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elcome to WIN STADIUM – The Wolf Den Club captain Chris Price, Justin Pasfield, Wfor our Round 2 clash with Rockdale City Peter Simonoski, Joshua Macdonald, Taylor Suns. McDonald, Brendan Griffin, James Baldacchino, Our boys kicked off our 2018 campaign with a Michael Robinson, Steve Hayes and Ethan draw last Sunday against Blacktown City and Kambiosis. Very shortly they will joined by we’ll be looking for the full three competition another locally produced Wolves gun who is points on offer in today’s encounter. very much a crowd favourite. Maximising results at home is crucial in a Complementing our core ground of locals, competition as strong as the NPL NSW Men’s we have been fortunate to have retained the 1, so making WIN STADIUM a fortress, like we services of 2017 players James Marcovic and did last year will go a long way to our mighty Luke Kairies and further bolstered our talent Wolves Football Club staying in the and depth with the addition of youngsters top part of the table. Michael Stojanovski, Ryan Ensor and Quivi Fowler. Our players love playing on the best ground in the competition and all our opposition teams Add to this the leadership, experience and know they are in for a hell of a tussle whenever temperament of Nick Montgomery, Yuzo they play us at The Wolf Den. Tashiro and new signing Takuya Nozawa it is no wonder Wollongong Wolves fans are Retention and selective recruitment was a confident about the team’s chances for this major focus for us in the off season. The season. Illawarra and South Coast have long been renowned as one of Australia’s most fertile First Grade coach, Jacob Timpano is to be junior nurseries when it comes to the congratulated for assembling such a quality development of football players. Many talented squad and will have them gelling and playing and successful footballers have emerged an attractive brand of football that will have from our region, playing in the A League, our supporters screaming at the top of their representing the Socceroos and carving out lungs and chanting for more. lucrative careers overseas. This will continue as At this stage of every season, each team is more and more kids, boys and girls, learn their excited about their chances and believes love of the game and develop their passion they will be fighting for much higher honors and skills right here across our entire region. at season’s end. Realistically only 5 teams As the major representative pathway for will progress at the conclusion of the initial football players in our area the Wollongong competition rounds to qualify for the semi Wolves take development of our players as finals and the ultimate accolade, the 2018 our paramount consideration and understand premiership crown. the important role we play in providing the The Wollongong Wolves intend to me right opportunities for them to take their game to amongst the pack when things start to get the highest possible level. This is not simply serious. only for our first grade squad but just as And it continues today against Rockdale City importantly for our U20s, our U18s and in fact Suns. all our junior and SAP teams from U9s all the way through to our U16s. Our stars of today Thank you for your support and commitment will be the inspiration and example of our stars in attending today’s match. of tomorrow. We will continue to pack WIN Stadium – The This season we have 11 members of our Wolf Den with the best, most passionate and first grade squad who were born, bred and knowledgeable fans in Australian football. developed right here across the Illawarra and LOOK OUT – THE WOLVES ARE ON THE South Coast. No other side in our competition HUNT! can boast such an impressive record. ENJOY TODAY’S GAME

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he Wollongong scorer was Alec Urosevski with ten goals and TWolves welcome nine other players made contributions with the 2017 NPL Mens goals. Urosevski also scored the quickest goal, 1 semi finalists from which eventuated in the 8th minute in Round 8 Ilinden Park, Rockdale Bonnyrigg White Eagles game. The best result City Suns for their sequence without loss was seven matches - Round 2 encounter win, win, win, draw, win, draw and win Round this afternoon at WIN 1-2, 4-8 (Round 3 was a postponed match) and Stadium. Today will the the team neglected to score on five occasions, 20th meeting since the first one back in 1987. which was bettered by five teams. Multi- It was 3-2 Wolves win then with the Wolves’ Pat scorers in a single match were brace achievers Brodnik, Jock Morlando and Randall Easthorpe Urosevski with three and Jordan Figon with and Sun’s Paul Darlington and Pat Rodas, being two. the scorers. Players that were selected into the ‘Team Of Results have gone either way for the Suns and The Week’ were Urosevski with five selections, the Wolves in recent times. Which teams’ turn followed by (4), Blake Ricciutto (3), will it be today? Jordan Figon (2), Harris Gaitatzis (1), Daniel THE OPPOSITION TODAY – ROCKDALE CITY Petkovski (1), Alek Canak (1), Patrick Savor (1), SUNS Trent McClenehan (1) and Toufic Alameddine New additions to the team for 2018 that coach (1). Covic, as well, was the joint recipient of the Paul Reid have signed include Bai Antoniou 2017 Mens 1 ‘Goalkeeper Of The Year’ Award. from FC Youth and Michael Neill, ex- He was also included in the ‘Team Of The Year’ Central Coast Mariners and Sydney United. along with Urosevski and Ricciutto (as a sub.). The Suns since their inception in 1969 have THE MATCH-UP won honours. In the NSW Super League in Since the 2004/05 season in the NSW 2009 the team achieved 46 points from 22 competition, the two teams have met on games from 14 wins and 4 draws to win the seventeen occasions with the Wolves behind in Premiership of that competition. The team the number of wins and goals, 7 wins to 9 and scored and conceded 46 and 22 goals with 17 goals to 24. Rockdale’s best score was 3-0 in a goal difference of plus 24. Mile Todorovski 2016 with the Wolves best being 4-1 in 2011. coached the team. Players used included The highest number of goal scored in a single Angelo Kosmatos, Paul Dee, Peter Apolevski, match was five, emanating the second round Saso Trajcevski, Adem Kir, Cameron Jones, Igor of matches in 2011. The nil scores per team are Kotevski, Kurt Crnic, Robert DiMeglio and Askin Oygur amongst others. The club also that year won promotion to the Premier League. Since 2014, the club has concluded each season in 5th, 6th and 4th and last season in 3rd position. This is a very consistent performance in an upward trajectory and with their new artificial pitch will aid their prospects. In 2017, Rockdale won its first game in Round 1 and were not defeated until Round 9. Achieving 42 points from 12 wins and 6 draws, the team scored and conceded 42 goals and 28 respectively with a goal difference of plus 14, which was the fourth best in the competition. The percentage of goals scored to games ratio was 1.9 and 1.27 in conceding. The top

