uphill battle to stay in the Pre- Sunday 6 September 2009 on a long throw in by David Micevski, but defence from David Price slowed him down mier league. Floreat Athena Perth SC . Dawson completely missed the ball when he and enabled the Knights to get numbers back, Scott Miller’s Cockburn City is tumbling attempted to shoot. and the chance went begging. down the table and they went down 2-0 against Reserves In the 19th minute Daniel Micevski won the As Armadle continued to dominate and search Stirling Lions who have now won fi ve games Canning City 0 Inglewood United 0; Cock- ball in midfi eld and laid the ball into the path of for an equaliser the Knights started to fall apart, on the trot. Anthony Fearon scoring his fi rst burn City 1 Stirling Lions 0; ECU Joonda- lup 3 Swan United 3; Western Knights 0 Anthony Campbell. The big striker surged into with Campbell and coach Paul Price engaging goal for the club after signing on the transfer Armadale 1; Sorrento 5 Mandurah City 0. the box and found himself one-on-one with the in an embarrassing slanging match. deadline. Cockburn are just three points ahead Armadale keeper, but Alex Pearson came out Former Perth Glory midfi elder Gary Faria of Canning and are in a very precarious posi- Under 18’s on top saving with his feet. came on for Grieve for Armadale and on several tion. Canning City 0 Inglewood United 3; Cock- Just after the half hour mark the rampant occasions combined superbly with Ryan Pear- ECU Joondalup conceded two goals in the burn City 0 Stirling Lions 2; ECU Joonda- lup 3 Swan United 0; Western Knights 4 Knights did double their lead. Another corner son, but somehow the Knights always managed opening seven minutes against Swan United Armadale 1; Sorrento 1 Mandurah City 2 . was this time fl icked on at the near post by fi rst to snuff out the attack at the vital stage. and then managed to pull them both back, but Campbell and then by Marcinko, Dawson run- In the 90th minute Armadale had appeals for succumbed to strike from Watt in the 51st min- ning in at the back post unmarked buried the a penalty turned down when Andy Bowyer ap- ute. P W D L F A GD Pt ball into the back of the net with ease. peared to be tripped following good build up Last years Champions Sorrento who have Western Knights 19 16 1 2 43 17 26 49 Perth SC * 18 13 2 3 50 25 25 41 Marcinko then hit the cross bar with a head- play from Faria and Robinson. struggled all year lost at home 0-2 to Mandurah Floreat Athena * 18 9 2 7 33 34 -1 29 er following another long throw as Armadale Within a minute all hope of a share of the City thanks to two goals from Farrell Hedges. Swan United 19 8 3 8 30 37 -7 27 looked destined for a hiding. points was extinguished. David Micevski Sorrento are probably one win away from se- ECU Joondalup 19 8 1 10 36 38 -2 25 However Coach Bradley Hassell knowing picked up the ball in the centre circle and car- curing their safety as they are fi ve points ahead Mandurah City 19 7 4 8 31 29 2 25 Inglewood United 19 7 4 8 25 34 -9 25 they needed points took defender Gary Bunting ried it forward unopposed, at the edge of the of Canning, but a loss next week could make Stirling Lions 19 7 3 9 32 38 -6 24 off at half time and replaced him with attacker box he slid the ball into the path of substitute the last two weeks very nervous. Sorrento 19 6 4 9 33 37 -4 22 Kieran Tracey. It almost paid of immediately as Hepburn on his left. The big striker rifl ed his Cockburn City 19 6 2 11 29 31 -2 20 Armadale 19 5 4 10 31 43 -12 19 the lively Mo Atak burst through the Knights fi rst time shot past Alex Pearson and Armadale By Ashley Morrison Canning City 19 5 2 12 34 44 -10 17 defence, and only a superbly timed tackle by were defeated 3-1. The score line fl attered the Knights who in the In Perth

Issue 24 Monday 7th September 2009 INTERSTATE STALLIONS UPSET UNITED TO BOOK FINAL WITH SHARKS Marconi Stallions will face Suther- ished with aplomb. by Luka Glavas. FNSW DETAILS land Sharks in the 2009 TeleChoice Marconi’s dominance in midfi eld via In the end, the Stallions administered Premier League Grand-Final next the feet of Nahuel Arrarte, Vamara Di- the closing stages with authority to seal TELECHOICE PREMIER LEAGUE: weekend following a near fl awless arra, Ousmane Toure and Ali Al-Hilfi a grand-fi nal berth next weekend, though FINAL SERIES: PRELIMINARY FI- display against Sydney United at was clear for all to see, and the Stallions Ben Vidaic’s straight red card on 85’ NALS: FIRST GRADE: Sydney United reinstated their two-goal lead before the minutes for an apparent elbow slightly 2 ( 24m Luka Glavas 75m) Sydney United Sports Centre. Marconi Stallions 4 (Alexander Canak Play in some very diffi cult conditions break via defender Wade Oostendorp tarnished celebrations following the fi nal 6m Erick Anabalon 23m Wade Oost- – a poor playing surface – the Stallions whom was on-hand to make the most whistle. endorp 33m Own goal 66m). GRADE overcame the Minor Premiers with a fi ne of some slack Reds defending to slot Sutherland Sharks and Marconi Stal- 20: Blacktown City 0 Sydney United 2 passing game that started to bare fruit home. lions will contest the Grand-Final next (S Veleski 5m A Tomic 12m). within the opening 5’ minutes of play as Oostendorp was in the thick of the Sunday afternoon at CUA Stadium in SUPER LEAGUE: FINAL SERIES: Alexander Canak volleyed home from action after the break for the Stallions Penrith with kick-off set for 3:00 PM. PRELIMINARY FINALS: FIRST close-range. fourth goal. The defender rose highest to Prior to the big one, the Super League GRADE: Rockdale City Suns 0 Spir- Sydney United seemed stunned, and head a corner from the left-side on goal; Grand-Final will take place as PCYC it FC 2 (L Papanicolaou 18/93m). only after Erick Anabalon’s defl ected a slight defl ection off a Reds defender Parramatta Eagles take on Spirit FC GRADE 20: PCYC Parramatta 0 Spirit long-range effort beat Vedran Janjetovic caught Janjetovic unawares, and the def- while both the U11 and U12’s Metro- FC 1. in the Sydney United goal on 23’ min- icit became three. politan Grand Finals will also take shape DIVISION ONE: FINAL SERIES: PRE- utes for the Stallions second goal, did the To the Reds credit – on an afternoon earlier in the day. LIMINARY FINALS: FIRST GRADE: Reds awaken. where all went wrong for the side – Da- Dulwich Hill 3 (A Scicluna 15m N Luka Glavas orchestrated the side’s vor Bajsic’s mazy run into the penalty- Paradisis 79m M Frost 98m) UNSW 2 venture down the left-fl ank. Glavas’ area, brought to an end by a Vamara (C Richards 83m J Byrne 86m) Extra By Joseph Carlucci Time (2-2 F/T). GRADE 20: Mounties square ball into the penalty-area picked Diarra tackle, left the referee with no FC 0 Sydney Wanderers FC 1. out player/coach Ante Milicic whom fi n- choice but to award a penalty; converted Courtesy of FNSW

Tasmania INTERSTATE Four Southern Sides In Tassie Finals Clarence United became the fourth southern Tasmanian team to qualify for the semi-fi nals of the Tasmanian Premier League Top-Four fi nals series when they beat Launceston outfi t Northern Rangers 5-4 in a penalty shoot- out at Ulverstone Saturday. The sides were level at 2-2 after nor- mal time and after extra-time. Sam McIntyre could have won the match for Clarence three minutes before the end of extra-time, but he missed a penalty. Former Clarence player Paul Brem- ner put the Forestry Tasmania Northern Premier League champions ahead in the 31st minute when the Clarence defence blocked Derek Schipper’s free-kick and the ball rebounded to the alert Bremner. McIntyre equalised for Clarence in the 51st minute from 12 metres out after an The Northern Rangers squad that won the league but didn’t make the semi-fi nals accurate cross from Ben Hamlett. Clarence, who fi nished fourth in the ing header from Grant Malcolm’s free- Orr’s header from countryman Mal- Andrew Nicholson restored Rangers’ Forestry Tasmania Southern Premier kick. colm’s free-kick from the left made it lead on the hour, but substitute Andy League, play Tilford Zebras, who had A free-kick by Jackie Kuel sailed into 2-0 for the visitors. Barron took the game into extra-time fi nished second in the south, and south- the top corner of the Metro net in the United were far from fi nished, howev- when he scrambled home another Clar- ern league champion, South Hobart, take 59th minute to reduce the arrears, but a er, and they fashioned some fi ne chanc- ence equaliser three minutes into stop- on third-placed southerners Glenorchy goal by Colin Sweeney in the 64th min- es in the second half. They tended to be page time. Knights in next weekend’s all-southern ute made it 3-1 for the visitors. overly elaborate, however, wanting that In the penalty shoot-out, Clarence net- semi-fi nals. Metro’s victory was tempered by the extra pass before shooting and this en- ted through McIntyre, Hamlett, Luke Metro regained top spot on the south- loss through injury of two of their Scot- abled Metro to negate their attacks. Cripps, Barron and Luke Huigsloot, ern Division One ladder with a 3-1 away tish imports, Grant Malcolm and Sam A free-kick from the left corner of the while Matt Lewis had his spot-kick win over fi fth-placed Hobart United at Sweeney. box by Jackie Kuel lodged in the far top saved, and when asked to retake it by Pontville on Saturday night. Metro started strongly and Aaron Mar- corner of the net to make it 2-1, but Met- the referee because of an infringement Metro are now a point ahead of sec- ney and Sweeney both went close before ro added their third midway through the by Rangers, his second effort was also ond-placed Taroona and both sides have a foul by Samson Rume on Marney saw half when Danny Cowen made a good saved by keeper Marshall Pooley. one game remaining - both must Ho- referee Kim Barker award Metro a pen- run down the left and Malcolm fi nished Thataetsile Kakadumane, Todd Hings- bart United. alty, which Orr, Metro’s third Scottish the move with a clinical shot. ton, Schipper and Marshall Pooley A penalty by Ricky Orr gave Metro import and the league’s leading marks- scored with their penalties for Rang- a 1-0 lead at the break, and he scored man, out away with ease. By Walter Pless ers, but Clarence keeper Michael Mo- again just after the interval with a glanc- Three minutes into the second period, Photo by Waletr Pless schogianis saved Bremner’s effort. p26 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 Metro, Masters & Women’s Results And Ladders VICTORIA

MENS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE: North-West: Altona Womens State League Div 2 South-East 0, Spring Hills 1 Sunshine Heights 2 (NT Le 2), Yarraville North 2 (J Bondin A Whatmore) Broadmeadows Utd 3 (M P W D L F A PT Boys South 13 A: Beaumaris 2 Berwick City Boys East 11 Orange: Riversdale 0 FC Bulleen Li- 1 Williamstown 3, Essendon Royals 0 Keilor Park 2 Yilmaz H Unal S Gorgun), Heidelberg Stars 2 (S Yusuf Doncaster Rovers 18 16 2 0 65 12 50 0, Hampton 5 Peninsula 0, Brighton 0 Bentle- ons 4, Sherbrooke Rangers 0 Glen Eira 0, Bo- AH Elmi) Northern Utd 2 (C Barkho 2), Tullamarine Jets Berwick City 18 13 3 2 85 14 42 igh Greens 5, Casey Comets 2 Doveton 2 ronia 3 Doncaster Rovers 1, Glen Waverley 4 Girls Nth We 18: Diamond Valley Utd 2 Pres- 2 (M Kurucu O Kurucu) Moreland Wolves 0, Yarra Jets Ashburton 18 11 3 4 44 20 36 Ashburton 0, Oakleigh 1 Waverley Victory FC 4 ton Lions 4 (KM Shearing J Ghirxi J Cvetkovs- 2 (D Meade B Wilson) Northern Roosters 1 (M Yeleser), Albert Park 18 8 4 6 35 20 28 Boys South 13 B: Langwarrin 2 Berwick City 2, Hampton ka T Nicolaou), Keilor Wolves 1 Keilor Park 0, Res: Altona North 2 Broadmeadows Utd 6, Heidelberg Sandringham 18 5 4 9 21 32 19 Park Utd 3 East Bentleigh 1, South Springvale 4 Bentle- Boys Ea 11 Jo Yell S: Montrose JSC 1 7 Mooroolbark Stars 4 Northern Utd 2, Tullamarine Jets 1 (J Mawir) Southern Suburbs 18 6 1 11 23 60 19 igh Greens 0, Dandenong Thunder 10 Beaumaris 0 2 0, Montrose JSC 2 2 Croydon City Arrows 7, Oak- Girls Sth Ea 18: Boroondara Eagles 1 4 Sherbrooke Moreland Wolves 1, Yarra Jets 2 Northern Roosters 3 Beaumaris 18 6 1 11 22 67 19 leigh 2 3 Mooroolbark 1 2, Oakleigh 1 9 East Kew FC 2 Rangers 0, Langwarrin 4 Whitehorse Utd 7, Moorool- Mornington Flames 17 6 0 11 30 42 18 Boys South 13 C: Keysborough 7 (S Gonsalves S bark 0 Boronia 0, East Bentleigh 4 Doncaster Rov- South-East: St. Kevins 0 Ringwood City 3 (J Van Gulik 17 4 3 10 20 34 15 Nguyen D Sok D Tran L Triandafi llidis 3) Berwick Boys Ea 11 Ka/Jo Yel: FC Bulleen Lions 3 North ers 0, Endeavour Utd 0 Boroondara Eagles 2 4 A Faltyn RM Arevalo), Harrisfi eld Hurricanes 1 (S Rai) Mooroolbark 18 3 1 14 16 60 10 City 1, Hampton 0 Lyndale Utd 1, Casey Panthers 2 Caulfi eld 0, Caulfi eld United Cobras 0 Doncast- Dandenong Warriors 2 (O Leveille C Aliphon), Park- Doveton 2, Seaford