KICKOFF ROUND 3 SUNDAY WIN STADIUM V 26TH MARCH 2017 FIXTURES TEAM LISTS FIRST GRADE MATCH PREVIEW 3PM TEAM OF THE WEEK #PS4NPLNSW CORPORATE PARTNERS 2 CONTENTSHEADING NPLNSW.COM.AU WOLLONGONG WOLVES COACHING STAFF & MANAGEMENT 1st Team Coach Jacob Timpano 1st Grade Assistant Coach Neil Mann and Alfredo Esteves Senior Managers Robert Positti and Surit Wadhwa Under 20s Coach Julio Miranda Under 18s Coach Richard Lloyd GK Coach John Krajnovic Match Preview 6 Health and Medical Services Figtree Physiotherapy Technical Director Neil Mann Team Lineups 18 CEO Chris Papakosmas 2017 Ladder 19 Admin Manager Susan Gatt Season Draw 30 Program Contributors Malcolm Rowney Photographer - Seniors Pedro Garcia Photographer – Juniors Chris Horn Ground Announcer Kevin Morrissey For advertising opportunities, please contact This program is proudly Susan Gatt on 4225 0999. printed by WOLVES SHOP 105 Crown Street Wollongong Public Notices: • Entry inside the perimeter fence of the playing area is prohibited at all times and offenders will be prosecuted. • All spectators are requested to vacate the ground within 15 minutes of the end of the final game. 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There have been significant changes for our The next few years will be the most important club over the last few months with the best in the Wolves history and with your continued still ahead of us. Football has enjoyed a long, support of our club we are going to make huge proud, strong history across our region and it is strides and take the Wolves and football across our responsibility to ensure our beautiful game our region to the very top. continues to grow and prosper. Our plans are ambitious but also realistic We have added a lot of strength to our senior and very, very achievable. We intend to make squad with some impressive new signings, some significant gains and strides towards a continue to promote and provide opportunities sustainable, rewarding and exciting future. to our local players and have bolstered our coaching staff with strong, quality additions. All We have already reached partnership set for a strong, successful 2017. agreements with the Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council and the Illawarra Stingrays Importantly I would like to thank you all for and our recent announcement of a major attending today and your support and passion partnership with University of Wollongong of the Wollongong Wolves Football Club. College provides us with exciting education pathways and initiatives across all our It is through your commitment and pride communities. in our club and region that the Wolves are able to compete in the Playstation 4 National Additionally we have secured major Premier Leagues NSW Men’s Competition and sponsorships with Multi Civil and Rail Services, provide quality football to all our fans and Central Data Networks, Mr Crown, Puma, Ultra opportunities and pathways for our juniors Football, The Illawarra Mercury and i98fm. coming through. It is all coming together and we are all going to Without your passion for our club we would play a very significant role in something very find it far more difficult to maintain the Wolves special for our team, our town, our region, all standing as the premier football organisation in our communities and particularly our kids. our region. GO THE WOLVES. As you may well be aware there have already been many exciting announcements and initiatives announced and more due to be unveiled shortly. These are very exciting times for our club and we are finally in a position where for the first time, in a long, long time we can begin to transform the potential and opportunities the Wolves have always enjoyed into reality. 