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www.goalweekly.com $3 INSIDE THIS WEEK... GW EXCLUSIVE: DYNAMO TO TOUR OZ FOOTBALL FEATURE GET REAL. ON JESSE KRNCEVIC Season 4: Issue 4 Monday 3rd March 2008 FOOTBALL FOCUS ON Supporting all colours and reporting in black and white ZEBRA JOHN ANGELOVSKI GET SOME DINAMO HERE BALLS. IN JUNE! GET SOME GOAL! WEEKLY EVERY MONDAY. PLUS► ALL THE WEEKEND FOXTEL CUP ACTION, BLAST FROM THE PAST, WIN A PAIR OF PUMA BOOTS & MUCH MORE! PO Box 142 Port Melbourne 3207 p (03) 9645 1440 e [email protected] www.goalweekly.com Goal! Weekly THE FFV VISION 23 Target 2011 FFV STRATEGIC PLAN RELEASED Summer switch in the pipeline A summer zone competition is the FFV executive Mark Rendell said the direction of the strategic plan. enhancement Victorian football will opportunity to play representative foot- ``Make a time to come sit down and WHAT WE KNOW receive later this year as Football ball with a zone team would promote speak about it,’’ Rendell said. * Semi-professionals and A-League Photo: Steve Starek Federation Victoria released the pre- loyalty to winter clubs. ``I’m 100% confi dent this league will aspirants from outside Victoria can liminary stages of its strategic plan ``We hope the players who make their run in summer 2008/9.’’ play for zone teams last week. zone teams can go from under-12s up A cost analysis by PriceWaterhouseC- * Zones unable to fi nancially support The eight metro and four rural zones of to under-18s with their winter club,’’ oopers will be submitted to the federa- a senior men’s team can still fi eld Victorian football will have the oppor- Rendell said. tion this week before further consul- juniors tunity to fi eld summer league teams, ``Because the opportunity to play at a tation with each of the 12 zones, not * Not every junior level has to be drawing from all clubs within its zone, higher level will always be there in the dissimilar to last year’s open fact-fi nd- fi elded by a zone from under-12s up to open men and summer with the zone team.’’ ing mission. * Zone administration must engage women. ``For players in the existing state league every club within its zone The senior men’s competition will be we feel it will promote loyalty to winter Details of what zone your club introduced as a professional league, clubs and help ensure the teams that falls into can be found at WHAT NEEDS ANSWERING designed to keep Australia’s second-tier built the sport in this state continue to www.footballfedvic.com.au * Transfer rules for senior players players match fi t during the A-League thrive. * Movement rules for age-restricted season. ``The administrations that represent players not getting a game in a high- With junior divisions for boys and their zones will need to show they standard zone girls from under-12 up to under-18, are engaging with every club; it will * Ownership and administration of FFV sees the competition as a pathway require diversity in every team.’’ zone clubs - who and how league for each zone’s best players. The summer league has been particular- * Separation of ownership between The FFV was keen to oblige by national ly well received in rural Victoria, with senior men and other zone sides technical director Rob Baan’s recom- major centres like Geelong, Ballarat * Financing zone clubs at every level mendation that elite level players from and Shepparton all thrilled their juniors * Engaging volunteers and grass- junior to senior play 40 competitive will receive a better pathway to a higher roots level people to assist in running matches per year. standard of football. of zone clubs Rather than expand the Foxtel Cup or Of all the Victorian clubs only Whittle- * Whether or not clubs will support move it to summer, the zone competi- sea Zebras and South Melbourne from releasing its players for summer * Whether or not players will be will- tion will look to engage the entire state the Foxtel Cup had representatives at ing to play both summer and winter equally. the offi cial announcement while details Players from outside Victoria will also from Rendell’s presentation were be allowed to play in the summer com- posted to the other clubs on Thursday. By Teo Pellizzeri petition, while the senior men’s clubs Rendell said it was important clubs FFV CEO Mark Rendell intends to will allow player movement. speak to him if they disagreed with the revamp Victorian football by 2011. of the Shepparton News Ante Raspudic, Cameron Watson, Dale Thompson, Robert Acteson (Fitness Coach), Mate Grgic (Goalkeeper Coach). Chris Taylor (Head Coach), Stan Bilic (President), Craig Elvin (Vice-Captain), Joe Spiteri, Stefan Piorkowski, James Timmons. Top row (left to right): Anthony Pelikan, Alex Kiratzoglou, Andrew Baresic, Zoran