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4 (WW) and 5 (RCS). BLAST FROM THE PAST In 2018 after Round 1 the two teams occupy This Round 15 match in 1987 was played at 4th (RCS) and 6th (WW) positions on the points’ Seymour Shaw Park in Miranda. table after one round. The team line-ups were as such - The top scorer who has one goal is Alex Canak Rockdale - Ian Barker, Mike Boogard, Jeff (RCS) and he was scorer of the previous goal Wilson, Bill Pilovski, Darren Wilson, Pat Rodas, coming into this match. Vladimir Tortevski, Lou Dounis, Vince Nastoski, In the previous match the Wolves and Tony Genovese and Alex Bottalico. Saso Blacktown played a 0-0 draw and Rockdale Spirovski replaced Genovese with Ilija Takacs being the coach. defeated Sutherland Sharks 1-0. Wolves - Warwick Young, Jock Morlando, Scott PLAYERS TO WATCH Dickson, Mike Hollifield, Brian Cokely, Jeff The two experienced former A-League Ainsworth, Pat Brodnik, Peter Kotamanidis, custodians in Ante Covic and Justin Pasfield will Rade Stefanovski and Randall Easthorpe. Nova anchor each teams between the sticks and will Bundalo and Zivko Hristovski substituted for be to the fore in this match. Watch as they fly Stefanovski and Kotamanidis respectively. through the air. The Wolves hit the lead when Stefanovski Wolves young midfielder Ryan Ensor stood provided a cross in from the right side. The out last week and will looking to do the same ball hit the ground and bounced off Barker. again. The experience Nick Montgomery Brodnik was positioned to take advantage and was also impressive also in Round 1 and his did so, easily prodding the ball into the goal. experience will shine through. Rockdale’s A long Young clearance was subsequently Canak is a consistent scorer and he will be headed by defender Boogard into his own net dangerous. in the thirty-sixth minute. He was aiming for

