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PHOTO: PETER PSARROS / SOUVENIR KNIGHTS POSTER ACL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE goalweekly.com Melbourne Victory scrape home Soccer Hotlines 3 Overseas Wrap 5 Blast From The Past 7 London Calling 12 against Kawasaki Frontale State League Preview 16 Tasmania 20 By Roy Hay An even better save prevented Kurotsu wasting, though Victory still threatened Asian Champions League Round 4 once again but at the other end Victory on the break. Melbourne Victory 1 ( 60’ pen.) NSW 21 Kawasaki Frontale 0 In front of the lowest home crowd raised the siege when Nick Ward’s quick Igawa Yursuke was booked to tugging Sth Aust 22 Etihad Stadium, Melbourne for years, 6,011, Melbourne Victory throw put Kruse clear only for the striker back Mrdja, but Hernandez could not Saturday, 31 March 2010 West Aust 23 gained its first win in this season’s to fi re across goal from a narrow angle. penetrate the wall with his free kick and Referee: Mozaffarizadehyazdi Saeid TV Listings 10 Asian Champions League by a Angulo then set up Hernandez but the there was time for one last surge by Ka- Assistant referees: Karimi Morteza and Abolfa- Victorian Fixtures 26 penalty goal to nil against Kawasa- usually accurate midfi elder pulled his wasaki. zli Mohammadreza Fourth offi cial: Phung Dinh Dung ki Frontale on Wednesday night. low drive wide. Man of the match Langerack saved the Crowd: 6,011 Coming off a four-nil hammering in The second half began with Muscat jerseys in the last minute with a fi nger- last week, Victory started with landing an elbow on Noborizato Kychei tip fl ick over the bar from a desperate Melbourne Victory line-up: 1.Mitchell LANGER- and Carlos Hernandez in but he escaped without penalty. attempt by Renatinho. AK (gk), 2.Kevin MUSCAT (c), 5.Surat SUKHA, The creative side of the skipper’s game Kawasaki coach Takahata Tsutomu 8., 11.Marvin ANGULO (28. attack, and Matthew Foschini at right Diogo FERRIERA 88’), 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, wing back. was shown fi ve minutes later with a pre- thought the long distance travel had 16.Carlos HERNANDEZ, 17.Matthew FO- Goal! Weekly is available every Victory had a good share of the pos- cise through ball to Nick Ward whose worked against his team, which had the SCHINI, 21.Robbie KRUSE (9.Nik MRDJA Monday from all good newsagents session in the fi rst half, and did not look quick shot went straight to the keeper. opportunities to have won the game but 73’), 22.Nick WARD (19. Evan BERGER 71’), across . The game turned on a critical decision in failed to take them. 23.. (Tuesday in some territories) like conceding an early goal, though Kawasaki were always dangerous on the 59 minutes. said that Victory had a se- Front cover: HAL Grand Final winners Substitutes Not Used: 20. (gk), break. Kruse was running in on goal when he ries of good chances in the fi rst half and 3.Mate DUGANDZIC, 25., Publisher: Kurotsu Masaru got between Matthew was challenged on the edge of the area deserved its win. 29.Petar FRANJIC. Alimental Enterprises Pty Ltd Foschini and Kevin Muscat in the 11th by Komiyama Takanobu. Neither coach was forthcoming about PO Box 142 Port Melbourne VIC 3207 minute but his shot was always rising It seemed like a shoulder-to-shoulder the penalty incident. Yellow Card: 1. 85’. Red Cards: Nil Ph: 03 9551 7538 and it cleared the bar. effort, and might have been outside the The result leaves both teams with a very Fax: 03 9551 7538 In 21 minutes there was a curious in- box, but the referee gave a penalty kick. slight chance of qualifi cation for the next Kawasaki Frontale line up: 1. KAWASHIMA Printer: cident when big defender Igawa Yusuke This time Muscat was his usual clinical round. Eiji (gk), 2. ITO Hiroki, 4. IGAWA Yusuke, 6. The Age Print Centre jumped all over Robbie Kruse, and when self from the spot. The Japanese fans had their huge banner TASAKA Yusuke (22. KIMURA Yuji, 90’), 7. KUROTSU Masuru, 8. KOMIYAMA Takanobu, 31 - 69 Western Avenue the ball broke Marvin Angulo continued Kawasaki threw men forward to try to and drum, and looked like they might Tullamarine Vic 3043 19. MORI Yusuke, 20. INAMOTO Junichi, 23. past a static backline to put the ball in equalise and came closest to getting it even outnumber the home support be- NOBROIZATO Kychei, (11. VITOR JR , 69’), Distribution: the net. when Tasaka Yusuke’s shot came back fore kick-off, but the hard core Victory 29. TANIGUCHI Hiroyuki (16. KUSUKAMI But the referee penalised Kruse, pre- off the cross-bar with Langerack beaten fans turned up and outshouted them. Jumpei, 62’), 34. RENATINHO , 5. SONODA sumably for backing in to his opponent, for once. But though Merrick thought that some Jun, 25. YOSHIDA Yuki, 28. SUGIYAMA Riki- hiro, Fairfax Media Publication Solutions so it was no goal. Victory sent on Evan Berger and Nik wins would bring back the fans, the fact Tel: 13 23 01 A couple of minutes later Angulo sent Mrdja for Nick Ward and Robbie Kruse, that less than one third of the member- Substitutes Not Used: 5. SONODA Jun, 18. News Room: 03 9551 7538 a grounder just wide of the post, but then but the fl ow was with the visitor. ship were present in a stadium which YOKOYAMA Tomonobu, 25. YOSHIDA Yuki, Advertising: 03 9551 7538 Mitchell Langerack had to pull off two Surat Sukha made a superb blocking holds over 50,000 and costs plenty to 28. SUGIYAMA Rikihiro. brilliant diving saves to deny Renatinho tackle to prevent a goal in 81 minutes operate, must be a worry to the club. Yellow Card: 4. IGAWA Yusuke, 89’. Email: [email protected] and Kurotsu in quick succession. and Langerack was booked for time Letters: [email protected] Red Cards: Nil Web: www.goalweekly.com

Editor: Costa Koutropoulos REDS SUFFER Art Director: Carlos Ibarra Design: Ivan Andreevski SETBACK United FC is still not as- Goal! Weekly endeavours to be as accurate as possible with everything it publishes. sured of a place in the Round of 16 after falling to Sanfrecce Hiro- The Fair Trading Act 1999 requires Goal! shima 1-0 at the Hiroshima Big Weekly to disclaim any belief in the truth Arch in Match Day 4 of the AFC or falsity of information which is supplied Champions League 2010 on Tues- to it and which is published in other than editorial content. day night. A goal on the stroke of half time from Sanfrecce captain and Japanese interna- GW Hall of Fame - Contributors tional Hisato Sato, was enough to con- Aritro Adebin, Nat Adamopoulos, Mark demn the Reds to their fi rst defeat in this Boric, Bruce Darnell, Lee Galiardi, Russ Gibbs, Andrew Fisher, Roy Hay, Markian year’s competition, the loss United’s fi rst Jaworsky, George Katsamboukas, since January. Eddie Krncevic, Jarrod Ellis, Francis In an uninspiring fi rst half from the Fields, John Fotinos, Matt Galea, Bart visiting Reds, goalkeeper Eugene Galek- Hulley, Adam Husseini, Peter Katholos, ovic kept United in the game until Sato Jacob Kagi, John Kyrou, Sebastian struck, the two time Adelaide United Kipman,George Kouroumalis, Michael Club Champion sure to have impressed Lilikakis, Josip Loncaric, Craig MacKen- zie, Alex Milic, Ashley Morrison, Adam National Coach who was North, Jeremy O’Neil, Teo Pellizzeri, an interested observer in the stands, as Kieran Pender, Walter Pless, Tony Perso- the announcement for Australia’s squad glia, Leroy Robinson, Julius Ross, Roger for the upcoming World Cup draws Sleeman, Mike Salter, Luke Sheehan, nearer. Con Stamocostas, George Stogiannou, But despite Galekovic’s early heroics Reuben Schembri, Lachlan Taylor, Elias Simopoulos, Michal Skrodsky, Addy and a much improved second half dis- Wetzler, Bruno Zovko. play from the Reds right across the park, they could not penetrate the Sanfrecce Photographers goal or put enough pressure on Hiroshi- Adam Butler, Therese Duffy, Daniel ma keeper Shusaku Nishikawa. Flis, Dean Grant, Carlos Furtado, Geoff Despite doubts over captain Travis Jones, Peter Kakalias, Darryl Kennedy, Dodd, and Sergio van Lee McCormick, Mark McGeady, Brett Kevin Muscat scores from the spot to secure Victory’s win over Kawasaki Frontale last week. McDonald, Anita Milas, Peter Psarros, Dijk leading up to the game, the Reds John Punshon, Brett Robson, Steve PHOTO: DANIEL FLIS fi elded the same starting eleven for the Starek, George Stogiannou. fourth time in a row.

2 Monday 5th April 2010 SOCCER HOTLINES goalweekly.com Krncevic goes for Gold By Craig MacKenzie Krncevic added. my professional playing career had end- Krncevic is one of a number of can- ed and the exciting style of football I in- EXCLUSIVE EDDIE Krncevic is set for a sensa- didates for the post that became vacant troduced at Carlton, Marconi and South tional return to elite club coaching after was sacked in February. Melbourne.” throughout professional ranks and is in a as assistant to Goal Coast United Former Socceroo captain Okon claimed Bresciano, Grella, Thomson and Mur- prime position to assist Bleiberg should head coach Miron Bleiberg. that he had been told in January by club docca are just a few of the names that the latter be keen on luring a player from The former Socceroo star whose stel- CEO Clive Mensink that he would be have developed under Krncevic, who overseas. lar career as a striker in Europe was offered a new deal only to be controver- moved away from club coaching some However, Gold Coast United’s squad highlighted by stints at Croatian giant sially booted out shortly after. years ago and became a successful play- seems fairly settled at the moment and a Dinamo Zagreb, legendary Belgian club It’s expected that Krncevic will fl y to er agent. high player turnover is not anticipated. Anderlecht, Germany’s MSV Duisberg the Gold Coast later this month to meet In recent times he has concentrated on and Mulhouse in France late last week club owner and billionaire Clive Palmer. developing the Australian Professional confi rmed his candidature for the A- “I think I have a lot to offer and fi n- Football Academy and has been helping Eddie Krncevic looks set to grace League post. gers crossed that all goes well,” said out Michael Chatzitrifonas who coaches “Yes, I have spoken to Miron,” said the Krncevic. Victorian club Rich- the A-league as Miron Bleiberg’s Goal! Weekly columnist. “I’m sure that if I’m given the oppor- mond at which Krncevic’s son, Jesse, assistant at Gold Coast. “Miron and I know each other quite tunity that I will excel again. I’m proud plays. well and more importantly he trusts me,” of what I brought back to Australia after Krncevic has a multitude of contacts PHOTO: PETER PSARROS Falcons to soar again FALCONS 2000 Soccer Club in year. ``It allows us to focus on the ju- trio sign Morwell, are excited to announce nior and senior teams ... we can put our the beginning of a new era for their energy back in to the teams rather than club and the region in general. negotiating a place to stay. This gives us The club recently entered into a new the opportunity to plan for next year too, partnership with sporting identities Glen 2011 is our 50 year anniversary,’’ Mr Archer and Darren Matthews. The new Salvatore said. for FC Utrecht owners of the Latrobe City Sports Sta- Mr Matthews said he was happy to Brisbane Roar trio , Mi- dium in Morwell have declared they will have the soccer club as anchor tenants. chael Zullo and Adam Sarota have work to restore the sporting ground to its ``We are going through the process of all each signed contracts with Dutch ``former glory’’ and explore other ways the things that need to be upgraded and outfit FC Utrecht after to use the precinct. The private consor- trying to bring it back to its former glory the two clubs reached agreement tium made up of Australian Football and then we hope to have further interest on terms during the week. League legend Glenn Archer and Darren from other sporting clubs or from locals Having impressed coaching and tech- Matthews, who once owned the Traral- who believe they could utilise it,’’ he nical staff during their two-week train- gon Indoor Sports Centre in the 1990s, said. Settlement is due to take place in ing stint in The Netherlands, Utrecht have bought the stadium in Crinigan February. were quick to snap up the three young Road after months of negotiations with The venture will come as a welcome Australian prospects. the previous owner. relief to the club and its members who Brisbane Roar chief executive Peter ``Firstly, we saw an opportunity to put have been living under a cloud of uncer- McLennan said the club was disap- something back into grassroots sport,’’ tainty since the demise of Eastern Pride pointed to have lost three highly talent- Mr Matthews said. ``It evolved into and its NSL days. ed youngsters, but acknowledged their more of an understanding of the region Falcons will be celebrating a 50 year desire to further themselves and their but also the passion people had for the history in 2011 and plan to recognise the careers in Europe. venue - we didn’t realise how much it occasion with a reunion dinner and dem- “You can’t help but be disappointed to meant to people.’’ onstration match at Falcons Park. lose three young players who have the Falcon’s 2000 Soccer Club president For further information on Falcons undoubted potential of Tommy, Michael Tony Salvatore said the deal was a huge 2000 Soccer Club visit their website at and Adam,” McLennan said. relief after uncertainty surrounded the www.falcons2000.com.au. “However, for the Brisbane Roar this club’s future at the stadium during ne- WITH THANKS TO THE LATROBE is tempered by the knowledge we have gotiations of the terms of their lease last VALLEY EXPRESS. provided each of them with the platform to potentially become the next genera- tion of Socceroos. “Our aim as a club has always been to identify exciting young talent, provide them with an environment to develop Tommy Oar in action on debut for the Socceroos in the 1-0 win and the opportunity to prove themselves in the Hyundai A-League. against Indonesia in the Asia Cup tie in Brisbane, recently. “The unfortunate downside of this is PHOTO: BRETT MCDONALD when these players display the talent we’ve identifi ed it becomes very diffi - pride and interest.” inaugural best player in the 2008/09 cult to hold onto them. McLennan said the club would con- season. “Football is a global game and as a tinue to seek out fresh, young talent for Sarota and Zullo have each signed a club we would never stand in the way of the coming season and those beyond. three-year deal with the Dutch Eredi- a player who expresses a desire to test Oar and Zullo have both made their visie outfi t, Oar has agreed to a contract himself at the very highest level. Despite the events of 1999, Falcons have rebuilt the club base and are Socceroos debut in the past 12 months, for fi ve seasons. “With that in mind, we wish the while Sarota this season stepped up to Financial details of the agreement be- once again striving to become one of the most competetive clubs in the three boys the very best of luck with the Hyunda A-League after being rec- tween Brisbane Roar and FC Utrecht FC Utrecht where we will watch their area. Glenn Archer, Tony Salvatore and Darren Matthews in front of the ognised as the National Youth League’s will remain confi dential. respective careers with a great deal of impressive new stand at Falcons Park.

Monday 5th April 2010 3 Latin American Scene with Francis Fields goalweekly.com Maradona bitten by rough pooch Diego Maradona suffered an un- Still on Brazil but heading south, Ron- expected interruption to his World aldo opened the scoring as his Sao Pau- Cup squad preparations on Tues- lo-based side, Brazilian club Corinthians day when he was bitten in the face beat Paraguay’s Cerro Porteno 2-1 on by one of his pet dogs. Thursday to take the outright lead in Plastic surgeons repaired his upper lip Copa Libertadores Group 1. The former after the Argentina coach was admitted Real Madrid striker Ronaldo tapped into to the Los Arcos clinic in Buenos Aires an empty net in the 37th minute and Chi- with bloody wounds caused by a Chinese cao put Corinthians 2-0 up with a strike Shar-Pei breed pet. Maradona needed 10 in the 64th. Julio Dos Santos scored a stitches in his lip and will have to rest consolation goal for Cerro Porteno in for three days, a medical source at the the 80th. The win gave Corinthians 10 clinic said. points, three ahead of Uruguay’s Racing He was driven away after around 15 after four matches. hours at the clinic by his brother Lalo, returning to his mansion in a plush neigh- Kleber scored twice as Cruzeiro crowned bourhood on the outskirts of the capital a good night for Brazilian teams in the and close to the national team’s training Libertadores Cup with a 3-0 win over facility in the district capital suburb of Argentina’s Velez Sarsfi eld at the Mi- Ezeiza. Maradona, who as a player cap- neirao in Belo Horizonte on Wednesday. tained Argentina to their second World Internacional beat Uruguay’s Cerro 2-0 Cup title in 1986, was hospitalised in the to relieve the pressure on coach Jorge same clinic in 2007 with toxic hepatitis Fossati and Sao Paulo drew 0-0 away from drinking. to Mexican champions Monterrey. Cru- On another note off-fi eld, how about zeiro, last year’s runners-up, went top of Brazilian club Vasco da Gama; promis- Group Seven with 10 points from fi ve ing to give away a free jersey to fans matches, the same as Velez but with the who agree to tattoo a team logo onto better goal difference. Chilean champi- their bodies next week in a bid to break ons Colo Colo are third with four points a world record. Vasco says it wants to from four games. smash a world record of 801 tattoos in a 24-hour span, which was set in 2008 Man-of-the-match Thiago Ribeiro put in the United States, according to Guin- two-time South American champions ness World Records Web site. Club Cruzeiro ahead just past the half hour president Roberto Dinamite wants fans when he cut inside from the left wing, It’s a dog’s life. Maradona is in recovery mode after getting too close to a K9 during the week. to show their “grandiosity” by getting beat three defenders on a mazy run and tattooed with the Templar Cross, one of swivelled to shoot home from the edge the team’s logos. Vasco is a four-time of the box. Thiago then laid on two squashed any hopes Velez had of fi ght- well organised game. The Argentine side in 2006, bucked a string of poor results Brazilian champion, one of the giants in goals in six minutes at the start of the ing their way back into the match. Kle- have taken 10 points from fi ve matches. that had Uruguayan coach Jorge Fossati Rio de Janeiro and the 1998 Copa Liber- second half for striker Kleber, who took ber netted Thiago’s fi rst-time cross from They are two ahead of Peru’s Alianza, under fi re with a win in Porto Alegre that tadores winner. his tournament-leading tally to six and the right in the 48th minute then latched who can reclaim the lead if they beat put them top of Group Five, one point on to the winger’s pass down the middle eliminated Bolivar of Bolivia at home ahead of Cerro after four matches. The and steered the ball past goalkeeper Ger- next week. Juan Aurich have six points Uruguayans, having held Inter 0-0 at man Montoya. Velez midfi elder Leandro and Bolivar one. home two weeks ago, were unlucky Somoza was sent off in the 82nd minute when they fell behind in the 58th min- for a second booking. In Group Four, 10-man Lanus of Ar- ute to an own goal by defender Walter gentina snatched a 1-1 draw away to Ibanez. Argentina’s Estudiantes de La Plata Paraguay’s Libertad in a poor match at headed by Juan Sebastian Veron, who the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Goalkeeper Damian Frascarelli had a won the title by beating Cruzeiro in Asuncion. Libertad left back Adalberto shot from the left by Inter forward Wal- last year’s fi nal second leg at the same Roman surprised Lanus when he stole ter covered but Ibanez stepped ahead Mineirao ground, kept on track for the in behind the defence on the right to of him to clear and sliced the ball into knockout phase with a 2-0 away win head home a free kick to the far post. the net. Striker Alessandro rammed over Juan Aurich of Peru on Tuesday to The Argentine side’s Paraguayan striker home the second from the rebound after return to the top of Group Three. Man- Santiago Salcedo was sent off in the Frascarelli could only parry man-of-the- of-the-match Jose Sosa brilliantly beat 40th minute for a second booking. With match Giuliano’s spectacular scissors three men at close quarters in the box seven minutes remaining, Lanus left kick from the edge of the box 13 minutes and squared the ball for striker Gaston back Maximiliano Velazquez stunned later. Fossati had said he would resign if Fernandez to open the scoring in the 51st Libertad goalkeeper Bernardo Medina Inter, who had gone six matches without minute. Midfi elder Rodrigo Brana then when he lobbed him with a shot from a win in the Gaucho state championship superbly beat goalkeeper Diego Morales a narrow angle when the home defence and Libertadores, did not beat Cerro. with a lob from the centre circle in the were expecting a cross. The group is led Three times champions Sao Paulo are 67th minute to make the result safe. Juan by Libertad with nine points from fi ve top of Group Two, two points ahead of Aurich had central defender Jesus Alva- matches. Peru’s Universitario are second Colombia’s Once Caldas, who can take rez sent off in the 85th minute and striker with eight points and a match in hand. the lead if they beat eliminated and Luis Tejada dismissed in injury time. Lanus have seven points while Bolivia’s point-less Nacional of Paraguay at home Estudiantes took the fi rst half to get used Blooming have none. on Thursday. Monterrey are third two to the synthetic Elias Aguirre pitch in points further back. Chiclayo and control the home side’s Internacional of Porto Alegre, another of speedy forwards before imposing their Brazil’s southern giants and title winners Juan Sebastian Veron kept Estudiante’s Copa aspirations on track.

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4 Monday 5th April 2010 European Scene with Julius Ross goalweekly.com Chelsea back in EPL title box seat Chelsea has taken the ascendency EPL in the Premier P GD PTS League title race 1 Chelsea 33 54 74 with a 2-1 victory 2 Man Utd 33 50 72 over closest rival Manchester Unit- 3 Arsenal 33 41 71 4 Man City 32 24 59 ed to leapfrog the Red Devils to the 5 Tottenham 32 26 58 summit of the league table. 6 Liverpool 32 21 54 7 Aston Villa 32 12 54 The Blues took a deserved lead through 8 Everton 32 8 49 Joe Cole on the 20-minute mark when 9 Birmingham 32 -4 45 10 Stoke 32 -3 42 Florent Malouda beat Darren Fletcher 11 Blackburn 33 -15 42 down the left wing and crossed to Cole 12 Fulham 31 -3 38 who cleverly fl icked the ball with his 13 Sunderland 33 -7 38 14 Wolves 33 -23 32 heel past Edwin Van der Saar. 15 Bolton 33 -25 32 United worked their way back into the 16 Wigan 32 -33 31 17 West Ham 32 -17 27 match in the second half and went ago- 18 Hull 32 -35 27 nisingly close to an equaliser through a 19 Burnley 33 -39 24 Dimitar Berbatov header. 20 Portsmouth 33 -32 14 But just as the home side looked as Arsenal 1-0 Wolves Bolton 0-1 Aston Villa Burnley 1-6 Man City Man Utd 1-2 Chelsea though they would produce the elusive Portsmouth 0-0 Blackburn equaliser, Sir Alex Ferguson’s men con- Stoke 2-0 Hull Sunderland 3-1 Tottenham ceded a controversial goal with 11 min- utes remaining. SPL United were caught on the break as Salomon Kalou slipped a through-ball to P GD PTS substitute Didier Drogba – who was in 1 Rangers 31 49 73 2 Celtic 31 25 60 an offside position – but the fl ag stayed 3 Dundee Utd 31 11 55 down and the Ivorian smashed a power- 4 Hibernian 31 8 50 5 Motherwell 32 2 48 ful strike past the helpless Van der Saar. Chelsea’s Drogba came off the bench to fire in the crucial second goal as the United defence 6 Hearts 32 -8 41 United responded two minutes later when look for the offside flag. 7 St Johnstone 31 -5 38 substitutes Nani and Federico Macheda 8 Aberdeen 30 -9 34 9 Hamilton 32 -17 33 combined, with Macheda awkwardly 10 St Mirren 32 -12 28 bundling the ball across the line off his 11 Kilmarnock 31 -19 26 while Adebayor netted his second to But goals from Michel Bastos and ITALY 12 Falkirk 32 -25 25 chest following Nani’s cross. make it 5-0 at the half-time break – a Pre- Lisandro Lopez in the second half re- Inter Milan are A tense fi nish ensued, but Chelsea hung mier League record. versed the score line and gave Puel’s side still in pole posi- Motherwell 0-1 Falkirk Rangers 1-0 Hamilton on for victory as United’s hopes of a Vincent Kompany made it six in the a much-needed victory to send them top tion to collect a St Mirren 1-1 Hearts fourth successive title took a huge dent. second half but Burnley minimised the of the table. fifth successive With fi ve games remaining, both sides damage in the second half, and even net- Bordeaux’s form has stuttered at the Serie A title, but they remain un- face similar fi xture lists with Chelsea ted their own consolation goal through wrong time of the season as they slumped der pressure from AS Roma and SERIE A tackling Bolton, Tottenham, Stoke, Liver- Steven Fletcher. to their third straight loss against Nancy cross-town rivals AC Milan as all P GD PTS pool and Wigan while United clash with Despite the side’s deep relegation on the back of their loss to Marseille in three top sides picked up maxi- 1 Inter Milan 32 33 66 Blackburn, Manchester City, Tottenham, trouble – the side sit second last and four the Coupe de La Ligue fi nal last weekend mum points. 2 Roma 32 22 65 Sunderland and Stoke. 3 AC Milan 32 21 63 points from safety – Burnley’s faithful and defeat in Europe by Lyon mid-week. Jose Mourinho’s side smashed three 4 Palermo 32 6 51 Arsenal meanwhile stayed within three sang loudly throughout and Fletcher’s Fifth-placed Lille, who trail Lyon only goals past relegation-threatened Bologna 5 Sampdoria 32 2 51 points of their leading London rivals 6 Napoli 32 5 49 goal received rapturous applause. by three points were defeated 1-0 at Va- to bounce back from last weekend’s 2-1 7 Juventus 32 1 48 when they scraped a last-gasp 1-0 victory Elsewhere, Aston Villa’s slim hopes lenciennces. loss at the hands of title rival Roma. 8 Fiorentina 32 7 45 over struggling Wolverhampton Wander- of a Champions League qualifi cation This season’s title race is one of the Showing no sign of fatigue from their 9 Genoa 32 0 45 ers who were reduced to 10-men. 10 Parma 32 -7 43 spot remained alive as thy bounced back closest in Europe as only four points sep- Champions League quarter-fi nal fi rst-leg 11 Bari 32 0 43 The Gunners were made to sweat for from their embarrassing 7-1 defeat at the arate the top six teams. victory over CSKA Moscow midweek, 12 Cagliari 32 0 40 the result as they dominating play but 13 Chievo 32 -3 38 hands of Chelsea to record a 1-0 victory Thiago Motta netted a brace to keep 14 Catania 32 0 38 failed to fi nd the net within the 90 min- over Bolton Wanders through Ashley SPAIN themselves one point clear of second- 15 Udinese 32 -8 35 utes as they squandered a number of op- Young’s strike Barcelona contin- 16 Bologna 32 -13 35 placed Roma. 17 Lazio 32 -6 34 portunities. Stoke City confi rmed Premier League ued it’s title tilt in Roma recorded a 1-0 victory over Bari, 18 Atalanta 32 -11 31 But with the fi xture seemingly head- survival, surpassing the golden 40 points Spain despite field- while AC Milan remain two points be- 19 Siena 32 -23 26 20 Livorno 32 -26 26 ing for a goalless draw, substitute Nicklas with a 2-0 win over third-last Hull City ing a team featuring hind Inter with a close 3-2 victory away Bendtner headed home his fi fth goal of Atalanta 2-0 Siena Bari 0-1 Roma a number of fringe players as they at Cagliari. Cagliari 2-3 AC Milan Catania 2-0 Palermo the season, four minutes into stoppage FRANCE ran out 4-1 winners over Athletic Chievo 1-2 Sampdoria Genoa 1-1 Livorno Inter Milan 3-0 Bologna Lazio 1-1 Napoli time. Seven-time Ligue Bilbao, Parma 1-1 Fiorentina Udinese 3-0 Juventus Tottenham Hotspur’s surge for a fourth- 1 champions Lyon The Catalan giants lost striker Zlatan placed fi nish stumbled as they slipped up moved to the Ibrahimovic through a calf injury be- LA LIGA 3-1 against 13th-placed Sunderland. top of the French fore kick-off but teenager Jeffren Suarez Former Spurs marksman Darren Bent league table on Saturday as title opened the scoring, before youngster P GD PTS P GD PTS scored twice against his old club – one rivals Montpellier and Bordeaux 1 Bayern Munich 29 30 59 1 Barcelona 30 56 77 Bojan Krkic scored a brace either side of 2 Schalke 04 29 23 58 2 Real Madrid 29 55 74 from the penalty spot - but was denied a slipped up. half-time. 3 Bayer Leverkusen 29 25 53 3 Valencia 29 13 53 hat-trick as he failed from the spot twice Recording an important 2-1 win away at Lionel Messi added the icing on the 4 Borussia Dortmund 29 14 52 4 Sevilla 30 8 48 more as Heurelho Gomes denied his two 5 Werder Bremen 29 22 48 5 Mallorca 29 12 47 Rennes, Lyon went top above Montpel- victory with a goal mid-way through the 6 Hamburg 28 15 44 6 Athletic Bilbao 30 0 45 spot-kick attempts. lier – who were held to a 0-0 draw by second half, but Bilbao grabbed a late 7 VfB Stuttgart 29 6 44 7 Deportivo 29 -3 42 Peter Crouch scored with 18 minutes 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 29 -2 44 8 Villarreal 29 2 40 Monaco - on goal difference. consolation through Markel Susaeta. 9 Wolfsburg 28 1 40 9 Getafe 29 2 40 remaining, but the Black Cat’s Bolo However, defending champions Bor- Elsewhere, Real Zaragoza moved a step 10 Mainz 29 -8 38 10 Atletico Madrid 29 -1 37 Zenden quashed hopes of a Spurs fi ght- 11 TSG Hoffenheim 28 3 34 11 Almeria 29 -7 36 deaux – who lost 2-1 at home to Nancy closer to Primera Liga survival with a 12 Borussia M’gladbach 29 -12 34 12 Sporting Gijon 29 -5 36 back, netting his side’s third with four – have two games in hand over the top vital 2-0 win over Malaga, while Sevilla 13 Cologne 29 -13 31 13 Osasuna 29 -6 34 minutes remaining. two-placed sides and are just one point cruised past Tenerife 3-0. 14 Nuremberg 29 -19 28 14 Espanyol 29 -15 33 Manchester City seized the initiative 15 VfL Bochum 29 -21 28 15 Real Zaragoza 30 -16 32 behind. 16 SC Freiburg 29 -24 25 16 Malaga 30 -4 31 and leapfrogged Spurs into fourth posi- Les Gones coach Claude Puel rested 17 Hannover 96 28 -24 23 17 Racing 29 -12 31 tion with a 6-1 drubbing of Burnley. 18 Hertha Berlin 29 -18 22 18 Tenerife 30 -32 25 several key players that started in their 19 Valladolid 29 -21 24 City were 4-0 up after just 20 minutes 3-1 Champions League win over Bor- Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen 20 Xerez 29 -26 22 through Emmanuel Adebayor, Craig Bel- Cologne 0-3 Hertha Berlin deaux mid-week and Asamoah Gyan E Frankfurt 3-2 B Leverkusen Barcelona 4-1 Athletic Bilbao lamy, Carlos Tevez and Patrick Vieira, Nuremberg 2-0 Mainz SC Freiburg 1-1 VfL Bochum gave Rennes the lead in the fi rst half. Schalke 04 1-2 Bayern Munich Real Zaragoza 2-0 Malaga VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Borussia M’gladbach Sevilla 3-0 Tenerife

Monday 5th April 2010 5 SOCCER SIDESHOW | A Little Bit of This, That and The Other Dept.