5 MATCH PREVIEW #PS4NPLNSW THE OPPOSITION: Wollongong Wolves welcome Manly United’s Hakoah Sydney City East and the second 5-0 visit to WIN Stadium for this Round 3 victory over Blacktown Spartans in Round 19. encounter in the PlayStation 4 NPLNSW Mens 1 The biggest losing margin was two in the 2-0 competition and as well, the first home match loss in Round 1 to Sutherland Sharks. The best of the 2017 season. Manly’s previous coach result sequence without losing was eleven, (until Round 1 2017) was Paul Dee and in his Rounds 12-22, win, draw, win, draw, win, win, playing days made a number of appearances win, win, win, win and draw. The worst losing for the Wolves in the 1992/93 NSL season. sequence was one match. However, Warren Grieve, the technical director, New players in 2017 are Sasa Macura from has taken over the reins in the interim due Blacktown City, Dylan Macallister from Rockdale to Dee’s relocation to Melbourne with his and Nicola Taneski from Sydney United 58. employment. Today’s match will be the 28th time that the two teams have met in the league BLAST FROM THE PAST with a further three games having come in the At Seymour Shaw Park in 2007 the two teams cup. met on the artificial pitch in the Tiger Turf THE OPPOSITION TODAY - MANLY UNITED Cup (now Waratah Cup and FFA Cup). In this prestigious match played on the 8th July, Manly last won honours by winning the Manly struck first in the 23rd minute through Waratah Cup in 2011 by defeating Mens 2 club Mihaljovic after first hitting the post five Mounties Wanderers 4-0 with goals by Scott minutes prior. Cattanach made a mesmerising Balderson, Adam Foti, Jordan Edwards and run past the Wolves defensive pairing before Justin Hayward. The team was - Dylan Mitchell, slotting the ball Mihaljovic. He immediately Jimmy Oates, Graeme Forbes, Marc Richards, guided the ball into the net. Later Schirripa hit Michael Daly, Balderson, Foti, Matthew Simm, the cross bar but the 1-0 score line remained Colin Iley, Corey Gibbs and Daniel Grant. until the half time break. Just after the hour Hayward, Mitch Macedo, Robbie Cattanach mark, Aliffi was barrelled over in the penalty and Edwards replaced Balderson, Iley, Gibbs area and a spot kick was awarded. Aliffi hit the and Grant respectively. The coach was Craig ball to the right of Swancott with the Wolves Midgley. restoring parity. Four minutes later Manly hit Manly United will be hoping further improve on the lead again. Hamad collected a Cunico pass their good efforts in 2016 following their third before producing a thunderous shot, which placed position with 43 points from 12 wins eluded Josevski. Manly not long after was one and 7 draws. The team scored 55 goals and man down following a red card to Cunico. In conceded 27 with a goal difference of plus 28, the seventieth minute, the Wolves equalised the second best of the competition’s teams. The through Osagie Ederaro. The African scored top scorer was Dejan Pandurevic with 13 goals, following the custodian pushing out Chris one of 12 players to have goaled. The team only Prices shot that emanated from a Diaz corner, had two games when they did not score, which and Ederaro dashed in to score. A Dustin Wells was also second best. The quickest goal was by ‘goal’ was not awarded before Steve Hayes Pandurevic in the first minute of the Round 16 was felled following his elusive run and Aliffi Hakoah Sydney City East encounter and 3 clean again dispatched the ball from the spot for sheets were achieved which was the fifth best his number two. Manly thought they had an and equalled by three other teams. The biggest equaliser goal but again for a second time in winning margin of five goals was achieved the match, the goal was not awarded. The twice, the first in the Round 16 6-1 Wolves finally held on to win the Cup 3-2. victory over Wolves: Zlatko Josevski, Michael West, Ben Blake, Steve Hayes, Daniel 6 MATCH PREVIEW NPLNSW.COM.AU Aliffi, Matt Hunter, Dustin Wells, Danial problems having scored four, with Tashiro, Cummins, Ballamodou Conde, Osagie Ederaro, Nicolas Bernal and Patrick Antelmi on song Chris Price. Tynan Diaz, Wayne Heath and Dean so far. Joshua MacDonald together with Steve Kerr substituted for Hunter, Ederaro and Price. Hayes and Brendan Griffin, can bob up any time to score as they indeed, have proved in Manly: Brad Swancott, Pascal Juillard, Michael the past. Williams, Robbie Cattanach, Ashley Ryan, Joey Schirripa, Michael Cunico, Beau Busch, Richard Both these particular teams are in the top Williams, Roberto Hamad and Dusan Mihaljovic. three of offensive sides to date and this Michael Lloyd-Green, Dominic Rossi and Craig being the Wolves initial 2017 home game the Midgley replaced R. Williams, M. Williams and crowd will be cheering their team on and the Mihaljovic. proceedings should pique their interest. THE MATCH - UP SCORES AND SCORERS FROM THE PREVIOUS Manly has 14 league victories and has scored FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS 49 goals to the Wolves 11 wins and 43 goals, 1.