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fter commemorating ANZAC Day, the Suns FC are coming off two consecutive draws AStallions will be looking at getting back against tough opponents Manly united FC and to business with victory against Rockdale Olympic FC and will no doubt be on City Suns FC. Peter Tsekenis’ side celebrated their best game knowing Marconi will not want a huge win over Blacktown City FC who are to walk away with anything less than 3 points. currently 4th on the ladder, 5 spots ahead of the Stallions. Marconi will be focused on You can count on these two clubs to put on a advancing up the ladder with a win over 10th show with some high quality football coming place Rockdale City Suns FC and closing the our way. gap from the League Leaders. Rockdale City

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1 NENAD VEKIC 14 PETER PELEKANOS 2 BRADEN CHENG 15 3 BRETT STUDMAN 16 MARTY LO 4 TROY DANASKOS 17 THEO KOFINAS 5 18 6 SEAN O’CONNELL 19 EROS BERGAMIN 7 MIRJAN PAVLOVIC 21 KRISTIAN SEKUTKOSKI 8 SEAN ROONEY 22 BRANDON VELLA 9 23 CHRISTOPHER NUNES 10 MARKO JESIC 25 EMANUEL PONCE 11 JUDAH CLEUR 12 JAMES ANDREW

COACH: PETER TSEKENIS ASSISTANT COACH: PETER PAPOYTHIS TEAM MANAGER: FRANK MAMMOLITI GEAR STEWARDS: ROBERT FILIPPIN AND ROBERT TOLOMEO

1 12 IDRISS EL HAFIANE 2 14 BRAYDEN SORGE 3 STEVEN HESKETH 15 NICHOLAS PETRILLO 4 TRENT MCCLENAHAN 16 ISAAC SAVOR 5 PAUL REID 17 TOUFIC ALAMEDDINE 6 BLAKE RICCIUTO 19 PATRICK SAVOR 7 ALEC UROSEVSKI 21 MICHAEL NEILL 8 ALEX CANAK 22 NICHOLAS SORRAS 9 BAI ANTONIOU 23 JORDAN FIGON 10 HARRIS GAITATZIS 25 JAKE SOUTTER 11 JONATHAN GROZDANOVSKI

COACH: MICHAEL GRBEVSKI PLAYER COACH: PAUL REID ASSISTANT COACH: MATTHEW RIBAROVSKI PHYSIO: JERRY FILIPATOS GOALKEEPER COACH: SPIRO PARAMETIS MANAGER: ANGELO SALLIS TEAM STEWARD: JOVAN CKOROVSKI

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arconi Stallions will be out to make it back Consistency has been the problem for Rockdale Mto back wins when they host Rockdale City this season but one thing which hasn’t been Suns at Marconi Stadium on Saturday. lacking is the form of winger Alec Urosevski. A hard-fought 1-0 win against competition He has been Rockdale’s best all campaign and heavyweight Blacktown City in Round 7 was a will be a key contributor if they are to win. great result after a dogged performance from the Peter Tsekenis coached side. Rockdale has the firepower to control the game but if they continue their trend of being This week they take on Rockdale and have the able to only bring their best for 45 minutes a chance to build some momentum through the match then Marconi have a great opportunity middle stages of the season. for victory. While pacy winger James Andrew scored the match winner last week, it was veteran central defender Michael Beauchamp who was Marconi’s best. He will once again be tasked with marshalling the Stallions against a dangerous Rockdale attack alongside Peter Pelekanos. Rockdale fought back from 2-0 down to snatch a 2-2 draw with Sydney Olympic last round and showed glimpses of their quality when they are at their best.