WHITTLESEA ZEBRAS FC JUMPER PRESENTATION SOCIAL FUNCTION

Meet and Greet the Players that will put the Black and White back on the Map! The next upcoming social function is to be held at our new club base at Thom- astown East Reserve.

WHITTLESEA ZEBRAS FC CLUB JUMPER PRESENTATION

COST $30 | BBQ | DRINKS @ BAR PRICES Zebras captain Greg Lombardo SUNDAY 11TH APRIL 12PM (LUNCH)

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SENIORS MENS | UNDER 21’S MENS | SENIOR WOMENS | UNDER 18’S | JUNIORS WZFC MASTERS TEAM | SSF TEAMS

CONTACT | JOHN RUFFINO 0418 121 125 | RON LAMMANDA 0415 197 979 | MARIO MARINO 0414 852 787 Anara Atanes Age: 22 InSignificant Other: Sunderland Midfielder, Kieran Richardson

Balkans Scene with Alex Milic goalweekly.com

Serbia BOSNIA CROATIA

Red Star Bel- P Pts P GD Pts grade remains two 1 FK Željeznicar 21 41 1 Dinamo 23 +51 53 points clear at the 2 Borac Banja Luka 21 41 2 Cibalia 23 +22 45 top of the Superliga after defeating 3 NK Široki Brijeg 21 37 3 Karlovac 23 +11 41 local rivals OFK Beograd away 2:0, 4 NK Zrinjski 21 35 4 Šibenik 23 -2 40 with goals by Perovic and Lekic. 5 FK 21 34 5 Hajduk 23 +19 39 The red and whites performed well 6 FK Velež 21 33 6 Osijek 23 +9 36 playing excellent attacking foot- 7 FK Leotar 21 30 7 Lokomotiva 23 +1 36 ball which was promised by their 8 NK Travnik 21 28 8 Slaven Belupo 23 +2 35 new manager Ratko Dostanic. 9 NK Celik 21 27 9 Zadar 23 -9 30 Rivals Partizan won by the same score- 10 FK Olimpik Sarajevo 21 27 10 Rijeka 23 -1 27 11 FK Slavija Sarajevo 21 26 line against Spartak thanks to a double 11 Inter Zaprešic 23 -10 24 12 FK Rudar Prijedor 21 25 12 Varteks 23 -11 24 from defender Marko Lomic in the 48th 13 NK Zvijezda Gradacac 21 24 13 Medimurje 23 -20 22 and 72nd minute. Both goals were from 14 FK Sloboda Tuzla 21 24 14 Istra 1961 23 -16 21 great free kicks. 15 FK Laktaši 21 21 15 Zagreb 23 -10 20 Vojvodina overcame BSK also 2:0 with 16 FK Modrica 21 21 16 Croatia Sesvete 23 -36 11 goals by Dejan Tadic and the leagues top scorer Dragan Mrdja who converted a penalty kick. The team from is now only three points behind third place SERBIA Spartak. Lekic in action P GD Pts Hajduk won three valuable points 1. Crvena zvezda 22 42:11 58 against fellow strugglers Rad, with Pan- 2. Partizan 22 45:12 56 jic scoring a 94th minute winner after after 10 minutes. Dinamo managed Bosnia to level proceedings just before 3. Spartak 22 26:18 36 Rad had led until the 76th minute when 4. OFK Beograd 22 28:24 36 Zivanovic cancelled out Andric’s 12th half time as Sammir netted a spot Zrinjski defeated kick. league leaders 5. Vojvodina 22 32:21 33 minute opener. 6. Metalac 22 18:25 30 In the second half both teams played Borac compre- Borac and Javor both won 1:0 while 7. Jagodina 22 24:24 29 Mladi Radnik and Smederevo shared some good football and after 56 minutes hensively 3:0 in the Derby match 8. Javor 22 17:17 29 the spoils. Cukaricki are now only four Barbaric gave the visitors a 2:1 lead. of Round 21. Koric scored an im- 9. Smederevo 22 21:25 27 points away from safety after an impres- Rijeka would not disappoint the home pressive hattrick for the home side 10. Borac 22 16:28 26 sive win against mid table Jagodina. fans as they equalised in the 81st minute who are now six points behind Bo- 15. Hajduk 22 22:32 23 In Round 23, Red Star hosts Mladi Rad- through Pamic. rac. 11. Rad 22 25:32 22 nik while Partizan are away to Jagodina. Cibalia failed took take advantage as Zeljeznicar overcame Travnik and 12. BSK 22 17:26 22 The derby of the round will be played in they also managed to take only one point now share top spot with Borac. Laktasi 14. Mladi radnik 22 15:25 22 as OFK take on Vojvodina. in a goaless draw against Istra. Hajduk continued their impressive run of games 13. Napredak 22 21:28 21 was dissapointing in a 1:1 draw against under new manager Stepanoivc after 16. Cukaricki 22 17:38 18 second last Zagreb which is coached by defeating Sarajevo 2:1. The away side former Hajduk legend Igor Stimac. ended the match with nine players after Croatia Varteks thrashed European hopefuls Muminovic and Maksumic were sent Sibenik 5:1. The team from Varazdin are Rijeka managed off. now three points clear of relegation. to earn a point Hadjuk host Cibalia next week in the at home against Dery match of round 24 while Dinamo Stimac helping Zagreb league leaders Di- take on their feeder club Lokomotiva. namo in a thrilling 2:2 draw. Rijeka took an early lead through Strok Zrinjski celebrate

6 Monday 5th April 2010 Blast from the past With Roy Hay Sir William Walkley, and football Mention the name Walkley today and most people will immediately think of the annual awards for journalism, AMPOL Cup winners but the man who began the Walkleys and left a legacy to continue them, Northern New South Wales was also a key figure in the develop- 1960 Wallsend 1968 Newcastle 1961 Wallsend Austral ment of football in this country. Sir 1962 Lake Mac- 1969 Belmont- William Walkley was born in New quarie Swansea Zealand in 1896 and after service 1963 Wallsend 1970 Toronto-Awaba 1964 Wallsend 1971 New Lambton in the First World War helped found 1965 Lake Mac- South a petrol company to compete with quarie 1972 Adamstown 1966 Newcastle 1973 Weston foreign suppliers in 1931. He brought Austral 1974 New Lambton the same notion to Australia in the 1967 Belmont- South Swansea 1930s and after the war the company he helped develop became the Am- New South Wales pol Petroleum Company in 1949. 1959 Prague Suburbs A keen sportsman Walkely and his part- 1960 St. George- 1972 St. George- ner William Arthur O’Callaghan saw the Budapest Budapest 1961 Prague 1973 Hakoah value of sponsoring sports tournaments as a 1962 Prague 1974 APIA Leich- way of promoting their product as Australia 1963 SSC Yugal hardt surfed a wave of migration in the 1950s and 1964 Prague 1975 St. George- 1965 Prague Budapest 1906s. Beginning with golf to which both 1966 APIA Leich- 1976 Western partners were devoted, they expanded into hardt Suburbs 1967 St. George- 1977 unknown surf lifesaving and then football, when he Budapest 1978 Sutherland realized that so many of the migrants had 1968 Hakoah Shire SC 1969 Prague 1979-80 unknown an interest in the game. The Ampol Cup 1970 APIA Leich- 1981 Sutherland competitions became the pre-season com- hardt Shire SC petitions in and New South Wales 1971 Western initially and then for a few years what was effectively a national club championship. 1961 Croatia 1982 West Adelaide The Ampol Cups began in New South 1962 Juventus Sharks (former Wales in 1958 and the fi rst trophy was 1963 Budapest Hellas) 1964 Hellas 1983-87 unknown lifted by Canterbury-Marrickville. In Vic- 1965 Lion 1988 West Adelaide toria JUST won the fi rst Ampol Cup in 1966 Polonia Sharks (former 1967 Juventus Hellas) 1960, when that competition replaced the 1968 Hellas 1989 Croatia Sun Pictorial Night Series. JUST went on 1969 Enfi eld-Victoria 1990 Croatia to take the national Ampol Cup that year. 1970 Hellas 1991 unknown 1971 Hellas 1992 unknown; Now there were Ampol Cups in South 1972 Hellas runners-up: Mod- Australia, Queensland and from 1972 in 1973 Polonia bury SC 1974 Juventus 1993 West Adelaide Western Australia and Tasmania. The New- 1975 Hellas Sharks (former castle area of NSW had its own Ampol Cup 1976 Hellas Hellas) 1977-81 unknown series, refl ecting the strength of the game in that area. Walkely had a broader vision for his Queensland support for football, which he saw as a 1959 Oxley United 1968 Hollandia-Inala 1960 Hellenic 1969 Azzurri way of bringing old and ‘new’ Australians 1961 Hellenic 1970 Hollandia-Inala together. Eventually he took a more active 1962 Hellenic 1971 Azzurri 1963 Hellenic 1972 East Merton personal role in the game. 1964 Hellenic 1973 Brisbane Lions In 1963 when Henry Seamonds, the 1965 Coalstars 1974 Brisbane City 1966 Grange Thistle 1975 St. George- president of the newly formed Australian 1967 St. Helens South Soccer Federation died suddenly follow- United 1976 Brisbane City ing a heart attack just after the meeting Sir William Walkley. of the Federation in Melbourne, Walkley All photographs: Les Shorrock collection. Deakin University Library. Tasmania succeeded him. He was instrumental in the 1972 Olympia 1975 Juventus settlement with FIFA which resulted in the 1973 Hobart Cale- South suspension of Australia’s membership of donian 1976 Juventus 1974 Rapid West North the world governing body being lifted in Point July 1963. Australian clubs had been sign- ing players from clubs in Holland, Austria, Western Australia Malta and other countries, claiming they 1961 Swan Athletic 1968 Azzurri were migrants who just wanted to live in 1962 Azzurri 1969 Windmills 1963 Tricolore 1970 Azzurri this country. Their clubs and FIFA demand- 1964 North Perth 1971 Azzurri ed that transfer fees be paid and eventually 1965 North Perth 1972 Bayswater 1966 Tricolore United a fi nancial settlement was reached. That en- 1967 Cracovia abled Australia to enter the qualifi cation for the World Cup for the fi rst time in 1965. Victoria Walkley also became the fi rst president 1939 ICS 1971 Croatia of the Oceania Confederation in 1965. 1940 ICS 1972 Croatia 1943 Brighton 1973 Melbourne His company also sponsored international 1945 Hakoah 1974 George Cross matches including a China against Austra- 1955 JUST 1975 Footscray- lia game in 1985, while clubs sides like St 1956 JUST JUST 1957 JUST 1976 South George Budapest carried the Ampol logo to 1958 George Cross Melbourne-Hellas a successful tournament in Japan in 1971. 1959 Juventus 1977 Essendon 1960 JUST Lions A great promoter of all his activities, 1961 George Cross 1978 Melbourne Walkley used the media brilliantly to ad- 1962 Wilhelmina Knights SC 1963 Polonia 1979 Green Gully vance his interests and those of the sports 1964 Polonia 1980 Essendon with which he was involved. He arranged 1965 George Cross 1981 Green Gully 1966 Footscray- 1982 South charter fl ights to take journalists to major JUST Melbourne-Hellas sporting events around the country. He was Billy Vojtek surrounded by Ampol medals. is chaired off after his 1967 Port 1983 Green Gully knighted in 1967 but maintained a keen Melbourne-Slavia 1984-85 unknown club St George Budapest won a tourna- 1968 Croatia 1986 Melbourne interest in sports and journalism until his Les Schein ug lofts the Ampol Cup prob- 1969 South Knights SC death in 1976. Australian football owes him ment in Japan in March 1971. Tommy Melbourne-Hellas 1987 Melbourne ably with Prague in the 1960s 1970 South Knights SC a great debt for helping the code through a Anderson, by then in his last year as a Melbourne-Hellas turbulent period both domestically and in- player at St George is on the right. ternationally. Monday 5th April 2010 7 GAS BAGGING DEPT. goalweekly.com

Australian international with 25 caps, Australian Player of the Year, winner of 4 NSL championships, 3 NSL Cups, 557 fi rst KAT’S CORNER grade games, 97 goals from 1976-1996. Played for St George, Olympic, Apia, Marconi, Melita Eagles and Larissa (Greece). Rated as one of the most technically gifted players With Peter Katholos ever produced in Australia. Now involved with player develop- ment and player management. www.technikfootball.com

We’re right behind you, Adelaide old player here in Australia that was cho- Breathtaking Barca, Messi superb Ciao Roberto, benvenuto Jose whether or not we should have a national certainly has sen by the AC Milan Academy in Italy What a feast of football we witnessed last Here’s a bold prediction. Roberto Man- cup competition I say an emphatic yes! planned well for the Asian Cham- to represent them in the Mundialito 2010 week in the Champions League quarter- cini will not survive the chop at Man- Bring it on because it’s long overdue. pions League and although Ade- held in for kids under-12? fi nals with much more to absorb over the chester City and I think he will be head- laide had an average season in the I guess not because little has been next few days in the return legs. ing back to Serie A in the summer . A-League the team is really firing written about this prodigious talent. His Barcelona v Arsenal … wow. What a Jose Mourinho will be back in the Eng- on all cylinders at the moment. name is Panos Armenakas and he plays game! How good is this Barcelona team? lish Premier League next summer and I The signing of ace marksman Sergio for Sydney Olympic’s under-13s. They are absolutely breathtaking! suspect he’d like nothing better than to van Dyke has lifted the side enormously Other teams in the tournament were Their technique in passing, controlling square up against his old managerial foe and players such as Pantelis, Dodd, Ca- Benfi ca, Sporting Lisbon, Juventus, the ball and accuracy is second to none. Sir Alex Ferguson in a local derby. sio and Leckie are on fi re. It’s hard to CSKA Moscow, Cameroon, Vasco de All the Barcelona players have the abil- While on the topic of English football believe that this is the same team that Gama, FC Porto and Sporting Club de ity to run with the ball, pass the ball with I’m pretty sure that the title this season fi nished last in the A-league this season. Brazil. precision and accuracy, and control the will go right down to the wire. I’m not Did I say hard to believe? Try impos- Young Panos and his parents were ball exceptionally and, course, there’s game to pick either United or Chelsea. sible! fl own over for the competition – all ex- the irrepressible Lionel Messi, simply a Right now the side is playing with so penses paid mind you. And he did not pleasure to watch. Champions win leagues much confi dence and working so hard disappoint. He scored many goals, set up My team Arsenal did not fare too badly A couple of observations about our A- for each other and everyone seems very many goals and overall was one of the in coming back from the dead, but we League. First and foremost, fi rst past the hungry to succeed and prove a point after best players in the tournament, which have no chance at the Nou Camp! post must be crowned Australian cham- such a disappointing domestic season. ranks this young Aussie kid as among I guess one of the big questions in the pion. Winning the league deserves the It’s fair to say that Adelaide United are the best under 12s in the world! return legs is whether or not Bayern Mu- highest accolade. on a march and all of us who follow and Congratulations Panos. You have done nich can do the business at . Second I’m still wondering how any- support our sport in this country are right Australian football proud. Although he is Some may say no Wayne Rooney no one can drop their marquee player from behind them and wish them well. only 11 he thinks like an adult and his United but I don’t think so. their starting line-up and claim it was a And what about that boy Leckie? The repertoire of tricks, faints and dummies I expect Inter Milan, with their desire team tactic. What the hell is going on ex-Bulleen kid is a great talent! gets him past defenders time and time and class, to progress to the semi-fi nals here? Does Ian Ferguson really believe again. Combine that with a lethal shoot- and French giant Lyon have already that we’ll buy that one which was his ra- Adelaide United coach Panos Armenakas in Mundialito ing technique and you start to form a pic- done enough to get through. tionale for dropping Robbie Fowler dur- 2010 ture of a very special talent indeed. ing the season? Aurelio Vidmar. Do you know that we have an 11-year- Remember this kid’s name. As for the recently revived topic of

THE KATSA

With George Katsamboukas

J WALKER SCOREBOARD 1-5 few weeks off and fi nd a State League for the stopper’s role, as Kisnorbo was “NQF was an extremely successful club the Easter break, and number of VPL Let’s begin the week with the Club to train with”. We might even see earmarked for this spot. in its fi rst year in the Hyundai A-League Coach’s currently sitting on Death Row World Stage, where… him grace the pages of Goal! Weekly’s Kisnorbo is one of the game’s gentle- especially on the pitch and everyone in- have been given a week’s reprieve. has returned from his gig in Queensland pages sooner than we think. men, whose career has been fi lled with volved deserves to be congratulated.” The Scorer will be on red alert next Greece, 2 weeks short of completing his Perfect preparation - from the Queen- many serious injuries. Wishing you a A total trading loss in their fi rst season week as once the season resumes as contract with Kavala FC. sland State League training grounds to speedy recover, Paddy! of $2.5 million and fi nishing one game some of these Gaffers are hanging on to According to Moore, ‘his body needed the World Cup Finals! away from the bottom spot is hardly their jobs by the skin of their…. teeth. a rest”, however the Greek Club put a DIGGING DEEP what one would call ‘successful’, how- Short but not so sweet this week… somewhat different spin on his departure, PADDY’S WHACK I had to pull the dictionary out this week, ever, men wearing pin stripe suits can citing alleged off-fi eld indiscretions. Over to the UK we go where ex-South and after a very long search I found it rely on putting their spin doctors into ac- Until next week, However, the Socceroo El Supremo Pim Melbourne player ’s and dusted it off. tion to provide a cure. Verbeek, has demanded that all players dream of playing in the World Cup Fi- Reason for this is that I had to look up The FFA will also assist North Queen- This is Katsa - just as you have known vying for a spot in the World Cup Finals nals has been shattered after sustaining the defi nition for the word “success”, sland next Season as part of the FFA him. need to be playing, which will put Moore a serious Achilles injury, whilst playing as after having read a story on North Stimulus Package also. under the pump somewhat because he is for Leeds against Millwall earlier this Queensland Fury where FFA Numero And remember, keep your friends close currently clubless. However, Moore has week. Uno, Ben Buckley, described their sea- LA VIDA LOCA and your Club Powerbrokers closer. found the solution where he will ‘take a This will give Verbeek one less option son as follows: To the local scene we go where with

8 Monday 5th April 2010 GAS BAGGING DEPT. goalweekly.com BOO’S WORLD With Mark Boric

Victory stomps all over coach . Entitled ‘Cra- me when I was fi t I was going to be in Nathan Elasi are trying to reignite their Kawasaki zy Brisbane boss almost made me quit his plans. But it was all bullshit – he just careers at State League clubs. Luckily Melbourne Victory have turned it all game after banning smiling at training, wanted me out of his offi ce. He thought Victory appointed a coach with a back- around … well just enough to beat Ka- says Dundee’s Bob Malcolm’, the piece that was easier than having to explain to ground in junior development. wasaki Frontale 1-0 during the week. launched into Postecoglou as if it was me why I wouldn’t be playing.” I can Consistently puzzling So no longer can they be compared to written by . Surprisingly remember watching the game Malcolm Both Oakleigh Cannons and Dandenong Australian losers in Asia, like Stern Hu, referring to a former Socceroo player refers to. The Roar supporters actually Thunder were fi ned for recent trouble at but instead can now stand tall alongside and National Youth Team coach as a cheered Malcolm’s injury and his early a game, $750 and $1500 respectively. George Lazenby, Brett Prebble and Han- ‘Greek TV pundit’ (yep, complete with substitution as his performance was so Makes one wonder how many people do from Romper Stomper who all have ambiguity although I don’t watch much poor. Maybe Postecoglou didn’t think must have died at the St Albans game kicked Asian arse. Greek TV), the article also seemed to Malcolm would take too well to being in 2009 which saw them heavily fi ned Just as Victory fi nd winning ways in misrepresent the Roar’s league position told that he wouldn’t be playing anymore and deducted nine points for last season Asia, Adelaide United stumble to their at the time of ’s dismissal. because he was taking the piss out of the and three for this one. Consistency can fi rst defeat of this campaign at Sanfrecce Malcolm claimed: “In his fi rst week the club and the league. Or maybe he did be found in a dictionary but not at some Hiroshima. They are still well placed to new boss had a meeting with the players. tell him. Then again Malcolm is highly FFV Tribunal judgments. make the next stage though, their math- He told us he didn’t like having a laugh unlikely to admit this to Scotland’s main ematical possibility of qualifying a little in the dressing-room.” Hmm, I wonder daily tabloid. stronger than that of Melbourne. if Postecoglou was trying to stamp out drunken giggling which allegedly had Oar paddles overseas Malcolm slams Ange fl ourished among the senior players un- Brisbane Roar have sold Tommy Oar, There was an extraordinary article in der Farina’s rule? and Adam Sarota to Dutch New ‘TV Hellas star’, Ange Scotland’s ‘Daily Record’ a couple of Malcolm continued: “In his fi rst game club FC Utrecht. Meanwhile, former weeks ago attacking Brisbane Roar as gaffer we lost and I broke my nose. Victory youngsters Matt Theodore and Postecoglou cops a swipe in After it I spoke to him and he assured the Scottish press.

Australian soccer legend, Eddie Krncevic represented the Socceroos 35 times and Krncevic’s crunchlines scored 17 goals. He played professionally in Europe for Dimano Zagreb (Croatia), MSV Duisberg (Germany), Mulhouse (France) and With Eddie Krncevic Anderlecht, FC Liege, Aalst and Charleroi in Belgium.

Greetings football fans and wel- time during one of the most important Ivica Olic to seal the match. Football is come to another dose of Krncevic’s religious times of the year. Then again, all about decision making. But, it is also Crunchlines. some would argue that football is a reli- about making the right decisions at the gion in itself. right time. Making the right decisions under pressure is what separates the very I hope you all had safe and enjoyable WHEN IN DOUBT, KICK IT OUT good players from the good players. Easter. While the Victorian competitions Thanks to SBS, I managed to enjoy an- I was absolutely astonished to see made the most of the long weekend and other tantalising round of UEFA Cham- Evra, a player with no less than over 20 headed into a short recess, the respective pions League action during the week. If French international appearances to his Premier Leagues around Australia con- you don’t have Foxtel then SBS is well name, attempt to clear the ball with the tinued to be involved in the action and and truly a godsend which at least al- outside of his left foot, almost trying to completed a full round of fi xtures. The lows you to watch probably the best club do a fl ick, when it would have been far South Australian Premier League also competition in the world. Don’t get me easier to clear the ball and the danger did not play, but Federation Cup games wrong, Foxtel are doing a great job with with one swift kick using the laces of his were accommodated. their football coverage too, especially right boot. His body positioning and the Compliments are in store for the all with their A-league and EPL games, and angle of the direction that the ball travel- gang at Goal! Weekly who reiterated thankfully the days of Channel Seven ling would dictate that, however in that their commitment and pledge to develop are long behind us, but many homes in moment of decision making madness, the mag into a truly national publication Australia do not have Pay TV, and SBS he was left standing cold as Olic made Speaking of left feet Man United are lucky they don’t have by still publishing this week. In previous still plays a very important role in fi lling the most of picking up the crumbs from Daniel Day Lewis playing for them. years the publication would follow suit that void. Gomez’s driving run and then proceed- and also make the most of the week off. I was most impressed with Bayern ing to plant the ball in the back of Van , , Scott Chip- and it will take time, perseverance and However, with the Victorian State and Munich’s win over Manchester United, der Saar’s net. perfi eld - just to name a few. Football patience. We all have to keep our eye on Provisional teams about to commence who showed great endeavour to come Evra should have known better, and is course the round ball game, and foot- the bigger picture, and remember we’re their respective competitions this week- back from a goal down to win the tie 2-1. especially at this level. It is obvious that ballers need to be all-rounders. We need all in for the long haul. If you think end, there is too much football on the United’s away goal may well prove de- Evra favours his left foot, but you can- to be producing players who have the we’ve got problems here in Australia, horizon to take a breather. cisive in the end, as the whole episode is not expect to get away with being one ability to use both feet in confi dence, then spare a thought for Craig Moore and Mind you, I understand crowds were delicately balanced heading towards Old sided in such a high octane contest. The and of course making the right decisions his most recent team, Kavala, in Greece. noticeably down at venues across the Trafford for the return leg. standard and quality of players we saw under extreme pressure. Apparently, the players had not been country this weekend and perhaps for the I think the scoreline actually fl attered in action last Wednesday morning were paid in over two months, approximately sake of players, offi cials and fans alike, Sir Alex Ferguson’s side, and it could of World Cup proportions, and based LONG HAUL 14 players have been sacked, and the the idea of leaving the Easter weekend have easily been more than two goals on that evidence then I shudder to think Good to see the FFA made the intelli- coach, the well respected Dutch coach, completely football free may not be such to Bayern. Bayern were so industri- how the Socceroos will fair in South Af- gent and important decision to assist the Aad de Mos, was shown the door. a bad one after all. I’m sure everyone in- ous and relentless in their intensity, and rica under similar circumstances. When North Queensland Fury and guarantee volved would appreciate the opportunity their endeavour paid off, forcing Patrice I think of the Socceroos I automatically its commitment to grow the game in the to enjoy uninterrupted quality family Evra to crumble under pressure, leaving think one sided players - , area. Things do not happen overnight AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL ACADEMY SPECIAL OFFER!! THREE FREE TRAINING SESSIONS CALL FREEPHONE 1800 308 817 Talent Identifi cation & Trials Junior Development Coaching conducted by EX-SOCCEROO EDDIE KRNCEVIC, ANDY Academy Trips Advanced Training BOZIKAS & VLADO VANIS. Goalkeeper training by STEVEN TILOVSKI. Elite Training Program Improve Technique & Tactics, Development training by GREG STOKES (ex Chelsea JDC). Centre of Excellence Skill, Touch, Shooting, Monday 5th April 2010 9 Gas Bagging Dept. goalweekly.com MacKenzie At Large An Occasional Offering from Craig MacKenzie Durakovic to Gully? Comets’ three-card trick THERE’S every chance that three young guns will be in Casey Com- No way! ets’ starting line-up to face Pines. There have been quite a few youngsters to Green Gul- who have caught the eye of new senior ly, Ian Greener to replace Durak- coaches George Hughes and Dougie Big Lee Wilkinson again will be relied ovic as Victory youth coach and Chisholm during the pre-season but GW upon to shore up the defence (when he’s Ian Dobson to take over Greener’s understands that three in particular have not suspended, of course, as he is on job with the National Training Cen- been in sizzling form – Jarryd Barnes, Saturday) and David Terek up front has tre program. Brendan Elmadovski and Domenic grabbed a new lease on life and has been Geez, I almost forgot. Apparently Gary Branca. doing very well during the pre-season. Cole’s been sacked by Victory and Har- Barnes, 17, has been involved with Two of the club’s major off-season ry Bingham is the new youth coach at the River Plate Youth Academy and has signings have been forward Negus Hen- North Queensland Fury. That’s assum- spent some time in Argentina. Hughes ry from Peninsula Strikers and 27-year- ing, of course, that there still is a North and Chisholm gave the wide right mid- old Zimbabwean Farai Murwira from Queensland Fury and a youth team there fi elder a full senior season at Peninsula Malvern City. to coach. Strikers last year and he has blossomed. Henry’s 17 goals earned him leading Let me catch my breath for a moment Elmadovski is a central midfi elder who scorer honours last season in State Three coz I’m all rumoured out. turns 18 this year and has been involved South-East while Murwira fi rst came Ah, that’s better. Deep breath. And an- with the seniors for a couple of seasons here to Melbourne to compete in the other one. while 17-year-old Branca is a right back 2008 Homeless World Cup. Man, it takes it out of you getting into and son of the club president. He gained refugee status then perma- verbal stoushes on internet forums, eh? “Jarryd has been starring recently, nent residency but last season struggled But what a wonderful source of in- Brendan’s an absolute dynamo and Do- to force his way into Malvern City’s formation these forums provide. Truly menic has been very impressive. I’ve starting 11. wonderful. In a literal sense. Full of got no doubts that these three lads have Things are different at Casey and the wonder, of awe. Full of thinking and the potential to go on and do really big coaching staff like what they see. speculating curiously. things in the game,” said Chisholm. “This guy is a tremendous talent. He’s And sometimes full of crap! Ian Dobson’s name has been doing the rounds of late, linked with Although the senior squad is the small, a bit stocky, he plays just in be- Durakovic has another year to run on the NTC squad and even a return to the Gully hot-seat We’re not youngest the club has fi elded for many hind the front two and he’s really excit- his contract as Victory youth coach and years there still is a group of experienced ing to watch,” said Chisholm. he has no plans to move. 100% sure how thrilled the referees are about the news. players who more than likely will be re- Comets also have signed ex-Fawkner If Gully offered him $200,000 a year PHOTO STEVE STAREK lied on to at least ensure that the Comets 20-year-old Shane Savanah, a left-sided he wouldn’t move. He’s happy being in- don’t lose their league status. player, and two young players from Dan- volved with a gun A-League club in his Tony Saunders will captain the side it’s a fair bet that if it had been accu- And what of the Bingham rumour? dy Thunder: 17-year-old striker Mustafa hometown. from his customary midfi eld position rate then Grantley Bernard or Michael Hmm, I’m in a cheeky mood so maybe Nadar and 19-year-old American mid- And in one fell swoop, three rumours while Anthony and Stephen Cicarelli are Lynch would have reported the fact in I’ll let that simmer for a wee while longer fi elder Tommy McIntyre who hails from came tumbling down. back after quitting the Comets last year Melbourne’s mainstream print media by so that it’s well and truly cooked when Boston and has played college football As for the Cole rumour, given that and joining Endeavour United (which now. we fi nally remove it from the heat. in the States. it’s been out there for nearly a fortnight ended up being relegated from Provi- sional One South-East). It’s called bonding, brother IT’S FAIR to say that Peninsula So I guess we can look forward to a re- but we were struggling for keepers so we Strikers have had an unusual ally tight-knit group contesting State got him back in goal and I thought he pre-season preparation under the Three South-East this season. played well against Pines which was his guidance of new player-coach Bil- Seriously though, Armour has had a main test so far,” said Armour. ly Armour. mountain to climb in a short time. Upon “Our main aim this year has to be to The last thing the former Pines stal- his arrival he was confronted by a mass stay in the league. We need to fi rst of all wart would have wanted was to have his exodus of players from last year’s squad consolidate after losing so many play- side’s last main pre-season hit-out turn and has addressed the issue by making a ers. out to be just that – a melee involving number of signings mainly from Morn- “At the end of the day we’re going to fl ying karate kicks, wild haymakers and ington and Sandringham. have to battle in every game. The side a number of headlocks in a contest that The four Sandringham newcomers are that battles the hardest in this league is eventually had to be abandoned late in striker Theo Papadopoulos, ex-Port Mel- the one that generally gets results.” the second half. bourne, midfi elder Paul McCluskey, util- Gritty rather than pretty seems to be To make matters worse the opponent ity player Michael Cooke and 17-year- the message Armour is pushing. At the two Saturdays ago was Pines but the old wide midfi elder Matt Janson. same time he’s cognisant of the need to good news was that no-one was seri- McCluskey is the son of former Celtic try and bring through some of the young- ously injured. star Pat McCluskey and continues a fam- er players at the club. But what is commonly regarded in ily association with Centenary Park as At least the till still is ticking over and Australian Football circles as a fair uncle Danny McCluskey was a central the club welcomed the recent announce- dinkum old-fashioned bonding session defensive strongman for the old Frank- ment of Beretta Hotels Pty Ltd as the ma- wasn’t enough because Strikers senior ston City. jor sponsor. The fl agships of the Beretta and reserve teams bonded even more last Cooke has a tremendous workrate and fl eet are the Vaucluse Hotel in Richmond Thursday night. although mainly seen up front at San- and the Langwarrin Hotel. Both squads started off at Vesper’s in dringham, Armour is likely to use him in Bilic Homes and Unitex have also Carrum Downs then many senior players the engine room come matchday. joined up as sponsors. Stan Bilic is well met up at Frankston nightspot Davey’s Two strikers considered surplus to known through his involvement with no doubt continuing the bonding theme. requirements at Mornington have been Melbourne Knights and his sponsorship I hear some of them were still bonding snapped up by Armour – Alex Halikias of a number of clubs while Unitex lays at 5am on Friday morning but Armour and Chaz di Petta – while Dan Waite, claim to being Australia’s most innova- found the going tough. brother of Nick Waite, has claimed the tive manufacturer of specialty exterior “It’s hard to keep up with these young number one keeper’s jersey. wall materials. guys nowadays,” he said. “Dan came to us as an outfi eld player Strikers coach Billy Armour. Photo: DARRYL KENNEDY.