Utd 7 Harrisfi eld Hurricanes 1, er Rovers 1 2, Ashburton 2 Boroondara Eagles 2 Girls Metro 16 A: GRFA 5 Richmond 1, Bundoora more 1 (BS Holod) Caulfi eld Grammarians 5 (M Davies Womens State League Div 3 North-West Utd 4 Brighton 0, Casey Comets 3 Heatherton Utd 0, B Swaik A Fleming JL Hall C Donlevy), Res: St. Kevins P W D L F A PT Boys South 13 D: Beaumaris 1 0 Casey Comets 2, Carrum Boys 18 Nth : Brunswick Zebras 1 Brunswick 0 Ringwood City 3, Harrisfi eld Hurricanes 3 Dande- Cairnlea WSC 16 15 1 0117 22 46 Utd 1 Sandringham City 1, Peninsula 6 Westernport SC 0, City 2, Sydenham Park 2 Whittlesea Stallions 5 Girls Metro 16 B: Brunswick Zebras 1 Baxter 0, Wat- nong Warriors 1, Parkmore 1 Caulfi eld Grammarians 1 Keilor Park 16 11 2 3 82 18 35 sonia Heights 1 Carrum Utd 1, Peninsula 0 Sandring- FC Bulleen Lions 15 11 1 3 74 18 34 Boys South 12 A: Beaumaris 2 Berwick City 1, Boys North 16 A: Diamond Valley Utd 1 Moreland ham City 2, Hampton Park Utd 3 East Bentleigh 0 WOMENS STATE LEAGUE: Div 1: Whitehorse Utd 6 Diamond Valley Utd 15 10 3 2 50 18 33 Mornington 0 Brighton 8, South Eastern Pira- Utd 1, Lalor Utd 1 Bundoora Utd 1, Northcote City (J Traynor VJ Castro S Lewis AL Barnett 3) Whittlesea Brunswick Zebras 16 7 1 8 47 47 22 nhas 4 Bentleigh Greens 0, Springvale White 2 Moreland City 7, Fawkner 1 Brunswick Zebras 2 Girls N/W 16 C: Epping City 3 Brunswick Zebras Stallions 0, Uni. of Melbourne 1 (EK La Greca) Altona Sunshine Georgies 16 4 2 10 23 76 14 Eagles 7 Southern Stars 0, GSL 0 Langwarrin 1 1, Bacchus Marsh JSC 2 Altona East 1, Sunbury City 1 (A Komijat), Brighton 0 Bayswater Strikers 1 (AE Epping City 16 3 1 12 17 64 10 Boys North 16 B: Heidelberg Stars 5 DOC Utd 2 (J Mangubat A Lines) Sydenham Park 1, Mckillen), South Springvale 1 (M Tartaglia) Ballarat Maribyrnong Utd 16 2 2 12 14 77 8 Boys South 12 B: Doveton 1 Brandon Park 1, En- United FC 2, Watsonia Heights 0 Light Utd 8, Lady Devils (BDSA) 0, South Yarra 0 Monbulk 2 (A Melbourne Tornado 16 0 3 13 14 98 3 deavour Utd 1 Brighton 3, Dandenong City 1 Girls S/E 16 C: Noble Park 0 FC Bulleen Lions 1, Spring- Kirkham R Saber), Res: Whitehorse Utd 0 Whittlesea Sandringham City 3, Peninsula 1 Mornington 2, Boys North 15 A: Hume Utd 0 Sunbury Utd 3, Mo- vale White Eagles 1 Croydon City Arrows 2, Brighton Stallions 1, Uni. of Melbourne 1 Altona City 2, Brigh- Womens State League Div 3 South-East reland City 0 Preston Lions 2, Essendon Royals 0 5 Knox City 0, Whitehorse Utd 4 Carrum Utd 0, Lang- ton 1 Bayswater Strikers 2, South Springvale 3 Bal- P W D L F A PT Boys South 12 C: East Bentleigh 5 Berwick City Bundoora Utd 1, Fawkner 2 Brunswick Zebras 0, warrin 5 Richmond 0, Beaumaris 0 North Caulfi eld 3 larat Lady Devils (BDSA) 2, South Yarra 0 Monbulk 0 Noble Park 14 14 0 0 72 6 42 0, Hampton 3 Sandringham City 0, Brighton 2 North Caulfi eld 14 11 1 2 38 13 34 1 Aspendale 4, Casey Comets 9 Beaumaris 0 Boys North 15 B: Northcote City 0 Clifton Hill 2, Girls Metro 15 A: Ashburton 5 North Caulfi eld 0, Dia- Div 2 North-West: Melbourne Bears 0 Western Ea- Endeavour Utd 13 7 1 5 38 28 22 mond Valley Utd 5 Pascoe Vale 1, Alphington 1 Croy- gles 6 (M Maltaric 2 B Kean 2 M Huremovic A Ke- Ashburton 14 6 2 6 41 35 20 Boys South 12 D: Beaumaris 1 Berwick City 3, Aspen- Boys Nth 15 C: Cairnlea 1 Brunswick Ze- don City Arrows 5, Sandringham City 1 Essendon zovska), Fawkner Blues 0 Bundoora Utd 10 (M Zilic Old Carey 14 4 0 10 27 52 12 dale 2 Peninsula 2, Carrum Utd 0 Langwarrin 2, Brigh- bras 1, Moreland Wolves 2 Banyule City 0, Royals 3, Boroondara Eagles 6 Sherbrooke Rangers 0 2 S Oddo 2 N Nicolaou 3 AC Koulousianis 2 K Smith) South Melbourne 14 2 5 7 23 43 11 ton 0 Dandenong City 2, East Bentleigh 3 Baxter 1 East Bentleigh 14 2 3 9 14 40 9 Boys North 14 A: Hume Utd 0 Brunswick City 1, Girls Metro 15 B: Port Melbourne 0 Doncaster Rovers Div 2 South-East: Doncaster Rovers 6 (S Montalto L Privi- Knox City 13 2 2 9 13 49 8 Boys South 12 E: Keysborough 5 (DC Pauguy C Wang Moreland City 2 Diamond Valley Utd 2, Essen- 7, Keilor Park 3 South Melbourne 0, Brunswick Zebras telli R Payne N Exon 3) Monash University 1, Mooroolbark Yuen 2 P Sok 2) Lyndale Utd 1, Casey Panthers 1 don Royals 5 Epping City 0, Fawkner 0 Light Utd 0 0 Kensington JGSC 0, Boroondara Eagles 3 Glen Eira 2 0 Albert Park 5 (AF Tardif T Pierotti TL Colvin 2 JM Bulloch), Womens Metropolitan League North-West Bayside Knights FC 6, Bayside Argonauts 0 White Ashburton 4 Southern Suburbs 2, Beaumaris 0 Berwick P W D L F A PT Star Dandenong 1, Casey Comets 1 Kingston City 6 Boys North 14 B: Eltham North 0 Yar- Girls Metro 15 C: Sandringham City 3 Southern Stars 0, City 8, Sandringham 0 Mornington Flames 1 (O Gregory) Sydenham Park 15 11 1 3 43 21 34 ra Jets 2, Heidelberg Stars 2 Clifton Hill 2, Mornington 1 Langwarrin 2, Oakleigh 0 Sherbrooke Rang- North City Lions 15 10 3 2 54 22 33 Boys South 11 Green: Mornington 1 Beaumaris 0, Casey ers 1, Glen Waverley 0 Eastern Lions 0, Baxter 4 Boronia 0 Div 3 North-West: Sunshine Georgies 1 Maribyrnong Brunswick City 16 9 4 3 58 25 31 Comets 0 Berwick City 5, Peninsula 8 Aspendale 0, Boys North 14 C: Fawkner 7 Sunbury Utd Utd 0, Epping City 1 (M Nicolazzo) Melbourne Tor- Lalor 16 8 2 6 54 23 26 Brighton 1 Sandringham City 4, Dandenong Thunder 2, DOC United FC 2 Diamond Valley Utd 2, Girls Metro 15 D: Mooroolbark 2 Eltham North 1, Watso- nado 0, Cairnlea WSC 11 (T Hussein 3 D Mutluel 2 N Brunswick Zebras 16 6 2 8 55 29 20 1 Hampton 1, South Eastern Piranhas 8 Langwarrin 0 nia Heights 2 South Yarra 1, Yarra Jets 1 Altona City 2 Cileli K Cirav 4 A Niyazi) Brunswick Zebras 1 (L Waisu) Mitchell Rangers 15 2 2 11 15 51 8 Boys North 13 A: Greenvale Utd 1 Moreland City Tullamarine Jets 15 1 0 14 10118 3 Boys South 11 Red: Mornington 0 Peninsula 4, Hamp- 2, Northcote City 2 Moreland Utd 2, Preston Lions Girls Metro 14 A: Knox City 3 Whitehorse Utd Div 3 South-East: Old Carey 0 North Caulfi eld 1 (ND ton 3 Sandringham City 1, Brighton 11 Endeavour Utd 0 0 Bundoora Utd 1, Light Utd 1 Brunswick Zebras 2 0, Monash City 1 Brighton 1, Keilor Park 0 Court), East Bentleigh 1 (R Bates) South Melbourne 1 (h Womens Metropolitan League South-East Carrum Utd 2, Ashburton 4 Banyule City 0, Hanlon), Knox City 0 Ashburton 4 (E Meallin 3 AC Duncan), P W D L F A PT Boys South 11 Blue: East Bentleigh 1 Brighton 0, Boys North 13 B: Lalor 4 Plenty Valley Lions 2, Es- Box Hill Inter 16 16 0 0 96 8 48 Rosebud 0 Doveton 16, Springvale White Eagles sendon Royals 1 Diamond Valley Utd 1, Moreland Girls Metro 14 B: Nunawading City 2 Brunswick Zebras 2, WOMENS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE: North- Langwarrin 17 14 1 2 64 17 43 2 Mornington 1, Hampton Park Utd 8 Baxter 1 Wolves 0 Moreland City 2, North Lions 5 Alphington 0 West: Mitchell Rangers 1 Lalor 7, North City Li- Croydon City Arrows 16 9 2 5 49 27 29 Girls Metro 14 C: Oakleigh 1 Brighton 0, Peninsula ons 1 (L Werbiuk) Brunswick City 1 (S Rawl- Dandenong City 16 9 0 7 50 40 27 Boys South 11 Orange: Seaford Utd 0 Ber- Boys North 13 C: Melbourne Phoenix 5 Heidelberg Stars 2 Ashburton 2, Keilor Wolves 0 Heidelberg Utd 1 ings), Brunswick Zebras 1 Sydenham Park 2 Monash University 17 4 2 11 22 44 14 wick City 5, Carrum Utd 0 Hampton 2, Aspen- 0, Brunswick Zebras 5 Watsonia Heights 0, Yarra Jets Ringwood City 17 3 1 13 24 56 10 dale 4 Mornington 0, Brighton 16 Beaumaris 0 2 North City Lions 0, Bundoora Utd 1 Pascoe Vale 7 Girls Metro 14 D: Waverley Victory FC 0 Cairnlea 0, Werri- South-East: Dandenong City 3 (M Nevjestic A Mi- Bayswater Strikers 16 0 1 15 7 97 1 bee City 1 Brunswick City 0, Langwarrin 1 Casey Panthers 1 lusic Own Goal) Monash University 1 (N Seknow), Boys Sth 11 Jo Gr: Brighton 2 2 Brighton 1 2, James Cook Boys North 12 A: Sunbury Utd 1 Essendon Roy- Croydon City Arrows 2 (M Roper L Jass) Langwar- Womens Metropolitan League Central FC 0 Berwick City 3, Dandenong City 5 Sandringham City als 9, Alphington 1 North City Lions 0, Lalor Utd 4 Girls Metro 13 A: Keilor Park 1 North Caulfi eld 0, Sandring- rin 2 (J Miller J Reid), Box Hill Inter 5 (S Prickett L P W D L F A PT 0, Peninsula 1 Doveton 2, East Bentleigh 3 Beaumaris 1 Bundoora Utd 1, Fawkner 0 Whittlesea Stallions 3 ham City 2 Essendon Royals 0, Berwick City 0 Ashburton 1, Langseth M Szabo L Iaconis 2) Ringwood City 0 Yarra Jets 16 15 1 0 83 9 46 Boroondara Eagles 2 Hampton 0, Richmond 3 Brighton 0 Elwood City 16 11 1 4 38 19 34 Boys 18 Ea Or: Manningham 1 Northcote City 0, Boys North 12 B: Northcote City 4 Plenty Val- Central: Swinburne University WSC 1 (D Martinez) DOC United WFC 16 8 4 4 25 15 28 Heidelberg Stars 2 Sherbrooke Rangers 3, Brighton ley Lions 0, Essendon Royals 1 Heidel- Girls Metro 13 B: Brunswick Zebras 1 Car- DOC United WFC 2 (T Williver L Peric), Albert Park Fitzroy City 16 6 3 7 36 41 21 1 Nunawading City 4, Beaumaris 1 North Caulfi eld 23 berg Utd 1, Moreland Wolves 1 Light Utd 0, rum Utd 0, Ashburton 0 FC Bulleen Lions 4 WSC 0 Elwood City 1 (KS Jones), Watsonia Heights Watsonia Heights WSC 16 7 0 9 30 48 21 WSC 1 (G Cahill) Yarra Jets 5 (E Garner E Hard- Uni. of Melbourne 16 5 2 9 18 34 17 Boys 18 Ea Yell: Boronia 0 Eastern Lions 2, Waverley Vic- Boys North 12 C: Hume Utd 1 Moreland City 2, Girls Metro 13 C: Sandringham City 4 Glen Eira 0, ing M Kobayashi S Standfi eld 2), Uni. of Melbourne 0 Albert Park WSC 16 5 1 10 16 29 16 tory FC 1 Knox City 2, East Bentleigh 1 Mooroolbark 1, Oak- Bundoora Utd 1 Diamond Valley Utd 2, Watsonia Clifton Hill 0 Croydon City Arrows 1, Watsonia Heights Fitzroy City 5 (P Stephenson J Hopman 3 S Pollack), Swinburne University WSC 16 4 2 10 21 47 14 leigh 0 Doncaster Rovers 0, Glen Waverley 1 Ashburton 1 Heights 0 Clifton Hill 3, Fawkner 4 Mitchell Rangers 0 1 Sherbrooke Rangers 0, Banyule City 3 Eltham North Sandringham 16 3 2 11 9 34 11 0, Sunbury Utd 1 (T Flenley) Kensington JGSC 0 Mens Metropolitan League North-West Boys Sth Ea 13 D: Sandringham City 0 Doncast- Boys North 12 D: Sunshine Georgies 1 Broad- P W D L F A PT Football Federation Victoria: Junior Re- er Rovers 1, Croydon City Arrows 0 Ashburton 3, meadows Utd 4, Pascoe Vale 1 Yarra Jets FC Girls Metro 13 D: Glen Waverley 0 Mornington 0, Bundoo- Heidelberg Stars 19 14 3 2 56 19 45 sults - September 04 to September 06 2009 1 3, Yarra Jets FC 2 1 Brunswick Zebras 1 ra Utd 5 Baxter 0, Diamond Valley Utd 4 Meadow Park 1 Tullamarine Jets 20 11 4 5 42 18 37 ------Boys East 16 A: Manningham 2 FC Bulleen Lions 3, Rich- Yarra Jets 20 12 1 7 48 47 37 Boys 18 Super League: Doncaster Rovers mond 2 Oakleigh 3, Riversdale 0 Doncaster Rovers 5 Boys Nth 11 Ka Ye: Hume Utd 2 Epping City 2, Northcote Girls Metro 12 A: Sandringham City 3 Pascoe Northern Roosters 19 11 2 6 39 22 35 5 Essendon Royals 1, Springvale White Ea- City 3 Whittlesea Stallions 0, Watsonia Heights 0 Light Utd 1 Vale 1, Peninsula 0 Berwick City 3, Boroondara Broadmeadows Utd 20 8 6 6 42 39 26 gles 4 Brighton 1, Bundoora Utd 3 Fawkner 2, Boys East 16 B: Port Melbourne 2 Whitehorse Utd 4, Rich- Eagles 2 Banyule City 0, Brighton 2 South Yarra 0 Northern Utd 20 6 7 7 38 39 24 mond 3 Boroondara Eagles 3, Doncaster Rovers 1 Bran- Boys Nth 11 Ka Bl: Alphington 2 North City Lions 3, Lalor Moreland Wolves 20 4 3 13 24 43 15 Boys S/E 16 Super: North Caulfi eld 3 Berwick don Park 1, Caulfi eld United Cobras 5 North Caulfi eld 0 Utd 3 Heidelberg Utd 1, Preston Lions 1 (A Kalamouni) Girls Metro 12 B: Sandringham City 0 Carrum Utd Altona North 20 0 0 20 16 78 0 City 0, Mornington 0 Dandenong City 3, Nu- Moreland City 0, FC Birrarung 0 Brunswick Zebras 1 0, Hampton 0 East Bentleigh 2, Brunswick Zebras 0 nawading City 5 Oakleigh 0, South Melbourne 5 Boys East 16 C: Sherbrooke Rangers 6 Glen Waverley 0, Malvern City 0, Richmond 10 Croydon City Arrows 0 Mens Metropolitan League North-West Reserves Richmond 1, FC Bulleen Lions 5 Langwarrin 0 Boronia 6 East Bentleigh 0, Manningham 5 Mooroolbark 2 Boys Nth 11 Jo Or: Brunswick Zebras 3 Epping City 2, La- P W D L F A PT lor 0 Plenty Valley Lions 2, Heidelberg Stars 1 Diamond Girls Metro 12 C: Keilor Park 8 Malvern City 0, Casey Pan- Heidelberg Stars 19 13 2 4 56 26 41 Boys S/E 15 Super: Knox City 5 Berwick City 1, Monash Boys East 15 A: Manningham 1 FC Bulleen Lions 2, Doncast- Valley Utd 2, Whittlesea Stallions 7 Moreland City 1, thers 0 Essendon Royals 2, DOC United FC 1 Yarra Jets 8 Tullamarine Jets 20 11 4 5 51 27 37 City 4 Oakleigh 1, Peninsula 3 Sandringham City 0, South er Rovers 0 Box Hill Inter 1, Glen Waverley 1 Malvern City 1, Moreland Wolves 20 11 3 6 37 37 36 Melbourne 4 Richmond 2, FC Bulleen Lions 4 Beaumaris 0 Boys Nth 11 Jo Red: Yarra Jets 0 Sunbury Utd 0, Bun- Girls Metro 11 Pink: Ashburton 4 Brighton 0, Banyule Broadmeadows Utd 20 12 1 7 46 28 34 Boys East 15 B: Richmond 3 Glen Waverley 3, Doncaster doora Utd 0 Pascoe Vale 0, Fawkner 4 Mitchell Rangers 0 City 0 Richmond 1 6, Box Hill Inter 0 