1ST GRADE - NPL NSW MEN’S

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 7 5 1 1 18 7 11 16 2 Sydney Olympic FC 7 5 1 1 11 7 4 16 3 Sydney United 58 FC 7 4 0 3 13 9 4 12 4 Blacktown City FC 7 3 2 2 8 3 5 11 5 Sutherland Sharks FC 7 3 2 2 13 10 3 11 6 Wollongong Wolves FC 7 3 1 3 5 8 -3 10 7 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 7 2 2 3 11 10 1 8 8 Manly United FC 7 2 2 3 12 14 -2 8 9 Marconi Stallions FC 7 2 2 3 7 11 -4 8 10 Rockdale City Suns FC 7 2 2 3 12 17 -5 8 11 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 7 1 2 4 9 17 -8 5 12 Sydney FC 7 1 1 5 12 18 -6 4

5 MATCH REVIEWS #NPLNSW

Blacktown City FC 0 – Marconi Stallions FC 1 at Lily Homes Stadium Former Blacktown City fan favourite James Andrew has stung his former side after guiding a 10-man Marconi Stallions to a shock 1-0 upset at Lily Homes Stadium on Saturday. The former Blacktown attacker arrived as a half time substitute for Mateo Poljak and put the visitors ahead with a lovely finish ten minutes after the interval to help snap a five-match winless run for the Stallions. Andrew netted 11 league goals for Blacktown last campaign but proved to the bane for Crittenden’s men on the occasion, who slumped to their second defeat in as many weeks. While it might not set alarm bells ringing in Seven Hills, the manner of defeat will particularly sting for the hosts who were unable to score in consecutive matches and were dealt a lesson in pragmatism by Peter Tsekenis’ visitors.

Sydney Olympic FC 2 – Rockdale City Suns FC 2 at An incredible second half fightback has helped Rockdale City Suns snatch a 2-2 draw with Sydney Olympic at Belmore Sports Ground on Sunday. Olympic had the chance to move three points clear at the top of the ladder at the end of Round 7 after APIA Leichhardt’s draw on Saturday. The Blues looked to be making the most of the opportunity as they went into the halftime break up 2-0 thanks to Max Burgess and Alejandro Sanchez. Yet a spirited fightback from the visitors saw Olympic clinging on for a point at the final whistle, as Jordan Figon and Alec Urosevski drew Rockdale level before pushing for a win.

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7 FFA CUP UPDATE #NPLNSW

BIG MATCHES SCHEDULED FOR ROUND 5

orty NSW teams have found out their FFA A few exciting clashes have been announced FCup fate as round 5 of the prestigious draw with two all NPL NSW Men’s affairs taking was announced on Friday at Football NSW’s shape, one at Seymour Shaw as the Sutherland headquarters. Sharks take on Hakoah Sydney City East while at a massive encounter will Led by Football NSW CEO Stuart Hodge as well feature 2017 Champions Manly United tackle as Local FC and former Sydney United and red-hot Blacktown City who in recent seasons, Marconi Stallions star Chad Gibson, the duo have had fantastic runs in the FFA Cup Round had the task of drawing out each of the forty of 32 and beyond. teams schedules with matches set to take shape either on the 2nd and 9th of May. It will be a tough task but Football Wagga Wagga’s Henwood Park FC will travel to Edensor As many as thirteen Football NSW Association Park where they will face NPL NSW Men’s outfit clubs from across the state including four Sydney United 58 while Gladesville-Hornsby Association teams (Albion FA’s Gladesville Ravens will travel to Sydney Park White Eagles, Tarrawanna Blueys SC, Bulli West where they will battle NPL NSW Men’s FC, Wollongong Olympic), three Central Coast side Marconi Stallions. Football Association teams (Terrigal United, Berkeley Vale SC, Killarney District SC) as well An all association affair will however dominate as sole representatives from the Eastern the headlines as Shoalhaven’s Bomaderry Suburbs (Maroubra United), Gladesville- SC will host Central Coast Football’s Killarney Hornsby (Gladesville Ravens), Sutherland District SC while giantkillers Kirrawee Shire (Kirrawee Kangaroos FC), Manly (Belrose Kangaroos from the Sutherland Shire FA who Terrey Hills Raiders SC), Football Wagga Wagga recently knocked out State League Men’s side (Henwood Park FC) and Shoalhaven Association Nepean FC, will hope they can inflict the same (Bomaderry SC) are all still in contention of a pain on the FC. place in round 6 of the Preliminary round draw.