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EXTRA TIME VERSION LIKELY WINNERS A Larger Than Life Offering from The Big Mac IN CAPITALS McMinimee in Pines comeback FOR almost 30 years was The Age soccer writer and con- JAMIE McMinimee last played rin. Blanco is one of the star pupils pre-season training before enrolling in vinced the Fairfax group to start up a competitive game of football to emerge from Keepa goalkeeping the club’s Paignton College course in a national weekly tabloid, Soccer Ac- four seasons ago but the thirty- clinic run by former Melbourne Croa- August. tion, in the late 1970s. something veteran will be thrust tia and Heidelberg United custodian So far no paperwork has emerged Years before computers were in vogue into the cauldron of Saturday’s Peter Blasby while Hodgson has led and questions are being asked as to Schwab bashed away at an old typewriter State Two South-East derby be- Langy’s reserves and been involved why Torquay is dragging its heels. week after week to ensure that football tween Casey Comets and Frank- with the fi rst team squad. One of Pines’ fi rst team mainstays followers were kept abreast of upcoming ston Pines. “He (Blanco) can be the best keeper last season was striker Matt Morris- games and behind-the-scenes stories. McMinimee is a former Springvale in Australia,” said Blasby. Thomas who can play in midfi eld or He painstakingly typed up the weekend’s City, Langwarrin and Dandy Thunder “You’re going to ask me why I say up front. He suffered a hairline frac- fi xtures on a Thursday and they would ap- star and has rejoined Pines after fi rst that and you’ll laugh at this but it’s ture of his fi bia almost six weeks ago pear every Friday in Age Sport throughout playing for the club in the 1990s. Not because he doesn’t think. He’s instinc- but is expected to be in the starting the season. that he’ll have time to reminisce in tive. He’s fearless. I don’t think he line-up on Saturday. On Sunday evening Schwab would work what is expected to be a hotly contest- knows how agile he actually is. The club was trying to sign a striker out the league standings then type out the ed season opener at Comets Stadium. “He needs to sort out the mental from Southern Stars as we went to tables for all senior Victorian Soccer Fed- Another Pines signing, big Niall side of things but if he grows another press. eration men’s competitions (there were no Mitten, lines up against the side he foot and gets more verbal he can be senior women’s leagues). opened the 2009 season with only to anything he wants to be.” But simply publishing the weekend’s round leave after a handful of games and was Another newcomer to the fi rst of matches wasn’t enough for Schwab. He already zeroing in on the contest when team squad is Peter Dimcevski who had to inject some life into his copy by put- The one and only, Laurie Schwab. we spoke to him last week. was part of the successful Southern ting his credibility on the line and making “Just let’s say that I’m pretty enthu- Blue Tongues outfi t that Lou Kast- selections and the term ‘likely winners in second-class citizen by powerful people siastic to get in there and have a crack ner coached to the 2009/10 Victorian capitals’ became standard fare over three throughout the media. at them. I’m really looking forward to Champions League title. decades. To commemorate Schwab’s contribution this one,” said Mitten. The 17-year-old midfi elder will Schwab died suddenly on Wednesday 11 and to signal the start of the Victorian State The legal wrangle involving a claim be joined by Blue Tongues teammate June 1997 aged 50. Soccer Action had gone League and Provisional League seasons, by former coach Doug Hodgson for Edward Southerington, also 17, who out of circulation almost 10 years earlier. GW presents its very own selections for monies owed was settled a few weeks can play as a defensive midfi elder This publication and Australian soccer owe this weekend’s Round One clashes. And ago which has allowed Pines to refo- or defender. Southerington played a debt of gratitude to Schwab who operated remember, likely winners are in capitals: cus on football matters and there have with Pines reserves last season and is in an era when our sport was treated as a been signifi cant moves in the club’s quick, strong and tall and is expected coaching department. to make a major impact in senior ranks John Cullen was appointed late last this season. year as assistant to senior coach Tom Other teenagers expected to feature in- STATE ONE ara Eagles, MOOROOLBARK v San- O’Halloran and Stevie Spencer is in clude Murray Savory, 18, who played Friday: ST ALBANS DINAMO v dringham City, OLD SCOTCH v Old charge of the reserves. Dave Luca is in Brazil last year and ex-Altona Mag- North . Saturday: CLIFTON Camberwell Grammar. expected to be confi rmed as under-18s ic player Josh Wood. HILL v Fawkner, LANGWARRIN v PROVISIONAL ONE NORTH- coach. Doubts have surfaced as to the Time for Jamie to give the Western Suburbs, Pascoe Vale v Pres- WEST But back to the playing list. Oth- mooted Torquay United foray for teen- old passport photo a wee ton Lions (draw). Monday: BULLEEN Saturday: FC STRATHMORE v La- er Pines’ captures in the off-season age defender Sait Guler and Blanco. include goalkeeper Mark Blanco, They are two of six members of Zane dust. PHOTO: DARRYL v Whittlesea Zebras, Springvale White verton Park, NORTH SUNSHINE defender Mathew Hodgson and teen- Bowen’s soccer academy who have KENNEDY Eagles v MALVERN CITY. EAGLES v Corio, Northern Falcons v age midfi elder Jarryd McMinimee, been invited to the English League STATE TWO SOUTH-EAST Melbourne City (draw), SOUTH YAR- all part of an exodus from Langwar- Two side in a couple of months to start Saturday: CASEY COMETS v Frank- RA v Avondale Heights, WESTVALE ston Pines, MORWELL PEGASUS v v Elwood City, Whittlesea Utd v North Eastern Lions, Diamond Valley Utd v City Lions (draw). Doncaster Rovers (draw), HEATHER- PROVISIONAL TWO SOUTH- TON UTD v Dandenong City, Knox EAST Another ‘record’ for Magic City v Berwick City (draw), Southern Saturday: SKYE UTD v Rivers- ALTONA Magic is no stranger tion Victoria CEO Matt Rendell some That is not true. FFV foots the bill, Suburbs v SOUTHERN STARS. dale, Endeavour Utd v ASHBUR- to Victorian Premier League weeks back he made it clear that it which means that Magic’s decision STATE TWO NORTH-WEST TON, Whitehorse Utd v Lyndale Utd success but it’s a fair bet that was up to the host clubs whether or to charge entry can only be interpret- Friday: Whittlesea Ranges v GEE- (draw), Old Carey v OLD BRIGHTON one ‘record’ currently held by not to charge an entry fee. ed as a revenue-raising exercise. LONG RANGERS, PORT MEL- GRAMMARIANS, Uni of Melbourne the Paisley Park lads won’t get So Magic was entirely within its BOURNE v Sydenham Park. Saturday: Blues v BERWICK KINGS, BAYSIDE a mention in the club’s hon- rights to ask for $12 at the gate on BALLARAT RED DEVILS v More- ARGONAUTS v Caulfi eld Cobras. ours’ roll. Wednesday, 3 March. land City, Brunswick City v Banyule PROVISIONAL TWO NORTH- Magic is the only VPL outfi t so So were South Melbourne, Bentleigh City (draw), WERRIBEE CITY v Al- WEST Greens, Northcote City, Green Gully far to have charged for entry to a tona East Phoenix, Williamstown v AL- Saturday: BELL PARK v Western Ea- midweek National Training Centre and Dandenong Thunder, however, TONA CITY. gles, Epping City v Melbourne Tornado game. these clubs chose to decline the op- STATE THREE SOUTH-EAST (draw), Lalor Utd v Plenty Valley Lions As many of you know, the National portunity. Training Centre experiment at senior The reason I bring this up is that Saturday: Brandon Park v WAVER- (draw), Moreland Utd v COLLING- level was introduced to the VPL fi x- I understand one of the gatekeepers LEY WANDERERS, Peninsula Strik- WOOD CITY, SURF COAST v West ture this year with games played un- that night at Paisley Park explained ers v Croydon City Arrows (draw), Preston, MELTON v Hoppers Cross- der lights and no points at stake. the charge by saying his club had to FITZROY CITY v Noble Park Utd, ing. When I spoke to Football Federa- fork out for referee payments. South Springvale v Mornington (draw), PROVISIONAL THREE SOUTH- Springvale City v Kingston City (draw). EAST Sunday: NUNAWADING CITY v Saturday: Noble Park v Eltham Red- North Caulfi eld. backs (draw), OLD TRINITY GRAM- STATE THREE NORTH-WEST MARIANS v Essendon Royals, Who is that media man? Friday: GEELONG v Lalor, Saturday: ROWVILLE EAGLES v Glen Waver- Keilor Park v MELB UNI RANG- ley, SEAFORD UTD v East Bentleigh, JUST over 100 media passes any further I can assure you that this mier League games proudly sporting ERS, v HUME White Star Dandenong v Manningham have gone through FFV’s ac- time round FFV media and communi- his accreditation hanging from a band creditation process for the 2010 cations offi cer, Mia Hayes, has been around his neck. UTD, Maribyrnong Greens v Westgate (draw), BRIGHTON v Keysborough. season. at pains to screen the fl ood of applica- I’m pretty sure the guy in question (draw), Sunbury Utd v Cairnlea (draw), PROVISIONAL THREE NORTH- On one hand that should translate tions that arrived at her desk. is not a photographer and if he’s a YARRAVILLE GLORY v Essendon WEST into a superb coverage of the local “We’ve really stamped down on ap- journalist then I look forward to hav- Utd. Saturday: Balmoral v MEADOW game but given that those numbers are plications this year in fact some appli- ing some of his stories translated. If he PROVISIONAL ONE SOUTH- PARK EAGLES, Mill Park v DARE- not unusual will the sport continue to cants were asked to bring in samples writes in the same colourful fashion EAST BIN UTD, YOUTH UTD v Northern fi ght for broad recognition across vari- of their work before being accredited,” that has long been a hallmark of his Saturday: Warragul Utd v Old Melbur- Roosters, Bundoora Utd v BRUNS- ous media streams? said Hayes. views of matches and the administra- nians (draw), Beaumaris v DANDE- WICK ZEBRAS, KEILOR WOLVES I can hear the cynics among you I’m curious to know though what tion of the sport in general then it will NONG SPARROWS, DOVETON v v Watsonia Heights, Upfi eld v Brim- chastising the federation for allowing sample was presented by a gent I have make for some really interesting read- Monash Uni, MONBULK v Boroond bank Stallions (draw). so many of us ‘freeloaders’ to gain seen around the traps for the past 30 ing. free entry to games but before you go years and who now can be seen at Pre-

Monday 5th April 2010 11 LONDON CALLING With Leroy Robinson UNITED IN THEIR ABSENCE By Leroy Robinson suggesting changes to a squad that’s won but changing a side with squad players 3 straight titles and still in with a chance may not necessarily weaken a team that INJURIES to the 2 best players in of a 4th. signifi cantly. It needs to change this rule the EPL this season have domi- However, nothing stands still in foot- or be more specifi c about how many nated the news this week. Whilst ball and Rooney’s absence highlighted changes you can make before the rule the league will be a poorer place the lack of central striking options for kicks in. I would still disagree with it but without Cesc Fabregas – gone Ferguson. It is generally accepted that it would give managers scope for rest- for the remainder of the season – a team needs 4 quality strikers to go ing players and provide a clear dividing perhaps he should learn to place through a tough season. Maybe Fergu- line. penalties in future rather than try son thought Berbatov/Rooney/Owen/ As paying customers it’s only the fans and destroy the ball. If he isn’t fit Macheda would suffi ce but really he has of each respective club that have grounds in time, the World Cup will be a three and half strikers if you take into ac- for complaint, not a Hammers chairman poorer place without him. count Owen (not because of his height who should be focused on what they are Another man made a few more head- – his injury record). doing rather than the opposition. It’s a big lines. Wayne Rooney, for someone who But an experienced striker isn’t the only mistake to push this and a rather embar- isn’t blessed with movie star looks - answer to all their problems. It could be rassing move from a club that shouldn’t Adam North called him a potato head argued that the defence this season has have to rely on results from the likes of last week! - has had his pic in the pa- masked the ineptitude of the creative Fulham or Hull to stay up in any event. It per a whole lot last week. The talk go- players like Nani, Valencia and Park. isn’t for the EPL to interfere with things ing into the game versus Chelsea though Yes Rooney has scored a proportion of like this when they should be throwing wasn’t just of Rooney; it was of how his goals with his head from their crosses their weight behind passing and imple- replacement Dimitar Berbatov would but where are the goals from these guys? menting rules to ensure a Portsmouth- perform. My crystal ball told me Wayne During the game against Chelsea there style situation does not happen again and Rooney on crutches would have posed was at no time any suspicion the mid- to properly sort out their ‘fi t and proper’ more of a threat to Chelsea – 1-0 to the fi elders had the guile to pick out a killer Manchester United badly missed the menace of Wayne Rooney test for owners. crystal ball. Maybe Berba, so absent on pass or beat a man with skill or change of As for Wolves fi ne of £25,000 fi ne for the pitch, should have spent Saturday pace. They are Berbatov’s antithesis - as against Chelsea on the weekend. Sir Alex will be forced to breaching rule E20, it is as useful as slap- buying a new pair of slippers and an in they run around a lot – but the result is reshuffle the pack and prove that United isn’t such a one man ping Mr. Universe with a duster. Whereas armchair to replace the well-worn one he more or less the same aside from the odd I disagree wholly with the EPL’s stance used on the pitch. decent game. band this year. if you are going to make a stand then For the benefi t of those fully paid-up Valencia especially frustrates me. Big set a punishment at a far higher level to members of his fan club (mum and dad) and strong and quick he somehow re- truly act as a deterrent. The whole thing I do believe he’s not the type of player fuses to use any of his attributes to full the previous starting line up. why we have a squad system. What next? smacks of being thought up in a Soho who can play upfront on his own. In fact effect therefore making him as intimidat- The problem with this is that their man- Complaints when Liverpool drop Torres strip club over a few cocktails. what he needs is one of those illegal im- ing as KISS without their make-up. Who ager Zola has ‘no complaints’ about Roy and Gerrard to the bench or if Rooney As for Hodgson, do you think he’ll migrants the newspapers over here bang to replace these duds? David Silva would Hogdson’s team selection and Hodgson doesn’t start a game? need to motivate his players for West on about; someone who’ll do the work be perfect on the left and Juan Manuel himself wants to know if West Ham So there’s no circumstances under Ham’s visit to come he doesn’t want to do – like running. For Mata, his Valencia colleague, could line should pick his next team for him. Fair which it’s wrong to play a weakened May 1st and do you think the west Ham chemistry reasons I feel he and Rooney up in the centre and score goals. Let’s play to him for pointing out that it is ok team? Well only on the last day of the owners fully thought this one out before would be a better combo up front. That hope come the off season when Owen for Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United and season when there are no more games they complained – via their lawyers – to won’t happen for another 2 weeks (if it declares himself fully fi t and raring to go Liverpool to play their squad players but and resting isn’t a reason. In general I the EPL? Clue: the answer to both is no does) so for now he is the only striker that Ferguson invites him to talk to the not him. don’t agree with the need to rest play- and don’t be surprised if Hodgson sends Manchester United have so the fans bet- hand and signs a striker who he won’t But what if he’d changed 9 outfi eld ers given, they should be rested between out the same 11 against the hammers that ter cross their fi ngers and pray. cringe anytime he puts in a burst of players, like Wolves did for a game at games. However, it’s the managers right started against Hull City, but don’t ex- After the 2-1 defeat at home to Chel- speed or goes in for a tackle. United this year? Surely that’s not right? to chose his team - it’s his job on the line pect the same result! sea I was left wondering about United In an ideal world I’d love for managers to after all – and let the fans decide what and if Rooney’s injury is a blessing in HAMMER TIME stick with exactly the same line-up week they think of it and not the EPL. CORRECTION: In last week’s issue I disguise. For a start the Michael Owen UNDER the heading ‘why did they do after week and the funny thing is, and as The EPL’s E20 rule stipulates that all stated Everton got beaten 6-0 by Arse- experiment failed. He won’t ever see out it’ is news that West Ham complained a Fulham season ticket holder I’d know sides must fi eld full strength line-ups in nal. My son pointed out it was 6-1 with a full season again – not with his dodgy to the Premier League about Fulham’s more than anyone, that is more or less all games. However, given the number a late Saha goal as Everton’s consola- hamstrings. It’s obviously too late now team selection in the 2-0 defeat last what Hodgson has done. Regardless, it’s of changes and resting of players some tion. Sorry, will try and do better the next for SAF to do anything about his squad, week to Hull City. Their complaints not for the EPL to get involved in ANY teams do it only really enforces the rule time. and some fans may think I’m crazy at centre on Fulham’s 6 changes from issues on team selection for Wolves or for wholesale changes. This rule is meant Fulham or anyone else because that’s to safeguard the integrity of the league IN OFF THE POST Got something to say? Drop us a line and get it off your chest. [email protected] Best letter wins double movie pass to Palace Cinemas. Dear Goal! Weekly, Greens, 1 v Northcote, 1 v Green Gully, Dear Charlie, from the FFV so far this year. We have after a game is completed (if it is avail- I buy your paper every week without 1 v Thunder, 1 v Bergers). Not a clean Many thanks for your ongoing support tried on numerous occasions to request able), and the editorial desk tries to work fail and have supported you guys since sheet in sight. I noticed all the other and the feedback regarding the mag. It that we receive the correct data from the out the table on a Sunday night after all pretty much day one. Well done on the states have a full run down of results and really is greatly appreciated. GW basi- FFV, but have been told “we are in the results are confi rmed. This can be quite new look and all the fancy new colour ladders, but we are now entering Round cally relies on the confi rmed results data process of appointing Event Assistants a challenge when working to a deadline – keep up the good work. I have noticed 6 in Victoria and I have still yet to see to be sent through to us over the course who will be faxing the match records at and trying to include the late Sunday this season though that on a couple of the Under 21’s table for the VPL this of the weekend by the respective Feder- the completion of each game, and also game which kicks-off at 7pm, as our occasions the Victorian Premier League year. What is going on, please? ations, for Monday publication. Whilst Results Assistants who will send through deadline to send last pages to the printer ladder has been incorrect. For instance, the majority of the states have complied the results email on Sundays.” is 10pm. We hope to rectify all of the Oakleigh has conceded 5 goals, not 3, Charlie, Gladstone Park with our pre-season requests, we have At the moment, GW match reporters above in due course. as stated in last week’s mag - (1 v Bent yet to receive the regular results service- collect the match details information Ed. 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12 Monday 5th April 2010 LONDON CALLING With Adam North In Arsene We Trust? So far it has been a highly success- Gunners were outplayed for almost the ful season for Arsenal Football Club. whole game, and should have lost easily. They are still in with a chance of win- And yet, they somehow managed to steal ning both the Premiership and the a draw, leaving them still with a chance Champions League. However, if they of getting through to the next round. fail to take either trophy back to North After being battered for nearly the London, can we consider their sea- whole game, Theo Walcott came on son to be a success? and changed the game. Walcott scored, As I have already pointed out, it has then Fabregas won a penalty, which he been a very good season for Arsenal and proceeded to convert. And by the way, their fans to this point. Before a ball was he scored the penalty with a broken leg. kicked many pundits, and also many op- And this sums up the team spirit at the position fans, predicted bad things for the club. Even though they were proverbi- Gunners in 2010, suggesting that the club ally ‘outgunned’ Arsenal did not quit, may struggle to fi nish in the top four in and they got an okay result. Any person the Premier League, let alone win any- watching Arsenal can see how well re- thing. Instead it was the team in red up spected Fabregas is as a captain, and he in Liverpool that were supposed to be has introduced a desire to win into the competing for both domestic and Euro- heart of the Gunners, whilst still seem- pean glory, and yet it is they who fi nd ingly enjoying playing football. themselves outside the top four, and also The bad news for Arsenal is that Fabre- playing in Europe’s lesser competition, gas is out injured for the rest of the sea- whereas Arsenal are still in contention son, but this does point to another reason for the two biggest prizes around. Arsenal have it all to play for, but will the why this season has been a success, as And it comes as no surprise that the light still be shining on Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal have had more injury problems man who is in most part responsible for than United or Chelsea, with their man Arsenal’s overturning of any preseason young guns come season’s end? striker Van Persie out for months, as well predictions of failure is the Gunners as injuries to Gallas, Fabregas, and of manager Arsene Wenger. Wenger is one course the devastating leg break of Aaron argue that a season without winning any- gives Arsenal such a solid fi nancial back- lorded Aaron Ramsey have all made of two managers in the Premier League, Ramsey. Yet the Gunners have found a thing can still be considered a success bone. The biggest team in North Lon- strides forward, and all look like they along with Alex Ferguson, that are sim- way to compete. for the Arsenal. For one, the club have don do still have debts, but mostly those could feature more going into next sea- ply unsackable, as in the last decade he However, with that all being said, life at defi nitely progressed since last season. It are tied up with paying for their Emir- son. This is combined with the already has transformed Arsenal into what they the top end of English football is all about has been a few seasons since the Gunners ates Stadium, and these debts are being impressive array of young players at the are today, one of the most well-known, winning trophies. Like it or not, Arsenal have looked like genuine title contenders worked off. In fact, Arsenal are still turn- Gunners, with players like Nasri, Song, and well-respected clubs in all of world fans have to concede that they have not going into the new year, let alone with ing over major profi ts, unlike many of Diaby, Walcott, Vela and of course their football. Although actual trophies have won anything for years, and that is sim- less than ten games to go, but this sea- their Premier League counterparts. And captain Cesc Fabregas all looking to dried up over the last few years, his teams ply not good enough. Plaudits from fans son they are still looking like they could the point is that Arsenal are still compet- be part of the Arsenal team for years to continue to pursue success through play- and pundits around the world are nice, yet overtake United and Chelsea at the top. ing this season without having to spend come. Arsene Wenger’s belief in youth is ing football the right way, as Arsene sees when the season ends without anything to Also, unlike United, Chelsea and Liv- as much money as other title contenders, paying off both for this season, and most it, and by promoting youth over big trans- celebrate it all seems a little hollow. erpool, and even Manchester City, Villa, and what’s more they are right now in a certainly for the future of the club. fers. And ultimately, if the Gunners do fail and Spurs, they haven’t been spending big position to contend for years to come, yet And this season Arsenal have also dis- Yet recently I heard the argument that to win the Premiership or the Champions bucks all over the place to try and garner if the United, Liverpool, or Chelsea own- played a great team spirit that is to be if Liverpool win the Europa League, and League, it will be the Arsenal fans who success. Even after loosing their biggest ers pulled out, they would be in major commended by their fans. On Wednes- fi nish fourth, and then Arsenal fail to win decided if they are happy with the season name striker from last season, Emmanuel fi nancial worry, which could drastically day evening the Gunners fans were anything, then the Reds have had a better or not. Is it simply enough to play some Adebayor, the Gunners have continued to affect their staying power at the top of the treated to some of the greatest football season than the Gunners. Whether or not of the most attractive football that Eng- maintain their strength in attack. In fact English game. ever seen at the Emirates. Passing and this argument stands up is irrelevant, but land has seen, or should the fans be cry- the only new investment into the team Another factor pointing towards a suc- movement, pace and skill, agility and ag- it does raise the question as to whether a ing out for some silverware? The com- this season has been Thomas Vermaelen, cessful season for the Gunners is their gression were all on display in front of a trophy-less season can be considered to ing weeks in the Premier and Champions who himself was hardly a well-known, continued youth development. This sea- world television audience. Unfortunate- be successful one for Arsenal and their League could tell us all we need to know big name player. son young players like Jack Wilshere, Ki- ly, almost all of the great play was from fans. about Arsene Wenger’s and his North And it is this sound transfer activity that eran Gibbs, Kyle Bartley, and the much Arsenal’s opposition, Barcelona. The There are many ways that one could London youngsters.