St. Albans 0 Yarra Jets 20 8 3 9 44 39 27 Boys S/E 14 Super: Monash City 0 Berwick City 3, Rovers 9 Eastern Lions 2, Melbourne Phoenix 1 Riversdale 5 Northern Utd 20 8 2 10 36 49 26 Mornington 2 Oakleigh 5, Dandenong Thunder 1 Boys West 16 A: Brimbank City 6 Altona City 2, Hop- Girls Metro 11 Purpl: Whitehorse Utd 1 Ringwood City 1, Northern Roosters 19 3 4 12 27 45 13 Sandringham City 2, Croydon City Arrows 0 Rich- Boys East 15 C: Croydon City Arrows 0 Richmond 8, pers Crossing 0 GRFA 6, Geelong 3 Keilor Wolves 1 Sandringham City 2 0 Berwick City 0, Sandringham City 1 2 Altona North 20 2 3 15 30 76 9 mond 1, FC Bulleen Lions 0 South Melbourne 2 Sherbrooke Rangers 0, Bayside Knights FC 0 Peninsula 3 Boys East 15 D: Rowville Eagles 6 Croydon City Arrows 3, Boys West 16 B: Satellite City Utd 1 Brim- Mens Metropolitan League South-East Boys S/E 13 Super: Monash City 2 South Eastern bank Stallions 10, Westgate 1 Werribee City 1, Boys 18 Super League P W D L F A PT Piranhas 3, Mornington 0 Brighton 0, South Mel- Boys East 14 A: South Melbourne 0 Glen Waver- P W D L F A PT Ringwood City 18 13 2 3 45 23 41 bourne 2 Richmond 1, FC Bulleen Lions 2 Knox City 3 ley 0, Box Hill Inter 2 Doncaster Rovers 1, Bo- Boys West 15 A: North Geelong Warriors 10 Melton South Melbourne 21 19 2 0 82 18 59 Caulfi eld Grammarians 18 13 1 4 43 23 40 ronia 2 Richmond 3, Knox City 1 Riversdale 2 0, Sydenham Park 1 Werribee City 3, Sunshine Doncaster Rovers 21 15 4 2 68 29 49 Parkmore 18 12 1 5 37 26 37 Boys N/W 16 Super: Sunshine Georgies 3 Mel- Heights 0 GRFA 0, Sunshine Georgies 0 Green Gully 0 Green Gully 21 12 5 4 46 27 41 Dandenong Warriors 18 8 1 9 29 35 25 bourne Knights 0, Sunshine Heights 3 Whittle- Boys East 14 B:Ashburton 1 Boroondara Eagles 3, Manning- Brighton 21 9 3 9 57 38 33 Harrisfi eld Hurricanes 18 5 3 10 27 39 18 sea Stallions 1, Green Gully 2 Essendon Royals 2 ham 0 Mooroolbark 1, Port Melbourne 3 Nunawading City 0, Boys West 15 B: Melton 0 Avondale Heights 4, Gis- Springvale White Eagles 22 9 6 7 49 43 33 St. Kevins 18 4 1 13 19 36 13 borne 0 Altona East 3, Western Eagles 5 Yarraville 0 FC Bulleen Lions 21 9 5 7 50 37 32 Manningham 18 3 1 14 31 49 10 Boys N/W 15 Super: Hume City 4 Epping City 0, Altona East Boys East 14 C: Oakleigh 0 Whitehorse Utd 3, Sher- Fawkner 22 10 2 10 36 32 32 3 Keilor Park 1, Melbourne Knights 0 Brimbank Stallions 0, brooke Rangers 1 Eastern Lions 0, Knox Utd 3 Ash- Boys West 14 A: Ballarat Academy Of Soc- South Yarra 19 6 6 7 40 53 24 Mens Metropolitan League South-East Reserves burton 0, Caulfi eld United Cobras 1 North Caulfi eld 6 cer 1 Williamstown 0, Brimbank Stallions 0 Essendon Royals 22 4 5 13 27 54 17 P W D L F A PT Boys N/W 14 Super: Keilor Park 3 Gisborne 0, Bruns- GRFA 2, Sunshine Georgies 0 BASL 4, Geelong Bundoora Utd 22 5 2 15 44 74 17 Ringwood City 18 13 1 4 47 19 40 wick Zebras 6 Bundoora Utd 0, North City Lions 2 Boys East 14 D: Riversdale 8 Mooroolbark 0, Knox Utd 3 Laverton Park 0, Altona City 2 Green Gully 3 Sandringham City 21 3 6 12 37 65 15 Parkmore 18 10 3 5 41 31 33 Whittlesea Stallions 0, Green Gully 0 Essendon Royals 1 2 Glen Eira 4, Croydon City Arrows 3 Manningham 1 Keilor Park 21 3 0 18 28 91 9 Caulfi eld Grammarians 18 8 3 7 28 32 27 Boys West 14 B: Brimbank City 1 Avondale Dandenong Warriors 18 7 3 8 46 56 24 Boys N/W 13 Super: Whittlesea Stallions 3 Epping City 0, Boys Ea 14 E: Rowville Eagles 3 Eastern Li- Heights 1 (J Chapman), Hoppers Crossing 2 Wer- Boys S/E 16 Super League Harrisfi eld Hurricanes 18 5 7 6 26 28 22 Hoppers Crossing 1 GRFA 2, Hume City 2 Keilor Park 1, ons 1, Sherbrooke Rangers 0 Malvern City 1 ribee City 5, Keilor Park 1 Maribyrnong Greens P W D L F A PT St. Kevins 18 4 5 9 40 45 17 0, Sydenham Park 4 Sunshine Georgies 3 FC Bulleen Lions 18 15 1 2 55 14 46 Manningham 18 3 4 11 34 51 13 Boys Metro 18 Blue: Melbourne Phoenix 3 Western Eagles 0, Boys East 13 A: Nunawading City 0 Box Hill In- Dandenong City 18 14 3 1 50 11 45 ter 2, Doncaster Rovers 3 Oakleigh 0, Richmond 0 Boys We 14 C: Ballarat Academy Of Soccer 4 Williamstown South Melbourne 18 13 3 2 52 23 42 Womens State League Div 1 Boys Metro 18 Purple: Sunshine Georgies 2 Bentleigh Glen Waverley 0, Melbourne Phoenix 2 Riversdale 0 3, Werribee City 2 Mitchell Rangers 1, Spring Hills 1 Mel- Nunawading City 18 10 3 5 39 23 33 P W D L F A PT Greens 2, Richmond 5 Northcote City 1, Preston Li- bourne Lions 6, Bacchus Marsh JSC 2 Flemington Eagles 1 North Caulfi eld 18 7 3 8 39 33 24 Altona City 18 16 1 1 74 9 49 ons 3 Frankston Pines 0, Oakleigh 1 Heidelberg Utd 0 Boys East 13 B: Richmond 5 Boroondara Eagles 2, Ash- Oakleigh 18 6 4 8 31 31 22 South Springvale 18 13 1 4 48 20 40 burton 1 Doncaster Rovers 1, Sherbrooke Rangers 2 Boys West 13 A: Sydenham Park 2 William- Langwarrin 17 5 2 10 28 45 17 Ballarat Lady Devils (BDSA) 18 12 1 5 55 22 37 Boys 18 Sth: Casey Comets 1 6 Beaumaris 0, Langwarrin 4 Oakleigh 1, FC Bulleen Lions 2 Croydon City Arrows 0 stown 0, Brimbank Stallions 1 Cairnlea 2, Keilor Mornington 17 4 2 11 22 51 14 Bayswater Strikers 18 10 1 7 52 28 31 Berwick City 1, Keysborough 4 Bayside Knights FC 1, Casey Park 0 St. Albans 5, Altona City 1 Green Gully 0 Richmond 18 3 3 12 24 43 12 Whitehorse Utd 18 8 4 6 31 26 28 Comets 2 0 Brandon Park 3, Dandenong City 4 Baxter 1 Boys East 13 C: Riversdale 0 Mooroolbark 1, Bo- Berwick City 18 0 0 18 7 73 0 Uni. of Melbourne 18 8 3 7 22 22 27 ronia 2 Boroondara Eagles 2, Doncaster Rov- Boys West 13 B: Brimbank Stallions 5 William- Brighton 18 5 2 11 26 42 17 Boys South 16 A: Beaumaris 2 Berwick City 0, Langwarrin 1 ers 2 Eastern Lions 1, Glen Waverley 3 Ashbur- stown 1, South Yarra 6 Cairnlea 0, Laverton Park Boys S/E 15 Super League Monbulk 18 3 6 9 18 32 15 Dandenong City 4, Dandenong Thunder 14 Sandringham ton 0, Croydon City Arrows 0 North Caulfi eld 1 5 Flemington Eagles 0, Wyndham Olympic 4 P W D L F A PT South Yarra 18 4 1 13 17 51 13 City 0, Peninsula 2 Brighton 2, East Bentleigh 2 Doveton 2 Keilor Wolves 2, Altona City 0 Sunshine Heights 4 Monash City 18 14 3 1 46 11 45 Whittlesea Stallions 18 1 0 17 8 99 3 Boys East 12 A: Monash City 2 Whitehorse Utd 0, FC Bulleen Lions 18 13 2 3 40 11 41 Boys South 16 B: James Cook FC 3 Beaumaris Richmond Eastern Lions , Doncaster Rovers 1 Box Boys West 13 C: Western Eagles 2 Gisborne 2, Avon- South Melbourne 18 10 3 5 39 23 33 Womens State League Div 1 Reserves 1, Endeavour Utd 1 Bentleigh Greens 1, Car- Hill Inter 3, FC Bulleen Lions 1 South Melbourne 1 dale Heights 3 Hoppers Crossing 0, Upfi eld 5 Melton 3 Berwick City 18 9 2 7 31 29 29 P W D L F A PT rum Utd 2 Bayside Knights FC 5, Springvale White Richmond 18 8 3 7 23 23 27 Altona City 18 15 1 2 66 14 46 Eagles 5 Brighton 0, Casey Comets 3 Baxter 3 Boys East 12 B: Port Melbourne 0 Oakleigh 2, Richmond Boys West 12 A: Brimbank City 3 Williamstown 1, Knox City 17 8 2 7 28 19 26 Uni. of Melbourne 18 15 1 2 57 7 46 3 Boroondara Eagles 3, Doncaster Rovers 2 Knox Utd 1, Brimbank Stallions 0 Melbourne Knights 3, Sunshine Beaumaris 18 6 2 10 34 48 20 South Springvale 18 11 3 4 50 19 36 Boys South 15 A: Mornington 2 Endeavour Utd 1, Box Hill Inter 1 Ashburton 2, FC Bulleen Lions 2 Knox City 1 Georgies 0 Keilor Park 4, Altona City 0 Green Gully 0 Peninsula 17 4 4 9 14 22 16 Bayswater Strikers 18 10 2 6 51 31 32 Hampton 4 Sandringham City 2, Brighton 7 Harris- Oakleigh 18 3 2 13 21 50 11 Ballarat Lady Devils (BDSA) 18 10 2 6 38 26 32 fi eld Hurricanes 1, Hampton Park Utd 4 Noble Park 3 Boys East 12 C: Manningham 0 Whitehorse Utd 1, Boys West 12 B: Ballarat Academy Of Soccer 2 Wer- Sandringham City 18 2 1 15 12 52 7 Brighton 18 8 1 9 35 41 25 Sherbrooke Rangers 0 Oakleigh 1, Caulfi eld United ribee City 0, South Yarra 2 Maribyrnong Greens Monbulk 18 4 4 10 17 34 16 Boys South 15 B: Langwarrin 1 Berwick City 3, Cobras 2 Malvern City 1, Glen Waverley 3 Ashburton 1, 3, Altona East 1 Keilor Park 2, Sydenham Park 1 Boys S/E 14 Super League South Yarra 18 2 4 12 18 37 10 Casey Comets 1 Bentleigh Greens 2, Dande- Brimbank Stallions 1, Altona City 0 Green Gully 4 P W D L F A PT Whitehorse Utd 18 2 3 13 13 50 9 nong City 2 Seaford Utd 6, Brighton 2 Morning- Boys East 12 D: Richmond 1 Boroondara Eagles 3, Sher- Berwick City 18 13 3 2 45 11 42 Whittlesea Stallions 18 2 1 15 8 94 7 ton 0, East Bentleigh 1 White Star Dandenong 1 brooke Rangers 2 Doncaster Rovers 1, Croydon City Ar- Boys West 12 C: Hoppers Crossing 1 Point Cook Richmond 18 13 2 3 51 19 41 rows 0 Knox Utd 7, Whitehorse Utd 0 Waverley Wanderers 1 FC 2, Laverton Park 4 Avondale Heights 1, Spring South Melbourne 17 12 2 3 50 18 38 Womens State League Div 2 North-West Boys South 15 C: East Bentleigh 1 Peninsula 2 4, Hills 2 GRFA 14, Westvale 9 Bacchus Marsh JSC 0 FC Bulleen Lions 18 11 4 3 40 15 37 P W D L F A PT Hampton 4 Brighton 1, Keysborough 10 (V Trianda- Boys East 12 E: Whitehorse 1 3 North Caulfi eld Monash City 18 7 5 6 27 25 26 Bundoora Utd 15 13 2 0 68 9 41 fi llidis D Gibson MA Constanza Navas 4 J Tomas- 0, Glen Waverley 2 0 Ashburton 3, Glen Waver- Boys West 11 Green: Ballarat Academy Of Soccer 0 Sandringham City 18 5 5 8 21 34 20 15 13 1 1 71 10 40 soni C Gibson 2 MG Ladu) Sandringham City 1, Pen- ley 1 3 Mooroolbark 4, Parkmore 1 Glen Eira 5 Brimbank Stallions 0, Hoppers Crossing 1 St. Albans 5, Oakleigh 18 4 5 9 28 39 17 Western Eagles 15 11 1 3 50 11 34 insula 1 1 Bayside Knights FC 4, Rosebud 6 Baxter 0 Sunshine Georgies 1 Bell Park 1, Melbourne Knights 3 Dandenong Thunder 18 3 5 10 19 40 14 Fawkner Blues 15 5 3 7 23 42 18 Boys East 11 Green: Manningham 4 Oakleigh Green Gully 1, Altona City 6 North Geelong Warriors 0 Croydon City Arrows 18 3 4 11 19 41 13 Western Suburbs 14 5 1 8 15 38 16 Boys South 14 A: Endeavour Utd 4 Bentleigh 1, Ashburton 3 Malvern City 0, Box Hill Inter 2 Mornington 17 0 1 16 15 73 1 Melbourne Bears 15 4 1 10 22 52 13 Greens 3, Keysborough 3 (A Rashid R Deng SV Monash City 3, Croydon City Arrows 1 White- Boys We 11 Ka Bl: Moreland Wolves 0 Avondale Heights Darebin Falcons 14 3 2 9 23 50 11 Le) Doveton 0, East Bentleigh 1 Dandenong City 1 horse Utd 0, FC Bulleen Lions 4 Knox City 0 8, Greenvale Utd 3 Hume City 0, Essendon Royals 3 Keilor Boys S/E 13 Super League North Geelong 15 1 3 11 6 42 6 Park 0, South Yarra 2 Yarra Jets 0, Fawkner 0 Green Gully 3 P W D L F A PT Melton 8 1 0 7 6 30 3 Boys South 14 B: Hampton 1 Brighton 2 2, Brighton 1 Boys East 11 Ka Or: Richmond 2 Glen Wa- Sandringham City 17 13 3 1 45 11 42 2 Mornington 0, Peninsula 2 Springvale White Eagles 0 verley 0, Doncaster Rovers 5 Eastern Li- Boys West 11 Red: Point Cook FC 0 Gisborne 7, South South Melbourne 18 13 1 4 43 14 40 ons 1, South Melbourne 5 Nunawading City 0, Yarra 1 Cairnlea 2, Laverton Park 0 Keilor Park 2, Mead- South Eastern Piranhas 18 12 3 3 41 12 39 Boys South 14 C: East Bentleigh 1 Bentleigh Greens ow Park 11 Hoppers Crossing 0, Altona City 7 Melton 1 Richmond 18 11 4 3 32 15 37 3, James Cook FC 3 Lyndale Utd 1, Brighton 1 En- Boys E11 Joeys Blue: Knox City 0 Mooroolbark 4, Knox FC Bulleen Lions 18 7 2 9 20 24 23 deavour Utd 1, Hampton Park Utd 1 Beaumaris 2 Utd 2 Ashburton 0, Whitehorse Utd 0 Boroondara Eagles 4, Boys We 11 Jo Yell: Sydenham Park 2 Melbourne Lions Monash City 18 6 4 8 19 22 22 p27 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 VIICTORIA Junior Results And Ladders