Northern Tigers v Bonnyrigg White Eagles Gladesville Ryde Magic v Dunbar Rovers Bomaderry SC v Killarney District Hills United v Bth Raiders Balmian Tigers FC v Kirawee Kangaroos Terrigal United v Sydney Olympic Hawkesbury City v Berkeley Vale SD Raiders v Albion Park Wollongong Olympic v APIA Leichhardt Tigers Tarra wanna Blueys v UNSW Sydney United 58 v Henwood Park Wollongong Wolves v GHFA Spirit FC Manly United v Blacktown City Mounties Wanderers v FC Gazy Auburn Hurstville City Minotaurs v Central Coast United Rockdale City Suns v Sutherland Sharks v Hakoah Sydney City East Maroubra United v St George FA Bulli FC v St George FC Marconi Stallions v Gladesville Ravens

Further information and fixture details can be found on the Football NSW website. 8 NPLNSW.COM.AU TOP GOAL SCORERS

NAME AND CLUB GOALS SCORED

Adrian Vranic (Sutherland Sharks) 7

Jordan Murray (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 5

Jeremy Cox (Sydney FC 5

Panny Nikas (Sydney United 58) 5

Alejandro Sanchez (Sydney Olympic) 5

Alec Urosevski (Rockdale City Suns) 5

Chris Payne (Sydney United 58) 4

Tasuku Sekiya (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 4

Sean Symons (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 4 Jordan Murray *Does not include FFA Cup goals

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9 TEAM LISTS - U20’S #NPLNSW

26 Adrian Viggiani 35 Michael Jeffrey 27 Anthony Vastag 36 Nicholas Railz 28 Brandon Stojcevski 37 Nikita Parkes 29 Carl Skobla 38 Yianni Nicolaou 30 Christian Nascimben 39 Corey Cuelho 31 Dylan Locaputo 40 Dailbor Malesevic 32 Emileo Fadel 41 Alex Gollan

® 33 Mario Aleksik 47 Damien Tsekenis 34 Martin Fernandez Coach: Nahuel Arrarte Assistant Coaches: Osvaldo Riva and Anthony Belardo Team Manager: Carmelo Orlando

26 Jake Trajkovski 36 Benjamin Riach 27 Nathan Manno 37 Dimitrios Petratos 28 Giuliano Airoldi 38 Kyle Sarigiannis 29 Caleb Bartier 39 Peter Turrall 30 Nathan Separovic 40 Mathew Nikolovski (Gk) 32 Callum Kermack 41 Joshua Tasevski 33 Perry Thomas 42 Joshua Gould 34 Alexander Malfara 43 Nathan Hancock 35 Jared Kadar 44 Jordan Pyne Coach: Stamati Glaros Assistant Coach: Halil Boz

U20’S - NPL NSW MEN’S

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sutherland Sharks FC 7 6 1 0 21 7 14 19 2 Blacktown City FC 7 5 0 2 17 8 9 15 3 Sydney FC 7 4 2 1 19 17 2 14 4 Sydney United 58 FC 7 3 1 3 12 8 4 10 5 Wollongong Wolves FC 7 3 1 3 10 11 -1 10 6 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 7 3 1 3 12 15 -3 10 7 Marconi Stallions FC 6 2 1 3 8 12 -4 7 8 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC UNDER5 20’S2 0 3 11 10 1 6 9 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 7 1 3 3 8 13 -5 6 10 Rockdale City Suns FC 7 1 3 3 6 15 -9 6 11 Manly United FC 7 1 2 4 8 10 -2 5 12 Sydney Olympic FC 6 1 1 4 5 11 -6 4

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arconi Stallions are aiming to set the Mrecord straight when they host Rockdale City Suns at Marconi Stadium this Saturday night. After heavy defeats to Blacktown City and Hakoah Sydney City East the Stallions have slipped out of the top five and despite performing well throughout the season will need to start getting the results performances have demanded. The Stallions will be most concerned by their inability to finish chances – they’ve recorded just eight so far but efforts from Anthony Vastag and Michael Jeffrey against a normally watertight Blacktown last Saturday should boost confidence ahead of this weekend. Rockdale head into the fixture on the back of two 1-1 draws against Manly United and Sydney Olympic. The City Suns are currently tenth on the table having won the single match so far this season but a victory over Marconi would see the visitors leapfrog their opponents on the table. Dimitrios Petratos has been the central goalscoring threat for Rockdale with two goals to his name.