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FULL NAME: Ante Kovacevic BIRTHPLACE: Footscray, Melbourne. Ante Kovacevic BIRTH DATE: 13/06/1974 HEIGHT: 186cm WEIGHT: 90kg MARRIED: No CAR: Toyota Camry NICKNAME: AK or Oscar PREVIOUS CLUBS: St Albans, Melbourne Knights, Green Gully, Adelaide City, Adelaide Raiders, South Melbourne, Selangor (Malaysia), Perth Glory REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS: WA State Team CHILDHOOD FOOTBALL HERO: Enzo Scifo, Dennis Bergkamp FAVOURITE O/S PLAYER: Cesc Fabregas and Arsenal as a team. Always enjoyable to watch FAVOURITE HAL PLAYER: Andy Todd (Perth Glory) FAVOURITE FORMER SOCCEROO: FAVOURITE CURRENT SOCCEROO: MOST MEMORABLE MATCH AS A PLAYER: 94/95 NSL Grand Final – Knights vs Adelaide City MOST MEMORABLE MATCH AS A FAN: 1998 World Cup Qualifier. Australia vs Iran. Memorable because it was the most painful I’ve experienced. MOST MEMORABLE GOAL YOU’VE SCORED: 03/04 NSL – South Melbourne vs Adelaide Utd 2-1. I scored both goals. For a defender it was very memorable. EARLIEST FOOTBALL MEMORY: Playing junior football for St Albans Dinamo at Churchill Reserve. Watching Melbourne Croatia in the old Victorian State League. FUNNIEST MOMENT IN FOOTBALL: Not really mo- ments, but some funny characters among the teams I’ve played in that make training and playing all the more enjoyable and memorable. (Special mention to Zoran Markovski) BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Would’ve loved to have represented Australia but never had the chance. I hope all players that do, realise what a privilege it is. WORST INJURY: Osteitis Pubis MOST DIFFICULT OPPONENT: was always a handful. FAVOURITE AWAY GROUND: (which became my home ground for 3 years) SUPERSTITIONS: None TYPICAL MATCH DAY MEAL: Chicken Schnitzel and Salad WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS: Reading the game, Decision Making WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES: Lack of speed I’ve been told! FAVOURITE TEAM WHEN GROWING UP: VPL - St Albans and NSL – Melbourne Knights FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTS: Tennis, FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTSPERSON: Roger Federer FAVOURITE FOODS: Pizza & Chocolate

FAVOURITE ACTOR/ACTRESS: Will Ferrell & Sandra Athena FC Floreat Bullock HOBBIES: Football and other sports, movies, the beach in summer (especially in Perth) FAVOURITE HOLIDAY RESORT: Langkawi, Malaysia FAVOURITE NIGHTSPOT: Subiaco in Perth, Riva in Melbourne IDEAL DATE: Dinner and movie FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: Seinfeld, Survivor FAVOURITE MUSIC: Anything most of the time, but love a good 80’s track FAVOURITE FILM: Any Will Ferrell movie LAST SOCCER SHIRT YOU BOUGHT: Arsenal Home strip FUNNIEST RUMOUR YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT YOURSELF: Not all that funny, but there have always been transfer rumours over the years. Even now the rumours still pop up. BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: My Father and most coaches I’ve had BIGGEST DRAG IN SOCCER: Dominating games, but still losing. But that’s also the beauty of football. FOOTBALL AMBITION: Present: Successfully combin- ing coaching and playing with Floreat Athena by winning a WAPL championship. Future: Moving into full-time coaching. WHICH PERSON IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO MEET? : Bill Gates. To see if I can get a piece of his Microsoft Empire. YOUR TIP FOR THIS YEAR’S WORLD CUP: Spain to claim their first World Cup

PHOTO: BRETT KLUCZNIK Monday 5th April 2010 15 Victorian State League Kick-Off 2010 | Special Season Preview by GW’s Gordon Bennett goalweekly.com LET THE STATE LEAGUE BATTLE BEGIN

THE wait is now over as Vic- The Churchill Reserve outfi t was Heath Reserve, home of VPL club “I reckon we’ll be a threat this sea- ture was uncertain only a couple of have another strong season. Former Clifton Hill coach George toria’s State One competition denied the chance to return to the Bentleigh Greens. son and we’ve already shown that in months ago, are looking ahead to a Clifton Hill have secured the Karkaletsis has taken the reigns at kicks off this weekend and VPL last year due to a nine-point Goalkeeper Michael Sivulja has pre-season being undefeated in all strong season. Having added expe- services of former Whittlesea Ze- Pascoe Vale this year following two clubs will stand tall at sea- deduction as a result of an after- signed from Southern Stars and of our practice matches.” rienced players such as Ray Lally bras coach Ivan Jolic. The former the departure of David Clarkson. son’s end having gained entry match riot against Frankston Pines is one of many new faces down Springvale White Eagles have (Cork City, Ireland) and Frank Cat- NSL star with Melbourne Knights Karkaletsis has added seven play- to the highest club level in the in the fi rst half of the season. Even at Kooyong Park while other new recruited well over the off-season alano as well as the Kara brothers took charge over the summer and ers to his squad while axing four. State. then they just missed out on promo- signings include Vinnie Bontemps with a view to fi nally move away (Ori and Ozan), the club has also has wasted no time in assembling a Karkaletsis will expect big things Two of the biggest signings so far tion and had the nine points been re- (Southern Stars), Andy Jerez from the relegation zone which has secured the exciting additions of squad that is more than capable of from ex-Fawkner star Jason Prin- are Tony Sterjovski (to Preston Li- instated they would have easily won (Bentleigh) and Nick Stamatiou been the hallmark of recent cam- young gun Jason Dolevski (Preston a strong showing. Only seven play- cipato and there’s a whisper doing ons) and Rudi Saglam (to Fawkner), the championship. (Kingston). The club expects big paigns. Lions) and ex-VIS star Rudi Saglam ers remain from last season’s squad the rounds that the Vales are outside both lethal left footers who will add And this season they will start things of Tas Psonis and Alan Pratt White Eagles have signed nine new (Heidelberg United) while Nejdet with Jolic adding Robby Wynne, candidates for promotion. class to what already is shaping as a with a three-point deduction so they while young defender Nick Kat- players and coach Zed Mihajlovic Sahin has been promoted from the Tass Papadopoulos, Andrea Lom- Last but by no means least come very competitive competition. know that they have the task ahead samboukas is sure to be a rock at returns for another season at the under-21 squad after a brilliant pre- bardo, Ante Raspudic and Alex Bulleen Lions. Of all the clubs in Preston Lions and Whittlesea of them. the back. helm. Captain Tome Racunica is season. Kiratzoglou just to name a few. State One, no-one is better placed Zebras join in the State One fun In their favour though is the sta- North Geelong Warriors also set for a big season as is youngster The club has had some strong Kiratzoglou is no stranger to top- off the fi eld to compete in the VPL. after being relegated from the Vic- bility of their squad with only one will be a force to be reckoned with Dejan Erakovic who returns to the pre-season results, mainly thanks to level football and will be looking to A superb facility at the Veneto torian Premier League last season player, Stjepan Gal, departing. The this year as Vinko Buljubasic and squad after a year off. marksman Robert Dolevski whose help guide his side into VPL ranks Club complete with state-of-the-art while Malvern City and North Gee- experience of George Abatzidis, his crew aim to shake up the league Whittlesea Zebras will be keen form has been outstanding. Dolevs- in no time. Captain Sam Tyrikos is synthetic pitch will this season be long step up a league after winning brothers Metin and Mustafa Albeyi after a successful stint in State Two to rebound this season under new ki is itching for the season to start: expected to lead the way for Clifton complemented by a fi t, quick and their respective State Two titles in (the latter recently switched from North-West last year. coach Gianfranco Impellizzeri. “Three months ago we didn’t know Hill and with a bit of luck on their skilful squad highlighted by the 2009. rival State One outfi t Fawkner), Milan Batur, Reardo Luka, Daniel There’s a distinct Werribee feel to where the club was heading,” he side, may signing of experienced Anthony Preston welcome back Tony Ster- and a proven strike force of Tomi Dragicevic, Damien Morrel, Adam the Zebras line-up as Impellizzeri said. “But we have had a good pre- be the scene of some big things this Magnacca, winner of the 2005 Gold jovski to BT Connor Reserve after Razov, Josip Loncaric and Mark Zilic and Ante Deak have all been has signed former Bees’ keeper season and recruited well. Ken Mur- season. Medal award as the best player in a successful stint with Hume City. Paleka, the boys from the west will added to the Warriors’ list for the Robbie Santilli and striker Martin phy is one of the best coaches in the Gus Macleod kicks off his 12th the VPL. Sterjovski is sure to add extra fi re- be looking to head back to the VPL coming season. Marko Kuna will Collins. business and with him and ‘Guus’ straight season at Langwarrin and Bulleen is widely regarded as a power on the left and should trouble this season. look to carry on his excellent form A whole new squad will take the (assistant coach Savas Saglam) my there is a quiet air of confi dence genuine promotion candidate and even the most experienced of de- After winning the State Two South- from last season as will striker Mat- fi eld for the Zebras this year with game has improved a lot.” down Lawton Park way. you can expect the Italian-backed fenders. The club has retained the East title last season, Malvern City thew Demo. some experienced names among Lorenz Kindtner is the gaffer There’s more mobility than ever in club to be right in the fi ring line services of coach Zeljko Gagula and are relishing the challenge of State Demo, who was signed by Mel- them. Arthur Tsonis, Ralph Napoli at Western Suburbs for 2010. the squad and gun scorer Caleb Nic- when it counts. will be aiming for a quick return to One football this season. The club bourne Victory youth team last sea- and Dragi Nestevski have all signed Kindtner will be looking to improve holes will this season be supported All in all season 2010 should be a VPL ranks. With youngsters such as parted company with coach John son after scoring 11 goals for the as has Dmytro Koltsov, a relatively on the club’s 8th-placed fi nish last by Matt Durand who already has cracker. There’s not a lot to choose Robert Najdovski, Bale Micovski Kennedy during the off-season with Warriors’ seniors as a 17-year-old, unknown name in Victorian football season and will be helped along by won the supporters over with some between most sides in the league and David Jovanovski slotting in Pat Liapis taking over the reigns. spoke to Goal! Weekly about his but from all reports a player who some healthy signings. Two of the impressive pre-season displays. and the evenness of the competition with Sterjovski and fellow mid- “We have a good young squad and side’s chances this season. can really shake up this league. Add bigger names to be attracted to the Chris Driver, signed from South- is expected to make for a bumper fi elder Blaze Georgievski the Lions a couple of experienced players and “The team’s looking very prom- gun youngsters Nicholas Kalambo- Suburbs are Lennie Catalano and ern Stars, and Ray Markley (from State One season. are expected to have a very strong we need to establish ourselves in ising for this season,” he said. “We kis and Nick Sarbin and you’ll un- Edemar Garcia, players with the Heidelberg United) will run the season. State One now,” Liapis told Goal! have a strong young squad but also derstand why the Zebras expect to ability to turn a game on its head. show in midfi eld while the pace and But they will fi nd last season’s hard Weekly. have experienced players such as be more than competitive this year. Bill Sianidis will again ably lead the experience of Chris Quinn will once luck story, St Albans, more than a A change in venue this season sees Adrian Cervinski, Mijo Trupkovic Fellow Northern Suburbs side front line while Nikola Raoma once again see him emerge as the side’s FC Clifton Hill’s new recruit Alex Kiratzoglou joins from Melbourne handful in the promotion chase. Malvern head across to Kingston and the returning Ante Deak. Fawkner Blues, a club whose fu- again fronts up and is expected to defensive linchpin. St Albans Josip Loncaric will be hoping to erase last season’s Knights. PHOTO: STEVE STAREK memories. PHOTO: STEVE STAREK STATE ONE SENIOR SQUADS 2010

Bulleen Lions Ins: Robby Wynne, Tass Papado- Jason Dolevski, Nemenja Goveden- (Basingstoke, UK), Ray Markley Madondo, Thomas Williams, Rich- Pascoe Vale Outs: Aleksandar Stojanovski, Jesensek, Mustafa Alibeyi, Tomi Vukas, Tome Racunica, Radomir Treacy, Colin Woods Finished last poulos, Julian Cassano,Andrea ka, Orry Kara, Ossie Kara, Bura- (Heidelberg), Kristian Kustura (Dan- ard Swingler, Alan Pratt, George Finished last sea- Christopher Jones, Thomas Tolevs- Razov, Josip Loncaric, Mark Paleka Sekulovski, Zlatko Mihajlovic, Lewis season: 4th Lombardo, Antoni Pecora, James kham Koca, Ray Kurul, Ray Lally, denong Thunder) Kotsiris, Phillip Cutler, Theo Skafi- son: 6th ki, Ivan Filipovic, Jason Dolevski Karanicolas, Dominic D`Angelo, Whittlesea Zebras Coach: Alfredo Karanicolas, Jose Portillo, Nick Chris Margaritis, Rudi Saglam Outs: Simon O’Donnell, Adam das, Alexander Saisanas, Vincent Coach: George Players to watch: Tony Sterjovski, Springvale White Mladen Tosic, Nenad Pavasovic, Finished last sea- Costantino Davey, Ashley Cattermole, Richard Outs: Metin Alibehi, Les Anas- Poole, Rados Tomic, Stuart Craig, Bontemps, Tas Psonis, Andrew Karkaletsis Blaze Geogievski, Damir Salcin Eagles Dejan Erakovic, Igor Stojanac, son: 11th VPL Captain: Damien Homer, Ante Raspudic, Jimmy Tri- tasiou, Roberto Bazzano, An- David Breslin, Shane Tagliaferro, Jerez, Nick Stamatiou, Cameron Captain: Rocky Di Vitto Club ground: B.T. Connor Reserve Finished last season: Slaven Vranesevic, Sasa Gudelj Coach: Gianfranco Guglielmi antopoulos, Sam Habib, Silas Bura, drew Branov, Dusko Delic, Chris Thomas Ahmadzai, Adam Ah- Williamson, Daniel Malina, Simon Ins: Liam Flynn, Jason Principato, Squad: 1. Hamid Kamali, 4. Marko 10th Impellizzeri Ins: Anthony Magnacca, Gino De Alex Kiratzoglou Greechan, Nick Lazarevski, Antony madzai Groom Daniel Webb, Jane Cocevski, Lazarevic, 5. Steven Jovanovski, 6. Coach: Zlatko (Zed) Western Suburbs Captain: Greg Lom- Feo, Dusan Bosnjak, Sebastian Bar- Outs: Andrew Watkins, Miguel Loncaric, Jason Principato, Daniel Player to watch: Matt Durand Adrian Talarico, Patrick Brown, Matthew Wilkinson, 7. Bale Mi- Mihajlovic Finished last season: bardo rero, Michael Santoro, Adrian Del Barrigos, Sam Grasso, Chris Pope, Rocco, Adam Zilic, Pedro Sequiera, Club ground: Lawton Park North Geelong Federico Cugia covski, 8. Andrew Branov, 9. Martin Captain: Tome Racunica 8th Ins: N/A Monaco,Daniel Miller Fikret Husanovic, James Kalafatidis, Nemanja Lozanica Squad: Chris Jones, Nick Thomas, Finished last sea- Outs: Bobby Gorcevski, Bobby Hana, 10. Blaze Geogievski, 11. Ins: Nikola Veljovic (Knox City), Du- Coach: Lorenz Kindt- Outs: N/A Outs: Matthew Leckie, Adilson De Cam Simsek, Patty Grigg, Abraham Players to watch: Rudi Saglam, Danny Black, Chris Quinn, Ben Cul- son: 1st State Two Lajonica, Daniel Eskander, Robert Tony Sterjovski, 12. Michael Miskas, shan Nikolic (Williamstown), Rados ner Players to watch: Dmytro Koltsov, Melo, Michael Mazzini, George Staikouras, Daniel Mollina Nej Sahin len, Joe Donaghy, Karl Cochrane, North-West Bazzano 13. Robert Najdovski, 14. Kliment Tomic (Langwarrin), Gojko Ponjevic Captain: TBA Simon Tolli Potter, Laurence Gogorossis, John Player to watch: Alex Kiratzoglou Club ground: CR Smith Reserve Reha Ulusoy, Mladen Kustura, Coach: Vinko Player to watch: Jason Principato Coceski, 16. Damir Salcin, 17. (Noble Park United), Lewis Kara- Ins: Miguel Barrigos, Lennie Catala- Club ground: Epping Soccer Cvetkovski Club ground: Kevin Bartlett Re- Squad: Luka Anifaloyin, Frank Simon Mur, Joe Harris, Chris Driver, Buljubasic Club ground: Hosken Reserve Vladimir Kostadinovski, 18. Mirzet nicolas (South Springvale), Zlatko no, Jason Corbett, Edemar Garcia, Stadium Players to watch: Anthony Mag- serve Catalano, Ricky Chillico, Rob Ray Markley, Ben Caffrey, Wayne Captain: Mijo Trupkovic Squad: Wesley Coles, Jane Co- Skenderovic, 23. Igorce Kolevski, Mihajlovic (Berwick Kings), Slaven Declan Mahon, Philippe McKennie, Squad: 1. Robert Santilli, 2. Arthur nacca, Mathew Dimech Squad: Sam Tyrikos, Peter Ka- Dolevski, Jason Dolevski, Anthony Gordon, Caleb Nicholes, Matt Du- Ins: Milan Batur, Reardo Luka, cevski, Liam Flynn, Evan Karavitis, 28. Bojan Tenovski, 29. David Vranesevic (South Melbourne), Yaw Otuo-Acheampong, Charlie Tsonis, 3. Ralph Napoli, 4. Simon Club ground: Veneto Social Club tris, Frank Drakopoulos, Victor Fallone, Nemenja Govedenka, Orry rand, Kristian Kustura Daniel Dragicevic, Damien Morrel, Daniel Webb, Vitale Ferrante, Pat- Jovanovski Sasa Gudelj (Noble Park United) Treacy, Colin Woods Symeoy, 5. Dragi Nestevski , 6. Squad: Patrick Ndongo, Luke Pattito, Theo Papoutsis, Steve Kara, Ossie Kara, Burakham Koca, Adam Zilic, Ante Deak rick Brown, Jason Principato, Daniel and Radomir Sekulovski, Igor Sto- Outs: Milan Batur, Marijo Bosnjak, George Potter, 7. Nicholas Kalam- Cardamone, John Crivelli, Kee- Mancheski, Milan Sajkic, Robby Ossie Kose, Ray Kurul, Ray Lally, Malvern City Outs: Grgo Saric, Chris Tabak, Tribuzio, Luca Santilli, Frank Sera- St Albans Saints janac and Dejan Erakovic returning Ryan Filipovic, Germaine Bationo, bokis, 8. Nicholas Sarbin, 9. Martin gan Coulter, Adrian Del Monaco, Wynne, Tass Papadopoulos, Julian Doug Lindberg, Chris Margaritis, Finished last season: Anthony Tabak tore, Adrian Talarico, Marco Santilli, Dinamo to the squad after a year off Cliff Henry, Vlado Juric, Chris Reid, Collins, 10. Dmytro Koltsov, 11. Anthony Magnacca, Mathew Di- Cassano,Andrea Lombardo, Antoni Steve Masalkovski, Rudi Saglam, 1st State Two South- Player to watch: Marko Kuna Marco Tolli, Rocky Di Vitto, Zlate Finished last sea- Outs: Jason Corbett, Miroslav Robert Santilli, Arthur Tsonis, Jose Tommaso Agnoletto, 12. Giuliano mech, James Gogas, Gino De Feo, Pecora, James Karanicolas, Jose Nej Sahin, Fil Tortevski, Frank Tra- East Club ground: Matlioski, Sash Becvinovski, John son: 3rd Karac, James Karanicolas, Stuart Vasquez, Mathew Wilkinson, Adrian Buzzanca, 13. Robert Bazzano, 14. Damien Guglielmi, Dusan Bosnjak, Portillo, Nick Davey, Ashley Catter- montana Coach: Pat Liapis Squad: Daniel Zilic, Tom Dunn, Adam Sansone, Steven Tribuzio, Coach: Kruni Razov Macdonald, Declan Mahon, Colm Zahra Baris Sahin, 15. Riccardo Spano, Kristian Kostantinidis, Sebastian mole, Richard Homer, Ante Raspu- Captain: To be named John Patti, Stephen Arthey, Jona- Federico Cugia Captain: Maks Cuze O`Toole, Vedran Tanasic, Simon Player to watch: Philippe McKen- 16. Kojo Brown, 17. George Markel- Barrero, Tim Mala, Martin Mason, dic, Jimmy Triantopoulos, Sam Langwarrin this week at jumper presentation thon Davey, Milan Batur, Adam Zilic, Ins: Steven Pavlic, Stefan Webster, Colin Woods nie lis, 18. Simon Tolli, 19. Michael Daniel Miller, Anthony Ramzy, Habib, Silas Bura, Alex Kiratzoglou Finished last Ins: Too many to list Zelimir Vranjic, Aaron D’Antino, Preston Lions Jesensek, Mustafa Alibeyi Players to watch: Tome Racunica, Club ground: Ralph Reserve Mazzarella, 20. Greg Lombardo, 30. Michael Santoro, Dean Tartaglia, season: 7th Outs: Too many to list Reardo Luka, Adrian Cervinksi, Mijo Finished last season: Outs: Stjepan Gal Dejan Erakovic Squad: Adam Adamidis, Miguel Ross Mancuso Harris Vrbovac Fawkner Blues Coach: Guus Players to watch: Alan Pratt, Tas Trupkovic, Ante Deak, Damien Mor- 12th VPL Player to watch: Marijan Cvitkovic Club ground: White Eagles Sta- Barrigos, Lennie Catalano, Jason Finished last sea- Macleod Psonis rel, Marko Kuna, Daniel Dragicevic, Coach: Zeljko Gagula Club ground: Churchill Reserve dium (Serbian Sports Centre) Corbett, Edemar Garcia, Joshua FC Clifton Hill son: 4th Captain: Chris Jones Club ground: Kingston Heath Soc- Mathew Demo, Robert Zadworny Captain: TBA Squad: Steven Pavlic, Chris Hili, Squad: Stevan Preradovic, Grujo Kamasz, Alex Khrapko, Declan Ma- Finished last sea- Coach: Ken Murphy Ins: Danny Black (Richmond), cer Complex Ins: Tony Sterjovski, Adam Mehicic, Joe Suric, Alan Mrdic, Nikola Veljovic, Gojko hon, Philippe McKennie, Yaw Otuo- son: 9th Captain: Frank Tra- Joe Donaghy (Peninsula Strikers), Squad: Michael Sivulja, Kamil Steven Jovanovski, Paleka, Brian Chesson, Maks Cuze, Ponjevic, Dushan Nikolic, Gor- Acheampong, Goran Petrovski, Coach: Ivan Jolic montana Chris Driver (Southern Stars), Matt Broztek, Nicholas Katsamboukas, Matthew Wilkinson, Ivo Razov, Metin Albeyi, George dan Mrdic, Kruno Stanisic, Paul Nikola Raoma, Nicholas Scerri, Bill Captain: Sam Tyrikos Ins: Frank Catalano, Durand (Noble Park), Joe Harris Angelo Varvaras, Juan Sastre, Paul Hamid Kamali, Mirzet Skenderovic Abatzidis, Marijan Cvitkovic, Stefan Maghiar, Rados Tomic, Zoran Sianidis, Dale Thompson, Charlie Page16 16Monday 5th April 2010 Page 1717 MELBOURNE KNIGHTS SEASON 2010

Back Row: Pave Jusup (Team Manager), Ben Surey, Liam Cannell, Daniel Rocco (Vice Cap), Ryan Filipovic, Bryan Bran, Paul Magdic (Ass. Coach) Ivan Duzel (Coach), Mate Grgic (Goalkeeper Coach), Tomislav Skara, Tomislav Ples, Jacob Colosimo, Scott Lukas, Josip Magdic, Simun Samardzic ( Team Manager) Seated: Jean-Charles Dubois, Gazmend Hajdini, Daniel Gleize, Tiago Rodrigues, Ante Loncaric (Vice Captain), Ivica Praiz (Captain), Matthew Vrbec, Kevin Townson,

Anthony Colosimo, Adrian Zahra, Mirko Rastocic (Gear Steward). PHOTO: STEVE STAREK

Monday 5th April 2010 18 New South Wales goalweekly.com

NSW LADDER P W L Pts Bonnyrigg White Eagles 6 4 0 14 Blacktown City FC 6 4 0 14 Marconi Stallions 6 4 1 13 Bonnyrigg join Blacktown Sydney United 6 3 1 11 Manly United FC 6 2 2 8 Sutherland Sharks 6 2 3 7 West Sydney Berries 6 2 3 7 Rockdale City Suns 5 1 1 6 Bankstown City 6 1 3 5 South Coast Wolves 6 1 3 5 at the summit Sydney Olympic 5 1 3 4 By Mike Salter offer. APIA Leichhardt Tigers 6 0 5 1 The visitors actually started quite In a busy Easter schedule in the brightly, with Craig Midgley and Brad NSW RESULTS NSW Premier League, Marconi Groves both going close within the fi rst lost their grip on top spot, losing three minutes. On six minutes, how- NSW PREMIER LEAGUE: ROUND 6: FIRST at home to Sydney United, while GRADE: Bonnyrigg White Eagles 4 (Daniel ever, inattention in the Manly backline Severino 28m Bradley Boardman 36/40m Bonnyrigg took the joint lead by allowed the Berries to score an impres- Jamie McMaster 79m) Bankstown City defeating the Bankstown City Li- sive set-piece goal. Ryan Jones played a Lions 0, West Sydney Berries 3 (Konstan- dinos Lagoudakis 7m Dimitri Zakilas 13m ons, whose season appears to be left-wing corner short to Kosta Lagoud- pen Ryan Jones 88m pen) Manly United heading downhill. akis, and the ex-Olympic midfi elder, FC 2, Marconi Stallions 0 Sydney United 3 (Elsid Barkhousir 40/72m pen Mirjan Pav- Two goals from the quick Elsid Bark- completely unmarked, sent a powerful lovic 82m), Sutherland Sharks 5 (Yianni housir put United in control in the much- angled shot past Brad Swancott from Fragogiannis 9m Jim Bakis 11/18m Stephen anticipated clash at Bossley Park, and some 20 yards. McConalogue 27m Anthony Poppelli 57m) APIA Leichhardt Tigers 1 (Robert Younis Marconi’s chances disappeared when More lazy play from the visitors al- 37m), South Coast Wolves 2 (Andrew Paine ex-Newcastle Jets midfi elder Mirjan lowed the Berries to go two in front fi ve 59m Tynan Diaz 90m) Blacktown City FC 2 (Tolgay Ozbey 65m Ante Deur 88m). Pavlovic, who has made an impressive minutes later. Stefan De Jesus latched start with the 2009 premiers, notched a onto a loose Manly pass in midfi eld, GRADE 20: Bonnyrigg White Eagles 2 third. Bankstown City Lions 2, West Sydney Ber- and slipped the ball neatly through to ries 1 Manly United FC 0, Marconi Stallions Bonnyrigg underlined their title creden- Jones on the left; advancing diagonally 0 Sydney United 0, Sutherland Sharks 1 tials with an emphatic 4-0 victory over on goal, the Berries man was tripped by APIA Leichhardt Tigers 0, South Coast Wolves 1 Blacktown City FC 6. Bankstown City at the Serbian Centre. Pascal Julliard. A penalty was instantly Ex-Sutherland striker Brad Boardman and correctly awarded by referee An- GRADE 18: Bonnyrigg White Eagles 2 Bankstown City Lions 0, West Sydney Ber- again showed his value with a brace be- drew Best. ries 2 Manly United FC 3, Marconi Stallions fore half-time after Daniel Severino had Berries striker Dimitri Zakilas took it 0 Sydney United 1, Sutherland Sharks 2 opened the scoring, and former Leeds confi dently, and the hosts led 2-0. APIA Leichhardt Tigers 1. United and Central Coast Mariners at- Two more excellent chances for the NSW SUPER LEAGUE: ROUND 3: FIRST tacker Jamie McMaster completed the Berries followed, as Manly looked a GRADE: Dulwich Hill 1 (J Lucas 61m) Gran- ville Rage 2 (Own goal 71m N Rivera 78m), rout in the second period. rudderless side. Ex-Newcastle midfi eld- Macarthur Rams 0 PCYC Parramatta 2 (D Blacktown City, who have looked so er Jesse Pinto connected with a clever Fogarty 12m S Ardle 79m), Central Coast impressive in the early rounds, were Lightning 1 (D Cooper 48m) Spirit FC 2 (B through-ball in the inside-right channel Gough 65/87m), St George FC 2 (R Maeka- surprisingly held to a draw by the South on 15 minutes, and fi red just wide from wa 31m P Crevani 48m) Northern Tigers 2 Coast Wolves on home turf. Tolgay Oz- the edge of the box. A minute later, an (M Simmonds 18m A Christiansen 73m). bey scored just after the hour to cancel excellent deep cross from Ryan Walsh GRADE 20: Dulwich Hill 1 Granville Rage out Andrew Paine’s earlier goal, but a reached Zakilas, but the Berries front- 4, Macarthur Rams 0 PCYC Parramatta 5, Central Coast Lightning 0 Spirit FC 0, St goal from Ante Deur in the fi nal min- man headed straight at Swancott. George FC 1 Northern Tigers 2. ute of normal time appeared to have Sensing that his side were losing the secured the joint leaders another three thread of the game, Manly coach Phil STATE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE: ROUND 3: FIRST GRADE: UNSW 1 (L Davelaar points. The Illawarra outfi t have proved Moss made a radical subsitution, bring- 44m) Stanmore Hawks 2 (W Hijazi 26m L a competitive unit in recent weeks, ing on his star attacker Robbie Catta- Machuca 73m), Schofi eld Scorpions 4 (W Stewart 3m L Boyd 9m C Theodosiou 37m J however, and Tynan Diaz stole forward nach for a defender in Julliard. Manly Schuman 86m) Camden Tigers 1 (A Smutek from right-back to equalise deep into thereby switched from 3-5-2 to 4-4-2, 32m), Mounties Wanderers 1 (C Care 8m) added time. Gladesville Ryde Magic 1 (L McCormack and the Berries adapted sensibly, draw- 69m), Blacktown Spartans 6 (T Macrae 39m Defending champions Sutherland ing Omar Saadi back into defence. G McPherson 59/73/75/85m M Todd 87m) bounced back from last week’s unfortu- Cattanch was into the action imme- Hurstville ZFC 0, Hills 3 (D Savic x 1 M Awad x 2) Inter Lions 1 (S Petralito x nate loss to Marconi with a 5-1 thump- diately when Midgley slipped the ball 1). GRADE 20: UNSW 2 Stanmore Hawks ing of APIA-Leichhardt, who have had through to him on the right on 21 min- 1, Schofi eld Scorpions 3 Camden Tigers 1, Mounties Wanderers 2 Gladesville Ryde an abysmal start to the season. Panny utes; his shot, however, went straight at Magic 3, Blacktown Spartans 2 Hurstville Nikas made his return for Sutherland Hamish McLean in the Berries goal. Six ZFC 1, Hills Brumbies 2 Inter Lions 1. after his period as a Mariner, while Jim minutes later, as Manly began to domi- Bakis, still highly effective as a right- nate possession, the visitors had a good winger despite the injury to his partner- penalty shout turned down when Catta- in-crime Michael Katz, scored two nach appeared to be impeded in the box goals for the hosts. following an intricate right-wing move. In Saturday’s fi nal game, the West The Berries gradually regained the NSW action between Blacktown and Bonnyrigg White Eagles. Sydney Berries scored an impressive initiative as the half wore on, and on NEXT ROUND 3-2 win over Manly United; details of 38 minutes they had another chance PHOTO: CARLOS FURTADO/Courtesy FNSW this one can be found below. to make it three when a free kick from Round 7 3pm Sun 11/Apr Rockdale City Suns v West the right evaded the Manly defence and it wasn’t until 71 minutes that an- game on once again. Syd Berries The fi nal fi xture of the round takes place and reached David Gardiner fi ve yards other chance arrived; it was, however, Manly had much the better of the Bicentenial Park Sth on Easter Monday, with Sydney Olym- from goal; the Berries defender, how- 3pm Sun 11/Apr Manly Utd v Sth Coast exploited ably by Jones. A late tackle closing stages, with Midgley and Joey Wolves pic hosting the Rockdale City Suns. ever, could only stab his shot straight at from Joey Schirripa gave the Berries a Gibbs both going close as the minutes Cromer Park Swancott. Just before the whistle blew free kick in a promising position, and ticked away. Yet when the 90 minutes 3pm Sun 11/Apr Bankstown City v Marconi West Sydney Berries 3-2 Manly for half-time, there was time for another Jones’s dependable left foot sent the were up the scoreline still read 3-1 to Stallions Jensen Park United half-chance for Cattanach when Groves ball into the near corner. the Berries, and a late goal by substitute 3pm Sun 11/Apr Blacktown City v B’rigg Manly United never recovered from released him on the right. Again, Man- Only two minutes later, another set- Justin Hayward, taking advantage of White Eagles their early lapses against a confi dent ly’s ring-rusty striker failed to make the piece gave the visitors a lifeline. Schir- some momentary disorganisation in the Lily Homes West Sydney Berries, and a late revival 3pm Sun 11/Apr Syd Utd v S’land Sharks most of the opportunity. ripa’s fl oated ball was headed in by an Berries defence, made no difference to Sydney Utd Sports Centre from Phil Moss’s side couldn’t prevent The football in the second half was unmarked Keith Shevlin, and it was the outcome. 4pm Sun 11/Apr APIA L’hardt Tigers v Syd the hosts from taking the three points on adversely affected by the heavy rain, Olympic