Mornington 17 5 3 9 14 27 18 Boys South 15 C Boys South 12 E Boys East 15 A Whitehorse Utd 18 4 4 10 20 25 16 Box Hill Inter 17 4 2 11 5 26 14 P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Eastern Lions 17 3 2 12 14 39 11 Knox City 17 2 2 13 12 42 8 Keysborough 18 16 2 0101 12 50 White Star Dandenong 16 16 0 0118 10 48 Box Hill Inter 18 13 4 1 58 13 43 Croydon City Arrows 17 0 1 16 6104 1 Brighton 18 2 2 14 8 46 8 Bayside Knights FC 18 14 2 2 81 15 44 Keysborough 16 9 3 4 38 28 30 Malvern City 18 11 4 3 43 17 37 Hampton 18 10 5 3 48 23 35 Bayside Argonauts 16 9 2 5 36 21 29 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 4 4 36 12 34 Boys East 12 B Boys N/W 16 Super League Peninsula 2 18 10 5 3 36 14 35 Bayside Knights FC 16 8 3 5 32 31 27 North Caulfi eld 17 11 1 5 35 19 34 P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Peninsula 1 18 8 5 5 52 30 29 Lyndale Utd 16 7 3 6 42 45 24 Whitehorse Utd 17 8 4 5 35 23 28 Ashburton 18 16 0 2 45 10 48 Altona Magic 17 15 2 0 42 9 47 Brighton 18 6 2 10 52 49 20 Kingston City 16 4 5 7 23 25 17 FC Bulleen Lions 18 6 4 8 31 35 22 Oakleigh 18 15 0 3 58 14 45 Preston Lions 17 12 3 2 50 14 39 Rosebud 18 6 1 11 40 76 19 Casey Panthers 16 3 4 9 18 61 13 Glen Waverley 18 5 5 8 36 42 20 Knox Utd 18 13 1 4 51 24 40 Sunshine Heights 18 11 2 5 39 18 35 Baxter 18 4 1 13 26 61 13 Casey Comets 16 3 3 10 17 57 12 Ringwood City 17 3 2 12 26 52 11 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 1 7 31 28 31 Green Gully 18 8 6 4 36 23 30 East Bentleigh 18 2 3 13 27 62 9 Westernport SC 16 0 3 13 9 55 3 Manningham 18 3 2 13 23 67 11 FC Bulleen Lions 18 9 2 7 27 25 29 Sunshine Georgies 18 8 2 8 29 34 26 Sandringham City 18 0 2 16 18139 2 Casey Comets 17 3 0 14 24 67 9 Knox City 18 6 4 8 28 33 22 Whittlesea Stallions 18 5 3 10 21 31 18 Boys South 11 Kangaroos Green Richmond 18 5 3 10 20 36 18 Essendon Royals 18 4 5 9 24 35 17 Boys South 14 A P W D L F A PT Boys East 15 B Box Hill Inter 18 2 4 12 23 41 10 Altona East 17 5 2 10 18 41 17 P W D L F A PT Sandringham City 18 17 1 0 82 4 52 P W D L F A PT Boroondara Eagles 18 2 4 12 16 64 10 Keilor Park 17 4 1 12 19 35 13 Endeavour Utd 15 13 0 2 57 12 39 Peninsula 18 13 3 2 80 9 42 Melbourne Phoenix 16 14 1 1 92 15 43 Port Melbourne 18 1 3 14 16 40 6 Melbourne Knights 18 2 2 14 20 58 8 Dandenong City 15 11 1 3 36 14 34 South Eastern Piranhas 18 11 3 4 51 15 36 Riversdale 16 13 2 1 88 14 41 Keysborough 15 11 0 4 48 17 33 Berwick City 18 10 5 3 56 19 35 Doncaster Rovers 16 10 2 4 40 32 32 Boys East 12 C Boys N/W 15 Super League Bentleigh Greens 15 8 1 6 40 25 25 Hampton 18 10 3 5 52 10 33 Richmond 16 9 3 4 43 25 30 P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Doveton 15 7 0 8 22 33 21 Brighton 18 10 2 6 50 23 32 Whitehorse Utd 16 6 3 7 35 40 21 Sherbrooke Rangers 18 14 1 3 49 7 43 Altona East 19 15 3 1 66 8 48 East Bentleigh 15 5 2 8 16 41 17 Mornington 18 9 3 6 29 24 30 Waverley Wanderers 15 4 2 9 28 58 14 Ringwood City 17 14 0 3 41 12 42 Brimbank Stallions 19 12 6 1 44 7 42 Brighton 15 3 3 9 11 42 12 Dandenong Thunder 18 6 1 11 23 41 19 Eastern Lions 15 3 0 12 21 66 9 Glen Waverley 18 12 1 5 37 12 37 Melbourne Knights 19 12 5 2 60 6 41 Beaumaris 15 2 1 12 11 42 7 Casey Comets 18 6 0 12 17 56 18 Glen Waverley 16 2 1 13 11 74 7 Caulfi eld United Cobras 18 11 3 4 37 17 36 Hume City 19 10 4 5 55 23 34 Aspendale 18 2 2 14 15 69 8 Knox City 14 2 0 12 15 49 6 Whitehorse Utd 18 9 3 6 39 21 30 Essendon Royals 18 8 4 6 29 14 28 Boys South 14 B Beaumaris 18 2 1 15 12 72 7 Oakleigh 18 5 3 10 28 38 18 Green Gully 18 7 6 5 24 20 27 P W D L F A PT Langwarrin 18 0 0 18 3128 0 Boys East 15 C Manningham 18 4 3 11 12 44 15 Keilor Park 19 6 4 9 26 30 22 Brighton 1 16 14 0 2 49 6 42 P W D L F A PT Riversdale 17 4 2 11 21 39 14 Epping City 19 4 2 13 17 62 14 Peninsula 16 13 0 3 47 13 39 Boys South 11 Kangaroos Red Richmond 16 14 0 2 70 10 42 Ashburton 18 3 3 12 17 47 12 Brunswick City 18 3 1 14 20 48 10 Springvale White Eagles 16 11 3 2 59 26 36 P W D L F A PT North Caulfi eld 15 14 0 1 51 14 42 Malvern City 18 3 1 14 14 58 10 N.T.C 10 2 0 8 12 42 6 Mornington 16 9 3 4 37 18 30 Brighton 16 14 2 0 57 6 44 Nunawading City 15 13 0 2 47 10 39 Whittlesea Stallions 18 1 1 16 8101 4 Carrum Utd 15 6 3 6 29 25 21 Hampton 16 14 1 1 47 9 43 Croydon City Arrows 16 9 1 6 45 38 28 Boys East 12 D Casey Comets 15 4 2 9 29 49 14 Heatherton Utd 15 9 3 3 25 16 30 Ringwood City 15 7 0 8 39 29 21 P W D L F A PT Boys N/W 14 Super League Langwarrin 14 3 1 10 29 37 10 Peninsula 16 8 2 6 25 17 26 Boroondara Eagles 15 4 1 10 29 46 13 Knox Utd 18 17 1 0 75 3 52 P W D L F A PT Brighton 2 16 3 0 13 18 66 9 Sandringham City 16 6 3 7 20 25 21 Riversdale 15 4 0 11 31 45 12 North Caulfi eld 17 13 3 1 68 7 42 Keilor Park 18 13 4 1 37 10 43 Hampton 16 1 0 15 6 63 3 Mornington 16 4 1 11 22 34 13 Mooroolbark 15 2 1 12 26 64 7 FC Bulleen Lions 17 12 2 3 45 19 38 Essendon Royals 18 13 3 2 42 14 42 Langwarrin 15 3 2 10 16 28 11 Glen Eira 16 0 1 15 2 84 1 Sherbrooke Rangers 18 7 4 7 27 36 25 Melbourne Knights 17 12 2 3 32 13 38 Boys South 14 C Bentleigh Greens 15 3 1 11 21 39 10 Doncaster Rovers 18 6 3 9 18 36 21 Brunswick Zebras 18 11 4 3 32 14 37 P W D L F A PT Endeavour Utd 15 1 1 13 7 66 4 Boys East 15 D Waverley Wanderers 18 5 4 9 26 37 19 Green Gully 17 7 4 6 25 19 25 Bentleigh Greens 18 16 1 1 70 17 49 P W D L F A PT Boroondara Eagles 18 5 3 10 19 39 18 Bundoora Utd 18 6 4 8 25 33 22 Hampton Park Utd 18 12 3 3 69 15 39 Boys South 11 Joeys Blue Sherbrooke Rangers 14 13 0 1 97 21 39 Whitehorse Utd 18 4 4 10 24 28 16 Altona City 17 5 1 11 29 40 16 Beaumaris 18 11 1 6 35 30 34 P W D L F A PT Heatherton Utd 14 9 1 4 78 35 28 Richmond 18 3 4 11 22 65 13 North City Lions 18 4 3 11 23 38 15 Endeavour Utd 17 10 2 5 40 21 32 Bentleigh Greens 16 14 1 1 70 6 43 Rowville Eagles 13 6 0 7 53 53 18 Croydon City Arrows 18 1 4 13 16 70 7 Gisborne 17 2 2 13 28 51 8 Lyndale Utd 18 10 1 7 70 37 31 Doveton 16 13 2 1 89 16 41 Boronia 12 2 3 7 17 71 9 Whittlesea Stallions 18 0 3 15 13 54 3 Brighton 18 6 3 9 32 34 21 Hampton Park Utd 16 11 1 4 83 22 34 Croydon City Arrows 15 1 2 12 20 85 5 Boys East 12 E James Cook FC 17 7 0 10 35 55 21 East Bentleigh 16 9 0 7 44 23 27 P W D L F A PT Boys N/W 13 Super League East Bentleigh 18 6 0 12 31 49 18 Mornington 16 9 0 7 35 19 27 Boys East 14 A Ashburton 18 12 5 1 46 9 41 P W D L F A PT Peninsula 17 3 1 13 19 55 10 Springvale White Eagles 16 7 0 9 30 38 21 P W D L F A PT Glen Eira 17 11 5 1 46 16 38 Melbourne Knights 19 15 1 3 49 11 46 Cardinia United JSC 17 1 0 16 3 91 3 Baxter 16 4 0 12 16 59 12 Box Hill Inter 18 15 2 1 38 10 47 Mooroolbark 18 10 4 4 49 20 34 Whittlesea Stallions 19 11 5 3 37 13 38 Brighton 16 3 0 13 19 52 9 Glen Waverley 18 10 4 4 32 11 34 Whitehorse 1 18 9 2 7 38 32 29 Green Gully 19 11 4 4 27 17 37 Boys South 13 A Bye 0 0 0 0 Richmond 18 9 7 2 29 20 34 Glen Waverley 1 17 8 3 6 33 30 27 N.T.C 18 10 3 5 34 22 33 P W D L F A PT Rosebud 16 0 0 16 3154 0 Doncaster Rovers 18 9 5 4 40 14 32 Glen Waverley 2 18 3 5 10 19 32 14 GRFA 20 8 4 8 25 19 28 Bentleigh Greens 16 11 2 3 51 20 35 Riversdale 18 8 2 8 20 24 26 North Caulfi eld 18 1 4 13 18 46 7 Light Utd 19 7 6 6 30 29 27 Hampton 16 10 2 4 36 23 32 Boys South 11 Joeys Orange South Melbourne 18 6 7 5 24 19 25 Parkmore 18 1 4 13 13 77 7 Keilor Park 20 8 3 9 19 18 27 Berwick City 16 8 6 2 38 15 30 P W D L F A PT FC Bulleen Lions 17 6 4 7 23 20 22 Hume City 20 7 5 8 19 26 26 Casey Comets 16 9 3 4 36 22 30 Brighton 16 16 0 0105 3 48 Knox City 18 3 6 9 17 24 15 Boys East 11 Kangaroos Green Brunswick City 18 4 5 9 16 19 17 Doveton 16 8 5 3 35 18 29 Berwick City 16 14 0 2 76 13 42 North Caulfi eld 17 2 4 11 11 39 10 P W D L F A PT Epping City 20 3 1 16 12 51 10 Beaumaris 16 6 3 7 21 23 21 Hampton 16 12 0 4 48 19 36 Boronia 18 0 1 17 14 67 1 FC Bulleen Lions 18 15 2 1 99 10 47 Hoppers Crossing 20 3 1 16 19 62 10 Sandringham City 16 2 7 7 12 20 13 Aspendale 16 7 1 8 51 57 22 Monash City 18 14 1 3111 21 43 Brighton 16 1 3 12 11 51 6 Mornington 16 6 1 9 38 58 19 Boys East 14 B Box Hill Inter 18 10 3 5 57 17 33 Boys Metro 18 Blue Peninsula 16 1 1 14 12 60 4 Carrum Utd 16 5 3 8 26 33 18 P W D L F A PT Ashburton 18 10 3 5 45 18 33 P W D L F A PT Peninsula 16 3 2 11 28 74 11 Mooroolbark 16 15 1 0 54 2 46 Knox City 18 9 3 6 34 28 30 Melbourne Phoenix 16 13 1 2 52 14 40 Boys South 13 B Seaford Utd 16 2 4 10 32 51 10 Boroondara Eagles 16 10 1 5 50 21 31 Malvern City 18 9 1 8 33 50 28 Pascoe Vale 16 9 2 5 45 31 29 P W D L F A PT Beaumaris 16 1 1 14 15111 4 Ringwood City 16 9 1 6 45 24 28 Whitehorse Utd 18 5 2 11 16 41 17 Oakleigh 15 8 3 4 49 29 27 Dandenong Thunder 18 18 0 0 95 10 54 Manningham 16 8 3 5 48 16 27 Croydon City Arrows 18 5 0 13 19 59 15 Ballarat & District SA 15 7 4 4 45 23 25 South Springvale 18 15 1 2 73 13 46 Boys South 11 Joeys Green Waverley Victory FC 15 7 3 5 54 17 24 Manningham 18 3 1 14 10 82 10 St. Albans 15 6 3 6 44 27 21 Hampton Park Utd 18 12 1 5 63 31 37 P W D L F A PT Waverley Wanderers 15 7 1 7 33 22 22 Oakleigh 18 2 0 16 9107 6 Altona East 14 5 4 5 36 31 19 Berwick City 18 11 2 5 59 27 35 Dandenong City 18 18 0 0115 11 54 Ashburton 16 5 4 7 28 36 19 Cairnlea 15 6 1 8 30 54 19 Beaumaris 18 9 1 8 28 44 28 Doveton 18 13 2 3 46 25 41 Port Melbourne 16 3 0 13 15 64 9 Boys East 11 Kangaroos Orange Essendon Utd 15 2 4 9 17 53 10 Mornington 17 8 0 9 40 45 24 Brighton 2 18 12 3 3 62 20 39 Nunawading City 16 0 0 16 8133 0 P W D L F A PT Western Eagles 15 0 2 13 10 66 2 Langwarrin 18 4 4 10 20 43 16 Berwick City 18 10 3 5 52 31 33 South Melbourne 18 15 2 1 70 10 47 East Bentleigh 18 3 1 14 12 63 10 East Bentleigh 18 9 2 7 33 41 29 Boys East 14 C Richmond 18 14 1 3 61 9 43 Boys Metro 18 Purple Brighton 17 1 3 13 17 68 6 James Cook FC 18 6 3 9 23 47 21 P W D L F A PT Doncaster Rovers 18 13 2 3 70 25 41 P W D L F A PT Bentleigh Greens 18 1 1 16 12 75 4 Peninsula 18 4 2 12 20 60 14 Eastern Lions 18 17 0 1111 13 51 Eastern Lions 18 9 2 7 42 31 29 Richmond 16 11 2 3 51 27 35 Beaumaris 18 3 2 13 18 50 11 Sherbrooke Rangers 18 15 1 2 71 17 46 North Caulfi eld 17 9 0 8 43 44 27 Heidelberg Utd 16 11 0 5 70 30 33 Boys South 13 C Brighton 1 18 2 3 13 24 63 9 Knox Utd 18 14 1 3111 23 43 Glen Waverley 18 7 4 7 37 30 25 Oakleigh 16 10 2 4 37 19 32 P W D L F A PT Sandringham City 18 2 2 14 14 59 8 Whitehorse Utd 18 10 3 5 72 29 33 FC Bulleen Lions 17 7 2 8 27 38 23 Northcote City 16 8 1 7 39 36 25 Keysborough 16 12 2 2 41 9 38 North Caulfi eld 18 8 3 7 32 27 27 Nunawading City 18 5 1 12 20 41 16 Frankston Pines 16 8 1 7 34 35 25 Lyndale Utd 16 12 0 4 55 21 36 Boys 18 East Orange Richmond 17 7 0 10 37 57 21 Riversdale 17 1 2 14 11 67 5 Preston Lions 16 7 2 7 27 25 23 Seaford Utd 16 11 2 3 36 14 35 P W D L F A PT Oakleigh 18 4 1 13 34 78 13 Ringwood City 17 0 0 17 7 93 0 Sunshine Georgies 16 6 3 7 39 38 21 Casey Panthers 16 8 2 6 41 30 26 Manningham 18 14 1 3 83 22 43 Glen Eira 17 3 2 12 17 75 11 Bentleigh Greens 16 3 4 9 30 55 13 Hampton 16 7 3 6 19 17 24 North Caulfi eld 18 13 3 2 95 29 42 Caulfi eld United Cobras 18 3 2 13 26119 11 Boys East 11 Joeys Blue Pascoe Vale 16 0 1 15 13 75 1 East Bentleigh 16 4 5 7 28 45 17 Heidelberg Stars 18 11 2 5 70 30 35 Ashburton 18 1 1 16 10 83 4 P W D L F A PT Doveton 16 4 4 8 24 32 16 Whitehorse Utd 17 11 0 6 86 36 33 Mooroolbark 18 18 0 0101 2 54 Boys 18 South Harrisfi eld Hurricanes 16 1 3 12 10 47 6 Riversdale 17 10 1 6 65 30 31 Boys East 14 D Knox Utd 18 13 3 2 61 18 42 P W D L F A PT Berwick City 16 1 3 12 9 48 6 Nunawading City 18 8 3 7 45 36 27 P W D L F A PT Richmond 17 7 4 6 45 26 25 Dandenong City 18 13 4 1 87 26 43 Northcote City 18 8 0 10 46 43 24 Croydon City Arrows 16 15 1 0 83 7 46 Knox City 18 7 3 8 26 34 24 Casey Comets 1 18 11 3 4 62 31 36 Boys South 13 D Sherbrooke Rangers 18 5 2 11 62 69 17 Riversdale 16 10 2 4 37 19 32 Ashburton 18 5 3 10 15 33 18 Bayside Knights FC 18 10 2 6 61 33 32 P W D L F A PT Brighton 18 2 1 15 30 87 7 Doncaster Rovers 15 8 3 4 43 19 27 Boroondara Eagles 18 5 3 10 24 56 18 Berwick City 18 9 5 4 45 30 32 Carrum Utd 18 16 1 1 52 15 49 Beaumaris 18 0 1 17 14214 1 Manningham 16 7 5 4 43 19 26 North Caulfi eld 17 5 3 9 16 48 18 Keysborough 18 8 6 4 46 33 30 Peninsula 18 15 1 2 74 9 46 Brandon Park 15 6 3 6 49 38 21 Whitehorse Utd 18 1 1 16 8 79 4 Baxter 18 7 3 8 61 46 24 Casey Comets 17 13 1 3 61 13 40 Boys 18 East Yellow Knox Utd 16 6 3 7 50 47 21 Langwarrin 17 6 3 8 34 41 21 Sandringham City 18 12 3 3 77 19 39 P W D L F A PT Glen Eira 16 4 3 9 20 42 15 Boys East 11 Joeys Orange Brandon Park 18 5 4 9 48 56 19 Beaumaris 1 18 9 1 8 24 31 28 Glen Waverley 18 14 4 0 82 19 46 Glen Waverley 16 3 3 10 30 58 12 P W D L F A PT Casey Comets 2 17 3 2 12 26 62 11 Cardinia United JSC 17 5 1 11 29 46 16 Oakleigh 17 11 3 3 59 24 35 Mooroolbark 16 0 1 15 5111 1 Sherbrooke Rangers 18 15 2 1 78 2 47 Beaumaris 18 0 2 16 18130 2 Baxter 16 4 3 9 27 36 15 Eastern Lions 18 9 4 5 59 30 31 FC Bulleen Lions 18 14 3 1 69 10 45 Rosebud 17 4 1 12 28 42 13 Boronia 17 9 2 6 48 28 29 Boys East 14 E Waverley Victory FC 18 13 1 4 42 14 40 Boys South 16 A Westernport SC 18 3 0 15 23 69 9 Doncaster Rovers 18 7 5 6 42 34 25 P W D L F A PT Boronia 18 9 4 5 25 17 31 P W D L F A PT Seaford Utd 17 0 0 17 1116 0 Ashburton 18 6 6 6 43 40 24 Rowville Eagles 15 12 1 2 62 20 37 Doncaster Rovers 18 6 7 5 32 33 25 Dandenong Thunder 18 15 1 2 70 8 46 East Bentleigh 18 7 3 8 33 35 24 Malvern City 14 8 2 4 25 20 26 Glen Eira 18 6 5 7 28 31 23 East Bentleigh 18 14 2 2 57 20 44 Boys South 12 A Mooroolbark 17 4 3 10 18 40 15 North Caulfi eld 14 8 0 6 40 34 24 Riversdale 18 5 3 10 22 42 18 Dandenong City 18 13 0 5 66 43 39 P W D L F A PT Knox City 17 3 2 12 17 38 11 Sherbrooke Rangers 14 5 1 8 18 32 16 Oakleigh 18 4 4 10 23 45 16 Brighton 18 10 3 5 57 33 33 Brighton 18 15 3 0 59 7 48 Waverley Victory FC 18 2 0 16 21134 6 Eastern Lions 15 1 0 14 16 55 3 Glen Waverley 18 2 0 16 13 61 6 Peninsula 18 8 4 6 60 34 28 Springvale White Eagles 18 14 3 1 64 11 45 Ashburton 18 1 1 16 11 88 4 Doveton 18 8 2 8 36 51 26 South Eastern Piranhas 18 12 3 3 40 17 39 Boys South East 13 D Boys East 13 A Beaumaris 18 7 2 9 36 45 23 Langwarrin 18 9 5 4 46 20 32 P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Boys East 11 Joeys Yellow SSF Pilot Sandringham City 18 4 1 13 28 69 13 Berwick City 18 8 3 7 40 31 27 Knox City 15 14 1 0 75 9 43 Melbourne Phoenix 18 16 1 1 58 11 49 P W D L F A PT Berwick City 18 2 3 13 16 51 9 Beaumaris 18 7 2 9 27 35 23 Ringwood City 15 11 1 3 27 18 34 Riversdale 18 13 