SIXTIETH EDITION X SEASON 2016/17 X ROUND 4 VS CENTRAL COAST MARINERS PrOUDLY BRoUGHT TO YOU BY CONTENTS Everything you need for tonight’s match REGULAR SIXTIETH EDITION X SEASON 2016/17 X ROUND 4 VS CENTRAL COAST MARINERS COLUMNS OPEN LETTER: FROM THE CAPTAIN 5 WARM UP 6 FIVE THINGS: FIVE DIMAS THE MAGNIFICENT CAPTAIN'S KNOCKS 11 PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY Following the departure of a Wanderers 8 PLAYERS TO WATCH: legend, a new Captain is in town SANTALAB VS POWELL 13 Story by Christian Layland THE WANDERER HEARTBREAK FOR The views in this publication are YOUNG WANDERERS 15 not necessarily the views of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney TODAY'S MATCH 16 Wanderers FC. Material in this FOX FOOTBALL FIX 20 publication is copyrighted and may only be reproduced with the written ANTH'S SPOT permission from the Club. 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Phone:1300 280 625 please visit www.mitsubishielectric.com.au OPEN LETTER Refrigerators MR-WX627 NEWPRODUCT Big enough for all the game day essentials would lead the Wanderers, Dimas pens his let alone in just one year of arriving. When you come to a first letter as new place you just concentrate Club Captain on doing your best and enjoying your football. That is what I did last season and it was a great experience: everything was was very happy to be wonderful with both my announced as club captain club and my teammates. I Ilast week. I feel good believe that this year can be HISTORY Mitsubishi Electric proudly supporting with the decision and happy good as well. Dimas was unveiled with the confidence the club While I wasn’t expecting to as Captain on 21 Western Sydney Wanderers FC. has placed in me to lead the be appointed captain, this isn’t October 2016 Wanderers on and off the field. my first time being a leader. I For the coach and my was captain for FC Barcelona I like to help my mates and The Wanderers are a fantastic teammates to believe in me is B and again when I moved I like to achieve big things club and for me it’s a big pleasure very special and I will work to Recreativo Huelva in my together with my mates. to stay here and hopefully we can hard to repay the faith they second season. After three appearances in continue for many years more. have in me. Being a leader is normal the Grand Final I think the When I first came to for me because I like to be club deserves to win one and DIMAS DELGADO Australia I did not think I with my mates on the field, hopefully it will be this year. CLUB CAPTAIN For more information on the MR-WX627 For more information on our products please scan the QR Code. Phone:1300 280 625 please visit www.mitsubishielectric.com.au FOLLOW @WSWANDERERSFC #WSW 5 WARM-UP WITH HAYDEN FOXE COURTESY OF ANDREW HOWE @ANDYHOWE_STATTO T WAS VERY uncharacteristic of us to training so it was very uncharacteristic of I stop playing the way that we know the team to lose focus. how. We played very well against the We all know the team has a very Jets for around 65-70 minutes, totally strong mentality instilled into them dominated the match but once we having all seen them make a fantastic took our foot off the pedal we let the comeback in Round 3 against Adelaide. opposition get back into the game. Starting with the first game against We created plenty of wonderful Sydney, then Adelaide and last Sunday chances, maintained enough possession against Newcastle has seen us get longer and got into great positions in the final periods of the game where we have been third to kill them off. We stopped playing keeping the ball and dominating the play. the way that got us two goals up at half- This week in training we’ve looked at time, and when you leave the door open working on the things that we have been for the opposition to work their way improving on: that’s us with the ball. back into the game, which the Mariners Slowly and steadily the team has been did, it can be difficult to get back to the gelling well together and we’ll continue flowing football we know how to play. creating more good cohesive play. AVID TODD, A member of the first In my previous playing experience, I am sure that we can take another step DAustralian team to attempt to qualify the importance of concentration and forward in today’s match and get the result for the FIFA World Cup in 1965, was focus during the entire 95mins of the to match the football we are playing. born on this day in 1940. Todd’s career match is something that is built during profile was typical of Australia’s highest- rated players of the time: a recent arrival from Europe who starred in the VOTE FOR YOUR EARN thriving state competitions in the 1960s +500 as Australia’s most ambitious clubs lured MAN POINTS talented imports from abroad. The Welsh- OF THE born forward joined NSW state league team Corinthians in 1962 from Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd Wales, and assisted MATCH the Glebe-based club to promotion from THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST POINTS AT the second to first tier of NSW football in THE END OF OCTOBER WILL BE CROWNED TH MINUTE MEMBERS’ PLAYER OF THE MONTH VOTING OPENS AT THE 70 1963. After moving to St George in 1965 VOTING CLOSES AT 10:00PM Todd joined the national team on its tour DOWNLOAD THE APP to east Asia late that year where Australia WSW REWARDS lost out to North Korea in the Asian World Cup qualifying zone playoff. He WSWREWARDS returned to the UK in early 1966. FRIDAy 18 NOvEMbER kICk-OfF 7:50PM X SPOtLEsS sTADIUM TICkETS ON SaLE NOW wANDERLAND.COM.AU/TICkETs 6 THE WANDERER ROUND 4 WARM-UP WITH CATHERINE CANNULI @cANNULI_13 HAT AN OCCASION it was last place really will feel like home - until W week with Spotless Stadium of course we return to a brand new hosting professional football for the stadium in Parramatta. first time ever. To get over 13,000 passionate There was a buzz in the air when supporters in Red & Black on I turned up to Sydney Olympic a Sunday night at 7pm was a Park but it was more about noteworthy achievement for the anticipation than excitement: no- club. Our fans continue to go above one was really sure how good our and beyond in supporting this great new home was going to be. club and the turnout for our first Thankfully, once we stepped into match at Spotless Stadium was the venue we realised it was going to testament to that. be a great experience. From seeing It just makes you feel proud to be the perfect pitch for the first time, to from Western Sydney. hearing the RBB echo off the roof all Speaking of pride: I want to across the stadium: there was such a personally congratulate Dimas for being good vibe. named as our new club captain. The fans created a great atmosphere He was the best player on the park for both inside and out, and very quickly us last week and you could see the pride the feelings of anticipation turned to in his celebration as he ran to the RBB feelings of great joy as we realised this after scoring his goal. 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Sydney at that moment as he Following the moving celebrated with the RBB. abroad of Foundation player Joining the Red & Black Topor-Stanley, the Red & in August 2015, Spanish Black were in need of a new midfielder Dimas did not take club captain with the fans long to endear himself to the unanimous as to whom their Wanderers’ fans after a series preferred choice was.