Monday 5th April 2010 19 Tasmania goalweekly.com South Hobart maintain top

SOUTH LADDER P W D L F A Pts South Hobart 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 spot in Tasmania Glenorchy Knights 3 2 0 1 9 7 6 Tilford Zebras 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 By Walter Pless conceded possession to Freeman, who Taroona 3 1 1 1 7 6 4 rounded the keeper and scored. Kingborough Lions 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 South Hobart maintained top spot Andrew Telega made it 1-1 after ex- Clarence United 3 1 1 1 6 7 4 on the Forestry Tasmania South- cellent work on the right by Daniel New Town Eagles 3 0 1 2 7 9 1 ern Premier League ladder after Lapolla. Hobart Olympia 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 beating Olympia Warriors 2-0 at Zebras’ central defender Ryan Smith South Hobart on Saturday. was fortunate to stay on after a foul on A fi rst-half strike by Jonathon Lo, set the Lions’ Brett Andrews, the referee SOUTH RESULTS up for him by Liam Scott, gave the reign- waving play on as Andrews lay writhing Kingborough Lions 1 lost to ing champions a 1-0 lead at the interval. on the ground. Glenorchy Knights 4 Scott, who was making his return to In the Forestry Tasmania Northern New Town Eagles 3 defeated the side more quickly than expected after Premier League, Riverside Olympia beat Taroona 1 suffering a broken elbow, hit the second Launceston United 4-1, Burnie United South Hobart 2 defeated Hobart in the 69th minute to seal victory. downed Launceston City 2-1 away at Olympia 0 Glenorchy Knights stayed second after Mitsubishi Park, Somerset defeated Tilford Zebras 4 defeated downing Kingborough Lions United 4-1 Prospect Knights 2-1 at Cardigan Street, Clarence United 1 away at Lightwood Park on Saturday. and Devonport City squeezed home 2-1 Amadu Koroma put the Knights ahead against Ulverstone at Valley Road in the and goals by Jacob Huigsloot and Josh North-West Coast derby. NEXT ROUND Fielding made it 3-1 at the break, Mar- The preliminary round of the State- Round 5 cello Marchioli having pulled a goal wide Milan Lakoseljac Memorial Tro- Friday 9th April back for the Lions with a penalty. phy competition is scheduled for Easter Glenorchy Knights v Tilford Zebras Fielding completed the scoring in the Monday. KGV Park 8pm second half for the Knights, who had Corey Smith sent off after receiving a Saturday 10th April New Town Eagles v Clarence United second yellow card. Clare Street 2.30pm Tilford Zebras briefl y occupied top spot on Friday night when they over- Right: Eagles’ Alex Leszczynski Kingborough Lions v Hobart Olympia came Clarence United 4-1 at KGV Park. clashes with Taroona’s Sam John- Lightwood Park 2.30pm Clarence took the lead after just two son. PHOTO: WALTER PLESS Sunday 11th April minutes through Ben Hamlett, but Ze- South Hobart v Taroona bras were level in the 16th minute when South Hobart 2.30pm former Clarence player Dwayne Walsh attacked down the right before cutting inside and beating keeper Cameron Sweeney at his near post. NORTH LADDER Dwayne Welch made it 2-1 for Zebras P W D L F A Pts in the 25th minute with a neat lob over Burnie United 2 2 0 0 15 1 6 Sweeney, while Matt Hall hit the third Riverside Olympic 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 in the 38th minute following Luke En- Northern Rangers 1 1 0 0 7 1 3 gels’s left-wing cross and an ‘air swing’ Devonport City 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 by Walshs. Ulverstone 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Captain Andrew Telega scored the Somerset 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 fourth in the 59th minute following a Launceston City 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 corner. Prospect Knights 2 0 0 2 3 10 0 New Town Eagles moved into fourth Launceston United 2 0 0 2 1 17 0 spot after registering their fi rst win of the league season with a 3-1 triumph over NORTH RESULTS Taroona at home at Clare Street on Sat- urday. Devonport City 2 defeated Ulver- Eagles led 3-0 at half-time through a stone 1 Launceston City 1 lost to Burnie free-kick by Alex Leszczynski and two United 2 goals by Adam McKeown. Launceston United 1 lost to Riv- McKeown’s fi rst came in the 33rd erside Olympic 4 minute when he managed to get in a shot Somerset 3 defeated Prospect despite the close attentions of a defender, Knights 2 while his second came four minutes later from a fi ne volley after Ben Whitehall’s free-kick from the right and a clever NEXT ROUND dummy by Leszczynski. Round 3 Taroona pulled a goal back in the 62nd Saturday 10th April minute through a penalty, conceded by Prospect Knights v Riverside Olympic Eagles goalkeeper Nathan Pitchford for Harley Parade 2.30pm a needless foul on Garry Hamilton. Burnie United v Somerset Marcus Atkinson despatched the spot- Montello 2.30pm kick with ease, but Taroona were unable to make up the leeway. Northern Rangers v Launceston Utd The previous Sunday, Tilford Zebras NTCA 6.30pm and Kingborough Lions United drew 1-1 Launceston City v Devonport City at KGV Park in a controversial match. Mitsubishi Park 6.30pm Greg Freeman put the Lions ahead in the 4th minute when Zebras keeper Troy Ulverstone - Bye Kaden had to head a back-pass clear but New Town Eagles’ Andrew Clark (left) jostles with Taroona’s Hugo Luttmer. PHOTO: WALTER PLESS

20 Monday 5th April 2010 SOUTH AUSTRALIA goalweekly.com Panthers Prevail over Playford in Cup Round By Nat Adamopoulos SA RESULTS FEDERATION CUP While all three leagues took recess Preliminary Round - Results over the Easter break, Round 1 of the South Adelaide 3 (A.Phillips, 2, R.Weightman) FFSA Federation Cup was played, Playford City 1 (D.Hercegovac) (HT 2-1) a competition that gives a chance Best – South Adel (A.Phillips, A.Fontino, N.Somners) Playford (S.Bice, C.McDevitt, D.Hercegovac) for clubs from the Collegiate and Res – South Adel 3 Playford 4 Regional Leagues to take on clubs U19 – South Adel 4 Playford 1 from the FFSA Men’s Leagues. N.A.B. 7 (P.Karakasilis 3, V.Schimizzi 3, R.Todarello) Unley Old Scholars 3 (Newberry, Holt, Rodbourn) On Easter Saturday two State League (HT 5-1) clubs South Adelaide Panthers and Play- Best – N.A.B. (A.Fischetti, V.Schimizzi, M.Seatree) Unley (Richards, Newberry, Holt) ford City Patriots battled it out, with the Panthers claiming a 3-1 victory at All matches below scheduled for Monday 5 April. O’Sullivans Beach Sports Complex. Goal Riverland Soccer Association v Adelaide Red Stars Fifteenth Street, RENMARK scorers for South Adelaide were Aaron Seniors - 2.30pm Phillips with a brace and Ryan Weightman Toros v Mercedes Old Collegians with a single, while D Hercegovac scored Mercedes Forfeit the only goal for the Patriots. Gawler v Northern Demons It took only four minutes for the Panthers Karbeethan Reserve, Angle Vale Rd, EVANSTON GARDENS to fi nd the net, a free kick taken on the half- U19s – 9.30am Reserves – 12.00pm way line, perfectly timed and weighted for Seniors – 2.30pm Phillips to run onto and nod in past the Norwood Soccer Club v Seaford Rangers Athelstone Recreation Reserve, 267 Lower Athel- Playford keeper. The wake-up call for the stone Rd, ATHELSTONE Patriots seemed to work, as they quickly Seniors - 2.30pm equalized three minutes later, from a cor- Apollo Soccer Club v Adelaide University Casadio Park, Bay Road, MOUNT GAMBIER ner that was put away with a bullet left foot Seniors - 11.00am shot from Hercegovac putting the game International Soccer Club v The Cove back all square before ten minutes of the Casadio Park, Bay Road, MOUNT GAMBIER match had been played. With both clubs Seniors - 1.30pm fi elding very young teams, each had their equal shares of chances to score, the keep- NEXT ROUND ers at either end being put to the test on several occasions. But it was the Panthers Round 3 that took the lead in the 25th minute from a Sat 10/04/2010 Adelaide Cobras vs Adelaide Galaxy ball won in midfi eld and supplied up front 3pm Weigall Oval for Weightman to blast into the net. The re- Campbelltown vs Cumberland Utd mainder of the fi rst half was fairly evenly 3pm Newton Village Sports Complex contested, both sides stringing together Para Hills vs Adelaide Blue Eagles some good passages of play, which kept 7pm The Paddocks the defences on their toes. Panthers had a Federation Cup action in South Australia between Panthers and Playford. PHOTOS: ADAM BUTLER Western Strikers vs MetroStars 7pm Carnegie Reserve golden opportunity right on the half time whistle to make it three zip, when a header on the day with strong performances. Giv- up and coming youngsters to show what while for the visitors one each going to Mon 12/04/2010 from a corner kick was looking to be going en the very young age and inexperience of they had. I was pleasantly surprised with Newberry, Holt and Rodbourn who also Adelaide City vs Raiders goal-wise, only to be cleared off the line some players on both sides, the intensity the standard of the game and the way the made the best players list. 7.30pm by the Patriots defence. of the match remained at a high level, both boys applied themselves to the challenge Matches scheduled for the Easter Mon- Within six minutes of the second half sides creating chances and playing some of playing senior football.” day are State League sides Gawler v LADDER commencing, it looked like luck was going very good, but simple and effective foot- In the other match played on Saturday, Northern Demons, Collegiate Norwood to go all the way for the Panthers, being P W D L F A GD Pts ball. Towards the end of the match it did Collegiate League Club Unley Old Schol- Soccer Club v State League Seaford MetroStars 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 4 awarded a penalty in the 51st minute with become somewhat of a lumping compe- ars took to the fi eld against State League Rangers, Riverland Soccer Association v Adelaide Galaxy 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4 a player brought down in the box, the Patri- tition but with this in mind, the Panthers side N.A.B., going down 3 goals to 7 and Adelaide Red Stars will be playing in the Adelaide City 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4 ots keeper becoming hero with a save that lads killed off the match with four minutes learning a valuable football lesson in the Riverland. Two matches are keeping the Western Strikers 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 3 kept his side in the game. Despite South to go, Phillips scoring his second. process. Hat-tricks were the order of the southerners happy down in Mt Gambier – Cumberland Utd 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 Adelaide holding a slight dominance on South Adelaide’s Coach Steve Maxwell day for NAB, both Peter Karakasilis and Apollo Soccer Club v Adelaide University Adelaide Cobras 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 the game, the Playford band of youngsters Campbelltown 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 3 was pleased with the result. “We had eight seasoned player Vince Schimizzi coming and The Cove will travel down to experi- Para Hills 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 had their moments in the match, with fi rst senior players unavailable including Da- back from a knee injury being successful ence the sweet hospitality of International Raiders 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1 team regulars Scott Bice, Craig McDevitt mian Mori, so this was the time for our with Rick Todarello making up the total, Soccer Club and their football fans. Adelaide Blue Eagles 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 0 and Hercegovac amongst the best players

Monday 5th April 2010 21 QUEENSLAND goalweekly.com Razorbacks ride their luck By Jarrod Ellis snatching the ball up before it could fi nish right leg before hitting the post and side in the game in Round 1 along with LADDER inside his net. squirming over the line. stalwart defender Rob Thatcher, also out The second round of the 2010 QSL P W D L For Ag GD Pts After the opening twenty minutes Bris- The goal would prove to be decisive as due to a rib injury. 1 Sunshine Coast FC 2 2 0 0 8 4 4 6 kicked off on Good Friday with the bane seemed to fi nd their groove, settling NQ held on for the remainder of the match, The Bulls were confi dent of securing a 2 NQ Razorbacks 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 Capricorn Cougars hosting Whit- into a passing game that stretched the defending stubbornly against increas- result but recognized that traditional QSL 3 Brisbane Strikers 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 sunday Miners, but the most an- home side down the fl anks. ingly desperate efforts from the Strikers. whipping boys Bundaberg may be a dif- 4 FNQ Bulls 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3 ticipated match of the round was The Razorbacks were able to ride out It wasn’t to be though for the visitors as ferent proposition this season. 5 Whitsunday Miners 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 without a doubt Saturday’s clash 6 Bundaberg Spirit 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 the storm though thanks to a mix of good the Razorbacks celebrated a 1-0, their fi rst “Getting a draw against Townsville is a 7 Capricorn Cougars 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1 between reigning league champi- defending and poor crossing. against the Brisbane club. good result for any team,” Bulls captain 8 QAS 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0 ons Brisbane Strikers and competi- NQ forward Jake Navarro was a stand- Whitsunday Miners could have been Victor Madrid said. “They are not going to tion dark horse NQ Razorbacks. out in the fi rst half for the home side, only forgiven for going into their fi rst match be coming up all this way just to lose. We The Strikers went into the match stopped on the edge of the area several of the season against Capricorn Cougars expect them to be hard to beat. You can’t NEXT ROUND without star forward Gareth Musson, times thanks to last ditch effort tackles with their heads down after a hugely dis- underestimate anyone in this league.” ROUND 3 Myles Carseldine, and Jordan Musson from Brisbane defenders. ruptive off-season that culminated in their Despite that forecast the absence of He- Whitsunday Miners v Brisbane Strikers all sidelined by injury. Even coach Stuart The second half was much the same as fi rst round match being cancelled due to idenrich and Thatcher proved crucial as Sat 10 April 7:30pm McLaren was absent having departed to the fi rst with the Strikers looking to their poor weather. FNQ Bulls took the game to the Spirit. FNQ Bulls v NQ Razorbacks Canberra for two weeks in order to pursue wide men for inspiration but failing to fi nd The Whitsunday squad was also miss- The visitors were under pressure for sig- Sat 10 April 8:00pm his AFC “A” coaching license. a quality fi nal ball, and the Razorbacks at- ing key players for their match through nifi cant periods of the match as the Bulls Sunshine Coast FC v Capricorn Cougars Sun 11 April 1:30pm It came as no real surprise then when tempting to defend high up the pitch and injury including captain Troy Mundy and found the extra touches that deserted them Bundaberg Spirit v QAS the Razorbacks exploded from the blocks, catch the Strikers on the break or from set Stuart Watkins (foot), Kyle McBurney last week against Sunshine Coast, running Sun 11 April 3:00pm having the better of the early exchanges. pieces. (knee) and Oliver Mortensen (thigh). out 3-1 winners by full time. Brisbane were forced to defend diligently On this occasion it was to be the Ra- The Cougars would fail to capitalize on Sunday’s game again sees Sunshine ing to go out there and get a good strong as the home side won a series of corners, zorbacks whose methods would prove the visitor’s injury toll and lack of match Coast taking to the fi eld, this time against hit-out for their fi rst game of the season,” but despite dangerous deliveries from fruitful. With the Razorbacks having won practice though as the Miners defence a young QAS side set to make their fi rst he said. young midfi elder Brett Hay, failed to a corner kick on their left touchline in the held fi rm to secure a 0-0 result at Ryan appearance of the season after the cancel- “In saying that though, we won’t be tak- capitalize. 74th minute, the ball was driven in about Park. lation of the Whitsunday match in the fi rst ing them lightly.” The opening stages were a rollercoaster chest-high towards the near post where Up in the far north of the state the Bulls round. Despite being scheduled as an away game for Razorbacks coach Ken Mitchell whose Galliozi won a desperate sprint towards it hosted a Bundaberg Spirit side in a buoy- The Fire’s defensive midfi eld import, the match will be held at Stockland Park heart would have been in his mouth as to get in a stooping, glancing header from ant mood following their 0-0 draw with Mark Riley, believes QAS missing that as the QAS does not have another avail- he watched whilst keeper Gonzalez mis- only a metre out. Brisbane keeper White NQ Razorbacks in Round 1. The Spirit game could work to his team’s advan- able ground, providing the Fire with a fur- handled a seemingly harmless Thurtell reacted quickly, but found the ball skid- went into the match without keeper Ben tage. ther advantage. header, only to recover at the last moment ding off the bottom of his outstretched Heidenreich, who did much to keep his “QAS are more than likely just look-

Western Australia | Round 3 goalweekly.com

NEXT ROUND LADDER P W D L F A GD Pts Round 4 1 Balcatta 3 3 0 0 9 1 8 9 Sat 10 Apr 3PM Floreat Athena v Swan United 2 Western Knights 3 2 1 0 8 5 3 7 E & D Litis Stadium 3 Floreat Athena 3 2 0 1 11 5 6 6 Knights see off ECU Sat 10 Apr 3PM ECU Joondalup v Perth SC ECU Joondalup 4 Perth SC 3 2 0 1 7 6 1 6 By Ashley Morrison Sat 10 Apr 3PM Sorrento v Armadale Percy 5 Sorrento 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 Doyle Reserve 6 Stirling Lions 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 It took ECU Joondalup until they Sat 10 Apr 3PM Inglewood United v West- 7 Inglewood United 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3 ernKnights The Clipsal Stadium were two goals down against the 8 ECU Joondalup 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3 Sat 10 Apr 3PM Cockburn City v Stirling 9 Swan United 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3 Western Knights at Nash Field to Lions Dalmatinac Park 10 Mandurah City 3 1 0 2 2 8 -6 3 start showing what they were ca- Sat 10 Apr 3PM Balcatta v Mandurah City Grindleford Reserve 11 Armadale 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2 pable off, and then when it looked 12 Cockburn City 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1 like they may salvage something from the game, they paid the price for coughing up two cheap goals make it 3-2. WA RESULTS in the first half. Any hopes of salvaging a draw were PREMIER DIVISION Results – Saturday, 3 April 2010 The fi rst came in just the tenth minute destroyed straight from the kick-off. Ver- and was one that former Charlton Ath- saico received the ball for the Knights First Team wide on the right. He accelerated past Armadale 1 (Robinson 40 pen) Cockburn letic, Luton Town and Swindon Town City 1 (Natale 29); Stirling Lions 1 (Frost 86,) goalkeeper Andy Petterson would not Whylie, looked up and spotted the run of Balcatta 2 (Rosindale 64, Walsh 81); Swan David Micevski, he slid a pass straight to United 1 (Lujan 37) Sorrento 3 ( Quincroft be proud of. A long throw-in from the 20, Love 73 pen, OG 86); Western Knights 4 Knight’s Paul Van Dongen was fl icked his feet just inside the penalty box. Last ( Montgomery 10, Daniel Micevski 23, Versa- year’s state player of the year beat Pet- ico 67, David Micevski 89) ECU Joondalup goalwards by the returning Stuart Fergu- 2 (Thornley 49, 87); Perth SC 2 (Onoforo 5, son. The veteran Petterson tamely patted terson of the post to restore the two-goal Oliveira 75) Floreat Athena 4 Mikulic 6, Mirco the ball down at the feet of Montgomery cushion. 12, Pavlovic 45, Neiderberger 66); Mandurah City 1 (Brown 65) Inglewood United 0 who poked the ball home. It was the sort Joondaulp had one last chance in the of save you might expect a young keeper dying minutes when Annall under hit a Reserves back pass to Siddall, Watt pounced and Armadale 3 Cockburn City 3; Stirling Lions starting out on his career to make, but Sorrento’s Jared Love takes on United’s Robert Lujan in the Gulls 2 Balcatta 1; Swan United 2 Sorrento 4; certainly not one of Petterson’s experi- nipped in between the two to prod the Western Knights 3 ECU Joondalup 2; Perth 3-1 win at Francis Street PHOTO: FOOTBALL WEST ball towards the empty net, but Ferguson SC 1 Floreat Athena 0; Mandurah City 3 ence. Inglewood United 2 Four minutes later he fumbled a long- miraculously cleared from underneath range effort from Anthony Campbell so Minutes later O’Callaghan, playing in corner, and it was played deep to the far the crossbar. The win saw the Knights Under 18’s Armadale 0 Cockburn City 5 ; Stirling Lions it came as no surprise when he was beat- midfi eld used his pace and ran directly post where Comyn-Platt nodded it back move up to second on the ladder. 6 Balcatta 0; Swan United 5 Sorrento 0; en again in the 23rd minute. This time at the heart of the Knights defence, the across the box, and Blackmore directed Outright top of the ladder belongs to Western Knights 3 ECU Joondalup 0; Perth SC 6 Floreat Athena 5; Mandurah City 0 Montgomery was the provider when he previous two seasons top scorer, shot his header just over the crossbar. newly promoted Balcatta who are the Inglewood United 3 slipped a ball in behind the static Joon- from the edge of the box, but Siddall was In the 67th minute it appeared that the only team with a 100% record after three games as they beat Stirling Li- DIVISION ONE dalup defence. Daniel Micevski skipped down sharply to save. Knights had sealed the victory when Results – Saturday, 3 April 2010 past Jason Marsden and then had a clear Joondalup were a different side in the Daniel Micevski played a ball into the ons 2-1 with the Lions goal coming the second half and the game came to life. box from the left. Simon Versaico was last fi ve minutes. The victory would First Team run, on the angle, towards Petterson’s Queens Park 1(Anquetil 22) Rockingham goal. The big ‘keeper advanced, but Within fi ve minutes of the restart they unmarked and struck a fi erce drive, Pet- have been very satisfying for Balcatta’s City 2 (Stewart 52, Vaz 10, 66); Forrestfi eld Micevski coolly side footed home to had pulled a goal back. The infl uential terson wound back the clock to save su- Ashley Rosindale who was released by United 2 (Guardo 50, Hart 56) Bayswater City1 (Narunalda 81) ; Gosnells City 3 make it 2-0. Scott Bushby managed to get in behind perbly, but the ball spun back to Versaico Stirling two years ago and is currently (Chavez 40, 80, Rothwell 43) Morley-Wind- Petterson did make a superb save two the Knights’ defence; he carried the ball who had the easiest of tap-ins into an the league’s top scorer with six goals in mills 0; Ashfi eld 1 (Moondin 37) Bunbury three games. Forum Force 5 (Mayer 12, Rogers 28, McGee minutes later when Montgomery played to the by-line and whipped in a cross. empty net. 64, Stewart 68, 74); Canning City 1 (Whetnall a one-two with Duncan Hind and the Thornley arriving at the front post rose, Joondalup who was a different side Floreat Athena met archrival Perth at 84) Fremantle Spirit 1 ( De Souza 42); Wan- BGC Stadium, Perth’s home ground and neroo City 1 (Cairney 25 pen) Dianella White latter drove a fi erce rising shot towards and with the ball slightly behind him from the one that started the game con- Eagles 2 (Radilovic 49, Wingell 85) goal. Petterson palmed the ball over the arched his neck and then powered a tinued to press and in the 84th minute left with all three points that sees the two header past the stranded Siddall at the Bushby and Thornley combined again teams sharing third on the ladder. Foreat Reserves cross bar. Queens Park 1 Rockingham City 1; For- Joondalup’s fi rst meaningful chance front post. and the Knights had Annall to thank as coming out winners 4-2. Swan United restfi eld United 1 Bayswater City 2; Gos- came from the lively John Thornley, Joondalup then had a wonderful oppor- he headed the ball clear. lost at home 1-3 to Sorrento, while Man- nells City 4 Morley-Windmills 0; Ashfi eld 0 Bunbury Forum Force 5; Canning City 2 playing against his former club. In the tunity to draw level in the 58th minute. Three minutes later they did pull an- durah City picked up their fi rst points of Fremantle Spirit 0; Wanneroo City 4 Dianella 34th minute Collins played a defence Jamie Watt beat Hind to the ball and it other goal back, this time O’Callaghan the season defeating Inglewood United White Eagles 0 1-0. The bottom of the table clash saw splitting pass for Thornley to run onto. spun towards the Knights’ box, then fol- managed to get behind the defence and Under 18’s He outpaced the recovering Knights de- lowed a mix up between Ferguson and to the by-line, he pulled the ball back both teams pick up their fi rst points as Queens Park 0 Rockingham City 8; Forrest- the honours were shared as Scott Mill- fi eld United 1 Bayswater City 2; Gosnells fence, and beat the advancing Siddall his ‘keeper and the ball somehow rico- to Thornley, whose fi rst time strike was City 2 Morley-Windmills 1; Ashfi eld NG with a thunderous shot, and was unfor- cheted into O’Callaghan, but rebounded well saved by Siddall at his near post. er’s Cockburn City drew 1-1 with Brad Bunbury Forum Force NG; Canning City 1 the wrong side of the post for Joonda- The ball spun loose and Thornley was Hassell’s Armadale, in a game that saw Fremantle Spirit 0; Wanneroo City 4 Dianella tunate to see it hammer against the post White Eagles1 and away to safety. lup. Remarkably the referee awarded a fi rst to react to prod the ball home to three sent off.

22 Monday 5th April 2010 ACT Premier League | 2010 Fixtures goalweekly.com

Round 1 Round 7 Round 13 Fri 9 Apr KO 8pm Canberra FC v Utd Fri 28 May KO 8pm v Monaro Panthers Sat 24 Jul KO 3pm Tuggeranong Utd v Belconnen Utd (Deakin Oval) Hawker Football Centre Kambah 2-1 Sun 11 Apr KO 3pm Woden Valley v Belconnen Utd Sat 29 May KO 3pm Tuggeranong Utd v Cooma Tigers Sun 25 Jul KO 3pm ANU FC v Woden Valley Enclosed Kambah 2-1 ANU North Oval 1 Sun 11 Apr KO 3pm ANU FC v Canberra City Sun 30 May KO 3pm Goulburn Strikers v Canberra City Sun 25 Jul KO 3pm Canberra FC v Monaro Panthers ANU North Oval 1 Cookbundoon Deakin Stadium (Deakin Oval) Sun 11 Apr KO 3pm Goulburn Strikers v Monaro Panthers Sun 30 May KO 4pm Belconnen Utd v ANU FC Sun 25 Jul KO 3pm Cooma Tigers v Goulburn Strikers Cookbundoon McKellar Park Nijong Oval Sun 11 Apr KO 5pm Canberra Olympic v Cooma Tigers Sun 30 May KO 5pm Canberra Olympic v Canberra FC Sun 25 Jul KO 4pm Canberra City v Canberra Olympic Hawker Football Centre Hawker Football Centre Hawker Football Centre

Round 2 Round 8 Round 14 Fri 16 Apr KO 8pm Canberra Olympic v Belconnen Utd Sat 5 Jun KO 6pm Canberra City v Tuggeranong Utd Sat 31 Jul KO 6pm Belconnen Utd v Goulburn Strikers Hawker Football Centre Hawker Football Centre McKellar Park Sat 17 Apr KO 3pm Tuggeranong Utd v Monaro Panthers Sun 6 Jun KO 3pm ANU FC v Goulburn Strikers Sun 1 Aug KO 3pm Canberra FC v Cooma Tigers Kambah 2-1 O’Connor Enclosed 1 Deakin Stadium (Deakin Oval) Sun 18 Apr KO 3pm Canberra FC v Canberra City Sun 6 Jun KO 3pm Monaro Panthers v Canberra Olympic Sun 1 Aug KO 3pm Monaro Panthers v ANU FC Deakin Stadium (Deakin Oval) Riverside Stadium Riverside Stadium Sun 18 Apr KO 3pm Goulburn Strikers v Woden Valley Sun 6 Jun KO 3pm Canberra FC v Belconnen Utd Sun 1 Aug KO 3pm Woden Valley v Canberra City Cookbundoon Deakin Stadium (Deakin Oval) Woden Park Enclosed Sun 18 Apr KO 3pm Cooma Tigers v ANU FC Sun 6 Jun KO 3pm Woden Valley v Cooma Tigers Sun 1 Aug KO 5pm Canberra Olympic v Tuggeranong Utd Nijong Oval Woden Park Enclosed Hawker Football Centre

Round 3 Round 9 Round 15 Fri 30 Apr KO 8pm Monaro Panthers v Canberra City Sat 19 Jun KO 6pm Belconnen Utd v Monaro Panthers Sat 7 Aug KO 6pm Belconnen Utd v Canberra City Hawker Football Centre McKellar Park McKellar Park Sat 1 May KO 6pm Belconnen Utd v Cooma Tigers Sun 20 Jun KO 3pm ANU FC v Tuggeranong Utd Sun 8 Aug KO 3pm Woden Valley v Canberra FC McKellar Park ANU North Oval 1 Woden Park Enclosed Sun 2 May KO 3pm Woden Valley v Tuggeranong Utd Sun 20 Jun KO 3pm Goulburn Strikers v Canberra FC Sun 8 Aug KO 3pm Monaro Panthers v Cooma Tigers Woden Park Enclosed Cookbundoon Riverside Stadium Sun 2 May KO 3pm Canberra FC v ANU FC Sun 20 Jun KO 3pm Cooma Tigers v Canberra City Sun 8 Aug KO 3pm Goulburn Strikers v Tuggeranong Utd Deakin Stadium (Deakin Oval) Nijong Oval Cookbundoon Sun 2 May KO 5pm Canberra Olympic v Goulburn Strikers Sun 20 Jun KO 5pm Canberra Olympic v Woden Valley Sun 8 Aug KO 5pm Canberra Olympic v ANU FC Hawker Football Centre Hawker Football Centre Hawker Football Centre

Round 4 Round 10 Round 16 Fri 7 May KO 8pm Tuggeranong Utd v Canberra Olympic Sat 26 Jun KO 6pm Canberra City v Canberra FC Sat 14 Aug KO 6pm Belconnen Utd v Canberra FC Hawker Football Centre Hawker Football Centre McKellar Park Sun 9 May KO 3pm ANU FC v Monaro Panthers Sun 27 Jun KO 3pm ANU FC v Cooma Tigers Sun 15 Aug KO 3pm Goulburn Strikers v ANU FC O’Connor Enclosed 1 ANU North Oval 1 Cookbundoon Sun 9 May KO 3pm Goulburn Strikers v Belconnen Utd Sun 27 Jun KO 3pm Monaro Panthers v Tuggeranong Utd Sun 15 Aug KO 3pm Tuggeranong Utd v Canberra City Cookbundoon Riverside Stadium Kambah 2-1 Sun 9 May KO 3pm Cooma Tigers v Canberra FC Sun 27 Jun KO 3pm Woden Valley v Goulburn Strikers Sun 15 Aug KO 3pm Cooma Tigers v Woden Valley Nijong Oval Woden Park Enclosed Nijong Oval Sun 9 May KO 4pm Canberra City v Woden Valley Sun 27 Jun KO 4pm Belconnen Utd v Canberra Olympic Sun 15 Aug KO 5pm Canberra Olympic v Monaro Panthers Hawker Football Centre McKellar Park Hawker Football Centre

Round 5 Round 11 Round 17 Fri 14 May KO 8pm Woden Valley v ANU FC Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Cooma Tigers v Canberra Olympic Sat 21 Aug KO 6pm Canberra City v Goulburn Strikers Hawker Football Centre Nijong Oval Hawker Football Centre Sat 15 May KO 6pm Belconnen Utd v Tuggeranong Utd Sun 11 Jul KO 3pm Monaro Panthers v Goulburn Strikers Sun 22 Aug KO 3pm ANU FC v Belconnen Utd McKellar Park Riverside Stadium ANU North Oval 1 Sun 16 May KO 3pm Monaro Panthers v Canberra FC Sun 11 Jul KO 3pm Tuggeranong Utd v Canberra FC Sun 22 Aug KO 3pm Canberra FC v Canberra Olympic Riverside Stadium Kambah 2-1 Deakin Stadium (Deakin Oval) Sun 16 May KO 3pm Goulburn Strikers v Cooma Tigers Sun 11 Jul KO 4pm Belconnen Utd v Woden Valley Sun 22 Aug KO 3pm Cooma Tigers v Tuggeranong Utd Cookbundoon McKellar Park Nijong Oval Sun 16 May KO 5pm Canberra Olympic v Canberra City Sun 11 Jul KO 4pm Canberra City v ANU FC Sun 22 Aug KO 3pm Monaro Panthers v Woden Valley Hawker Football Centre Hawker Football Centre Riverside Stadium

Round 6 Round 12 Round 18 Fri 21 May KO 8pm Canberra City v Belconnen Utd Sat 17 Jul KO 3pm Tuggeranong Utd v Woden Valley Sun 29 Aug KO 3pm Woden Valley v Canberra Olympic Hawker Football Centre Kambah 2-1 Woden Park Enclosed Sun 23 May KO 3pm Tuggeranong Utd v Goulburn Strikers Sun 18 Jul KO 3pm ANU FC v Canberra FC Sun 29 Aug KO 3pm Tuggeranong Utd v ANU FC Kambah 2-1 ANU North Oval 1 Kambah 2-1 Sun 23 May KO 3pm ANU FC v Canberra Olympic Sun 18 Jul KO 3pm Goulburn Strikers v Canberra Olympic Sun 29 Aug KO 3pm Monaro Panthers v Belconnen Utd O’Connor Enclosed 1 Cookbundoon Riverside Stadium Sun 23 May KO 3pm Canberra FC v Woden Valley Sun 18 Jul KO 3pm Cooma Tigers v Belconnen Utd Sun 29 Aug KO 3pm Canberra FC v Goulburn Strikers Deakin Stadium (Deakin Oval) Nijong Oval Deakin Stadium (Deakin Oval) Sun 23 May KO 3pm Cooma Tigers v Monaro Panthers Sun 18 Jul KO 4pm Canberra City v Monaro Panthers Sun 29 Aug KO 4pm Canberra City v Cooma Tigers Nijong Oval Hawker Football Centre Hawker Football Centre

Canberra FC look the goods for 2010, already taking out the Federation Cup.