1 4 38 20 40 Oakleigh 2 18 17 0 1148 20 51 Langwarrin 18 0 0 18 14 86 0 GSL 18 5 4 9 22 25 19 Hampton Park Utd 16 8 4 4 26 18 28 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 4 4 46 13 34 Mooroolbark 1 18 15 0 3131 23 45 Bentleigh Greens 18 3 3 12 14 49 12 Croydon City Arrows 16 7 1 8 28 28 22 Box Hill Inter 18 8 6 4 26 16 30 Oakleigh 1 18 13 0 5 87 37 39 Boys South 16 B Mornington 18 2 2 14 13 59 8 Doncaster Rovers 16 6 4 6 16 17 22 North Caulfi eld 17 6 5 6 25 22 23 Montrose JSC 1 18 9 2 7 58 36 29 P W D L F A PT Southern Stars 18 1 0 17 5 76 3 Ashburton 16 4 5 7 23 37 17 Oakleigh 18 5 4 9 24 30 19 Croydon City Arrows 18 8 0 10 78 59 24 Springvale White Eagles 18 15 3 0 67 12 48 Brighton 15 4 3 8 24 45 15 Nunawading City 18 5 4 9 21 44 19 East Kew FC 18 5 2 11 54 75 17 Bayside Knights FC 18 13 2 3 85 19 41 Boys South 12 B Glen Waverley 15 3 3 9 19 32 12 Richmond 18 4 6 8 24 33 18 Mooroolbark 2 18 2 0 16 15138 6 Bentleigh Greens 18 12 2 4 57 27 38 P W D L F A PT Sandringham City 16 1 2 13 15 49 5 FC Bulleen Lions 17 2 7 8 14 33 13 Montrose JSC 2 18 1 0 17 13196 3 Casey Comets 18 9 4 5 40 27 31 Sandringham City 16 12 4 0 59 13 40 Glen Waverley 18 0 2 16 6 60 2 Endeavour Utd 18 9 4 5 40 28 31 Brighton 16 11 2 3 68 17 35 Boys East 16 A Boys East 11 Kangaroos/Joeys Yellow Baxter 18 9 1 8 52 38 28 Dandenong City 16 8 6 2 46 16 30 P W D L F A PT Boys East 13 B P W D L F A PT James Cook FC 18 6 0 12 32 67 18 Brandon Park 16 7 3 6 41 29 24 FC Bulleen Lions 16 13 1 2 46 14 40 P W D L F A PT Richmond 17 16 0 1 84 7 48 Carrum Utd 18 5 0 13 39 64 15 Doveton 16 5 7 4 28 24 22 Doncaster Rovers 16 9 4 3 52 14 31 Ashburton 18 13 5 0 49 6 44 Boroondara Eagles 18 12 3 3 64 19 39 Brighton 18 2 1 15 22 77 7 Mornington 16 5 2 9 20 47 17 Eastern Lions 16 7 4 5 29 19 25 Oakleigh 18 12 1 5 64 18 37 Doncaster Rovers 1 18 11 2 5 62 19 35 Beaumaris 18 1 1 16 22 97 4 Endeavour Utd 16 4 4 8 32 41 16 Manningham 16 6 2 8 29 37 20 Richmond 18 10 3 5 48 24 33 FC Bulleen Lions 18 10 3 5 59 24 33 Hampton Park Utd 16 4 2 10 27 44 14 Oakleigh 16 4 4 8 22 36 16 FC Bulleen Lions 18 9 5 4 35 14 32 Glen Eira 17 8 1 8 49 30 25 Boys South 15 A Peninsula 16 1 0 15 6 96 3 Riversdale 16 5 1 10 12 32 16 Doncaster Rovers 18 9 5 4 37 20 32 Ashburton 18 6 1 11 28 60 19 P W D L F A PT Richmond 16 3 2 11 16 54 11 Sherbrooke Rangers 18 6 4 8 26 36 22 Caulfi eld United Cobras 18 1 1 16 6 93 4 Brighton 16 12 1 3 56 13 37 Boys South 12 C Croydon City Arrows 18 5 5 8 25 26 20 North Caulfi eld 18 1 1 16 10110 4 Bentleigh Greens 16 11 3 2 34 10 36 P W D L F A PT Boys East 16 B North Caulfi eld 17 4 4 9 24 35 16 Hampton Park Utd 16 11 1 4 53 23 34 East Bentleigh 16 16 0 0 89 5 48 P W D L F A PT Boroondara Eagles 18 3 2 13 21 57 11 Boys 18 North Endeavour Utd 16 8 2 6 22 28 26 Casey Comets 16 12 1 3 50 17 37 Caulfi eld United Cobras 16 12 3 1 48 13 39 Whitehorse Utd 17 1 0 16 6 99 3 P W D L F A PT Harrisfi eld Hurricanes 16 6 4 6 19 27 22 Brighton 1 16 9 2 5 33 24 29 Doncaster Rovers 16 12 3 1 46 16 39 Brunswick City 17 15 1 1 80 12 46 Mornington 15 5 3 7 25 28 18 Berwick City 16 8 2 6 23 22 26 Port Melbourne 16 7 2 7 34 34 23 Boys East 13 C Tullamarine Jets 17 13 1 3 70 26 40 Noble Park 15 4 2 9 20 36 14 Aspendale 16 6 2 8 40 36 20 Whitehorse Utd 16 7 1 8 33 24 22 P W D L F A PT Westvale 16 9 2 5 39 22 29 Hampton 16 2 3 11 19 39 9 Hampton 16 4 4 8 20 27 16 North Caulfi eld 16 7 1 8 30 41 22 Boroondara Eagles 18 11 6 1 48 18 39 Brunswick Zebras 16 8 3 5 37 25 27 Sandringham City 16 0 5 11 9 53 5 Brighton 2 16 4 2 10 20 38 14 Brandon Park 16 5 3 8 19 25 18 Mooroolbark 18 11 3 4 36 23 36 Bundoora Utd 15 8 2 5 33 24 26 Sandringham City 16 4 1 11 9 46 13 Ashburton 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 2 6 37 22 32 Whittlesea Stallions 17 8 2 7 43 35 26 Boys South 15 B Beaumaris 16 1 2 13 4 73 5 Richmond 16 4 1 11 26 48 13 Croydon City Arrows 18 8 4 6 30 20 28 DOC United FC 16 4 4 8 26 33 16 P W D L F A PT Boroondara Eagles 16 3 4 9 20 45 13 Glen Waverley 18 6 6 6 34 35 24 South Yarra 16 3 0 13 12 65 9 Berwick City 18 17 0 1 85 21 51 Boys South 12 D North Caulfi eld 18 5 7 6 24 22 22 Brimbank Stallions 9 1 2 6 7 18 4 White Star Dandenong 18 14 2 2 73 21 44 P W D L F A PT Boys East 16 C Riversdale 18 5 6 7 23 31 21 Sydenham Park 17 0 1 16 8 95 0 East Bentleigh 18 11 2 5 54 36 35 East Bentleigh 18 14 2 2 57 16 44 P W D L F A PT Eastern Lions 18 4 6 8 24 27 18 Bentleigh Greens 18 9 2 7 38 38 29 Carrum Utd 18 14 1 3 72 17 43 Boronia 18 17 1 0 79 16 52 Ashburton 18 4 3 11 17 45 15 Boys North 16 A Brighton 18 8 4 6 40 36 28 Langwarrin 18 12 0 6 71 17 36 Sherbrooke Rangers 18 10 4 4 72 30 34 Boronia 18 3 3 12 20 50 12 P W D L F A PT Seaford Utd 18 8 2 8 48 48 26 Baxter 18 9 5 4 31 23 32 Ringwood City 17 10 4 3 36 24 34 Brunswick Zebras 16 12 2 2 49 15 38 Casey Comets 18 6 2 10 39 51 20 Dandenong City 18 10 2 6 32 32 32 Manningham 18 8 4 6 58 36 28 Boys East 12 A Moreland City 16 11 2 3 38 19 35 Mornington 18 3 4 11 27 43 13 Berwick City 18 9 3 6 31 23 30 Glen Waverley 18 7 2 9 47 47 23 P W D L F A PT Lalor Utd 16 9 3 4 57 23 30 Langwarrin 17 3 2 12 29 51 11 Brighton 18 4 3 11 19 47 15 East Bentleigh 18 4 3 11 21 60 15 South Melbourne 18 14 3 1 52 9 45 Fawkner 16 10 0 6 41 23 30 Dandenong City 17 0 0 17 23111 0 Beaumaris 18 3 1 14 14 60 10 Ashburton 17 3 0 14 13 69 9 FC Bulleen Lions 18 9 6 3 38 17 33 Bundoora Utd 16 9 1 6 42 28 28 Aspendale 18 2 3 13 16 59 9 Mooroolbark 18 2 2 14 22 66 8 Richmond 17 10 2 5 22 12 32 Diamond Valley Utd 16 2 3 11 21 53 9 Peninsula 18 1 4 13 11 60 7 Box Hill Inter 18 9 4 5 40 20 31 Moreland Utd 16 2 3 11 14 64 9 Monash City 18 8 4 6 28 17 28 Northcote City 16 1 2 13 19 56 5 Hampton 17 7 6 4 36 14 27 Doncaster Rovers 18 6 4 8 33 32 22 p28 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26 Junior Results And Ladders VICTORIA

Boys North 16 B Moreland City 18 10 1 7 34 21 31 Boys West 13 A Girls Metro 16 A Keilor Park 18 16 1 1 46 8 49 P W D L F A PT Diamond Valley Utd 18 9 2 7 46 24 29 P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Richmond 17 12 2 3 50 15 38 Bundoora Utd 17 14 2 1 60 23 44 Clifton Hill 18 8 2 8 26 28 26 Cairnlea 16 12 2 2 41 10 38 Bundoora Utd 16 15 0 1101 12 45 Sandringham City 18 11 2 5 37 21 35 Light Utd 18 13 1 4 85 26 40 Brunswick Zebras 17 6 2 9 31 31 20 Altona Magic 16 12 1 3 47 16 37 Doncaster Rovers 16 15 0 1 91 12 45 Ashburton 18 11 2 5 29 19 35 Heidelberg Stars 18 12 2 4 63 23 38 Mitchell Rangers 18 5 1 12 24 68 16 Altona City 16 10 3 3 28 16 33 Brighton 16 12 0 4 69 24 36 Essendon Royals 18 9 2 7 18 20 29 DOC United FC 18 10 3 5 44 25 33 Bundoora Utd 18 3 3 12 18 49 12 Green Gully 16 9 2 5 36 17 29 GRFA 16 7 2 7 45 43 23 Hampton 18 6 3 9 19 28 21 Brunswick City 17 7 5 5 45 34 26 Watsonia Heights 18 0 0 18 11120 0 St. Albans 16 6 1 9 26 31 19 Casey Comets 16 7 2 7 42 40 23 Berwick City 18 5 3 10 19 23 18 Epping City 17 6 3 8 36 39 21 Brimbank Stallions 16 5 2 9 30 31 17 Richmond 16 6 1 9 66 36 19 Boroondara Eagles 18 4 4 10 23 40 16 Carlton Youth 17 6 2 9 40 35 20 Boys North 12 D Sydenham Park 16 5 2 9 22 35 17 Eltham North 15 3 3 9 26 40 12 North Caulfi eld 17 2 3 12 10 36 9 Whittlesea Stallions 17 3 2 12 19 47 11 P W D L F A PT Williamstown 16 5 1 10 22 40 16 Meadow Park 15 1 0 14 13127 3 Brighton 18 1 2 15 6 47 5 Watsonia Heights 18 2 4 12 38 42 10 DOC United FC 17 14 2 1 75 14 44 Keilor Park 16 1 0 15 11 67 3 Heatherton Utd 16 1 0 15 11130 3 Sunbury Utd 17 1 2 14 12148 5 Yarra Jets FC 1 18 13 2 3 82 26 41 Girls Metro 13 B Pascoe Vale 18 13 2 3 77 21 41 Boys West 13 B Girls Metro 16 B P W D L F A PT Boys North 15 A Yarra Jets FC 2 18 9 2 7 42 34 29 P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT FC Bulleen Lions 17 14 3 0 57 4 45 P W D L F A PT Brunswick Zebras 18 5 5 8 26 27 20 Sunshine Heights 18 15 2 1 69 7 47 Sandringham City 16 10 5 1 45 19 35 St. Albans 17 12 4 1 35 9 40 Fawkner 18 15 3 0 65 8 48 Banyule City 17 4 4 9 21 37 16 South Yarra 18 15 2 1 61 10 47 Hampton Park Utd 16 10 5 1 28 8 35 Brunswick Zebras 18 12 1 5 43 24 37 Preston Lions 18 10 6 2 51 17 36 Broadmeadows Utd 18 3 1 14 14 82 7 Brimbank Stallions 18 12 3 3 35 13 39 Brunswick Zebras 16 7 6 3 27 16 27 Green Gully 17 7 5 5 30 22 26 Greenvale Utd 17 7 7 3 26 15 28 Sunshine Georgies 18 0 2 16 10106 2 Wyndham Olympic 18 12 0 6 58 27 33 Baxter 15 7 5 3 26 15 26 Ashburton 18 5 4 9 17 28 19 Brunswick Zebras 18 8 1 9 30 30 25 Keilor Wolves 18 8 3 7 56 38 27 East Bentleigh 16 5 3 8 19 25 18 Carrum Utd 17 5 2 10 18 24 17 Essendon Royals 18 7 3 8 29 32 24 Boys North 11 Kangaroos Yellow Cairnlea 18 7 1 10 23 36 22 Carrum Utd 16 3 7 6 18 27 16 Oakleigh 17 3 2 12 9 36 11 Hume Utd 18 6 5 7 27 29 23 P W D L F A PT Laverton Park 18 4 4 10 23 39 16 Glen Waverley 16 4 3 9 17 35 15 South Melbourne 17 0 1 16 4 66 1 Bundoora Utd 18 5 7 6 28 24 22 Light Utd 17 17 0 0 63 6 51 Williamstown 18 4 0 14 16 53 12 Watsonia Heights 16 2 7 7 25 33 13 Light Utd 17 5 7 5 25 25 22 Bundoora Utd 16 10 2 4 42 22 32 Flemington Eagles 18 2 2 14 15 82 8 Peninsula 15 0 5 10 7 34 5 Girls Metro 13 C Moreland City 18 3 3 12 16 30 12 Brunswick City 16 8 2 6 32 27 26 Altona City 18 2 1 15 12 63 7 P W D L F A PT Sunbury Utd 18 2 0 16 8 95 6 Watsonia Heights 17 7 4 6 29 19 25 Girls N/W 16 C Croydon City Arrows 18 14 3 1 58 7 45 Epping City 17 8 1 8 31 30 25 Boys West 13 C P W D L F A PT Sandringham City 18 13 3 2 55 9 42 Boys North 15 B Hume Utd 17 5 1 11 20 42 16 P W D L F A PT Brimbank Stallions 16 15 0 1 98 14 45 Clifton Hill 18 12 1 5 41 15 37 P W D L F A PT Whittlesea Stallions 17 3 1 13 20 52 10 Avondale Heights 15 11 1 3 33 10 34 Greenvale Utd 17 14 2 1 57 10 44 Watsonia Heights 18 10 3 5 32 20 33 FC City Central 14 11 1 2100 12 34 Northcote City 17 3 1 13 16 55 10 Bell Park 15 10 1 4 34 25 31 Epping City 18 11 1 6 33 26 34 Banyule City 18 8 6 4 36 20 30 Clifton Hill 15 11 1 3 63 21 34 Upfi eld 15 12 0 3 63 15 24 Sunbury Utd 18 10 3 5 34 21 33 Sunbury Utd 18 5 3 10 16 32 18 Meadow Park 15 10 2 3 59 18 32 Boys North 11 Kangaroos Blue Melton 15 6 1 8 26 30 19 Bundoora Utd 17 7 2 8 27 26 23 Eltham North 18 4 4 10 13 44 16 Fawkner 15 8 2 5 49 25 26 P W D L F A PT Gisborne 15 5 1 9 25 41 16 Hoppers Crossing 17 7 2 8 27 37 23 Kensington JGSC 18 4 2 12 12 42 14 Bundoora Utd 14 7 2 5 39 22 23 Brunswick Zebras 18 14 3 1 71 15 45 Western Eagles 16 4 3 9 19 45 15 Sydenham Park 18 7 2 9 18 29 23 Sherbrooke Rangers 18 2 5 11 11 39 11 Northcote City 15 4 2 9 24 48 14 FC Birrarung 18 13 2 3 99 15 41 Hoppers Crossing 15 0 3 12 11 45 3 Brunswick Zebras 17 4 1 12 23 43 13 Glen Eira 18 2 2 14 15 61 8 North City Lions 14 3 2 9 31 60 11 Preston Lions 18 13 2 3 71 13 41 Altona East 18 3 3 12 11 52 12 Eltham North 14 2 0 12 13 81 6 Essendon Royals 17 13 0 4 65 23 39 Boys West 12 A Bacchus Marsh JSC 18 1 0 17 4 74 3 Girls Metro 13 D Watsonia Heights 8 0 0 8 5 96 0 Moreland City 18 11 1 6 42 18 34 P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Lalor Utd 18 7 2 9 47 55 23 Melbourne Knights 18 13 4 1 65 13 43 Girls S/E 16 C Bundoora Utd 16 15 1 0 69 5 46 Boys North 15 C Eltham North 17 4 3 10 29 57 15 Green Gully 18 13 3 2 46 13 42 P W D L F A PT Diamond Valley Utd 16 11 0 5 22 9 33 P W D L F A PT Heidelberg Utd 18 4 1 13 20 65 13 South Yarra 17 10 4 3 56 16 34 FC Bulleen Lions 18 16 2 0 66 6 50 Baxter 16 10 2 4 38 18 32 Yarra Jets 17 15 1 1 74 11 46 North City Lions 18 1 3 14 14 86 6 Altona City 18 10 3 5 40 12 33 Brighton 18 15 1 2 65 10 46 Glen Waverley 16 9 3 4 29 11 30 DOC United FC 17 13 0 4 84 20 39 Alphington 18 0 1 17 6117 1 Keilor Park 18 9 5 4 37 12 32 Langwarrin 18 14 2 2 68 10 44 Knox City 16 7 1 8 28 36 22 Lalor Utd 17 11 1 5 42 23 34 Hoppers Crossing 17 8 4 5 32 21 28 Springvale White Eagles 18 9 2 7 46 37 29 Mornington 16 6 3 7 32 24 21 Heidelberg Utd 17 9 0 8 43 42 27 Boys North 11 Joeys Orange Brimbank City 18 6 0 12 18 46 18 Knox City 18 8 5 5 27 22 29 Sydenham Park 15 4 1 10 20 43 13 Brunswick Zebras 18 7 2 9 34 43 23 P W D L F A PT Brimbank Stallions 18 5 0 13 22 47 15 Croydon City Arrows 18 8 2 8 42 38 26 Meadow Park 16 2 1 13 10 41 7 Moreland Wolves 18 5 1 12 28 75 16 Fawkner 17 14 2 1 54 10 44 Sunshine Georgies 18 2 1 15 16 72 7 Noble Park 18 6 4 8 42 23 22 North Caulfi eld 15 1 0 14 3 64 3 Cairnlea 18 4 1 13 24 60 13 Epping City 18 11 3 4 58 23 36 Williamstown 18 1 0 17 8 88 3 North Caulfi eld 18 5 3 10 21 52 18 Banyule City 18 3 0 15 18 73 9 Brunswick Zebras 18 11 3 4 42 14 36 Carrum Utd 18 3 5 10 16 41 14 Girls Metro 12 A Whittlesea Stallions 18 11 1 6 50 27 34 Boys West 12 B Whitehorse Utd 18 3 3 12 14 50 12 P W D L F A PT Boys North 14 A Heidelberg Stars 18 10 2 6 43 22 32 P W D L F A PT Richmond 18 1 5 12 8 58 8 Brighton 18 14 3 1 51 5 45 P W D L F A PT Lalor 18 6 6 6 26 20 24 Green Gully 18 17 0 1 71 3 51 Beaumaris 18 1 4 13 16 84 7 Sandringham City 18 13 3 2 49 10 42 Light Utd 18 15 2 1 92 13 47 Diamond Valley Utd 18 6 3 9 23 35 21 Werribee City 18 14 1 3 82 11 43 Berwick City 18 13 2 