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Australia’s Favourite Football Fanzine And Even Bigger In Shepparton! ? www.goalweekly.com $4 Season 5: Issue 15 Monday 15th June 2009 Photo: Geof Jones WORLD CUP QUALIFIER SOCCEROOS V JAPAN FOOTBALL FOCUS ON ? EAGLES’ ERHAN KARAHAN ? SOUTH AFRICA BOUND! BUT THE GLOVES ARE OFF AS SOCCEROOS MEET THEIR ASIAN NEMESIS TOP TEN FOR EPL / AUST V JAPAN / VPL RD 14 p2 Monday 15th June 2009 Issue 15 [email protected] SOCCER HOTLINES THIS WEEK’S LINE UP TRANSFER MERRY-GO-ROUND THANKS to Football Federation Victoria’s youngsters; midfi elder Antonio La Verde and defender group, including Preston Lions pair Michael Bosevski Soccer Hotlines 3 registration department and Media and Com- Fabio Dilizia. Signing from Mebourne Knights, the and Serkan Oksuz. City have also signed Didier Marc munications Coordinator, Mia Hayes, Goal! pair were members of Melbourne Victory’s youth Imbert and Hamid Kamali from FC Bulleen Lions. Weekly can keep you abreast of all the transfer squad during the last A-League season and have appear Altona Magic have signed four players as their Errea Scoreboard Page 4 madness that has taken place so far in the to have bright futures ahead of them. Premiership defence gathers steam, a quartet which upper echelons in this merry, merry month of Postecoglou moved for ex-Oldham Athletic attacker includes highly-touted Sunshine George Cross youth Thunder v Gully 5 June: Daniel White who signs from Green Gully. The product David Calleja. With the FFV’s transfer window closing late last Englishman hadn’t been able to establish himself in the For their part, the Georgies have signed Melbourne Eagles v Magic 6 week, clubs across the VPL and State League 1 fi rst team since signing with the Cavaliers this season, Victory youth teamer Dimitri Hatzimouratis from scrambled to secure the signatures of the players they despite showing glimpses of class at times. White is Knights as well as ex-Bristol City playmaker Fidell believe can give them an edge as the season enters it’s comfortable in midfi eld or up front and will relish the Richards from FC Clifton Hill. It’s Richards’ second Knights v Cannons 7 business end. chance to showcase his wares on a more regular basis. stint at Chaplin Reserve, and the Englishman should Goal!Weekly’s Chris Aloi takes a brief look at some Richmond duo Jad Sami Hamzi and Nicholas add creativity to Sunshine’s midfi eld. South v Lions 8 of the moves to have been made. Kalambokis are also making their way to Epping Sta- In State League 1, Western Suburbs have looked Perhaps it isn’t surprising that, in their desperate dium, however the Zebras lost Josip Kozic and Robert abroad to help them gain promotion back to the VPL Zebras v Hume 9 fi ght to avoid relegation from the Premier League, the Schiafone to to Oakleigh and Hume City respectively. and secured a deal for Burkino Faso national Germain Whittlesea Zebras have emerged as the major player in Current league leaders Dandenong Thunder looked Bationo from Indonesian second-tier side Mitra Kukar. Georgies v Bergers 10 the 2009 mid-season transfer market. to add some depth to their squad for their upcoming run The African striker was his side’s top scorer last season. With the opportunity to play under new coach Ange at Premiership glory by adding fi ve new names to the And Fawkner Blues signed promising midfi elder Postecoglou’s presence undoubtedly proving to be a team sheet, which includes exciting 18 year old VIS Craig Sweeney from Sunshine George Cross. The Wolrd Cup Souvenir 16 selling point for potential signings, the Zebras have product Alex Tabor. youngster made an appearance for the VPL side against completed a major reshuffl e of their playing list, adding Richmond have beefed up their attacking stocks Melbourne Victory in the Bushfi re Appeal match at The Regulars 18 no less than 11 names to their squad. with the addition of Scottish forward Gary Wales from Mansion Stadium last month. Solomon Islands international Henry Fa’Arodo Raith Rovers and highly rated Young Socceroo and Blast From The Past 23 joins the Zebras from reigning premiers Altona Magic. Melbourne Victory youth team striker Milos Lujic. By Chris Aloi The former Perth Glory striker ran third in the 2008 Wales, 30, has considerable experience in the Scottish Front Cover VPL Gold Medal count and adds some much-needed Premier League with Kilmarnock and Hearts and Photos by GW X-Files Socceroo ‘keeper Mark Schwarzer bite to a front line that has only managed to score fi ve recently trialled with North Queensland Fury. Lujic wil put on the gloves in preparation times in 13 games this season. has come across from Oakleigh and will be looking for In what could turn out to be a great bit of business more game time to ensure his fl edgling career contin- for Japan on Wednesday night. by the club, Postecoglou has secured the Zebras the ues it’s upward trend. Photo: Geoff Jones services of two of the state’s most highly-regarded Hume City have added six new faces to their playing ON THE MOVE... 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