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Monday 5th April 2010 23 Australian Capital Territory | Season Preview 2010 goalweekly.com Champs the team to beat in new-look League in the ranks. der in the 2002 season, where they placed By Russ Gibbs New midfi elder Andrew Ross, a former fourth before bowing out in a convoluted EIGHTEEN times league champions Chelsea FC youth prospect, looks like a fi nals series. The Panthers then stepped Canberra FC will still be the team to quality addition to the squad, as does the down from senior football to concentrate on beat in 2010 as the new-look Gatorade signing of striker Dominic Giampaolo from developing their junior section—with much Premier League kicks off in the na- Canberra FC. His goals, added to the already success. tion’s capital this weekend. The cham- prolifi c Scott Barsley and Yianni Karabalis, However, it was a blow to lose a competi- pions get the show on the road with means that Olympic are strong in attack. tive team that had been crowned ACT Pre- the opening match under the lights of It’s defensively where the worries set in as miers in 1999 after upsetting League Cham- Deakin Stadium on Friday evening as despite the quality of veterans Steven Van- pions, and favourites, Capital City Suns 1-0 they host Tuggeranong United. With zetti and Matt Cachia, the duo lacks the pace in the Grand Final decider. The return of three new entrants looking to make of yesteryear, something that opposition Monaro brings an added dimension to the their mark on the top flight, including strikers will be keen to exploit. However, battle for the Gatorade Premier League title. Federation Cup runner’s-up Goulburn should off-fi eld politics not interfere too Early signs from their truncated Federa- Strikers, a top-notch season of enter- much with on-fi eld action Olympic should tion Cup campaign suggests that the Pan- tainment is in store. Here’s how the be fi nal contenders. thers are very much a work in progress. A competing teams are shaping up. loss to ANU FC (Premier Pathway League) COOMA TIGERS and heavy defeats to Canberra Olympic and ANU FC (last season: 3rd – ACT Canberra City were not the ideal preparation (last season: 7th) State League Division One, for life in the top fl ight but there is enough Following their seventh place Grand Final winners) quality in the squad to suggest that things fi nish in the ACT Premier Cooma Tigers return to the will improve for John Bull and his team. League in 2009, ANU FC top fl ight of ACT football for the fi rst time The acquisition of a proven goalscorer enters the 2010 Gatorade Pre- since 2006 when they culminated their ex- in former O’Connor Knights hit man, Goran mier League season hoping for better luck traordinary season with a 2-1 Grand Final Veljanovski, is a major boost. With a proven than they received last year. Four wins was a victory over Canberra Olympic. track record at this level the striker brings a paltry return for, arguably, the best prepared The Tigers had fi nished the year fourth on wealth of experience along with his ability club in the division. John Mitchell has his the ladder, twelve points behind Olympic, to frequently fi nd the target. squad extremely fi t, a legacy of an early start but turned the form book on its head to claim to pre-season, and that early season fi tness the trophy. Having missed out on a place in TUGGERANONG UNITED could prove to be decisive. the re-structured Premier League the follow- (last season: 5th) As with any competition a good start is ing season, the Tigers feel that they have These look like diffi cult days critical and ANU FC have been handed a unfi nished business in the Premier League for Tuggeranong United. Hav- tricky looking opening set of fi xtures. A as, in essence, they fi nally get the chance to ing been shorn of the vast home tie with an in-form Canberra City is ‘defend’ that crown. Ironically, their season majority of their fi rst grade team from 2009 followed by visits to Cooma Tigers and Can- opening fi xture is against Canberra Olym- and been humbled in the Federation Cup by berra FC giving the club what could prove pic—a repeat of the 2006 Final—giving the State League Weston Creek, it’s a new look to be a torrid start. But on the basis of their Tigers a sense of déjà vu as they kick off Tuggeranong side that takes to the fi eld for successful Federation Cup campaign there is the Gatorade Premier League campaign at the Gatorade Premier League season. little reason for ANU FC to fear anyone. Hawker Football Centre. However, despite these diffi culties the The team were just thirty seconds away That game is followed by their fi rst home club is enthusiastic about the 2010 season. from a place in the Final after they led Can- fi xture, against a spirited and stylish ANU “Pre-season training has been going well berra FC 2-1 in the semi-fi nal at Hawker FC, before a road trip to 2009 Grand Final and the new squad has been taking shape,” Football Centre before having their hopes runner’s-up Belconnen United. By the time Head Coach Darren Viskovich said. “This dashed by a late equaliser. In building a two- champions Canberra FC visits Nijong Oval, year’s squad has a number of 2009’s young goal cushion in that match ANU FC showed for the Round Four match on the 9th May, successful pathway and under-18 club play- plenty of promise and a rapid style of play we should have a clearer indication of what ers which is promising. that is sure to cause problems for many de- Canberra FC Adam Spaleta and new signing Victor Yanes (21) celebrate the Tigers can expect in 2010. Young players such as Ashley Collins, fences’ during the 2010 season. Splaeta’s Federation Cup winner. INSET LEFT: Goulburn Strikers key man The pre-season Federation Cup gave Aaron Cashman, Daniel Beaumont, Tim A competitive Federation Cup campaign glimpses of the Tigers at both their best and Anderson, Daniel Mountrey and Martin ended with a 1-2 loss in the third place play – Brody Willis. INSET RIGHT: Cameron Reinhart (right in blue) of Belcon- worst with a tame 2-0 quarter-fi nal exit at the Currujo all had good seasons in 2009 in the off to Belconnen United proving again the hands of ANU FC hardly what the demand- Tuggeranong United Pathway and under-18 students’ ability to compete with the best. nen United challenges Scott Barsley (in white) of Canberra Olympic. Zak ing Tigers support would have expected, es- teams.” As well as the aforementioned play- Maybury (background) looks on. pecially following the determination shown ers United have promoted from within their BELCONNEN UNITED during the must-win 3-1 defeat of White state league ranks and looked further afi eld (last season: 2nd, Grand Fi- Eagles in the Pool D decider. to bolster the squad. “We have Luke Shep- tations it must be said, made the top four of “Our prime objective as always is to win/ nal runner-up) herd from our Division Three team stepping the Premier League only to be defeated at retain the League Champions Title which Belconnen United will be up and so far he has shown promising form the semi-fi nal stage. It was a tremendous we have won eight times in the last nine GOULBURN STRIKERS looking to go one step fur- (last season: 2nd ACT State and looks to be ready to shine in Premier achievement for a young squad that has years. As usual in recent times our toughest ther in 2010 as they prepare League Division One, semi- League,” Viskovich commented. “Timothy matured together and knitted into an excel- opposition will likely come from Belconnen for revenge after losing the 2009 Grand Fi- fi nalists) Stewart has moved to Canberra from Sydney lent outfi t as demonstrated during the 2010 United. nal to old foes Canberra FC. Goulburn Strikers make their and has joined us from Sydney University Project Coordination Federation Cup. City Other teams to watch out for are Canberra The Blue Devils looked in sharp form for fi rst foray into ACT Premier and looks to be a high calibre player which stuttered past ANU FC (Premier Pathway Olympic and fast improving Canberra City. the majority of last season and, with their League football in 2010 hoping to shake up will bolster our midfi eld stock.” League) 3-2 before fi ring on all cylinders to Away games against Cooma and Goulburn group of young players maturing nicely, will a few of the ‘big-name’ clubs and impose There remain some mainstays of the club dismantle Canberra Olympic 4-1 and Mon- will also pose problems and outcome of be one of the top tips for Gatorade Premier themselves in the competition. from the 2009 fi nals push and it’s to these aro Panthers 5-0 before falling at the quarter these games will have a big bearing on de- League success this time round. Having The Strikers were formed in late 2001 and players that the club will look to for guid- fi nal stage, 0-3, to Canberra FC. The score ciding the League Champions.” It’s the sheer reached the last three Grand Finals, includ- were State League Two champions in 2003. ance during these truculent times. line barely refl ects the match though as City quality of players in the Canberra FC squad ing a barn-storming 4-1 win over Canberra Their steady progress continued with a State dominated the opening half an hour before that makes them so hard to beat with a mid- FC in Steve Forshaw’s fi nal match in charge League One championship in 2008, remain- succumbing to two quick fi re goals just prior fi eld collection including Alex Castro, John WODEN VALLEY of the club in 2008, Belconnen undoubtedly ing unbeaten throughout, and a place in the (last season: 8th) to the interval, one a fortuitous defl ection. Glass and Adam Spaleta. Added to the mix know how to win the big prize. quarter fi nals of the Federation Cup, for the Season 2010 promises to be In James Ward City possess one of the best this season will be Victor Yanes and Marcin Under Scott Conlon the team has evolved fi rst time ever, twelve months later. A very exciting times for Woden Val- goalkeepers in Canberra and in front of him Zygmunt, both signed from Canberra Olym- with several new faces taking up the mantle strong off-fi eld strategic plan has ensured ley who have a new coach and is a defensive wall marshaled by the rock- pic, with the latter likely to be used as a re- and will be a force in 2010. The return of they were successful in their application to new-look squad as they head into the Gato- like pairing of James Perry and David Dex- placement for the retired David Milin. 2009 ACT Golden Boot, David Leet, will take part in the Gatorade Premier League rade Premier League season. Head Coach ter. Providing the fl air further forward are With Paul Ivanic and Michael Spaleta be a boost and, added to the evergreen from 2010 onwards. Pat McCann has taken charge at Woden En- Futsalroo international, and joint 2009 ACT leading the attack, Canberra FC once more Danny Macor and the increasingly prolifi c So what can we expect from the Strikers closed and has an eclectic group of young- Player of the Year, Pat Ross-Magee and new boast a formidable line-up. Can anyone stop Tai Smith, the attacking stocks are well and this time out? It would be true to an extent sters at his disposal. Leading the pack is signing from Queanbeyan City, Misko Nau- the seemingly unstoppable machine? Time truly catered for. At the back the re-signing to say the Strikers have met their expecta- the talented striker Lukas Cole. Cole, who moski. It was the latter who provided the will tell but it will certainly take a great side of goalkeeper Ben Cheyne cannot be over- tions for 2010 already, with their inclusion struck six goals in the pre-season Federa- most potent goal threat during the Federa- to do so. stated. Cheyne is a shot-stopper of extraor- in the Canberra Premier League. However, tion Cup tournament in only four matches, tion Cup with four goals in as many outings dinary quality and is worth his weight in the side knows the long years of hard work has had trials in the UK and is blessed with and Naumoski is likely to be the main source CANBERRA OLYMPIC gold as to be successful every team needs haven’t been just to play in the top competi- excellent acceleration and neat ball control. of goals this year (last season: 3rd, semi-fi nal- a top ‘keeper. tion, but to be able to compete. Allied to Cole is new signing Kole Aitken, ists) Elsewhere the squad looks well-balanced. And compete they will, with a side which another forward with a decent touch who has CANBERRA FC Just when it seemed that The creative midfi eld ability of Dustin Wells has now played a full season together, in- been plucked from Champions Canberra FC (last season: 1st, Grand Fi- Canberra Olympic would and Taylor Beaton is well complemented cluding a run to the Final of the 2010 Fed- where he struggled to nail down a regular nal winners) be one of the teams to beat by the work ethic of Callum Beaton and eration Cup. A 3-2 loss to Canberra FC in berth in their star-studded line-up. With the How to top a season that saw in the 2010 Gatorade Premier League then Cameron Reinhart whilst at the back Lee Pi- that fi xture showed the side they had what attacking stocks well loaded, it’s defensively the club win everything there chaos reigned behind the scenes. Opening etrukowski and Matt Valeri offer solid, and it takes to be competitive with the big guns, where Woden let themselves down in the was to win in the local game? their Federation Cup campaign with a 9-1 dependable, defensive choices. With success and the side are ready to have a go at the Federation Cup competition. They leaked That’s the question that Canberra FC, under massacre of Monaro Panthers, things looked expected at the club Conlon is well aware of competition. sixteen goals in four matches, at an average new Coach Stan Dukic, will attempt to an- rosy for last season’s beaten semi-fi nalists. the pressures on his squad to perform. of four goals per game, with their quarter-fi - swer in 2010. However, a 4-0 quarter fi nal whitewash nal exit at the hands of eventual runner’s-up Having claimed the ‘treble’ of Federation at the hands of a ten-man Belconnen Unit- MONARO PANTHERS CANBERRA CITY (last season: did not com- Goulburn Strikers the nadir as a 2-6 defeat Cup, League Championship and Premiership ed precipitated the departure of long-term (last season: 4th, semi-fi nal- pete in men’s competition testifi es. The club has lofty ambitions how- trophies last time out there is every cause coach Ian Heywood and led to a re-shuffl e ists) in 2009) ever and continued their pre-season signings for optimism that the new campaign should only three weeks out from the start of the The new Gatorade Premier It’s a welcome back to Pre- by bringing exciting attacking midfi elder bring continued success. It’s something the new season. League season promises mier League action for the Monaro Panthers Carlos Salazar over from the USA where he club themselves predict. “We anticipate an- It’s hardly ideal preparation for the new much for Pat Caggiano and in 2010 as the Queanbeyan based side makes has been playing for Seaton Hall. It will be other good season for the club based on the coach, who’s yet to be named, but whoever his Canberra City squad fol- a return to the ACT Premier League after an interesting to see how the exciting prospect strength and depth of our playing squad,” does take over the hot seat will at least have lowing on from a successful 2009 pro- absence of eight years. settles into life in Canberra. club spokesman Martin Radic commented. the knowledge that there is plenty of talent gramme. City, against most people’s expec- Monaro last graced a top-fl ight league lad- 24 Monday 5th April 2010 Souvlaki Hut FOz Cup Quarter Finals

THE VICTORIAN HOME OF FUTSAL V-LEAGUEFUTSAL OZ, 407 VICTORIA STREET, BRUNSWICK. T: 9380 4188 PREMIERSHIP Souvlaki Hut FOz Cup Kicks-Off! By Adam Husseini new side. North Melbourne took a while Group 1 to get going and their rotations and set Pascoe Vale FC - Round 1 Knock Out Results The Souvlaki Hut Cup was back in play routines appeared a little disrupted Wed March 31 town after a long and event filled with the introduction of Rasoulzadeh & LEGEA V-League wait. The cup rewards the LEGEA Hassnikhoo. Champions 2010 • 8:45 1st Pascoe Vale FC V-Leagues top 8 finishers with a Ashburton capitalized on this by con- v 8th FC Essendon 7 - 6 second chance at silverware and gesting the middle of the court block- • 7:15 4th FC Prahran prize money. Last year FC Prahran ing off any central options. North Mel- v 5th FC Carlton 18 - 5 beat FC Essendon in a thriller in bourne lacked a solid target to feed off front of a large buzzing crowd. This with Kui Mu & Alinejad unable to hold year may prove to be even better the ball up. It was always going to be a then the last with 8 stronger teams Group 2 tight game, North Melbourne held a 1-0 Round 1 knock out Results and a $3000 kitty of cash to play lead for ages after a freak goal & the sec- Wed March 31 for! ond was much the same. The third was well worked but it just fi red up Ashbur- • 8:00 2nd Nth Melbourne FC Match One ton even more. Issa & then Nalpantidis v 7th Ashburton FC 3 - 2 FC Prahran 18 vs. 5 FC Carlton scored to send the game down to the • 9:30 3rd Fitzroy FC Last seasons inaugural Souvlaki Hut FOz wire. North Melbourne chewed up the v 6th Metropolitan FC 7 - 9 Cup winners FC Prahran (who fi nished dying stages to prevent any late drama a 4th in the regular season) took on 5th fi tting fi nish to a great game. placed FC Carlton in what was building up to be an exciting encounter. It was for INTERMISSION & PRESENTATION Round 2 the fi rst 5 minutes as it was high intensity There was a slight break as the LEGEA Knock Out clashes end to end stuff. Carlton even opened the V-LEAGUE premiership Champions, Wed Apr il 7 - time TBA scoring before going on to be completely Pascoe Vale FC were presented with the battered by Prahran. Carlton was missing V-LEAGUE premiership Trophy and • 2nd Nth Melbourne FC several fi rst teamers, not helped by goal- collected the $5000. (Prize money) v 6th Metropolitan FC keeper of the year Dianoosh Rasoulza- State League champions Hume FC • 1st Pascoe Vale FC deh & Hamid Hassinakhoo transfers to were also presented with the State v 4th FC Prahran North Melbourne. Prahran were missing LEAGUE Championship trophy and Ahmed Muktar but were at their scintil- a place in the prestigious LEGEA V- lating best. LEAGUE Premiership. there and everywhere like a bad rash on Match Four Prahran ran riot past a 5 man Carl- a Pascoe Vale side that looked astonished Metropolitan FC 9 vs. 7 Fitzroy FC ton side that huffed and puffed but didn’t Other honors handed out on the night with Simsek, Barbosa Jnr & Lascaris all After the previous match, nobody left not look a collective unit. Prahran scored • Manager of the season: Milton Sakkos shocked. their seat as Metro took on Fitzroy. Fitz- goals from everywhere; even goalkeeper (North Melbourne FC) This game had plenty of controver- roy had the wood on them beating them Dima Shakhanov wanted a piece of the • Golden Boot: Alexander Stevanovic sial decisions, none other then an Ernie 8-3 convincingly in the previous encoun- action! Carlton frustrations boiled over (FC Essendon - 3rd time running!) Simsek handball off the line. There was ter. Fitzroy introduced John Paul Saad into the aftermath of the game with sev- • Goalkeeper award: Dianoosh Rasoulza- no love lost between the youngsters in & Brenno Polatti with Manny Karas & eral changes being made for the next deh (FC Carlton & now North Melb) black and white and the experienced in Ahmed Azzam unavailable. Metro ar- season. Prahran cruise into the semi fi - • Most Valuable Team Player: Fernando red. This game wasn’t over yet though, rived with Alem Ljuca planning on play- nals, they would play the winner of the De Moraes (North Melb) Pascoe Vale slowly chipped their way ing but he hadn’t played the suffi cient Pascoe Vale / Essendon game. A great • Best & Fairest: Tomislav Grgic (Pascoe back into the contest with well worked 5 V-League games to qualify for the F.De Mereas (NMFC) MVP 2009-10, performance all round from Prahran, led Vale FC) goals. It was a compounding momen- cup and was ruled out ineligible to play. D.Rasoulzadeh (FCC) Keeper of the by Maxim Avram & Haider Noor. Sides tum that punished Essendon, every goal Metro came out of the blocks as they underestimate Prahran at their own peril. Match Three scored seemed to take away any remain- pressed high up the court & crumbed Season and Milton Sakkos (NMFC) Pascoe Vale FC 7 vs. 6 FC Essen- ing energy while it boosted Pascoe Vale most second efforts. Manger of Season Match Two don for more and more. The game fi nished It was 3 – 1 to Fitzroy early, Dimi- Nth Melb FC 3 vs. 2 Ashburton FC Fans were fi lling the Victoria street sta- 6-6 and went into extra time golden goal tri Vithoulkas & Leonardo Correa were Juggernaut North Melbourne FC took dium in time to see former champs FC but there was only going to be one win- highly effective for Fitzroy and they on the green machine Ashburton in the Essendon take on current champs Pascoe ner. The 2009-10 Best & Fairest player were lonely fi gures though. Metro on the night’s second clash. This was dubbed as Vale FC. This was also dubbed as a white Tomislav Grgic stepped up to the plate other hand played a much better all round the white wash of the card but it wasn’t wash but it was far from it. Essendon rat- and unleashed a half court thumper into game sharing the goals around with vi- to be. North Melbourne was without tled the champions and scored goal after the top corner sending Victoria Street tal strikes from Jusuf Avdic & Husmir regulars Fernando De Moraes, Jon Bar- goal. They were 6-1 up at half time and into a frenzy & Pascoe Vale into the next Ikanovic sealing the deal. rientos & Mirza Pedic. Ashburton didn’t looked to be in cruise control. Superstar round. Metro hit the front with a two goal buffer have a full squad either with Dixon ill & signing from Albert Park FC Ignat FIli- late in the second half banished Fitzroy Da Silva unavailable, they did welcome povic seemed to answer all the problems and ensured Metropolitan march into in Serar Issa who did a stellar job scor- Essendon had during the regular season PHOTOS BY MATT MONTGOMERY the semi fi nal against North Melbourne, A. Stevanovic (FCE) Top Scorer & ing a goal and working tirelessly for his that saw them fi nish 8th. He was here, a side they fancy there chances against. T.Grgic (PVFC) B&F 2009-10 Futsal Oz Social Leagues Teams and Individual Enquiries Welcome

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He took on that role pointment of former South African after they narrowly avoided relegation Premier Division professional Dale but under his guidance the side won pro- Harris. motion two years running without losing The ex-Platinum Stars striker only ar- a game and in its fi rst season in profes- rived in Geelong late last year with wife sional ranks it lost just three matches Giselle, step-daughter Stephani and son eventually fi nishing in third place. Tristan after Giselle Harris secured em- “A few of the girls got recognised at na- ployment as a radiographer. tional team level which was great,” said Provisional One North-West outfi t Harris. Corio thought that it had secured Har- By now Harris also was gaining recog- ris’s signature as coach before the Red nition as a coach and one day an agent Devils stepped in and under the persua- phoned to ask if he would be interested sive infl uence of chairman Andrew Bur- in being involved in a movie called gess the 31-year-old decided to head a ‘Finding Lenny’. few divisions higher. Described by the PR company as “a Harris was a prolifi c scorer in his native revealing comedy with balls” the soccer- country and his playing career was high- based fi lm was released last year and if lighted by a 101-goal haul in 93 games you grab a DVD you’ll see Harris play- for Young Brazilians, the semi-pro outfi t ing the part of the referee. that Platinum Stars bought him from. “That was a funny story actually. The But his playing days at elite club level director started off with a proper profes- ended in bizarre circumstances during sional referee, an Angolan guy, but he his time with the Phokeng-based Stars kept smiling at the camera so he ended when he was waiting to board a fl ight for up getting sacked.” a game in Durban as a 23-year-old. Not only did Harris fulfi l that role he A forklift ran over his leg and after re- also arranged much of the football cho- Ballarat Red Devils’ new head coach, Dale Harris. covering from what was a serious injury reography in the fi lm and was its offi cial PHOTO: ZHENSHI VAN DER KLOOSTER, THE COURIER. by his own admission he “was never the technical adviser. same player again”. players for the Red Devils (see story be- used in central defence. fi elder to a left wing-back. low). He was joined recently by 21-year-old However, the demanding Harris is Once Harris agreed to terms with Bal- countryman Leigh Sissons, a left-sided less pleased with a prevalent attitude at A forklift ran over his leg and after recovering from what larat he wasted no time in reviewing then midfi elder who came through Arsenal’s the club and he has confronted the issue revamping what he identifi ed as a play- youth academy. throughout the pre-season. was a serious injury by his own admission he “was never ing style that didn’t suit his squad. It’s expected that at least four or fi ve “Everyone talks about Melbourne this “I arranged trials from our under-16s of the youngsters promoted by Harris and Melbourne that as if we’re the poor the same player again”. up and I got tapes from last season and will fi gure prominently throughout the cousins of the league,” he said. watched them closely,” he said. season, among them Daniel Tinker and “I hate that. I can tell you now that I “Last season we played a long-ball 16-year-old Tanzanian right wing-back am an extremely competitive person and style of game but this season we have Charlie King. I have never played for or coached a club promoted a lot of younger players and King’s 18-year-old brother, David, a that has fi nished outside the top three.” During his year-long rehabilitation Harris is a close friend of former South we have changed to a shorter-passing central defender, also has been brought And if that doesn’t throw down the he became involved in coaching at the African international striker Phil Mas- style that involves the wing backs and into the senior squad as has another gauntlet to every other club in the league club’s academy. But when he was fi t to inga, the ex-Leeds United and Bari star. much more movement. 18-year-old, Kyran Taylor, a left-sided then goodness knows what will. play again the club refused to release Masinga and fellow South African inter- “I like to think we combine an African player whom Harris describes as quick We’ll be watching Ballarat’s season him and to make matters worse placed a national Mark Fish feature in the fi lm. style with Australian muscle.” and skilful. unfold with particular interest this time prohibitive transfer fee on his head. So Harris clearly has plenty of contacts English import Michael Leslie, ex- Harris is also pleased with the develop- around. “It was a no-win situation for me,” said in that part of the world as evidenced by Notts County, has returned for a second ment of 17-year-old Will Georgiou who Harris. But his situation changed dra- the pending arrival of two South African spell as a visa player and will again be has been converted from a central mid- Red Devils sign South African duo By Craig MacKenzie lia late last year. few years as a power in Victorian foot- Harris also has clinched the signature ball will be enhanced should both im- BALLARAT Red Devils will create of 19-year-old central midfi elder Fulvio ports prove their worth in what is one of their own piece of Victorian foot- Perreira from Luso Africa’s sporting the most impressive growth areas for the ball history on Friday when the academy. Perreira will arrive the follow- sport in Victoria. first of two South African imports ing week. Early last month Ballarat mayor Coun- arrives to bolster the State Two But Harris will shun the temptation of cillor Judy Verlin offi cially announced North-West outfit. rushing both youngsters into his starting the city’s bid to become a FIFA World In what is a fi rst for the Haymes-spon- line-up. Cup training facility should Australia’s sored outfi t, the progressive club will “Kameholo is a really good young boy. bid to host the 2018 or 2022 fi nals be welcome Kameholo Maolosi, a 21-year- He’s strong, quick, good in the air, but successful. bers’ standing area, changing facilities ing juniors, Daniel Tinker and Charlie old striker from Premier Division club he still has to prove his worth when he Councillor Verlin signed the FIFA for four teams, a commercial kitchen, King, gained selection in early March Platinum Stars. comes here,” said Harris. World Cup Training Site Agreement two synthetic pitches and two turf pitch- in a Nike-sponsored development squad Maolosi has been playing in the Stars “Fulvio is very creative. I see him as at Morshead Park, the proposed site of es. organised through Football Federation reserves for the past few years but has our version of Deco and that’s the role an $8.6 million regional soccer facility Work already has commenced on the Victoria. averaged 24 goals a season and his sig- he can slot into in our team. He’s been a currently in the initial stages of develop- fi rst synthetic pitch which has been fund- FFV nominated the youngsters after nature was clinched by new Red Devils semi-pro and played senior football for a ment. ed by the State Government to the tune their performances for Wimmera South coach Dale Harris, a former Platinum few seasons now.” The fi nal design for the facility will of $1 million. in the 2009/10 Victorian Champions Stars striker who only arrived in Austra- Ballarat’s re-emergence over the past include a 300-seater grandstand, a mem- Two of the Red Devils’ most promis- League under-18s competition.