3 36 15 41 Brunswick City 18 12 3 3 48 13 39 Eltham North 17 4 2 11 12 23 14 Ballarat Academy Of Soccer 18 13 0 5 67 15 39 Girls Metro 15 A Boroondara Eagles 18 10 1 7 29 21 31 Preston Lions 17 9 4 4 41 24 31 Plenty Valley Lions 18 4 1 13 10 47 13 Maribyrnong Greens 18 11 2 5 56 22 35 P W D L F A PT Peninsula 18 6 5 7 23 26 23 Essendon Royals 18 8 5 5 39 31 29 Moreland City 18 0 1 17 7104 1 Altona City 18 8 3 7 37 31 27 Sandringham City 17 16 0 1 57 9 48 Ashburton 17 5 3 9 13 30 18 Brunswick Zebras 17 8 3 6 36 22 27 Keilor Park 18 8 3 7 30 56 27 Essendon Royals 18 12 3 3 50 11 39 North Caulfi eld 17 4 5 8 18 25 17 Fawkner 18 7 5 6 34 28 26 Boys North 11 Joeys Red Altona East 18 6 2 10 35 50 20 Ashburton 18 12 2 4 37 16 38 Pascoe Vale 18 3 6 9 10 22 15 Diamond Valley Utd 18 6 4 8 31 39 22 P W D L F A PT South Yarra 18 2 2 14 10 60 8 Boroondara Eagles 18 11 1 6 43 16 34 Banyule City 18 3 3 12 10 36 12 Hume Utd 18 3 5 10 23 37 14 Pascoe Vale 16 14 1 1 86 7 43 Brimbank Stallions 18 2 2 14 17 80 8 Diamond Valley Utd 18 9 0 9 29 28 27 South Yarra 18 1 3 14 5 54 6 Moreland City 18 3 5 10 23 54 14 Fawkner 16 12 0 4 68 13 36 Sydenham Park 18 0 3 15 12 89 3 Pascoe Vale 18 7 4 7 32 29 25 Epping City 18 0 0 18 4110 0 Epping City 16 10 2 4 39 30 32 Croydon City Arrows 17 7 2 8 27 23 23 Girls Metro 12 B Bundoora Utd 16 7 3 6 16 28 24 Boys West 12 C Sherbrooke Rangers 18 3 2 13 12 53 11 P W D L F A PT Boys North 14 B DOC United FC 15 7 2 6 24 24 23 P W D L F A PT North Caulfi eld 18 2 2 14 12 63 8 Richmond 16 13 3 0 74 3 42 P W D L F A PT Clifton Hill 15 7 1 7 33 29 22 GRFA 16 16 0 0188 5 48 Alphington 18 1 2 15 11 62 5 Malvern City 16 12 2 2 43 5 38 Heidelberg Stars 16 13 3 0 62 18 42 Mitchell Rangers 16 3 2 11 13 56 11 Yarraville 16 14 0 2158 11 42 East Bentleigh 16 12 1 3 41 12 37 Clifton Hill 16 13 1 2 48 17 40 Sunbury Utd 16 2 2 12 16 53 8 Laverton Park 16 13 0 3 73 17 39 Girls Metro 15 B Brighton 16 9 2 5 46 22 29 Yarra Jets 16 8 3 5 40 24 27 Yarra Jets 16 2 1 13 11 66 7 Cairnlea 15 10 1 4 92 24 31 P W D L F A PT Brunswick Zebras 16 4 5 7 17 28 17 Bundoora Utd 15 7 4 4 35 23 25 Spring Hills 16 8 1 7 46 66 25 Kensington JGSC 18 13 3 2 79 27 42 Carrum Utd 16 4 3 9 20 43 15 Banyule City 15 7 1 7 32 29 22 Boys West 16 A Westvale 17 7 1 9 31 63 22 Berwick City 17 13 3 1 48 8 42 Sandringham City 16 4 1 11 11 37 13 Brunswick City 15 3 3 9 30 49 12 P W D L F A PT Avondale Heights 17 6 1 10 31 59 19 Boroondara Eagles 18 10 5 3 47 25 35 Croydon City Arrows 16 3 1 12 15 44 10 Whittlesea Stallions 15 3 3 9 21 53 12 GRFA 15 11 2 2 57 10 35 Werribee City 16 4 2 10 23 82 14 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 3 5 54 26 33 Hampton 16 1 2 13 4 77 5 Alphington 16 3 2 11 23 53 11 Werribee City 16 10 3 3 35 21 33 Point Cook FC 17 3 1 13 17154 10 Keilor Park 18 7 4 7 18 17 25 Eltham North 16 2 2 12 19 44 8 Williamstown 15 9 4 2 43 18 31 Hoppers Crossing 16 2 3 11 17 67 9 Peninsula 17 6 3 8 18 35 21 Girls Metro 12 C Geelong 16 9 1 6 37 29 28 Bacchus Marsh JSC 16 1 0 15 11139 3 Port Melbourne 18 5 3 10 18 45 18 P W D L F A PT Boys North 14 C Brimbank City 15 7 4 4 45 36 25 Brunswick Zebras 18 3 6 9 20 33 15 FC Bulleen Lions 17 16 1 0 64 0 49 P W D L F A PT Keilor Wolves 15 6 3 6 39 29 21 Boys West 11 Kangaroos Green South Melbourne 18 1 6 11 9 46 9 Keilor Park 18 11 3 4 46 14 36 Fawkner 18 13 1 4 61 23 40 Hoppers Crossing 15 3 3 9 25 37 12 P W D L F A PT Glen Eira 18 2 2 14 20 69 8 Essendon Royals 18 10 5 3 28 9 35 Diamond Valley Utd 17 11 3 3 58 25 36 Keilor Park 15 3 2 10 17 47 11 Altona City 18 15 2 1 68 7 47 Diamond Valley Utd 17 9 1 7 27 19 28 DOC United FC 17 10 4 3 61 35 34 Altona City 16 0 0 16 18 89 0 Melbourne Knights 18 13 3 2 52 12 42 Girls Metro 15 C Yarra Jets 18 8 3 7 27 22 27 Moreland Utd 17 9 2 6 49 24 29 North Geelong Warriors 18 13 2 3 52 26 41 P W D L F A PT Kensington JGSC 17 5 5 7 12 16 20 Essendon Utd 17 7 6 4 39 31 27 Boys West 16 B Green Gully 18 12 1 5 52 31 37 Sandringham City 18 16 2 0 56 10 50 Casey Panthers 18 5 5 8 14 24 20 Sunbury Utd 18 5 0 13 41 59 15 P W D L F A PT Brimbank Stallions 18 8 2 8 35 30 26 Baxter 18 12 2 4 39 19 38 Malvern City 18 5 2 11 17 46 17 Brunswick Zebras 17 3 3 11 27 46 12 Brimbank Stallions 15 12 2 1 86 10 38 Ballarat Academy Of Soccer 18 8 2 8 37 35 26 Dandenong City 17 10 5 2 58 18 35 Green Gully 17 3 3 11 11 33 12 FC City Central 17 1 1 15 9102 4 Werribee City 16 10 2 4 92 26 32 St. Albans 18 6 3 9 36 37 21 Langwarrin 18 7 5 6 25 25 26 DOC United FC 18 1 2 15 3 66 5 Westgate 15 9 3 3 54 16 30 Sunshine Georgies 18 2 3 13 12 50 9 Oakleigh 18 6 5 7 27 24 23 Boys North 13 A Yarraville 15 9 1 5 64 23 28 Hoppers Crossing 18 2 0 16 7 69 6 Mornington 18 7 1 10 36 37 22 P W D L F A PT Hoppers Crossing 15 5 1 9 23 68 16 Bell Park 18 1 2 15 14 68 5 Glen Waverley 18 5 6 7 25 28 21 Girls Metro 11 Pink Moreland City 16 14 1 1 55 11 43 Satellite City Utd 15 3 1 11 23 87 10 Sherbrooke Rangers 18 5 5 8 18 25 20 P W D L F A PT Greenvale Utd 16 12 1 3 48 10 37 Bacchus Marsh JSC 15 0 0 15 13125 0 Boys West 11 Kangaroos Blue Boronia 18 5 4 9 14 33 19 Ashburton 18 15 1 2 41 4 46 Moreland Utd 16 10 1 5 46 24 31 P W D L F A PT Brandon Park 17 4 6 7 14 34 18 St. Albans 18 13 2 3 34 12 41 Northcote City 16 8 2 6 24 19 26 Boys West 15 A Green Gully 18 15 3 0 85 9 48 Southern Stars 18 3 4 11 10 41 13 Box Hill Inter 18 12 2 4 53 13 38 Bundoora Utd 16 7 2 7 28 24 23 P W D L F A PT Essendon Royals 18 15 3 0 80 5 48 Eastern Lions 18 1 7 10 12 40 10 Richmond 1 18 10 2 6 28 20 32 Brunswick Zebras 16 6 2 8 22 43 20 North Geelong Warriors 16 9 5 2 48 8 32 Keilor Park 18 12 2 4 50 15 38 Boroondara Eagles 17 5 3 9 17 33 18 Light Utd 16 3 3 10 15 41 12 Werribee City 16 8 3 5 36 24 27 Fawkner 18 12 1 5 37 17 37 Girls Metro 15 D North Caulfi eld 17 4 3 10 14 24 15 Essendon Royals 16 1 5 10 16 49 8 GRFA 16 7 6 3 25 13 27 South Yarra 18 9 2 7 39 24 29 P W D L F A PT Banyule City 18 2 4 12 9 41 10 Preston Lions 16 1 3 12 16 49 6 Sydenham Park 16 7 4 5 24 13 25 Avondale Heights 18 7 2 9 48 32 23 Mooroolbark 16 15 1 0 77 6 46 Brighton 18 0 3 15 11 60 3 Sunshine Georgies 16 6 6 4 35 16 24 Hume City 18 5 3 10 29 46 18 Whittlesea Stallions 15 11 2 2 33 4 35 Boys North 13 B Sunshine Heights 16 6 4 6 26 23 22 Greenvale Utd 18 3 1 14 21 77 10 Altona City 16 11 1 4 36 15 34 P W D L F A PT Green Gully 16 5 6 5 21 13 21 Yarra Jets 18 3 1 14 14 79 10 Yarra Jets 16 7 2 7 43 21 23 Girls Metro 11 Purple Diamond Valley Utd 17 13 2 2 47 13 41 Keilor Park 16 5 2 9 18 29 17 Moreland Wolves 18 0 0 18 3102 0 Croydon City Arrows 15 6 2 7 24 28 20 P W D L F A PT Essendon Royals 18 11 5 2 45 18 38 Melton 16 1 0 15 7101 3 Watsonia Heights 16 6 2 8 33 40 20 Sandringham City 1 16 13 3 0 55 8 42 Lalor 18 8 4 6 45 37 28 Boys West 11 Joeys Red Eltham North 16 4 2 10 19 36 14 Sandringham City 2 16 12 3 1 49 2 39 North Lions 17 8 3 6 29 22 27 Boys West 15 B P W D L F A PT South Yarra 16 3 1 12 14 57 10 Peninsula 16 8 3 5 20 14 27 Heidelberg Utd 17 6 6 5 33 28 24 P W D L F A PT Altona City 18 16 2 0 91 9 50 Essendon Royals 16 1 1 14 15 87 4 Richmond 16 8 2 6 38 19 26 Moreland City 18 6 6 6 23 29 24 Altona East 16 12 3 1 79 16 39 Meadow Park 18 13 3 2 60 11 42 Berwick City 16 4 6 6 22 18 18 Moreland Wolves 18 6 4 8 27 33 22 Western Eagles 16 11 3 2 58 12 36 Keilor Park 18 9 6 3 45 13 33 Girls Metro 14 A Whitehorse Utd 16 4 5 7 12 19 17 Plenty Valley Lions 18 4 5 9 34 46 17 St. Albans 16 11 1 4 44 19 34 Gisborne 18 9 5 4 49 13 32 P W D L F A PT Sherbrooke Rangers 16 2 6 8 8 32 12 Eltham North 17 3 6 8 24 36 15 AVA Seagulls 15 9 2 4 51 20 29 Cairnlea 18 9 2 7 44 21 29 Carrum Utd 16 13 2 1 33 6 41 Ringwood City 16 2 5 9 23 47 11 Alphington 18 2 1 15 20 65 7 Gisborne 16 6 2 8 37 28 20 Melton 18 7 5 6 39 27 26 Ashburton 16 9 6 1 27 7 33 Bayside Knights FC 16 2 1 13 8 76 7 Yarraville 16 6 0 10 22 53 18 Laverton Park 18 6 2 10 28 30 20 Monash City 16 9 4 3 35 19 31 Boys North 13 C Williamstown 15 5 2 8 24 29 17 South Yarra 18 4 1 13 21 54 13 Keilor Park 16 7 7 2 24 12 28 P W D L F A PT Avondale Heights 16 4 1 11 22 60 13 Hoppers Crossing 18 3 1 14 10112 10 Brighton 16 7 5 4 23 16 26 Brunswick Zebras 16 13 1 2 76 19 40 Melton 16 0 0 16 8108 0 Point Cook FC 18 0 1 17 3100 1 Knox City 16 4 4 8 11 16 16 Pascoe Vale 16 11 2 3 52 22 35 Whitehorse Utd 16 3 1 12 9 28 10 Yarra Jets 16 11 1 4 57 22 34 Boys West 14 A Boys West 11 Joeys Yellow Boroondara Eagles 16 3 1 12 7 28 10 North City Lions 16 9 1 6 36 33 28 P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Banyule City 16 1 2 13 12 49 5 Had a blinder 1. Name of Melbourne Phoenix 16 5 3 8 29 43 18 BASL 18 13 3 2 66 22 42 Sydenham Park 18 14 2 2 53 19 44 in front of hero Bundoora Utd 16 2 5 9 11 40 11 GRFA 18 13 2 3 47 17 41 Keilor Park 18 13 3 2 39 10 42 Girls Metro 14 B goal lately? 2. Name of Heidelberg Stars 16 2 3 11 11 57 9 Green Gully 18 11 5 2 44 21 38 Sunshine Heights 18 12 3 3 50 15 39 P W D L F A PT team hero Watsonia Heights 16 2 2 12 8 44 8 Altona City 18 8 4 6 39 36 28 Yarraville 18 7 3 8 27 26 24 Bundoora Utd 17 16 0 1 66 10 48 Send us the plays for Geelong 18 8 2 8 28 33 26 Williamstown 18 6 4 8 41 49 22 FC Bulleen Lions 17 13 2 2 65 10 41 details and 3. Name of the Boys North 12 A Ballarat Academy Of Soccer 18 6 5 7 27 42 23 Essendon Royals 18 4 1 13 17 47 13 Sydenham Park 17 12 0 5 56 29 36 we’ll forward opposition P W D L F A PT Brimbank Stallions 18 5 5 8 23 26 20 Melbourne Lions 18 3 3 12 14 43 12 Brunswick Zebras 18 7 4 7 36 26 25 you a Goal! 4. Date of the Essendon Royals 18 18 0 0 97 6 54 Sunshine Georgies 18 4 2 12 23 40 14 Spring Hills 18 3 1 14 20 52 10 Nunawading City 18 7 2 9 26 42 23 Weekly Hat- game St. Albans 17 11 2 4 44 23 35 Williamstown 18 3 5 10 25 44 14 Glen Eira 17 4 1 12 19 62 13 Trick Hero 5. Your pre- Whittlesea Stallions 18 10 4 4 46 34 34 Laverton Park 18 1 3 14 12 53 6 Girls North West 18 Glen Waverley 17 3 1 13 21 41 10 Certifi cate. ferred postal Brunswick Zebras 17 8 4 5 49 24 28 P W D L F A PT Boronia 17 2 0 15 19 88 6 address Bundoora Utd 18 8 2 8 33 47 26 Boys West 14 B Diamond Valley Utd 18 15 1 2 72 15 46 Any junior who 6. Please Sunbury Utd 18 8 1 9 34 46 25 P W D L F A PT Keilor Park 18 10 5 3 58 12 35 Girls Metro 14 C has scored include $5.50 Fawkner 18 6 3 9 30 36 21 Brimbank City 18 15 1 2 83 13 46 Brunswick Zebras 17 10 3 4 76 17 33 P W D L F A PT three or more for postage & Heidelberg Utd 18 17 0 1 54 10 51 Lalor Utd 18 5 1 12 26 55 16 Keilor Park 18 15 1 2 51 11 46 Keilor Wolves 18 10 2 6 36 17 32 goals in a handling North City Lions 18 3 2 13 11 39 11 Werribee City 18 9 4 5 36 33 31 Preston Lions 18 9 2 7 48 33 29 Keilor Wolves 18 10 3 5 32 11 33 League, Cup, 7. Please Alphington 18 2 1 15 13 73 7 Maribyrnong Greens 18 7 5 6 40 36 26 Brunswick City 17 4 2 11 15 55 14 Peninsula 17 9 3 5 34 23 30 School or make cheque Avondale Heights 18 7 2 9 34 31 23 Pascoe Vale 17 4 0 13 30 59 12 Ashburton 18 9 2 7 34 24 29 Representa- out to Goal! Boys North 12 B Sunshine Georgies 18 4 3 11 24 37 15 Gisborne 17 0 1 16 5132 1 Sandringham City 17 8 3 6 28 20 27 tive match Weekly P W D L F A PT Sydenham Park 18 3 2 13 21 63 11 North Caulfi eld 17 5 3 9 23 29 18 qualifi es. Heidelberg Utd 18 12 5 1 59 14 41 Hoppers Crossing 18 2 2 14 27 92 8 Girls South East 18 Brighton 18 2 3 13 12 53 9 Send details Light Utd 18 12 4 2 60 13 40 P W D L F A PT Oakleigh 17 1 1 15 1 48 4 In order for a to : Northcote City 18 13 1 4 66 21 40 Boys West 14 C Boroondara Eagles 2 18 16 1 1 81 11 49 Essendon Royals 18 11 4 3 49 12 37 P W D L F A PT Boroondara Eagles 1 18 14 2 2 95 15 44 Girls Metro 14 D speddy reply Hat-Trick Brunswick City 17 8 3 6 35 23 27 Ballarat Academy Of Soccer 18 16 1 1 74 17 49 Langwarrin 17 13 1 3 74 27 40 P W D L F A PT please remem- Heroes Epping City 17 7 3 7 36 33 24 Melbourne Lions 18 12 4 2 63 20 40 Whitehorse Utd 18 11 1 6 75 39 34 Werribee City 18 13 3 2 44 15 42 ber to include P.O Box 142 Eltham North 17 5 3 9 24 39 18 Williamstown 18 10 1 7 60 41 31 East Bentleigh 17 11 1 5 62 26 34 Waverley Victory FC 18 9 6 3 43 24 33 the following: Port Mel- Plenty Valley Lions 18 4 1 13 23 36 13 Werribee City 18 9 3 6 35 28 30 Doncaster Rovers 18 5 1 12 34 53 16 Cairnlea 18 8 5 5 26 16 29 bourne 3207 Moreland Wolves 18 4 0 14 20 60 12 Flemington Eagles 18 6 2 10 23 47 20 Sherbrooke Rangers 18 5 1 12 27 62 16 Brunswick City 18 8 3 7 39 26 27 Meadow Park 17 0 0 17 3124 0 Bacchus Marsh JSC 17 5 1 11 21 44 16 Mooroolbark 18 5 1 12 30 92 16 Casey Panthers 18 7 4 7 38 34 25 Mitchell Rangers 17 4 2 11 33 45 14 Boronia 18 2 1 15 10 87 7 Watsonia Heights 17 6 3 8 20 22 21 Boys North 12 C Spring Hills 18 2 0 16 22 89 6 Endeavour Utd 18 2 0 16 12 88 6 Langwarrin 18 4 2 12 17 54 14 P W D L F A PT DOC United FC 17 1 4 12 21 57 7 Moreland Utd 17 17 0 0 70 5 51 Fawkner 18 14 0 4 60 11 42 Girls Metro 13 A Hume Utd 18 11 1 6 55 18 34 P W D L F A PT p29 Monday 7th September 2009 VICTORIA THE WORLD GAME ON A LOCAL LEVEL DEPT.