Petrevski, Matthew Grbesa, Dario Matkovic, Rinor Muriqi. Front row (left to right): Adrian Zahra, Steve Iosifidis, Ivan Franjic (Deputy Vice-Captain), Tommy Milardovic (Captain), Matt Tomas (Chairman), Middle row (left to right): Mirko Rastocic (Steward), Peter Roberts (Physio), Marko Kuna, Maks Cuze, Savas Ozdemir, Mijo Marinovic, Ante Loncaric, MELBOURNE KNIGHTS Issue # 4 Monday 3 March 2008 Goal! Weekly SOCCERSOCCER HOTLINESHOTLINES 3 [email protected] This week’s line-up DINAMO TO TOUR Soccer Hotlines 3 Matches planned against Besiktas, Knights and Coburg Utd Foxtel Cup Scoreboard 4 In exciting news for Victorian football fans, youth in this country and approximately one of Croatia’s most famous and successful $AUD2.5 million dollars will be put aside Coburg v Cannons 5 clubs, NK Dinamo Zagreb, is set to play three for the next fi ve years to develop the friendly matches in Melbourne towards the program. Bergers v AIS 6 end of June this year. Vrbanovic said, “I’m very happy Pines v Lions 7 The announcement was made on the about the academy and the tour. We have weekend by visiting Dinamo Zagreb Managing many friends here in Australia and we Zebras v Gully Preview 8 Director, Damir Vrbanovic. According to look forward to building the relationship Vrabanovic, Dinamo will play against Coburg between these two great clubs. We’ve had South v Suburbs 10 United, Melbourne Knights and a third and fi nal some good connection with the Melbourne Football Feature 11 game will see Dinamo take on Turkish outfi t, Knights in the past and some legends that Besiktas, most likely at Olympic Park. have played at Dinamo have come from Magic v Blues 12 The proposed matches against the Australia. We have decided to formalize Foxtel Cup opposition will be held at Knights our association between Melbourne Eagles v Knights 13 Stadium, Sunshine. Knights and Dinamo Zagreb and this is the Football Focus 14 The three matches are considered vital fi rst step in developing higher professional preparation for Dinamo in its quest to overcome players and building a successful football Boo & Katsa 15 the qualifi cation stages of the UEFA European partnership. It will be really great to create Melbourne Knights President Stan Bilic with Champions League after winning its ninth a presence here and be involved in the Dinamo Zagreb Managing Director, Damir Interstate Football 18 Croatian Championship last year. Its fi rst game of structure of the sport education. It’s only Vrbanovic, and Fairfax sports journalist Steven Win a pair of Puma boots 20 the ECL campaign takes place on July 15th and the beginning, but we are excited of the the Australian leg is just part of a tour that will staging of the football matches and we before Scottish giants Celtic splashed out 3.5 Blast From The Past 21 also include matches in Spain and Portugal. look forward to the prospect of playing in front of million pounds for his services. Besiktas will also be in Australia at the our Australian friends.” Tartan Talk 22 More recently, exciting youngsters Mate time preparing for the 2008/09 European season Vrbanovic also noted that Socceroo Dugandzic and Daniel Visevic have also made the which commences at the end of August. legends Mark Viduka and Eddie Krncevic were trek from Somers Street to Zagreb and according Goal! Weekly is published every Monday by Of course, current internationals Dino still held in high esteem back in Zagreb. Both to Vrbanovic are settling in well. Dugandzic has Alimental Enterprises Pty Ltd Drpic, Luka Modric, and Bosko Balaban may players embarked on successful European careers already broken in to the second team and was PO Box 142 well still be required for Euro 2008 duty for with Dinamo after initially breaking into senior at the time of going to press participating in the Port Melbourne, VIC, 3207 Croatia by then, but Vrabanovic said that Dinamo football with the Knights. No doubt, the two clubs Phone: 9645-1440 Croatian Youth Cup fi nal this weekend. was committed to bringing its strongest possible hope they might be able to unearth more players It won’t be the fi rst time Dinamo will Printed by squad available for the occasion. of similar quality. have toured Down Under – it was last here in the Streamline Press The news comes hot on the heals of the Krncevic played for Dinamo from 1981- mid 1980’s and a certain couple of youngsters 155 Johstone St launch of the Knights Football Academy, which 84 before a big move to Belgium’s Anderlecht by the name of Zvonimir Boban and Robert Fitzroy, VIC, 3065 was formed in association with Dinamo Zagreb eventuated and he became the fi rst Australian to Prosinicki featured in a representative match and is part of a program to strengthen a football top a European goalscorer’s chart.