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Round 1 Round 8 Round 12 Round 16 Fri 9 Apr KO 8:30pm St Albans Saints v Nth Geelong Sat 29 May KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Malvern City Fri 2 Jul KO 8:30pm Nth Geelong v St Albans Saints Sat 31 Jul KO 3pm Clifton Hill v St Albans Saints Knights Stadium Kevin Bartlett Reserve Elcho Park Kevin Bartlett Reserve Sat 10 Apr KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Fawkner Blues Sat 29 May KO 3pm Langwarrin v Bulleen Lions Sat 3 Jul KO 3pm Malvern City v Springvale WE Sat 31 Jul KO 3pm Langwarrin v Pascoe Vale Kevin Bartlett Reserve Lawton Park Reserve Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Lawton Park Reserve Sat 10 Apr KO 3pm Langwarrin v Western Suburbs Sat 29 May KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Springvale WE Sun 4 Jul KO 3pm Whittlesea Zebras v Bulleen Lions Sun 1 Aug KO 3pm Whittlesea Zebras v Nth Geelong Lawton Park Reserve Hosken Reserve Epping Soccer Stadium Epping Soccer Stadium Sat 10 Apr KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Preston Lions Sun 30 May KO 3pm Whittlesea Zebras v St Albans Sun 4 Jul KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v Clifton Hill Sun 1 Aug KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v Springvale WE Hosken Reserve Epping Soccer Stadium CB Smith Reserve CB Smith Reserve Sun 12 Apr KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v W’sea Zebras Sun 30 May KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v Nth Geelong Sun 4 Jul KO 3pm Preston Lions v Pascoe Vale Sun 1 Aug KO 3pm Preston Lions v Malvern City Veneto Social Club CB Smith Reserve BT Connor Reserve BT Connor Reserve Sun 12 Apr KO 8:30pm Springvale WE v Malvern City Sun 30 May KO 3pm W Suburbs v Preston Lions Sun 4 Jul KO 3pm Western Suburbs v Langwarrin Sun 1 Aug KO 3pm Western Suburbs v Bulleen Lions White Eagles Stadium Ralph Reserve Ralph Reserve Ralph Reserve

Round 2 Round 9 Round 13 Call To Arms Round Round 17 Sat 17 Apr KO 3pm Nth Geelong v Springvale WE Fri 4 Jun KO 8:30pm Nth Geelong v Clifton Hill Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Whittlesea Zebras Fri 6 Aug KO 8:30pm Nth Geelong v Preston Lions Elcho Park Elcho Park Kevin Bartlett Reserve Elcho Park Sat 17 Apr KO 3pm Malvern City v Bulleen Lions Sat 5 Jun KO 3pm Malvern City v Langwarrin Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Langwarrin v Fawkner Blues Sat 7 Aug KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Whittlesea Zebras Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Lawton Park Reserve Hosken Reserve Sun 18 Apr KO 3pm Whittlesea Zebras v Clifton Hill Sun 6 Jun KO 3pm Preston Lions v Fawkner Blues Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Western Suburbs Sat 7 Aug KO 3pm Malvern City v Western Suburbs Epping Soccer Stadium BT Connor Reserve Hosken Reserve Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Sun 18 Apr KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v Langwarrin Sun 6 Jun KO 3pm Springvale WE v St Albans Saints Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Springvale WE v Nth Geelong Sun 8 Aug KO 3pm St Albans Saints v Langwarrin CB Smith Reserve White Eagles Stadium White Eagles Stadium Churchill Reserve Sun 18 Apr KO 3pm Preston Lions v St Albans Sun 6 Jun KO 3pm Western Suburbs v W’sea Zebras Sun 11 Jul KO 3pm St Albans Saints v Preston Lions Mon 9 Aug KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v Fawkner BT Connor Reserve Ralph Reserve Churchill Reserve Veneto Social Club Sun 18 Apr KO 3pm Western Suburbs v Pascoe Vale Mon 7 Jun KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v Pascoe Vale Mon 12 Jul KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v Malvern City Mon 9 Aug KO 8:30pm Springvale WE v Clifton Hill Ralph Reserve Veneto Social Club Veneto Social Club White Eagles Stadium

Round 3 Round 10 Round 14 Round 18 Sat 24 Apr KO 3pm Langwarrin v Clifton Hill Sat 19 Jun KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Preston Lions Fri 16 Jul KO 8:30pm Nth Geelong v Bulleen Lions Sat 14 Aug KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Bulleen Lions Lawton Park Reserve Kevin Bartlett Reserve Elcho Park Kevin Bartlett Reserve Sat 24 Apr KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Fawkner Blues Sat 19 Jun KO 3pm Langwarrin v Nth Geelong Sat 17 Jul KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Langwarrin Sat 14 Aug KO 3pm Langwarrin v Springvale WE Hosken Reserve Lawton Park Reserve Kevin Bartlett Reserve Lawton Park Reserve Sat 24 Apr KO 3pm Malvern City v Whittlesea Zebras Sat 19 Jun KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Malvern City Sun 18 Jul KO 3pm Whittlesea Zebras v Malvern City Sat 14 Aug KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v St Albans Saints Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Hosken Reserve Epping Soccer Stadium Hosken Reserve Sun 25 Apr KO 3pm St Albans v Western Suburbs Sun 20 Jun KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v W Suburbs Sun 18 Jul KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v Pascoe Vale Sun 15 Aug KO 3pm W’sea Zebras v Preston Lions Churchill Reserve CB Smith Reserve CB Smith Reserve Epping Soccer Stadium Mon 26 Apr KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v Nth Geelong Sun 20 Jun KO 3pm St Albans v Bulleen Lions Sun 18 Jul KO 3pm Preston Lions v Springvale WE Sun 15 Aug KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v Malvern City Veneto Social Club Churchill Reserve BT Connor Reserve CB Smith Reserve Mon 26 Apr KO 8:30pm Springvale WE v Preston Mon 21 Jun KO 8:30pm Springvale WE v W Zebras Sun 18 Jul KO 3pm Western Suburbs v St Albans Sun 15 Aug KO 3pm Western Suburbs v Nth Geelong White Eagles Stadium White Eagles Stadium Ralph Reserve Ralph Reserve

Round 4 Round 11 Round 15 Round 19 Fri 30 Apr KO 8:30pm Nth Geelong v Malvern City Fri 25 Jun KO 8:30pm Nth Geelong v Pascoe Vale Sat 24 Jul KO 3pm Langwarrin v Whittlesea Zebras Fri 20 Aug KO 8:30pm Nth Geelong v Fawkner Blues Elcho Park Elcho Park Lawton Park Reserve Elcho Park Sat 1 May KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Pascoe Vale Sat 26 Jun KO 3pm Malvern City v St Albans Saints Sat 24 Jul KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Clifton Hill Sat 21 Aug KO 3pm Malvern City v Clifton Hill Kevin Bartlett Reserve Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Hosken Reserve Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Sun 2 May KO 3pm Whittlesea Zebras v Langwarrin Sun 27 Jun KO 3pm Whittlesea Zebras v Fawkner Sat 24 Jul KO 3pm Malvern City v Nth Geelong Sun 22 Aug KO 3pm Preston Lions v W Suburbs Epping Soccer Stadium Epping Soccer Stadium Kingston Heath Soccer Complex BT Connor Reserve Sun 2 May KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v St Albans Sun 27 Jun KO 3pm Preston Lions v Langwarrin Sun 25 Jul KO 3pm St Albans Saints v Fawkner Sun 22 Aug KO 3pm St Albans v Whittlesea Zebras CB Smith Reserve BT Connor Reserve Churchill Reserve Churchill Reserve Sun 2 May KO 3pm Preston Lions v Bulleen Lions Sun 27 Jun KO 3pm Western Suburbs v Clifton Hill Mon 26 Jul KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v Preston Sun 23 Aug KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v Langwarrin BT Connor Reserve Ralph Reserve Veneto Social Club Veneto Social Club Sun 2 May KO 3pm Western Suburb v Springvale WE Mon 28 Jun KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v S’vale WE Mon 26 Jul KO 8:30pm Springvale WE v W Suburbs Sun 23 Aug KO 8:30pm Springvale WE v Pascoe Vale Ralph Reserve Veneto Social Club White Eagles Stadium White Eagles Stadium

Round 5 Round 20 Fri 7 May KO 8:30pm Nth Geelong v W’sea Zebras Sat 28 Aug KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Nth Geelong Elcho Park Kevin Bartlett Reserve Sat 8 May KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Langwarrin Sat 28 Aug KO 3pm Langwarrin v Malvern City Hosken Reserve Lawton Park Reserve Sat 8 May KO 3pm Malvern City v Preston Lions Sat 28 Aug KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Bulleen Lions John Cain Memorial Park Hosken Reserve Sun 9 May KO 3pm St Albans Saints v Clifton Hill Sun 29 Aug KO 3pm W’sea Zebras v W Suburbs Churchill Reserve Emerald Secondary College Mon 10 May KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v W Suburbs Sun 29 Aug KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v Preston Lions Veneto Social Club CB Smith Reserve Mon 10 May KO 8:30pm Springvale WE v Fawkner Sun 29 Aug KO 3pm St Albans v Springvale WE White Eagles Stadium Churchill Reserve

Round 6 Round 21 Sat 15 May KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Springvale WE Sat 4 Sep KO 3pm Nth Geelong v Langwarrin Kevin Bartlett Reserve Elcho Park Sat 15 May KO 3pm Langwarrin v St Albans Saints Sun 5 Sep KO 3pm W’sea Zebras v Springvale WE Lawton Park Reserve Epping Soccer Stadium Sun 16 May KO 3pm Whittlesea Zebras v Pascoe Vale Sun 5 Sep KO 3pm Preston Lions v Clifton Hill Epping Soccer Stadium BT Connor Reserve Sun 16 May KO 3pm Fawkner Blues v Bulleen Lions Sun 5 Sep KO 3pm Malvern City v Pascoe Vale CB Smith Reserve John Cain Memorial Park Sun 16 May KO 3pm Preston Lions v Nth Geelong Sun 5 Sep KO 3pm Western Suburbs v Fawkner BT Connor Reserve Ralph Reserve Sun 16 May KO 3pm Western Suburbs v Malvern City Mon 6 Sep KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v St Albans Ralph Reserve Veneto Social Club

Round 7 St Albans Saints would have romped away with the Division One title if it wasn’t for a nine Round 22 Fri 21 May KO 8:30pm Nth Geelong v W Suburbs point deduction. With only three points deducted this time around, no doubt ‘Dinamo” will Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Fawkner v Whittlesea Zebras Elcho Park CB Smith Reserve Sat 22 May KO 3pm Malvern City v Fawkner Blues be hot promotion favourites in 2010. PHOTO: STEVE STAREK Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Clifton Hill v Western Suburbs Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Kevin Bartlett Reserve Sun 23 May KO 3pm Preston Lions v W’sea Zebras Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Langwarrin v Preston Lions BT Connor Reserve Lawton Park Reserve Sun 23 May KO 3pm St Albans Saints v Pascoe Vale PREVIOUS STATE LEAGUE DIV ONE CHAMPIONS Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Pascoe Vale v Nth Geelong Churchill Reserve Hosken Reserve Mon 24 May KO 8:30pm Bulleen Lions v Clifton Hill 2009 Northcote City 2004 Heidelberg United Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Springvale WE v Bulleen Lions Veneto Social Club 2008 Sunshine Georgies 2003 Oakleigh Cannons White Eagles Stadium Mon 24 May KO 8:30pm Springvale WE v Langwarrin Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm St Albans Saints v Malvern City White Eagles Stadium 2007 Frankston Pines 2002 Frankston Pines Churchill Reserve 2006 Western Suburbs 2001 Whittlesea Stallions 2005 Kingston City 2000 South Dandenong

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Round 1 Round 8 Round 12 Round 16 Sat 10 Apr KO 3pm Casey Comets v Frankston Pines Fri 28 May KO 8.30pm Don Rovers v Sthn Stars Fri 2 Jul KO 8.30pm Don Rovers v Diamond V Utd Fri 30 Jul KO 8.30pm Don Rovers v Heatherton Utd Comets Stadium Anderson Park Anderson Park Anderson Park Sat 10 Apr KO 3pm Morwell Pegasus v Eastern Lions Sat 29 May KO 3pm Casey Comets v Berwick City Sat 3 Jul KO 3pm Berwick City v Knox City Sat 31 Jul KO 3pm Casey Comets v Eastern Lions Ronald Reserve Comets Stadium Jack Thomas Reserve Comets Stadium Sat 10 Apr KO 3pm Diamond V Utd v D’ster Rovers Sat 29 May KO 3pm Diamond V Utd v D’nong City Sat 3 Jul KO 3pm Dandenong City v Heatherton Utd Sat 31 Jul KO 3pm Berwick City v Dandenong City Partington Flats Partington Flats Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Jack Thomas Reserve Sat 10 Apr KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v D’nong City Sat 29 May KO 3pm Knox City v Heatherton Utd Sat 3 Jul KO 3pm Southern Stars v Sthn Suburbs Sat 31 Jul KO 3pm Diamond V Utd v Sthn Suburbs Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Egan Lee Reserve Ross Reserve Partington Flats Sat 10 Apr KO 3pm Knox City v Berwick City Sat 29 May KO 3pm Morwell Peg v Sthn Suburbs Sat 3 Jul KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Morwell Pegasus Sat 31 Jul KO 3pm Morwell Pegasus v Sthn Stars Egan Lee Reserve Ronald Reserve Gardiners Creek Reserve Ronald Reserve Sat 10 Apr KO 3pm Sthn Suburbs v Sthn Stars Sat 29 May KO 7pm Frankston Pines v Eastern Lions Sat 3 Jul KO 7pm Frankston Pines v Casey Comets Sat 31 Jul KO 7pm Frankston Pines v Knox City Keeley Park Monterey Reserve Comets Stadium Monterey Reserve

Round 2 Round 9 Round 13 Call To Arms Round Round 17 Fri 16 Apr KO 8.30pm Don Rovers v Frankston Pines Sat 5 Jun KO 3pm Casey Comets v Morwell Pegasus Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Dandenong City Sat 7 Aug KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Doncaster Rovers Anderson Park Comets Stadium Gardiners Creek Reserve Gardiners Creek Reserve Sat 17 Apr KO 3pm Casey Comets v Knox City Sat 5 Jun KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Knox City Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Diamond V Utd v Morwell Peg Sat 7 Aug KO 3pm Dandenong City v Casey Comets Comets Stadium Gardiners Creek Reserve Partington Flats Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Sat 17 Apr KO 3pm Berwick City v Southern Suburbs Sat 5 Jun KO 3pm Berwick City v Doncaster Rovers Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Southern Stars v Heatherton Utd Sat 7 Aug KO 3pm Southern Stars v Berwick City Jack Thomas Reserve Jack Thomas Reserve Ross Reserve Ross Reserve Sat 17 Apr KO 3pm Dandenong City v Eastern Lions Sat 5 Jun KO 3pm D’nong City v Frankston Pines Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Knox City v Casey Comets Sat 7 Aug KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v Diamond V Utd Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Egan Lee Reserve Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Sat 17 Apr KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v Southern Stars Sat 5 Jun KO 3pm Southern Stars v Diamond V Utd Sat 10 Jul KO 3pm Southern Suburbs v Berwick City Sat 7 Aug KO 3pm Knox City v Morwell Pegasus Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Ross Reserve Keeley Park Egan Lee Reserve Sat 17 Apr KO 3pm Morwell Peg v Diamond V Utd Sat 5 Jun KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v Sthn Suburbs Sat 10 Jul KO 7pm Frankston Pines v Don Rovers Sat 7 Aug KO 3pm Sthn Suburbs v Frankston Pines Ronald Reserve Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Monterey Reserve Keeley Park

Round 3 Round 10 Round 14 Round 18 Sat 24 Apr KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Southern Stars Fri 18 Jun KO 8.30pm Don Rovers v Casey Comets Fri 16 Jul KO 8.30pm Doncaster Rovers v Knox City Fri 13 Aug KO 8.30pm Don Rovers v Dandenong City Gardiners Creek Reserve Anderson Park Anderson Park Anderson Park Sat 24 Apr KO 3pm D’nong City v Morwell Pegasus Sat 19 Jun KO 3pm Diamond V Utd v Berwick City Sat 17 Jul KO 3pm Casey Comets v Sthn Suburbs Sat 14 Aug KO 3pm F’ston Pines v Heatherton Utd Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Partington Flats Comets Stadium Monterey Reserve Sat 24 Apr KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v Berwick City Sat 19 Jun KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v Morwell Peg Sat 17 Jul KO 3pm Berwick City v Heatherton Utd Sat 14 Aug KO 3pm Casey Comets v Southern Stars Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Jack Thomas Reserve Comets Stadium Sat 24 Apr KO 3pm Knox City v Doncaster Rovers Sat 19 Jun KO 3pm Knox City v Dandenong City Sat 17 Jul KO 3pm Diamond V Utd v Frankston Pines Sat 14 Aug KO 3pm Diamond V Utd v Eastern Lions Egan Lee Reserve Egan Lee Reserve Partington Flats Partington Flats Sat 24 Apr KO 3pm Sthn Suburbs v Casey Comets Sat 19 Jun KO 3pm Sthn Suburbs v Eastern Lions Sat 17 Jul KO 3pm Southern Stars v Eastern Lions Sat 14 Aug KO 3pm Knox City v Southern Suburbs Keeley Park Keeley Park Ross Reserve Egan Lee Reserve Sat 24 Apr KO 7pm F’ston Pines v Diamond V Utd Sat 19 Jun KO 7pm Frankston Pines v Sthn Stars Sat 17 Jul KO 3pm Morwell Peg v Dandenong City Sat 14 Aug KO 3pm Morwell Pegasus v Berwick City Monterey Reserve Monterey Reserve Ronald Reserve Ronald Reserve

Round 4 Round 11 Round 15 Round 19 Fri 30 Apr KO 8.30pm D’ster Rovers v Sthn Suburbs Sat 26 Jun KO 3pm Casey Comets v Diamond V Utd Sat 24 Jul KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Berwick City Sat 21 Aug KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Frankston Pines Anderson Park Comets Stadium Gardiners Creek Reserve Gardiners Creek Reserve Sat 1 May KO 3pm Casey Comets v Heatherton Utd Sat 26 Jun KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Heatherton Utd Sat 24 Jul KO 3pm Dandenong City v Southern Stars Sat 21 Aug KO 3pm Berwick City v Casey Comets Comets Stadium Gardiners Creek Reserve Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Jack Thomas Reserve Sat 1 May KO 3pm Berwick City v Eastern Lions Sat 26 Jun KO 3pm Berwick City v Frankston Pines Sat 24 Jul KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v Casey Comets Sat 21 Aug KO 3pm D’nong City v Diamond V Utd Jack Thomas Reserve Jack Thomas Reserve Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Sat 1 May KO 3pm Diamond Valley Utd v Knox City Sat 26 Jun KO 3pm Dandenong City v Sthn Suburbs Sat 24 Jul KO 3pm Knox City v Diamond Valley Utd Sat 21 Aug KO 3pm Sthn Stars v Doncaster Rovers Partington Flats Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Egan Lee Reserve Ross Reserve Sat 1 May KO 3pm Southern Stars v Dandenong City Sat 26 Jun KO 3pm Southern Stars v Knox City Sat 24 Jul KO 3pm Sthn Suburbs v D’ster Rovers Sat 21 Aug KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v Knox City Ross Reserve Ross Reserve Keeley Park Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Sat 1 May KO 3pm Morwell Peg v Frankston Pines Sat 26 Jun KO 3pm Morwell Peg v Doncaster Rovers Sat 24 Jul KO 7pm Frankston Pines v Morwell Peg Sat 21 Aug KO 3pm Sthn Suburbs v Morwell Peg Ronald Reserve Ronald Reserve Monterey Reserve Keeley Park

Round 5 Round 20 Sat 8 May KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Casey Comets Fri 27 Aug KO 8.30pm Don Rovers v Berwick City Gardiners Creek Reserve Anderson Park Sat 8 May KO 3pm Dandenong City v Berwick City Sat 28 Aug KO 3pm Frankston Pines v D’nong City Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Monterey Reserve Sat 8 May KO 3pm Sthn Stars v Morwell Pegasus Sat 28 Aug KO 3pm Diamond Valley Utd v Sthn Stars Ross Reserve Partington Flats Sat 8 May KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v D’ster Rovers Sat 28 Aug KO 3pm Knox City v Eastern Lions Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Egan Lee Reserve Sat 8 May KO 3pm Knox City v Frankston Pines Sat 28 Aug KO 3pm Morwell Peg v Casey Comets Egan Lee Reserve Ronald Reserve Sat 8 May KO 3pm Sthn Suburbs v Diamond V Utd Sat 28 Aug KO 3pm Sthn Suburbs v Heatherton Utd Keeley Park Keeley Park

Round 6 Round 21 Fri 14 May KO 8.30pm D’ster Rovers v Eastern Lions Sat 4 Sep KO 3pm Casey Comets v Don Rovers Anderson Park Comets Stadium Sat 15 May KO 3pm Casey Comets v D’nong City Sat 4 Sep KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Sthn Suburbs Comets Stadium Gardiners Creek Reserve Sat 15 May KO 3pm Berwick City v Southern Stars Sat 4 Sep KO 3pm Berwick City v Diamond V Utd Jack Thomas Reserve Jack Thomas Reserve Sat 15 May KO 3pm Diamond V Utd v Heatherton Utd Sat 4 Sep KO 3pm Dandenong City v Knox City Partington Flats Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Sat 15 May KO 3pm Morwell Pegasus v Knox City Sat 4 Sep KO 3pm Southern Stars v Frankston Pines Ronald Reserve Joe Carroll hopes to guide Berwick City to successive titles in 2010. Ross Reserve Sat 15 May KO 7pm Frankston Pines v Sthn Suburbs Back Row: Wolf Holzoder - Bar Manager, Dave Mackie - President, Colin Duffy - Reserves Team Manager, Sat 4 Sep KO 3pm Morwell Peg v Heatherton Utd Monterey Reserve Johnathon Ash, Ramiz Pasic, Adam Ewin, Les Milne - Senior Vice President / Seniors Team Manager, Brian Ronald Reserve Round 7 Haughney - Committee, Bryce Willoughby - Team Physio Round 22 Sat 22 May KO 3pm Eastern Lions v Diamond V Utd Third Row: Andrew Savige - Junior Vice President, Craig Johnson, Marc Davidson, Dave Mackie, Craig Hunter, Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Frankston Pines v Berwick City Gardiners Creek Reserve Monterey Reserve Sat 22 May KO 3pm Berwick City v Morwell Pegasus Stewart Mackie - Seniors Captain, Steve Vernon, Michael Franco, Gary Davidson, Sulaiman Azami, Jim Divers Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Diamond V Utd v Casey Comets Jack Thomas Reserve - Life Member, Sean Har eld - Reserves Assistant Coach Partington Flats Sat 22 May KO 3pm D’nong City v Doncaster Rovers Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Don Rovers v Morwell Pegasus Frank Holohan Soccer Reserve Second Row: Alex Stephens, Daniel Sgarioto, Joshua Stephens, Steve Marley - Seniors Assistant Coach, Joe Anderson Park Sat 22 May KO 3pm Southern Stars v Casey Comets Carroll - Seniors Coach, Paul Eaton - Reserves Coach, Jamie Lasanc, Nick Lasanc, Daniel Walsh Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v Eastern Lions Ross Reserve Front Row: Orlando Mejias, Grant Lane, Illya Grin, Jake Biondo, James Ashby, Rory Todd, Daniel Horvatinovic Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Sat 22 May KO 3pm Heatherton Utd v F’ston Pines Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Knox City v Southern Stars Bosnia & Herzegovina Centre Egan Lee Reserve Sat 22 May KO 3pm Southern Suburbs v Knox City PREVIOUS STATE LEAGUE DIV TWO SE CHAMPIONS Sat 11 Sep KO 3pm Sthn Suburbs v Dandenong City Keeley Park 2009 Malvern City 2004 Langwarrin Keeley Park 2008 Northcote City 2003 Richmond Eagles 2007 FC Clifton Hill 2002 Kingston City 2006 Cranbourne Comets 2001 Knox City 2005 Springvale White Eagles 2000 Frankston Strikers

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Round 1 Round 8 Round 12 Round 16 Fri 9 Apr 8.30pm W’sea Ranges v Geelong Rangers Fri 28 May 8.30pm Port Melbourne v Altona City Sat 3 Jul 3pm Altona City v Williamstown Fri 30 Jul 8.30pm Port Melb v Whittlesea Ranges Epping Soccer Stadium SS Anderson Reserve HC Kim Reserve SS Anderson Reserve Fri 9 Apr 8.30pm Port Melbourne v Sydenham Park Sat 29 May 3pm Altona E Phoenix v W’sea Ranges Sat 3 Jul 3pm Altona East Phoenix v Werribee City Sat 31 Jul 3pm Altona E Phoenix v Geelong Rangers SS Anderson Reserve Paisley Park Soccer Complex Paisley Park Soccer Complex Paisley Park Soccer Complex Sat 10 Apr 3pm Ballarat Red Devils v Moreland City Sat 29 May 3pm Ballarat Red Devils v Werribee City Sat 3 Jul 3pm Banyule City v Brunswick City Sat 31 Jul 3pm Ballarat Red Devils v Brunswick City Trekardo Park Trekardo Park Yallambie Park Reserve Trekardo Park Sat 10 Apr 3pm Brunswick City v Banyule City Sat 29 May 3pm Brunswick City v Williamstown Sat 3 Jul 3pm Geelong Rangers v Whittlesea Ranges Sat 31 Jul 3pm Banyule City v Altona City Dunstan Reserve Dunstan Reserve Myers Reserve Yallambie Park Reserve Sat 10 Apr 3pm Werribee City v Altona East Phoenix Sat 29 May 3pm Moreland City v Banyule City Sat 3 Jul 3pm Moreland City v Ballarat Red Devils Sat 31 Jul 3pm Moreland City v Werribee City Galvin Park Reserve Campbell Reserve Campbell Reserve Campbell Reserve Sat 10 Apr 3pm Williamstown v Altona City Sat 29 May 3pm Sydenham Park v Geelong Rangers Sat 3 Jul 3pm Sydenham Park v Port Melbourne Sat 31 Jul 3pm Sydenham Park v Williamstown JT Gray Reserve Keilor Lodge Reserve Keilor Lodge Reserve Keilor Lodge Reserve

Round 2 Round 9 Round 13 Call To Arms Round Round 17 Sat 17 Apr 3pm Altona City v Werribee City Sat 5 Jun 3pm Altona City v Ballarat Red Devils Fri 9 Jul 8.30pm Whittlesea Ranges v Banyule City Fri 6 Aug 8.30pm W’sea Ranges v Ballarat Red Devils HC Kim Reserve HC Kim Reserve Epping Soccer Stadium Epping Soccer Stadium Sat 17 Apr 3pm Altona East Phoenix v Port Melb Sat 5 Jun 3pm Banyule City v Sydenham Park Fri 9 Jul 8.30pm Port Melb v Altona East Phoenix Sat 7 Aug 3pm Altona City v Moreland City Paisley Park Soccer Complex Yallambie Park Reserve SS Anderson Reserve HC Kim Reserve Sat 17 Apr 3pm Banyule City v Whittlesea Ranges Sat 5 Jun 3pm Geelong Rangers v Port Melbourne Sat 10 Jul 3pm Ballarat Red Devils v Sydenham Park Sat 7 Aug 3pm Brunswick City v Altona East Phoenix Yallambie Park Reserve Myers Reserve Trekardo Park Dunstan Reserve Sat 17 Apr 3pm Geelong Rangers v Williamstown Sat 5 Jun 3pm Moreland City v Altona East Phoenix Sat 10 Jul 3pm Brunswick City v Moreland City Sat 7 Aug 3pm Geelong Rangers v Banyule City Myers Reserve Campbell Reserve Dunstan Reserve Myers Reserve Sat 17 Apr 3pm Moreland City v Brunswick City Sat 5 Jun 3pm Werribee City v Brunswick City Sat 10 Jul 3pm Werribee City v Altona City Sat 7 Aug 3pm Werribee City v Sydenham Park Campbell Reserve Galvin Park Reserve Galvin Park Reserve Galvin Park Reserve Sat 17 Apr 3pm Sydenham Park v Ballarat Red Devils Sat 5 Jun 3pm Williamstown v Whittlesea Ranges Sat 10 Jul 3pm Williamstown v Geelong Rangers Sat 7 Aug 3pm Williamstown v Port Melbourne Keilor Lodge Reserve JT Gray Reserve JT Gray Reserve JT Gray Reserve

Round 3 Round 10 Round 14 Round 18 Fri 23 Apr 8.30pm Whittlesea Ranges v Moreland City Fri 18 Jun 8.30pm Whittlesea Ranges v Werribee City Fri 16 Jul 8.30pm Port Melb v Ballarat Red Devils Fri 13 Aug 8.30pm Port Melbourne v Werribee City Epping Soccer Stadium Epping Soccer Stadium SS Anderson Reserve SS Anderson Reserve Sat 24 Apr 3pm Altona City v Altona East Phoenix Fri 18 Jun 8.30pm Port Melbourne v Banyule City Sat 17 Jul 3pm Altona East Phoenix v Altona City Sat 14 Aug 3pm Altona East Phoenix v Banyule City HC Kim Reserve SS Anderson Reserve Paisley Park Soccer Complex Paisley Park Soccer Complex Sat 24 Apr 3pm Ballarat Red Devils v Port Melbourne Sat 19 Jun 3pm B’rat Red Devils v Geelong Rangers Sat 17 Jul 3pm Banyule City v Williamstown Sat 14 Aug 3pm Ballarat Red Devils v Williamstown Trekardo Park Trekardo Park Yallambie Park Reserve Trekardo Park Sat 24 Apr 3pm Brunswick City v Sydenham Park Sat 19 Jun 3pm Brunswick City v Altona City Sat 17 Jul 3pm Geelong Rangers v Werribee City Sat 14 Aug 3pm Brunswick City v Whittlesea Ranges Dunstan Reserve Dunstan Reserve Myers Reserve Dunstan Reserve Sat 24 Apr 3pm Werribee City v Geelong Rangers Sat 19 Jun 3pm Sydenham Park v Moreland City Sat 17 Jul 3pm Moreland City v Whittlesea Ranges Sat 14 Aug 3pm Moreland City v Geelong Rangers Galvin Park Reserve Keilor Lodge Reserve Campbell Reserve Campbell Reserve Sat 24 Apr 3pm Williamstown v Banyule City Sat 19 Jun 3pm Williamstown v Altona East Phoenix Sat 17 Jul 3pm Sydenham Park v Brunswick City Sat 14 Aug 3pm Sydenham Park v Altona City Keilor JT Gray Reserve JT Gray Reserve Keilor Lodge Reserve Lodge Reserve