an was late in reacting and the ball squeezed but as has been their problem all year could Best: Squillacioti, Karas, Gonullu, Danos DEVILS HOLD OFF under him and into the back of the net. The not put the ball into the back of the net. A (Brunswick) Ballarat midfi elder capped off his hundredth glancing header by Gonullu from free kick Swinton, Muscat, Lymn. Leslie (Ballarat) VALIANT game with a crucial goal in context of what only just sailed over the bar as Romein was this game meant to his club. The 1-0 score caught in no man’s land. In the 67’ Squilla- Line ups: BRUNSWICK CITY line sparked the visitors into action whilst cioti broke free but good work by Ballarat’s Brunswick City: (Ciantar) Dimitropou- Ballarat were content to soak up the pressure custodian, Romein, forced him wide mak- los, G.Danos A.Garisto, J.Vouloumanos, Brunswick City 1 and hit on the counter. Their tactics began to ing it diffi cult to score from a tight angle. Squillacioti , Cicchitti (Kastner 75’) De- Ballarat Devils 2 bear fruit as they made it 2-0 in the 31’ after It appeared Brunswick were going to feo (J.Danos 74’), Karas, Gonullu (Anas- what appeared a controversial goal. struggle to register any score when in the tasiou 65’), D.Garisto, Stafrace Brunswick City conceded two fi rst The goal scorer Swinton won the ball in 76’ Karas’s cross was volleyed beautifully half goals to make it very diffi cult for the middle of the ground and released Ash- by Jim Vouloumanos only to see his shot re- Ballarat: (Gnjidic) A.Romein, Leslie, themselves to pick up the points on ley Lymn who clearly appeared offside. bound off the woodwork. Brunswick main- Armstrong, Almousa, Wigmore, Mus- the road. The hundred or so kilometre The young striker using his electrifying tained their focus and surged forward again cat, J.Romein, Swinton, Curtain, Flarup, trek down the Western Highway was pace broke the defensive line and found throughout the half. Lymn fruitless for Brunswick who wanted himself one on one with Dimitropoulos con- They were rewarded with a consolation to fi nish the season on a high note. verting with ease. It appeared Gnjidjc was goal in the 85’ as Garisto got on the end of a So too though did Danny Gnjidic’s boys content with his sit and wait tactics and for James Danos cross to make it 2-1. Minutes Reserves:The Brunswick City reserve team who have had an inconsistent season in the remainder of the half Brunswick again later the same player had a fi nal opportu- lost 2-0 2009. The Devils needed at least one point controlled the game but could only muster nity to salvage a draw but his resultant shot from their fi nal game to ensure that are not one worthwhile opportunity in the 40’ when sailed over the bar. a relegation candidate. Although having the both Karas and Squillacioti shot towards The fi nal result means that Brunswick lionshare of the possession in the early min- goal without a productive result. completes the season fi nishing in sixth spot utes of the game, they struggled to create The second half was generally Bruns- one spot above Ballarat. Ciantar could be any realistic goal scoring opportunities. In wick’s although Dominic Swinton showed well satisfi ed with the development of a contrast Brunswick appeared more creative his class and dribbling skills throughout number of his young players this year but and were unlucky not to open the scoring in the game with some magnifi cent individu- can also see the defi ciencies that need to the 9th minute win Defeo’s shot glanced just al efforts. In the 52’ the Devils midfi elder be addressed if this team has aspirations of wide of the target. dribbled at least three oncoming defenders seeking promotion in 2010, the club’s forti- The mood of the game changed in the 15’ breaking clear towards goal. He found him- eth year of existence. as Ballarat’s corner was only half cleared self with only the keeper to beat but lacked by the Brunswick defence. The ball fell to that composure to make Brunswick pay as Goalscorers: Swinton 15’ , Lymn 31’ (Bal- By Loui Simopoulos Dominic Swinton who shot goalward with- he shot just wide. larat) State League NW 2 out any real power but Brunswick’s custodi- Brunswick too had their share of chances D.Garisto 86’ (Brunswick City)

create any real chances, whereas Knox men when Hughes picked up two yellow runaway league title, fi nishing nine points SHARKS MAUL KNOX should have taken advantage of their op- cards in the space of two minutes. clear of the rest. portunities. Barrero fi red just over and then After a bright start to the second half, Port Melbourne 5 Daniel Veljovic missed a good opportunity Knox capitulated and conceded three more Knox City 0 when a low cross found him only six metres goals and it could have been a lot worse by Knox City: M. Jorgensen, A. Jackson, A. (Half-time 2-0) out. Normally, this sort of chance is bread the end. Edgar (S. Missaghi – 75th), Z. Martinez, and butter to him but his time he failed to Portillo beat the offside trap in the 50th A. Hughes (Red Card – 45th) , M. Hoo- Knox City’s forgettable season came get a meaningful shot on target. minute and rounded Jorgensen to score. gendyk, S. Barrero, J. Woods, J. Valadon, to a fi tting end with a 5-0 thumping at Marusic went close for the home side with Arico did likewise in the 65th minute and D. Veljovic (A. Asimakidis – 46th), N. Gi- the hands of Port Melbourne on Sat- an angled shot, before Knox gifted the lead Tsonis completed the scoring after running annopoulos (M. Evans – 60th) . urday. to Port in the 35th minute. Having broken on to a ball over the top of the defence. Coupled with Casey Comets massive vic- up an attack, the ball was needlessly given The only moment of note for Knox City Port Melbourne: S. Frangos, T. Paton, tory over bottom placed Kingston City, the away by Hoogendyk. Two passes later if was the introduction of 15 year old Matt M. Weerdenburg, N. Agetzis, S. Arico (P. result means that Knox fi nished the season found Kratky and his angled shot gave Jor- Evans on the hour mark. Evans, a member Stasios – 84th), P. Kratky, D. Marusic (J. third last. For a team that fi nished second gensen no chance. of Knox’s Under 15 Super League team has Diamataris – 79th), D. Tsitos, M. Mustafa, last year this is a major fall from grace. Two minutes later and Port doubled its also played 12 games for the Reserves and J. Portillo (P. Zapantis – 65th), P. Tsonis. Both sides were missing key players from lead, with Agetzis getting on the end of a scored 11 goals to mark himself as a player Subs Not Used: M.Verkuylen, I. Skukan. suspension and the fi rst half hour had the right wing cross to net against his former for the future. look of a typical end of season clash with club. Knox City Reserves beat Port Melbourne By Bruce Darnell nothing at stake. If that wasn’t bad enough, Knox then suf- 4-1 in the opening match to record their Port made the early running but did not fered the indignity of being reduced to ten 18th victory in 22 games, confi rming their State League Division 2 SE

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St Albans on the other hand Raoma G Bationo R Filipovic C Reid) are left to rue their failure to overturn their nine point deduction after missing out on second place by the most slender of mar- Langwarrin 0 gins – just one heartbreaking point. St Albans Saints 2 (J Suric G Jozeljic) Bentleigh knew that a draw would be good enough to seal promotion; however the Greens Frankston Pines 3 made life extremely hard for themselves, with (AJ Skledar T White JA Irvine) Fawkner scoring two fi rst-half goals through the FC Bulleen Lions 3 (A Ramzy 2 S Blues’ Jason Principato and Adam Zilic. With the tables suddenly turned against them, the Greens Mala) looked like they were going to narrowly miss out on promotion for the third year in a row as news of Fawkner Blues 2 (J Principato AI Zilic) St Albans’ early lead became apparent. Up stepped Bentleigh Greens 2 (N Harrhy 2) Nick Harrhy; Bentleigh’s saviour so many times this season, to score a vital goal. Then with time Northcote City 2 (T Rixon I Diniotis) running out, Harrhy again proved himself with ar- (M Tolli 2) guably the most important goal of his career to put Pascoe Vale 2 both teams back on level terms; and the Greens’ on course for promotion. For what seemed like an eternity, Bentleigh held on, putting the club back STANDINGS into Victoria’s top fl ight for the fi rst time since 2005. P W D L F A PT The Saints held up their end of the bargain in Bentleigh Greens defenders are determined that Chris Greechan Northcote City 22 13 6 3 45 27 45 their quest for second place, taking the three re- (Fawkner) won’t get the ball Bentleigh Greens 22 12 5 5 30 22 41 St Albans Saints 22 15 4 3 44 19 40 quired points against Langwarrin at Lawton Park FC Bulleen Lions 22 10 5 7 39 28 35 Reserve. These points; in addition to their incred- Fawkner Blues 22 10 5 7 33 27 35 ible goal difference, meant that they would be pro- Pascoe Vale 22 8 9 5 25 21 33 moted if Fawkner could defeat Bentleigh. Joseph Langwarrin 22 10 2 10 46 39 32 Suric got St Albans off to a dream start, scoring Western Suburbs 22 8 3 11 33 35 27 with the team’s fi rst opportunity to send the trav- Clifton Hill 22 6 7 9 34 44 25 elling supporters into wild celebrations. This lead Springvale White E 22 4 5 13 31 41 17 was never really threatened, but the news of the Frankston Pines 22 2 10 10 17 33 16 Greens’ comeback fi ltered through, meaning the Southern Stars 22 1 5 16 18 59 8 result effectively made no difference. Goran Jo- zeljic netted the Saints’ second just a few minutes before the fi nal whistle, but with the other game ROLL OF HONOUR fi nished already; there were no histrionics in the crowd on this occasion. Of course, without the Champions: Northcote City FFV-imposed penalty; St Albans would have in Runner Up: Bentleigh Greens fact been runaway champions with 15 wins, com- Relegated: Frankston Pines, pared to Northcote’s 13 wins. After the Saints’ last avenue of appeal failed on Friday, the club has not Southern Stars ruled out taking civil action against the respective federations; the FFV and FFA. As a result of the appeal failing, Northcote City can RESERVE DETAILS now be offi cially handed the title of State League Pascoe Vale 10 Springvale White Eagles One champions for season 2009, an incredible feat 0, Clifton Hill 2 Southern Stars 3, Western with the club having only just been promoted from Suburbs 0 Langwarrin 2, Bentleigh Greens 1 State League Two S/E last year. Northcote again Northcote City 2, St Albans Saints 3 Frank- proved themselves worthy of the title; fi nishing off ston Pines 0 the season without taking the foot of the pedal de- No it’s not beach football it’s sandy CB Smith Reserve, where George Stavr- spite having secured promotion. They fought out a idis (Bentleigh) tackles Robert Dolevski (Fawkner) 2-2 draw with the sixth-placed Pascoe Vale before P W D L F A PT their home crowd at John Cain Memorial Park. A Bentleigh Greens 21 15 1 5 54 19 46 scoreless fi rst half gave way to a more free-fl owing Pascoe Vale 22 12 6 4 56 25 42 FC Bulleen Lions 22 11 4 7 49 31 37 second half when Marco Tolli opened the scoring Western Suburbs 22 10 7 5 44 36 37 for Pascoe Vale. Three more goals followed in Langwarrin 21 11 3 7 42 17 36 what became a spectator-friendly game, with Trent Fawkner Blues 22 9 6 7 30 33 33 Rixon and Ilias Diniotis scoring two goals for City Frankston Pines 22 10 2 10 29 33 32 to snatch the lead, before Tolli scored again to Southern Stars 22 9 3 10 31 54 30 bring Pascoe Vale back on level terms. Northcote City 22 8 5 9 40 43 29 Unfortunately, where there are winners there St Albans Saints 22 5 3 14 31 52 18 are also losers; such as the Frankston Pines, who Springvale White E 22 5 2 15 29 69 17 face demotion for a second consecutive season. Clifton Hill 22 3 4 15 28 51 13 Sadly, they gave their all; pulling off a miracle 3-3 draw at Monterey Reserve with the fourth-placed The last placed Southern Stars could not manage Bulleen Lions. The Pines kept pace with the Li- one fi nal hurrah in State League One; being hand- ons all day; the half-time score at 1-1 after Andrew ed a humiliating 5-1 drubbing at the hands of the Skledar scored an equaliser to cancel out Anthony Western Suburbs at Ross Reserve. First half goals Ramzy’s earlier goal which gave Bulleen the lead. to Suburbs’ Vasilios Sianidis and Nikola Raoma The young Pines outfi t were determined to keep were bad signs for the Stars; however things were their team’s place in State League One for 2010; only going to get worse from there. Further goals and after Ramzy scored his second, Frankston’s to the visitors through Germain Bationo, Ryan Fi- Tyler White and Jackson Irvine ensured they did lipovic and Chris Reid were only slightly tempered their best to avoid the drop, handing their side a by a consolation goal to the Stars’ Aziz Bayeh. The shock 3-2 lead. In similarly cruel circumstances to win secured the Western Suburbs place at eighth the Socceroos’ ext from the World Cup in 2006; on the ladder; although the former VPL team will their best efforts were brought undone by a penal- Craig Metcalf (centre) and Jason Principato are both determined to surely have much loftier ambitions for next sea- ty. Shpetim Mala duly converted from the penalty get the ball. Adam Zilic is there toback up for Fawkner son. spot to send the Pines crashing down. At the Serbian Sports Centre, the White Eagles have been heading down to State League Two S/E heading into the latter stages of the second half; ByJeremy O’Neill made a lucky escape for the second year running rather than the Pines. The Eagles almost had their until Chris Pope found the back of the net to seal in spite of losing 1-0 in their clash with Clifton fate in their own hands with both teams scoreless Clifton Hill’s sixth win of the season. Photos by Steve Starek Hill. Had Frankston have won; Springvale would

Issue 26 Monday 7th September 2009 p31 RESULTS & LADDERS State & Provisional Leagues - Round 22 2009 ROLL OF