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42 Advin Trebincevic 51 Jesse Brown 43 Alexander Fadel 52 Josha Pereyra 44 Andre Cavallaro 53 Lachlan Sepping 45 Andrew Holder 54 Leonaro Abdo 46 Bailey Geddes 55 Vincenzo Melissari 48 Gian Sacco 56 Zachary Readon ® 49 James Cakovski 57 Zubayd Allie 50 Jason Mansor 58 Harry Gray Coach: Paul Fraser Assistant Coach: Sam Alessi Team Manager: Ivor Prasad

47 Vinko Gacic 54 Jackson Angelou 48 James Nikolovski 56 Adrian Neoklis 49 Peter Patsiavoudis 57 Mouhamed Hanache 50 Joshua Jenicek 58 Mohamed Ahmed 65 Brandan Stefanovski Gk 59 Sam Shainfield 46 Jacob Botic 60 Jay Hirshowitz 51 George Marangos 61 Noah Botic 52 Vincent Fletcher 62 Adam Sukar 53 Daniel Geroski Coach: Steve Zoric Assistant Coach: Gary Departo Team Manager: Jack Bulic

U18’S - NPL NSW MEN’S

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 7 5 2 0 11 5 6 17 2 Rockdale City Suns FC 7 5 1 1 18 7 11 16 3 Sydney FC 7 5 1 1 18 8 10 16 4 Marconi Stallions FC 7 5 1 1 14 6 8 16 5 Blacktown City FC 7 5 0 2 16 10 6 15 6 Wollongong Wolves FC 7 3 0 4 6 11 -5 9 7 Manly United FC 6 2 1 3 13 10 3 7 8 Sutherland Sharks FC 7 2 1 4 8 9 -1 7 9 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 7 1 2 4 10 17 -7 5 10 Sydney United 58 FC 7 1 1 5 3 11 -8 4 11 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 5 1 0 4 5 11 -6 3 12 Sydney Olympic FC 6 0 0 6 2 19 -17 0

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CLUB PLAYED U18'S U20'S 1ST TOTAL Blacktown City FC 21 15 30 44 89 Sutherland Sharks FC 21 7 38 44 89 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 17 3 12 64 79 Sydney Olympic FC 19 0 8 64 72 Sydney United 58 FC 21 4 20 48 72 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 21 17 20 32 69 Wollongong Wolves FC 21 9 20 40 69 Marconi Stallions FC 20 16 14 32 62 Rockdale City Suns FC 21 16 12 32 60 Sydney FC 21 16 28 16 60 Manly United FC 20 7 10 32 49 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 21 5 12 20 37

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RANKING Football NSW will use the following process when ranking the Clubs within each Competition: NPL NSW Men’s, NPL 2 NSW Men’s, NPL 3 NSW Men’s and Men’s State League – senior club championship with points calculated from all Premiership Matches in all grades using the following system;

GRADE POINTS MULTIPLIER 1st Grade Premiership Points X 4 U20 Premiership Points X 2 U18 Premiership Points X 1

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ROUND 1 ROUND 3 Sydney United 58 FC APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 1-0 1-3

ROUND 4 ROUND 5 ROUND 6 Manly United FC Sydney Olympic FC Hakoah Sydney City East FC 2-4 0-2 1-1

ROUND 8 ROUND 10 ROUND 13 Saturday 28th April @ 19:00 Saturday 12th May @ 19:00 Sunday 3rd June @ 15:00 Rockdale City Suns FC Sutherland Sharks FC Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC

ROUND 18 ROUND 20 ROUND 22 Sunday 8th July @ 15:00 Sunday 29th July @ 15:00 Sunday 12th August @ 15:00 Blacktown City FC Sydney FC Wollongong Wolves FC

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