Round 4 Round 11 Round 15 Round 19 30 Apr 8.30pm Port Melbourne v Brunswick City Sat 26 Jun 3pm Altona City v Whittlesea Ranges Fri 23 Jul 8.30pm W’sea Ranges v Sydenham Park Fri 20 Aug 8.30pm W’sea Ranges v Altona E Phoenix SS Anderson Reserve HC Kim Reserve Epping Soccer Stadium Epping Soccer Stadium Sat 1 May 3pm Altona E Phoenix v Ball Red Devils Sat 26 Jun 3pm Altona E Phoenix v Sydenham Park Sat 24 Jul 3pm Altona City v Geelong Rangers Sat 21 Aug 3pm Altona City v Port Melbourne Paisley Park Soccer Complex Paisley Park Soccer Complex HC Kim Reserve HC Kim Reserve Sat 1 May 3pm Banyule City v Werribee City Sat 26 Jun 3pm Banyule City v Ballarat Red Devils Sat 24 Jul 3pm B’rat Red Devils v Altona E Phoenix Sat 21 Aug 3pm Banyule City v Moreland City Yallambie Park Reserve Yallambie Park Reserve Trekardo Park Yallambie Park Reserve Sat 1 May 3pm Geelong Rangers v Altona City Sat 26 Jun 3pm Geelong Rangers v Brunswick City Sat 24 Jul 3pm Brunswick City v Port Melbourne Sat 21 Aug 3pm Geelong Rangers v Sydenham Park Myers Reserve Myers Reserve Dunstan Reserve Myers Reserve Sat 1 May 3pm Moreland City v Williamstown Sat 26 Jun 3pm Moreland City v Port Melbourne Sat 24 Jul 3pm Werribee City v Banyule City Sat 21 Aug 3pm Werribee City v Ballarat Red Devils Campbell Reserve Campbell Reserve Galvin Park Reserve Galvin Park Reserve Sat 1 May 3pm Sydenham Park v Whittlesea Ranges Sat 26 Jun 3pm Werribee City v Williamstown Sat 24 Jul 3pm Williamstown v Moreland City Sat 21 Aug 3pm Williamstown v Brunswick City Keilor Lodge Reserve Galvin Park Reserve JT Gray Reserve JT Gray Reserve

Round 5 Round 20 Fri 7 May 8.30pm Whittlesea Ranges v Port Melb Fri 27 Aug 8.30pm Whittlesea Ranges v Williamstown Epping Soccer Stadium Epping Soccer Stadium Sat 8 May 3pm Altona City v Banyule City Fri 27 Aug 8.30pm Port Melb v Geelong Rangers HC Kim Reserve SS Anderson Reserve Sat 8 May 3pm Brunswick City v Ballarat Red Devils Sat 28 Aug 3pm Altona East Phoenix v Moreland City Dunstan Reserve Paisley Park Soccer Complex Sat 8 May 3pm Geelong Rangers v Altona E Phoenix Sat 28 Aug 3pm Ballarat Red Devils v Altona City Myers Reserve Trekardo Park Sat 8 May 3pm Werribee City v Moreland City Sat 28 Aug 3pm Brunswick City v Werribee City Galvin Park Reserve Dunstan Reserve Sat 8 May 3pm Williamstown v Sydenham Park Sat 28 Aug 3pm Sydenham Park v Banyule City JT Gray Reserve Keilor Lodge Reserve

Round 6 Round 21 Fri 14 May 8.30pm Port Melbourne v Williamstown Sat 4 Sep 3pm Altona City v Brunswick City SS Anderson Reserve HC Kim Reserve Sat 15 May 3pm Altona E Phoenix v Brunswick City Sat 4 Sep 3pm Altona East Phoenix v Williamstown Paisley Park Soccer Complex Paisley Park Soccer Complex Sat 15 May 3pm Ballarat Red Devils v W’sea Ranges Sat 4 Sep 3pm Banyule City v Port Melbourne Trekardo Park Yallambie Park Reserve Sat 15 May 3pm Banyule City v Geelong Rangers Sat 4 Sep 3pm Geelong Rangers v B’rat Red Devils Yallambie Park Reserve Myers Reserve Sat 15 May 3pm Moreland City v Altona City Sat 4 Sep 3pm Moreland City v Sydenham Park Campbell Reserve Campbell Reserve Sat 15 May 3pm Sydenham Park v Werribee City Sat 4 Sep 3pm Werribee City v Whittlesea Ranges Keilor Lodge Reserve Galvin Park Reserve

Round 7 Round 22 Fri 21 May 8.30pm W’sea Ranges v Brunswick City Under the leadership of new player-coach, Eric Vassiliadis, Port Melbourne Sharks will be Sat 11 Sep 3pm Whittlesea Ranges v Altona City Epping Soccer Stadium Epping Soccer Stadium Sat 22 May 3pm Altona City v Sydenham Park one of the teams to beat in State League NW2 in 2010. Sat 11 Sep 3pm Port Melbourne v Moreland City HC Kim Reserve SS Anderson Reserve Sat 22 May 3pm Banyule City v Altona East Phoenix Sat 11 Sep 3pm Ballarat Red Devils v Banyule City Yallambie Park Reserve Trekardo Park Sat 22 May 3pm Geelong Rangers v Moreland City PREVIOUS STATE LEAGUE DIV TWO NW CHAMPIONS Sat 11 Sep 3pm Brunswick City v Geelong Rangers Myers Reserve Dunstan Reserve Sat 22 May 3pm Werribee City v Port Melbourne 2009 Nth Geelong Warriors 2004 Brunswick City Sat 11 Sep 3pm Sydenham Park v Altona E Phoenix Galvin Park Reserve 2008 Pacoe Vale 2003 Sunshine Georgies Keilor Lodge Reserve Sat 22 May 3pm Williamstown v Ballarat Red Devils Sat 11 Sep 3pm Williamstown v Werribee City JT Gray Reserve 2007 Keilor Park 2002 Northcote City JT Gray Reserve 2006 Westgate 2001 Albion Rovers 2005 Nth Geelong Warriors 2000 Fitzroy City

Monday 5th April 2010 29 Victorian State League Division Three South East | 2010 Fixtures goalweekly.com

Round 1 Round 8 Round 12 Round 16 Sat 10 Apr 3pm Brandon Park v Waverley Wanderers Sat 29 May 3pm Brandon Park v Mornington Fri 2 Jul 8.30pm Croydon City v Peninsula Strikers Sat 31 Jul 3pm Brandon Park v Croydon City Arrows Freeway Reserve Freeway Reserve Dorset Recreational Reserve Freeway Reserve Sat 10 Apr 3pm Peninsula Strikers v Croydon City Sat 29 May 3pm Noble Park Utd v Croydon City Sat 3 Jul 3pm Noble Park Utd v Fitzroy City Sat 31 Jul 3pm Noble Park Utd v Peninsula Strikers Centenary Park Parkfield Reserve Parkfield Reserve Parkfield Reserve Sat 10 Apr 3pm Fitzroy City v Noble Park Utd Sat 29 May 3pm Nunawading City v Sth Springvale Sat 3 Jul 3pm Waverley Wanderers v Brandon Park Sat 31 Jul 3pm Waverley Wanderers v Sth Springvale Fairfield Park Mahoneys Road Reserve Carlson Ave Reserve Carlson Ave Reserve Sat 10 Apr 3pm South Springvale v Mornington Sat 29 May 3pm W’ley Wanderers v P’sula Strikers Sat 3 Jul 3pm Mornington v South Springvale Sat 31 Jul 3pm Springvale City v Nunawading City Warner Reserve Carlson Ave Reserve Dallas Brooks Park Ross Reserve Sat 10 Apr 3pm Springvale City v Kingston City Sat 29 May 3pm Springvale City v Fitzroy City Sun 4 Jul 3pm North Caulfield v Nunawading City Sun 1 Aug 3pm North Caulfield v Mornington Ross Reserve Ross Reserve Caulfield Park Caulfield Park Sun 11 Apr 3pm Nunawading City v North Caulfield Sun 31 May 8.30pm Kingston City v North Caulfield Mon 5 Jul 8.30pm Kingston City v Springvale City Mon 2 Aug 8.30pm Kingston City v Fitzroy City Mahoneys Road Reserve The Grange Reserve The Grange Reserve The Grange Reserve

Round 2 Round 9 Round 13 Call To Arms Round Round 17 Sat 17 Apr 3pm Peninsula Strikers v Sth Springvale Sat 5 Jun 3pm Fitzroy City v Nunawading City Sat 10 Jul 3pm Brandon Park v Noble Park Utd Fri 6 Aug 8.30pm Croydon City v Springvale City Centenary Park Fairfield Park Freeway Reserve Dorset Recreational Reserve Sat 17 Apr 3pm Noble Park Utd v Brandon Park Sat 5 Jun 3pm Peninsula Strikers v Brandon Park Sat 10 Jul 3pm Fitzroy City v Mornington Sat 7 Aug 3pm Fitzroy City v Waverley Wanderers Parkfield Reserve Centenary Park Fairfield Park Fairfield Park Sat 17 Apr 3pm Springvale C v Waverley Wanderers Sat 5 Jun 3pm South Springvale v Croydon City Sat 10 Jul 3pm Nunawading City v Kingston City Sat 7 Aug 3pm Nunawading City v Noble Park Utd Ross Reserve Warner Reserve Mahoneys Road Reserve Mahoneys Road Reserve Sat 17 Apr 3pm Mornington v Fitzroy City Sat 5 Jun 3pm Mornington v Springvale City Sat 10 Jul 3pm Sth Springvale v Peninsula Strikers Sat 7 Aug 3pm South Springvale v Brandon Park Dallas Brooks Park Dallas Brooks Park Warner Reserve Warner Reserve Sun 18 Apr 3pm North Caulfield v Croydon City Sun 6 Jun 3pm Nth Caulfield v Waverley Wanderers Sat 10 Jul 3pm Waverley Wanderers v Springvale City Sat 7 Aug 3pm Mornington v Kingston City Caulfield Park Caulfield Park Carlson Ave Reserve Dallas Brooks Park Mon 19 Apr 8.30pm Kingston City v Nunawading City Mon 7 Jun 8.30pm Kingston Cit v Noble Park Utd Sun 11 Jul 3pm Croydon City Arrows v Nth Caulfield Sun 8 Aug 3pm Peninsula Strikers v North Caulfield The Grange Reserve The Grange Reserve Dorset Recreational Reserve Centenary Park

Round 3 Round 10 Round 14 Round 18 Fri 23 Apr 8.30pm Croydon City v Kingston City Fri 18 Jun 8.30pm Croydon City Arrows v Fitzroy City Sat 17 Jul 3pm Brandon Park v Springvale City Sat 14 Aug 3pm Brandon Park v Fitzroy City Dorset Recreational Reserve Dorset Recreational Reserve Freeway Reserve Freeway Reserve Sat 24 Apr 3pm Fitzroy City v Peninsula Strikers Sat 19 Jun 3pm Nunawading City v Mornington Sat 17 Jul 3pm Peninsula Strikers v Fitzroy City Sat 14 Aug 3pm Nunawading City v Croydon City Fairfield Park Mahoneys Road Reserve Centenary Park Mahoneys Road Reserve Sat 24 Apr 3pm Nunawading C v Waverley Wanderers Sat 19 Jun 3pm South Springvale v Noble Park Utd Sat 17 Jul 3pm Noble Park Utd v Mornington Sat 14 Aug 3pm Waverley Wanderers v Mornington Mahoneys Road Reserve Warner Reserve Parkfield Reserve Carlson Ave Reserve Sat 24 Apr 3pm Mornington v Noble Park Utd Sat 19 Jun 3pm Waverley Wanderers v Kingston City Sat 17 Jul 3pm Waverley Wanderers v Nunawading C Sat 14 Aug 3pm Springvale City v South Springvale Dallas Brooks Park Carlson Ave Reserve Carlson Ave Reserve Ross Reserve Sat 24 Apr 3pm Springvale City v Brandon Park Sat 19 Jun 3pm Springvale City v Peninsula Strikers Sun 18 Jul 3pm North Caulfield v South Springvale Sun 15 Aug 3pm Noble Park Utd v North Caulfield Ross Reserve Ross Reserve Caulfield Park Parkfield Reserve Sun 25 Apr 3pm South Springvale v North Caulfield Sun 20 Jun 3pm Brandon Park v North Caulfield Mon 19 Jul 8.30pm Kingston City v Croydon City Mon 16 Aug 8.30pm Kingston City v P’sula Strikers Warner Reserve Freeway Reserve The Grange Reserve The Grange Reserve

Round 4 Round 11 Round 15 Round 19 Sat 1 May 3pm Brandon Park v Nunawading City Sat 26 Jun 3pm Fitzroy City v South Springvale Fri 23 Jul 8.30pm Croydon City v W’ley Wanderers Fri 20 Aug 8.30pm Croydon City v Noble Park Utd Freeway Reserve Fairfield Park Dorset Recreational Reserve Dorset Recreational Reserve Sat 1 May 3pm Peninsula Strikers v Mornington Sat 26 Jun 3pm Peninsula Strikers v Nunawading C Sat 24 Jul 3pm Nunawading City v Brandon Park Sat 21 Aug 3pm Fitzroy City v Springvale City Centenary Park Centenary Park Mahoneys Road Reserve Fairfield Park Sat 1 May 3pm Noble Park Utd v Springvale City Sat 26 Jun 3pm Noble Park Utd v W’ley Wanderers Sat 24 Jul 3pm South Springvale v Kingston City Sat 21 Aug 3pm Pen Strikers v W’ley Wanderers Parkfield Reserve Parkfield Reserve Warner Reserve Centenary Park Sat 1 May 3pm Waverley Wanderers v Croydon City Sat 26 Jun 3pm Mornington v Croydon City Arrows Sat 24 Jul 3pm Mornington v Peninsula Strikers Sat 21 Aug 3pm Sth Springvale v Nunawading City Carlson Ave Reserve Dallas Brooks Park Dallas Brooks Park Warner Reserve Sun 2 May 3pm North Caulfield v Fitzroy City Sun 27 Jun 3pm North Caulfield v Springvale City Sat 24 Jul 3pm Springvale City v Noble Park Utd Sat 21 Aug 3pm Mornington v Brandon Park Caulfield Park Caulfield Park Ross Reserve Dallas Brooks Park Mon 3 May 8.30pm Kingston City v South Springvale Mon 28 Jun 8.30pm Kingston City v Brandon Park Sun 25 Jul 3pm Fitzroy City v North Caulfield Sun 22 Aug 3pm North Caulfield v Kingston City The Grange Reserve The Grange Reserve Fairfield Park Caulfield Park

Round 5 Round 20 Sat 8 May 3pm Fitzroy City v Kingston City Fri 27 Aug 8.30pm Croydon City v South Springvale Fairfield Park Dorset Recreational Reserve Sat 8 May 3pm Peninsula Strikers v Noble Park Utd Sat 28 Aug 3pm Brandon Park v Peninsula Strikers Centenary Park Freeway Reserve Sat 8 May 3pm Nunawading City v Springvale City Sat 28 Aug 3pm Noble Park Utd v Kingston City Mahoneys Road Reserve Parkfield Reserve Sat 8 May 3pm Sth Springvale v Waverley Wanderers Sat 28 Aug 3pm Nunawading City v Fitzroy City Warner Reserve Mahoneys Road Reserve Sat 8 May 8.30pm Croydon City v Brandon Park Sat 28 Aug 3pm Springvale City v Mornington Dorset Recreational Reserve Ross Reserve Sun 9 May 3pm Mornington v North Caulfield Sun 29 Aug 3pm Waverley Wanderers v Nth Caulfield Dallas Brooks Park Carlson Ave Reserve

Round 6 Round 21 Sat 15 May 3pm Brandon Park v South Springvale Sat 4 Sep 3pm Fitzroy City v Croydon City Arrows Freeway Reserve Fairfield Park Sat 15 May 3pm Noble Park Utd v Nunawading City Sat 4 Sep 3pm Peninsula Strikers v Springvale City Parkfield Reserve Centenary Park Sat 15 May 3pm Waverley Wanderers v Fitzroy City Sat 4 Sep 3pm Noble Park Utd v South Springvale Carlson Ave Reserve Parkfield Reserve Sat 15 May 3pm Springvale City v Croydon City Sat 4 Sep 3pm Mornington v Nunawading City Ross Reserve Dallas Brooks Park Sun 16 May 3pm North Caulfield v Peninsula Strikers Sun 5 Sep 3pm North Caulfield v Brandon Park Caulfield Park Caulfield Park Mon 17 May 8.30pm Kingston City v Mornington Mon 6 Sep 8.30pm Kingston City v W’ley Wanderers The Grange Reserve The Grange Reserve The successfull Fitzroy City team that won promotion to SE3 last season. Round 7 Round 22 Fri 21 May 8.30pm Croydon City v Nunawading City Back Row: Nik Kovacevic(Coach), Branko Stojanovic(Assistant coach), Henry Wooton, Nathan Jones, Denis Sat 11 Sep 3pm Brandon Park v Kingston City Dorset Recreational Reserve Tepavac, Evan Cooper, Stuart Peutherer, Federico Riera, Tom Mullumby, Nemanja Jovic, Darko Kolosov (Presi- Freeway Reserve Sat 22 May 3pm Fitzroy City v Brandon Park Sat 11 Sep 3pm Nunawading City v Pen Strikers Fairfield Park dent) Mahoneys Road Reserve Sat 22 May 3pm Peninsula Strikers v Kingston City Front Row: Zoki Ninkovic, Aco Pavlovic, Damian Arriola , Nick Mitrevski, Nick Kolosov, Ignjat Filipovic, Veljko Sat 11 Sep 3pm South Springvale v Fitzroy City Centenary Park Warner Reserve Sat 22 May 3pm South Springvale v Springvale City Jaksic, Stefan Liberto Sat 11 Sep 3pm W’ley Wanderers v Noble Park Utd Warner Reserve Carlson Ave Reserve Sat 22 May 3pm Mornington v Waverley Wanderers Sat 11 Sep 8.30pm Croydon City v Mornington Dallas Brooks Park PREVIOUS STATE LEAGUE DIV THREE SE CHAMPIONS Dorset Recreational Reserve Sun 23 May 3pm North Caulfield v Noble Park Utd Sun 12 Sep 3pm Springvale City v North Caulfield Caulfield Park 2009 Berwick City 2004 Chelsea Ross Reserve 2008 Morwell Pegasus 2003 Clayton 2007 Frankston Strikers 2002 Brunswick City 2006 Heatherton United 2001 Monbulk 2005 Waverley Wanderers 2000 Langwarrin

30 Monday 5th April 2010 Victorian State League Division Three Nth West | 2010 Fixtures goalweekly.com

Round 1 Round 8 Round 12 Round 16 Fri 9 Apr 8.30pm Geelong v Lalor Fri 28 May 8.30pm Geelong v Maribyrnong Greens Sat 3 Jul 3pm Cairnlea v Sunbury Utd Fri 30 Jul 8.30pm Geelong v Yarraville Glory Stead Park Reserve, Corio Stead Park Reserve, Corio Cairnlea Park Stead Park Reserve, Corio Sat 10 Apr 3pm Keilor Park v Melb Uni Rangers Sat 29 May 3pm Cairnlea v Hume Utd Sat 3 Jul 3pm Hume Utd v La Trobe University Sat 31 Jul 3pm Cairnlea v Keilor Park Keilor Park Reserve Cairnlea Park Laura Douglas Reserve Cairnlea Park Sat 10 Apr 3pm La Trobe University v Hume Utd Sat 29 May 3pm Lalor v Essendon Utd Sat 3 Jul 3pm Lalor v Geelong Sat 31 Jul 3pm Lalor v Maribyrnong Greens Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field RGC Cook Reserve RGC Cook Reserve RGC Cook Reserve Sat 10 Apr 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v Westgate Sat 29 May 3pm Sunbury Utd v Melb Uni Rangers Sat 3 Jul 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v Keilor Park Sat 31 Jul 3pm Sunbury Utd v La Trobe University Skinner Reserve Langama Park (Parkville) Langama Park Sat 10 Apr 3pm Sunbury Utd v Cairnlea Sat 29 May 3pm Yarraville Glory v Keilor Park Sat 3 Jul 3pm Essendon Utd v Yarraville Glory Sat 31 Jul 3pm Essendon Utd v Melb Uni Rangers Langama Park McIvor Reserve Aberfeldie Park Aberfeldie Park Sat 10 Apr 3pm Yarraville Glory v Essendon Utd Sat 29 May 7pm Westgate v La Trobe University Sat 3 Jul 7pm Westgate v Maribyrnong Greens Sat 31 Jul 7pm Westgate v Hume Utd McIvor Reserve Ardeer Reserve Ardeer Reserve Ardeer Reserve

Round 2 Round 9 Round 13 Call To Arms Round Round 17 Sat 17 Apr 3pm Cairnlea v Geelong Fri 4 Jun 8.30pm Geelong v Melb Uni Rangers Fri 9 Jul 8.30pm Geelong v Cairnlea Sat 7 Aug 3pm Hume Utd v Essendon Utd Cairnlea Park Stead Park Reserve, Corio Stead Park Reserve, Corio Laura Douglas Reserve Sat 17 Apr 3pm Hume Utd v Keilor Park Sat 5 Jun 3pm Hume Utd v Sunbury Utd Sat 10 Jul 3pm Keilor Park v Hume Utd Sat 7 Aug 3pm Keilor Park v Sunbury Utd Laura Douglas Reserve Laura Douglas Reserve Keilor Park Reserve Keilor Park Reserve Sat 17 Apr 3pm Lalor v Yarraville Glory Sat 5 Jun 3pm Keilor Park v La Trobe University Sat 10 Jul 3pm La Trobe University v Essendon Utd Sat 7 Aug 3pm La Trobe University v Geelong RGC Cook Reserve Keilor Park Reserve Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Sat 17 Apr 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v M’rnong Greens Sat 5 Jun 3pm Lalor v Westgate Sat 10 Jul 3pm M’nong Greens v Melb Uni Rangers Sat 7 Aug 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v Cairnlea Princes Park (Parkville) RGC Cook Reserve Skinner Reserve Skinner Reserve Sat 17 Apr 3pm Essendon Utd v La Trobe University Sat 5 Jun 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v Yarraville Glory Sat 10 Jul 3pm Sunbury Utd v Westgate Sat 7 Aug 3pm Lalor v Melb Uni Rangers Aberfeldie Park Skinner Reserve Langama Park RGC Cook Reserve Sat 17 Apr 7pm Westgate v Sunbury Utd Sat 5 Jun 3pm Essendon Utd v Cairnlea Sat 10 Jul 3pm Yarraville Glory v Lalor Sat 7 Aug 3pm Yarraville Glory v Westgate Ardeer Reserve Aberfeldie Park McIvor Reserve McIvor Reserve

Round 3 Round 10 Round 14 Round 18 Sat 24 Apr 3pm Geelong v Sunbury Utd Fri 18 Jun 8.30pm Geelong v Hume Utd Sat 17 Jul 3pm Cairnlea v Yarraville Glory Fri 13 Aug 8.30pm Geelong v Keilor Park Stead Park Reserve, Corio Stead Park Reserve, Corio Cairnlea Park Stead Park Reserve, Corio Sat 24 Apr 3pm Keilor Park v Essendon Utd Sat 19 Jun 3pm Cairnlea v Lalor Sat 17 Jul 3pm Hume Utd v Maribyrnong Greens Sat 14 Aug 3pm Cairnlea v Melb Uni Rangers Keilor Park Reserve Cairnlea Park Laura Douglas Reserve Cairnlea Park Sat 24 Apr 3pm La Trobe University v Lalor Sat 19 Jun 3pm Keilor Park v Westgate Sat 17 Jul 3pm Lalor v La Trobe University Sat 14 Aug 3pm Lalor v Hume Utd Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Keilor Park Reserve RGC Cook Reserve RGC Cook Reserve Sat 24 Apr 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v Hume Utd Sat 19 Jun 3pm La Trobe Uni v Maribyrnong Greens Sat 17 Jul 3pm Sunbury Utd v Geelong Sat 14 Aug 3pm Sunbury Utd v Maribyrnong Greens Skinner Reserve Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Langama Park Langama Park Sat 24 Apr 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v Westgate Sat 19 Jun 3pm Sunbury Utd v Essendon Utd Sat 17 Jul 3pm Essendon Utd v Keilor Park Sat 14 Aug 3pm Yarraville Glory v La Trobe University Princes Park (Parkville) Langama Park Aberfeldie Park McIvor Reserve Sat 24 Apr 3pm Yarraville Glory v Cairnlea Sat 19 Jun 3pm Yarraville Glory v Melb Uni Rangers Sat 17 Jul 7pm Westgate v Melb Uni Rangers Sat 14 Aug 7pm Westgate v Essendon Utd McIvor Reserve McIvor Reserve Ardeer Reserve Ardeer Reserve

Round 4 Round 11 Round 15 Round 19 Sat 1 May 3pm Cairnlea v La Trobe University Sat 26 Jun 3pm Hume Utd v Yarraville Glory Fri 23 Jul 8.30pm Geelong v Westgate Sat 21 Aug 3pm Hume Utd v Cairnlea Cairnlea Park Laura Douglas Reserve Stead Park Reserve, Corio Laura Douglas Reserve Sat 1 May 3pm Hume Utd v Melb Uni Rangers Sat 26 Jun 3pm Lalor v Sunbury Utd Sat 24 Jul 3pm Keilor Park v Lalor Sat 21 Aug 3pm Keilor Park v Yarraville Glory Laura Douglas Reserve RGC Cook Reserve Keilor Park Reserve Keilor Park Reserve Sat 1 May 3pm Lalor v Keilor Park Sat 26 Jun 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v Keilor Park Sat 24 Jul 3pm La Trobe University v Cairnlea Sat 21 Aug 3pm La Trobe University v Westgate RGC Cook Reserve Skinner Reserve Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Sat 1 May 3pm Sunbury Utd v Yarraville Glory Sat 26 Jun 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v La Trobe Uni Sat 24 Jul 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v Essendon Utd Sat 21 Aug 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v Geelong Langama Park Princes Park (Parkville) Skinner Reserve Skinner Reserve Sat 1 May 3pm Essendon Utd v Maribyrnong Greens Sat 26 Jun 3pm Essendon Utd v Geelong Sat 24 Jul 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v Hume Utd Sat 21 Aug 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v Sunbury Utd Aberfeldie Park Aberfeldie Park Princes Park (Parkville) Princes Park (Parkville) Sat 1 May 7pm Westgate v Geelong Sat 26 Jun 7pm Westgate v Cairnlea Sat 24 Jul 3pm Yarraville Glory v Sunbury Utd Sat 21 Aug 3pm Essendon Utd v Lalor Ardeer Reserve Ardeer Reserve McIvor Reserve Aberfeldie Park

Round 5 Round 20 Sat 8 May 3pm Hume Utd v Westgate Sat 28 Aug 3pm Cairnlea v Essendon Utd Laura Douglas Reserve Cairnlea Park Sat 8 May 3pm Keilor Park v Cairnlea Sat 28 Aug 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v Geelong Keilor Park Reserve Princes Park (Parkville) Sat 8 May 3pm La Trobe University v Sunbury Utd Sat 28 Aug 3pm La Trobe University v Keilor Park Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Sat 8 May 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v Lalor Sat 28 Aug 3pm Sunbury Utd v Hume Utd Skinner Reserve Langama Park Sat 8 May 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v Essendon Utd Sat 28 Aug 3pm Yarraville Glory v M’nong Greens Princes Park (Parkville) McIvor Reserve Sat 8 May 3pm Yarraville Glory v Geelong Sat 28 Aug 7pm Westgate v Lalor McIvor Reserve Ardeer Reserve

Round 6 Round 21 Fri 14 May 8.30pm Geelong v La Trobe University Sat 4 Sep 3pm Hume Utd v Geelong Stead Park Reserve, Corio Laura Douglas Reserve Sat 15 May 3pm Cairnlea v Maribyrnong Greens Sat 4 Sep 3pm Lalor v Cairnlea Cairnlea Park RGC Cook Reserve Sat 15 May 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v Lalor 4 Sep 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v La Trobe Uni Princes Park (Parkville) Skinner Reserve Sat 15 May 3pm Sunbury Utd v Keilor Park Sat 4 Sep 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v Yarraville Glory Langama Park Princes Park (Parkville) Sat 15 May 3pm Essendon Utd v Hume Utd Sat 4 Sep 3pm Essendon Utd v Sunbury Utd Aberfeldie Park Aberfeldie Park Sat 15 May 7pm Westgate v Yarraville Glory Sat 4 Sep 7pm Westgate v Keilor Park Ardeer Reserve Ardeer Reserve

Round 7 Round 22 Sat 22 May 3pm Hume Utd v Lalor In 2010 Essendon United hopes to continue to re-write the record books and aims to Sat 11 Sep 3pm Cairnlea v Westgate Laura Douglas Reserve secure an unprecedented 5th consecutive promotion - with or without guest player, former Cairnlea Park Sat 22 May 3pm Keilor Park v Geelong Sat 11 Sep 3pm Geelong v Essendon Utd Keilor Park Reserve Socceroo Con Boutsianis (2nd from left, back row). PHOTO: PAUL MUIR Stead Park Reserve, Corio Sat 22 May 3pm La Trobe Uni v Yarraville Glory Sat 11 Sep 3pm Keilor Park v Maribyrnong Greens Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Keilor Park Reserve Sat 22 May 3pm Maribyrnong Greens v Sunbury Utd Sat 11 Sep 3pm La Trobe Uni v Melb Uni Rangers Skinner Reserve PREVIOUS STATE LEAGUE DIV THREE NW CHAMPIONS Latrobe Uni Lower Playing Field Sat 22 May 3pm Melb Uni Rangers v Cairnlea Sat 11 Sep 3pm Sunbury Utd v Lalor Princes Park (Parkville) 2009 Banyule City 2004 Yarraville Glory Langama Park Sat 22 May 3pm Essendon Utd v Westgate Sat 11 Sep 3pm Yarraville Glory v Hume Utd Aberfeldie Park 2008 Geelong Rangers 2003 Keilor Park McIvor Reserve 2007 Ballarat Red Devils 2002 North Sunshine Eagles 2006 Werribee City 2001 Keilor Park 2005 Maribyrnong Greens 2000 Croxton Park

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