Seniors STATE NORTH WEST 2 Reserves Seniors STATE SOUTH EAST 2 Reserves HONOUR Werribee City 3 (M Collins 2 A Boras) Williamstown Werribee City 0 Williamstown 6, Altona East Phoenix Morwell Pegasus 3 (D Cairns CT Bell 2) Doncaster Rov- Morwell Pegasus 3 Doncaster Rovers 6, Casey Comets 3 (A Boschini M Maljanek F Dimitrijevic), Altona East 2 North Geelong Warriors 2, Ballarat Red Devils 2 ers 2 (R( Cardillo S Murat), Casey Comets 9 (K Paterson 0 Kingston City 3, Diamond Valley Utd 4 Heatherton Utd Phoenix 1 (O Ayache) North Geelong Warriors 0, Bal- Brunswick City 0, Thomastown Devils 3 Keilor Park 0, 3 PM Presti 3 L Ryan 2 AJ Saunders) Kingston City 0, 0, Malvern City 1 Eastern Lions 3, South Springvale 2 STATE NW 2 larat Red Devils 2 (D Swinton AB Lymn) Brunswick City Altona City 7 Westgate 0, Geelong Rangers 6 Syden- Diamond Valley Utd 5 (A Rauf (Samad) 2 L Minopoulos 2 Dandenong City 5, Port Melbourne 1 Knox City 4 1 (D Garisto), Thomastown Devils 1 (A Marando) Keilor ham Park 1 Own Goal) Heatherton Utd 0, Malvern City 1 (JM Sastre- Champions: North Geelong Park 0, Altona City 1 (S Menichelli) Westgate 2 (K Otuo- Tejedor) Eastern Lions 0, South Springvale 3 (S Groom Acheampong 2), Geelong Rangers 2 (T Hardy J Wade) 3) Dandenong City 3 (J Benli I Klarica K Townson), Port Runner-up: Thomastown Sydenham Park 1 (M Italiano) Melbourne 5 (P Tsonis SM Arico NJ Agetzis JJ Portillo P Kratky) Knox City 0 Relegated: Westagte, Keilor Park P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT North Geelong Warriors 22 14 1 7 42 19 43 Keilor Park 22 16 3 3 53 20 51 Malvern City 22 15 2 5 57 27 47 Knox City 22 18 2 2 65 16 56 Thomastown Devils 22 12 7 3 27 19 43 Ballarat Red Devils 22 14 6 2 57 20 48 Doncaster Rovers 22 13 4 5 50 29 43 Eastern Lions 22 15 2 5 46 16 47 Werribee City 22 10 7 5 36 21 37 Thomastown Devils 22 13 5 4 48 22 44 Diamond Valley Utd 22 10 6 6 41 28 36 Doncaster Rovers 22 14 4 4 80 25 46 Altona East Phoenix 22 10 6 6 25 17 36 Altona City 22 12 4 6 41 22 40 Dandenong City 22 10 6 6 49 41 36 Dandenong City 22 13 3 6 56 44 42 STATE SE 2 Williamstown 22 9 5 8 26 24 32 Geelong Rangers 22 10 5 7 44 33 35 Morwell Pegasus 22 10 2 10 36 43 32 Port Melbourne 22 11 2 9 60 43 35 Champions: Malvern City Brunswick City 22 6 8 8 24 32 26 Williamstown 22 9 7 6 41 27 34 Eastern Lions 22 9 3 10 38 35 30 Morwell Pegasus 22 10 4 8 49 35 34 Ballarat Red Devils 22 6 8 8 25 35 26 Brunswick City 22 10 3 9 42 41 33 Heatherton Utd 22 9 3 10 33 44 30 Diamond Valley Utd 22 10 4 8 33 35 34 Runner-up: Geelong Rangers 22 7 4 11 32 37 25 North Geelong Warriors 22 8 3 11 38 40 27 Port Melbourne 22 7 8 7 30 29 29 Casey Comets 22 7 2 13 34 43 23 Altona City 22 7 4 11 32 40 25 Altona East Phoenix 22 6 4 12 18 30 22 Casey Comets 22 6 6 10 30 37 24 Kingston City 22 7 2 13 23 45 23 Doncaster Rovers Sydenham Park 22 6 6 10 26 39 24 Werribee City 22 5 3 14 34 59 18 Knox City 22 6 6 10 20 34 24 Malvern City 22 5 3 14 35 53 18 Westgate 22 5 8 9 29 33 23 Sydenham Park 22 5 3 14 32 58 18 South Springvale 22 4 7 11 34 46 19 South Springvale 22 3 3 16 27 87 12 Relegated: South Springvale, Keilor Park 22 5 6 11 19 27 21 Westgate 22 0 2 20 13 89 2 Kingston City 22 4 5 13 32 57 14 Heatherton Utd 22 3 1 18 21 87 10 Kingston City Seniors STATE NORTH WEST 3 Reserves Seniors STATE SOUTH EAST 3 Reserves Cairnlea 1 (E Garcia) Geelong 2 (G Carr J Ikanovic), La- Cairnlea 5 Geelong 3, Lalor 2 Hume Utd 5, La Trobe Sandringham City 2 (M Cook T Papadopoulos) Brandon Sandringham City 2 Brandon Park 0, Noble Park Utd 6 lor 2 (R Lawrence K Vaskoski) Hume Utd 1 (B Ozdemir), University 7 Westvale 1, Banyule City 2 Maribyrnong Park 1 (A Mashoian), Noble Park Utd 6 (M Durand 3 N Waverley Wanderers 1, Peninsula Strikers 1 Boroond- STATE NW 3 La Trobe University 1 (L Renda) Westvale 0, Banyule City Greens 1, North Sunshine Eagles 3 Moreland City 2, Salamandic 2 N Samardzic) Waverley Wanderers 1 (E ara Eagles 0, Croydon City Arrows 0 Nunawading City Champions: Banyule City 5 (M Panaghis 3 J Hussey MJ Thompson) Maribyrnong Melbourne University Rangers 0 Yarraville Glory 2 Xyloportas), Peninsula Strikers 7 (A Hupe KD Greig J 1, Southern Suburbs 0 Springvale City 2 Greens 0, North Sunshine Eagles 1 (D Ajro) Moreland Jovan S Baxter 2 N Henry 2) Boroondara Eagles 0, Croy- Runner-up: Moreland City City 2 (S Sacco P Bossio), Melbourne University Rang- don City Arrows 2 (J Videkanic N Verscharen) Nunawad- ers 2 (A Azzam DJ Greenwood) Yarraville Glory 0 ing City 0, Southern Suburbs 1 (A Strepelias) Springvale Relegated: North Sunshine City 0 Eagles, Westvale P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Banyule City 22 13 7 2 41 21 46 Moreland City 21 16 2 3 70 24 50 Southern Suburbs 22 11 9 2 31 15 42 Sandringham City 22 18 2 2 66 16 56 Moreland City 22 11 6 5 39 25 39 Banyule City 22 13 4 5 42 25 43 Berwick City 21 12 5 4 38 17 41 Berwick City 21 14 3 4 70 32 45 Yarraville Glory 22 11 2 9 35 33 35 La Trobe University 22 12 5 5 54 37 41 Noble Park Utd 22 12 5 5 50 37 41 Brandon Park 22 11 5 6 39 30 38 La Trobe University 22 10 3 9 32 29 33 Hume Utd 22 12 0 10 44 38 36 Peninsula Strikers 22 11 5 6 42 30 38 Nunawading City 22 10 5 7 42 30 35 STATE SE 3 Maribyrnong Greens 22 12 2 8 33 25 32 Melbourne Uni Rangers 22 10 4 8 44 35 34 Nunawading City 22 9 6 7 27 19 33 Croydon City Arrows 22 10 2 10 43 31 32 Champions: Southern Sub- Hume Utd 22 9 4 9 40 36 31 Yarraville Glory 22 8 8 6 39 30 32 Springvale City 22 8 7 7 35 32 28 Peninsula Strikers 22 9 6 7 38 32 32 Cairnlea 22 8 6 8 25 30 30 Maribyrnong Greens 22 8 5 9 39 41 29 Croydon City Arrows 22 6 9 7 21 24 27 North Caulfi eld 21 9 2 10 47 34 29 urbs Lalor 22 7 7 8 33 31 28 Cairnlea 22 8 4 10 50 43 28 Brandon Park 22 6 6 10 25 25 24 Springvale City 22 5 6 11 27 54 21 Melbourne Uni Rangers 22 7 3 12 26 32 24 North Sunshine Eagles 21 6 7 8 28 45 22 North Caulfi eld 21 6 6 9 24 29 24 Southern Suburbs 22 6 3 13 28 56 21 Runner-up: Berwick City Geelong 22 6 5 11 23 35 23 Geelong 22 4 7 11 40 48 19 Waverley Wanderers 22 4 10 8 19 31 22 Boroondara Eagles 22 5 5 12 23 40 20 Relegated: Sandringham North Sunshine Eagles 22 7 2 13 28 41 20 Westvale 22 4 3 15 28 88 15 Sandringham City 22 5 3 14 23 49 18 Noble Park Utd 22 6 2 14 43 77 20 Westvale 22 4 7 11 20 37 19 Lalor 22 3 5 14 25 49 14 Boroondara Eagles 22 4 3 15 20 47 15 Waverley Wanderers 22 4 7 11 22 56 18 City, Boroondara Eagles

Seniors PROVI 1 NORTH WEST Reserves Seniors PROVI 1 SOUTH EAST Reserves Essendon Utd 2 (A Imvriotis Own Goal) FC Strathmore 1 Essendon Utd 1 FC Strathmore 1, Lalor Utd 1 Northern Mornington 2 (N Waite G Kilner) Warragul Utd 0, Old Mel- Mornington 0 Warragul Utd 3, Old Melburnians 7 En- PROVISIONAL NW 1 (J Markovac), Lalor Utd 1 (K Smirnis) Northern Falcons 4 Falcons 4, Laverton Park 1 Sunbury Utd 3, Whittlesea burnians 1 (A Szlawski) Endeavour Utd 1 (HS Garcha), deavour Utd 2, Monash University 0 Old Scotch 0, (A Macinkovic GT Vizzini 3), Laverton Park 2 (R Castro 2) Utd 2 Western Eagles 0, Elwood City 3 Melbourne City Monash University 1 (C Vinecombe) Old Scotch 1 (N Monbulk 2 Old Camberwell Grammar 0, Mooroolbark 5 Champions: Sunbury United Sunbury Utd 3 (D Murdaca 2 Own Goal), Whittlesea Utd 0, Corio 0 South Yarra 3 Jewitt), Monbulk 1 (D Adams) Old Camberwell Grammar Fitzroy City 1, Ashburton 4 Doveton 0 1 (S Mirik) Western Eagles 0, Elwood City 1 (P Nikola- 0, Mooroolbark 0 Fitzroy City 6 (I Filipovic 2 D Tepovac F Runner-up: Essendon Unit- kopoulos) Melbourne City 1 (M Paz), Corio 1 (K Berisha) Riera 3), Ashburton 0 Doveton 2 (L Buhic HA Reyes) South Yarra 4 (CN Maclean 2 A Aleksov K Bibby) ed

P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Relegated: Western Eagles, P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Fitzroy City 22 14 4 4 43 23 46 Monash University 22 17 3 2 64 20 54 Sunbury Utd 22 16 4 2 50 17 52 South Yarra 22 18 2 2 57 17 56 Mornington 22 12 7 3 46 26 43 Old Camberwell Grammar 22 12 4 6 42 31 40 Lalor United Essendon Utd 22 13 5 4 43 26 44 Essendon Utd 22 16 4 2 55 23 52 Monash University 22 11 7 4 47 29 40 Old Melburnians 22 11 5 6 54 35 38 Whittlesea Utd 22 13 3 6 39 24 42 Sunbury Utd 22 16 2 4 47 25 50 Warragul Utd 22 11 4 7 34 31 36 Old Scotch 21 9 7 5 34 20 34 South Yarra 22 12 6 4 30 22 42 FC Strathmore 22 13 2 7 37 18 41 Old Scotch 22 10 5 7 29 22 35 Mooroolbark 22 9 5 8 32 28 32 Laverton Park 22 9 6 7 37 33 33 Elwood City 22 11 3 8 46 37 36 Mooroolbark 22 8 6 8 23 33 30 Mornington 22 8 7 7 41 36 31 PROVISIONAL SE 1 FC Strathmore 22 8 5 9 29 30 29 Whittlesea Utd 22 9 3 10 32 45 30 Old Camberwell Grammar 22 8 4 10 38 36 28 Doveton 22 8 6 8 34 40 30 Elwood City 22 7 4 11 29 31 25 Northern Falcons 22 7 3 12 23 29 24 Old Melburnians 22 8 3 11 30 35 27 Endeavour Utd 21 7 5 9 45 49 26 Champions: Fitzroy City Northern Falcons 22 6 6 10 28 33 23 Laverton Park 22 5 6 11 31 42 21 Monbulk 22 7 5 10 27 32 26 Fitzroy City 22 7 1 14 44 76 22 Runner-up: Mornington Melbourne City 22 6 5 11 24 45 23 Melbourne City 22 5 5 12 22 43 20 Doveton 22 4 8 10 24 39 19 Monbulk 22 5 6 11 22 45 21 Corio 22 6 4 12 26 43 22 Lalor Utd 22 5 4 13 27 49 19 Ashburton 22 5 3 14 29 47 18 Warragul Utd 22 4 7 11 30 43 19 Relegated: Ashburton, En- Western Eagles 22 5 4 13 23 35 18 Western Eagles 22 4 5 13 23 41 17 Endeavour Utd 22 5 2 15 26 43 17 Ashburton 22 4 4 14 29 48 16 Lalor Utd 22 4 2 16 19 38 14 Corio 22 2 3 17 24 55 9 deavour United Seniors PROVI 2 NORTH WEST Reserves Seniors PROVI 2 SOUTH EAST Reserves Melbourne Tornado 2 (R Blazevic m kolceg) North City Lyndale Utd 4 Whitehorse Utd 2, Carrum Utd 1 Rivers- Melbourne Tornado 1 North City Lions 2, Collingwood Lyndale Utd 1 (D Brown) Whitehorse Utd 1 (PJ Helmers), Lions 7 (T Dalikouras D Huseyin 3 V Schiafone M Cop- dale 4, Rowville Eagles 2 Beaumaris 1, Dandenong PROVISIONAL NW 2 City 2 West Preston 0, Bell Park 8 Plenty Valley Lions Carrum Utd 0 Riversdale 4 (T Piszczyk C Mitchell 2 J pola K Ristevski), Collingwood City 5 (F Papoutsis J Sparrows 2 Old Carey 5, Berwick Kings 1 Old Brighton 0, Hoppers Crossing 1 Avondale Heights 3, Watsonia Tracey), Rowville Eagles 0 Beaumaris 1 (DA Gibson), Constantinou 2 A Papoutsis JO Adedsun) West Preston Grammarians 2, White Star Dandenong 1 Caulfi eld Utd Champions: North City Heights 6 Darebin Utd 0, Moreland Utd 2 Epping City Dandenong Sparrows 4 (KS Alwan DE Schulberg D Ithier 1 (T Alessandrino), Bell Park 3 (M Gstalter RJ Antoine 4 2 KG Petersen) Old Carey 2 (D MacDonald TE Crowle), D Nelson) Plenty Valley Lions 3 (J Lazorov P Katis T Berwick Kings 4 (D Oluic D Blanusa 2 D Marjanac) Old Lions Foudoulis), Hoppers Crossing 0 Avondale Heights 4 (D Brighton Grammarians 3 (K Kaneko LV Djumas GR Mangano 2 M Principato C Grasso), Watsonia Heights 9 Walker), White Star Dandenong 0 Caulfi eld Cobras 1 Runner-up:Avondale (A Santone A Popovski 2 J Sutton S Bennet E Santone 3 (M Turco) C Kandi) Darebin Utd 0, Moreland Utd 1 (A Babo) Epping Heights City 1 (Y Saiid) P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Relegated: Watsonia Heights, P W D L F A PT Dandenong Sparrows 22 19 2 1 92 25 59 Riversdale 22 17 3 2 76 23 54 North City Lions 22 14 5 3 58 22 47 Epping City 22 17 5 0 65 25 56 Beaumaris 22 15 2 5 53 31 47 Caulfi eld Utd 22 13 6 3 47 21 45 Darebin United Avondale Heights 22 13 5 4 61 21 44 Collingwood City 22 15 2 5 55 31 47 Riversdale 22 12 4 6 56 48 40 Dandenong Sparrows 22 14 2 6 65 29 44 Moreland Utd 22 12 3 7 36 36 39 Hoppers Crossing 22 12 5 5 61 37 41 Berwick Kings 22 12 2 8 47 36 38 Old Brighton Grammarians 22 12 3 7 44 30 39 Bell Park 22 9 8 5 39 35 35 Bell Park 22 12 3 7 60 32 39 Carrum Utd 22 11 4 7 49 40 37 Berwick Kings 22 12 2 8 46 52 38 Epping City 22 10 5 7 35 31 35 Avondale Heights 22 11 5 6 41 30 38 Caulfi eld Cobras 22 10 2 10 37 32 32 Old Carey 22 11 3 8 54 33 36 PROVISIONAL SE 2 West Preston 22 8 7 7 36 33 31 North City Lions 22 11 4 7 49 33 37 Whitehorse Utd 22 8 6 8 32 31 30 Lyndale Utd 22 11 1 10 51 52 34 Hoppers Crossing 22 9 4 9 28 37 31 Watsonia Heights 22 9 2 11 41 29 29 Champions: Dandenong Old Brighton Grammarians 22 8 3 11 42 56 27 Beaumaris 22 10 3 9 51 39 33 Collingwood City 22 7 4 11 35 39 25 Moreland Utd 22 6 8 8 29 32 26 Lyndale Utd 22 7 5 10 45 52 26 Whitehorse Utd 22 10 2 10 45 34 32 Plenty Valley Lions 22 6 7 9 27 37 25 Plenty Valley Lions 22 5 3 14 35 62 18 Sparrows Old Carey 22 6 2 14 37 48 20 Rowville Eagles 22 3 3 16 44 83 12 Melbourne Tornado 22 6 4 12 28 45 22 Melbourne Tornado 22 4 4 14 29 55 16 Rowville Eagles 22 4 3 15 24 59 15 White Star Dandenong 22 2 1 19 21 82 7 Runner-up: Beaumaris Watsonia Heights 22 4 8 10 36 39 20 West Preston 22 3 4 15 32 69 13 White Star Dandenong 22 2 1 19 19 75 7 Carrum Utd 22 2 1 19 26 92 7 Darebin Utd 22 2 4 16 15 59 10 Darebin Utd 22 3 3 16 26 88 12 Relegated: Rowville Eagles, Seniors PROVI 3 NORTH WEST Reserves Seniors PROVI 3 SOUTH EAST Reserves White Star Dandenong Mill Park 0 Surf Coast 1, Bundoora Utd 1 (NS Coyle) Mill Park 2 Surf Coast 2, Bundoora Utd 3 Youth Utd East Bentleigh 0 Keysborough 0, Meadow Park Eagles East Bentleigh 2 Keysborough 1, Meadow Park Eagles Youth Utd 4 (D Kaya E Kaplan H Konak B Moran), 1, Brunswick Zebras 1 Upfi eld 4, Brimbank Stallions 5 (J Criscione B Staines 3 AV Donato) Old Trinity Gram- 1 Old Trinity Grammarians 1, Glen Waverley 1 Eltham Brunswick Zebras 3 (C Luca P Montagna 2) Upfi eld 1 4 Keon Park 0, Ascot Vale 0 Brimbank City 4, Melton marians 3 (A Hallam M Tanti J Del Rio), Glen Waverley North 1, Brighton 0 Bayside Argonauts 0, Endeavour 0 Eltham North 3 (BW Mulcahy 2 J Murray), Brighton 2 PROVISIONAL NW 3 (K Gul), Brimbank Stallions 3 (AS Sposato SD McNeill 1 Keilor Wolves 1 Hills 5 Seaford Utd 2, Uni. of Melbourne 2 Noble Park R Cesaire) Keon Park 0, Ascot Vale 2 (A Barakat SD (M Chai P McCaig) Bayside Argonauts 3 (A Lafasanidis 0 Gimenez) Brimbank City 8 (A Osmic 3 J Avdic 3 F Cau- RJ Livera b nalpantidis), Endeavour Hills 3 (R Veli K Champions: TBC sevic D Vatic), Melton 2 (JG Moody 2) Keilor Wolves 1 Yokoyama 2) Seaford Utd 1 (M Curd), Uni. of Melbourne (R Trifunoski) 2 (NM Doherty RL Clark) Noble Park 1 (G Banabakis) Runner-up: TBC

P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT P W D L F A PT Relegated: Keon Park, Ascot Surf Coast 22 13 5 4 44 14 44 Brimbank City 22 15 5 2 57 26 50 Uni. of Melbourne 22 14 5 3 45 19 47 Uni. of Melbourne 21 15 1 5 46 23 46 Vale Youth Utd 22 13 4 5 37 18 43 Upfield 22 14 4 4 60 25 46 Noble Park 22 13 4 5 40 31 43 East Bentleigh 22 14 3 5 41 24 45 Melton 21 12 6 3 49 32 42 Bundoora Utd 21 13 4 4 65 29 43 Bayside Argonauts 21 12 5 4 44 23 41 Old Trinity Grammarians 22 11 5 6 40 32 38 Brimbank City 21 12 5 4 45 25 41 Surf Coast 21 12 5 4 67 27 41 Meadow Park Eagles 22 13 1 8 55 33 40 Seaford Utd 22 11 4 7 43 34 37 Upfi eld 22 11 4 7 51 34 37 Melton 22 10 8 4 55 33 38 Seaford Utd 22 10 5 7 34 22 35 Bayside Argonauts 22 8 11 3 38 24 35 Brimbank Stallions 22 10 4 8 35 32 34 Brimbank Stallions 22 10 2 10 37 28 32 Brighton 22 10 4 8 46 34 34 Glen Waverley 22 8 7 7 32 36 31 PROVISIONAL SE 3 Brunswick Zebras 22 8 6 8 38 39 30 Brunswick Zebras 22 10 2 10 46 42 32 Old Trinity Grammarians 22 9 4 9 45 46 31 Keysborough 22 7 7 8 40 35 28 Champions: University of Mill Park 22 7 4 11 24 39 25 Youth Utd 22 8 7 7 40 36 31 Keysborough 22 7 4 11 25 29 25 Meadow Park Eagles 22 7 7 8 31 30 28 Keilor Wolves 22 6 4 12 48 49 22 Keilor Wolves 22 7 4 11 42 51 25 Eltham North 22 6 6 10 34 53 24 Noble Park 22 6 6 10 30 36 24 Melbourne Bundoora Utd 22 6 4 12 38 47 22 Mill Park 22 4 4 14 26 73 16 Glen Waverley 22 4 5 13 27 49 17 Brighton 22 5 6 11 25 36 21 Keon Park 22 7 1 14 19 51 22 Keon Park 22 1 3 18 19 84 6 East Bentleigh 22 3 7 12 22 47 16 Eltham North 22 3 7 12 27 56 16 Runner-up: Noble Park Ascot Vale 22 2 1 19 19 67 4 Ascot Vale 22 2 2 18 15 75 5 Endeavour Hills 21 3 4 14 28 59 13 Endeavour Hills 21 2 4 15 35 62 10 IN NEXT WEEK’S GW

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ALL THE WINNERS AND GRINNERS AND HOW THE SEASON WAS WON!! p32 Monday 7th September 2009 Issue 26