7 #NPLNSW goalkeeper Barker, who was positioned out Cup) and the 2008 Championship and lead by of his goal. Boogard wasn’t aware of this, and example. Following a high scoring win over the custodian watched as the ball sail over the Macarthur Rams during the 2008 season, Blake custodian into the goal. This certainly wasn’t stated - ‘it was a good performance all round. his day. They gifted us a couple of goals but it was The Wolves were looking like early winners. pleasing to get our goal difference up.’ However, in the second half Rockdale Blake was an inspiring captain. He was a attacked with regularity with Young repelling consummate defender, good in the air, agile these advances, making many important with a fine touch and very effective in tackles, saves. However, in the seventy-third minute, ball control and passing ability. Markovski delivered the ball to Bottalico who WOLVES’ PAST PLAYER OF NOTE - SCOTT then reduced the arrears. His powerfully struck DICKSON drive zoomed into the goal. Despite their second dominance, Rockdale could not add to Dickson was a defender who first played their score and the visitors ran out the winners. for the club in 1983 and played until 1987. He was a member of the Premiership and SCORES AND SCORERS FROM THE PREVIOUS Championship winning 1987 side, though FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS he was injured and thereby unavailable for 1. 2015. Rockdale City Suns 1 (Marko Jesic) the Grand Final. The five year Wolves player defeated by Wolves 3 (Sam Matthews, Jordan played a total of 86 league games with 84 Murray x2) starting appearances and two from the bench, 2. 2016. Rockdale City Suns 2 (Toufic scoring a total of six goals. Alameddine, Alec Urosevski) defeated Being a solid defender who could provide Wolves 1 (Peter Simonoski) enticing crosses and defence splitting 3. 2016. Wolves 0 defeated by Rockdale 3 passes to set up team mates for goal scoring (Hristijan Tanoski, Alec Urosevski, Aleksander opportunities, such examples were displayed Canak) in 1987 when Dickson headed a Rade Stefanovski cross down to Jock Morlando who 4. 2017. Wolves 2 (Yuzo Tashiro x2) defeated duly scored in the away match over Newcastle. Rockdale City Suns 0 In another match with Kuringai, both Jeff 5. 2017. Rockdale City Suns 2 (Aleksander Ainsworth and Robert Giraldi headed in a Canak x2) defeated Wolves 1 (Patrick Dickson crosses. He was also strong in the Antelmi) tackle. SELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF BOTH CLUBS Dickson scored a total of six league goals with - BEN BLAKE his initial one being scored in 1983, Round 19 Blake, a consummate defender, played on the 24th July at Ziems Park Corrimal. Four for Rockdale in 1994 in the NSW Super players were involved in the lead-up before League making a total of fourteen starting Dickson ultimately struck. Later, in the same appearances with an additional two off the match he headed down a John Fleming free bench with one goal to his credit. Following on kick straight to Larry Gaffney, who proceeded from the Suns, he played for Blacktown City to lash the ball home. Dickson’s final goal was before venturing to Gombak City in Singapore. in 1977 Round 17 encounter with Blacktown He was with the Wolves from 1999/00 for three City, when he headed home a Zivko Hristovski years before leaving for Perth Glory. Without corner kick in the twelfth minute. In 1985, he getting game time in the west he was back at was voted the Club’s ‘Player Of The Year’. the Wolves for three more NSL seasons. He By Malcolm Rowney subsequently had a stint with Dandaloo in the (Players comments were originally from interviews IPL in 2006 before two more return seasons at conducted by the writer for inclusion in the match the club, but this time in NSW Premier League. reports of the time.) He was the captain of the 2007 and 2008 sides that won the 2007 Tiger Turf Cup (Waratah

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algownie Junior Football Club (BJFC) was running registered soccer club, the Balgownie Bformed in 1958 and in 2018 celebrates its Rangers, in the afternoon. 60th anniversary. Ana has always been involved in running the From humble beginnings founded as a school canteen on match days, but if that wasn’t soccer team, we have grown to a club with 62 enough, Ana also took on other responsibilities teams and 600 players aged from 5 through in 2007 with the Ladies Auxiliary, and was an to 18. The longevity and success of our club active member with the Clothing Committee is due to the kids that continue to choose to and Club/Hall hiring activities. Something that’s play football, and the long list of volunteers important to remember, BJFC is a large junior who have, over 60 years, give up their time to club with most Saturdays seeing between 40- ensure that kids get to play football each week. 45 matches, and a further 6-10 matches played on a Sunday. A typical weekend would see From our list of volunteers, BJFC has 48 life members who have been recognised for their commitment to our club, and our most recent addition to this distinguished list is Ana Storey. Ana has been involved with BJFC since 2005 when her children played for the club. Since 2011, when her children stopped playing, Ana has remained committed to volunteering with the Junior Club every week. Every fortnight Ana stays the entire day to also support Australia’s longest

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more than 600 players from home and away place and Ana does an outstanding job every teams, 1200 parents and many many more week in making sure every customer walks grandparents, family and friends. away happy. Our success and longevity is partly attributed to Ana’s contributions. Thank 2018 will see Ana’s 13th consecutive year on you to Ana and thank you to all the volunteers donating her time every weekend to our club. that keep our club’s running. The canteen can be a very popular and busy

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Three first grade players who are in the squad games, captaining the side in addition, before in 2018 were acknowledged at the 2017 he ventured to Sydney FC. He was an adept Wolves Presentation Night, having achieved crosser of the ball and many goals came from over a hundred games for the club, with these efforts. He possessed a strong shot, those players being captain Chris Price, striker scoring a total number of 19 goals, some Peter Simonoski and midfielder Steve Hayes. from the penalty spot and overlapped down These players have played with distinction the left on infinite occasions. He is a ‘Wolves throughout their careers to date, and have Legend,’ a Championship winning player on joined seventeen other achievers who have two occasions, plus a Cup final winner and an logged up a hundred league games or more for Oceania Club Champions Cup winner. the Wollongong Wolves club in either the NSL, RAY VLIETSTRA - 160 the NSW Premier League or a combination of both. These players are listed in number of Vlietstra, the central defender began in 1982 games order together with their achievements and concluded his first stint in 1986. He with the club. Three of these ‘hundred’ returned in 1988, and two of the following two achievers, Price, Simonoski and Hayes, are seasons, 1989 and 1989/90, eight seasons in likely to add to their tallies in the 2018 season total. He was adept on the ball, strong in the and perhaps beyond. The tallies are up to and tackle and a very capable player in the air, including Round 1 2018 being a Premiership winning player in addition. MATTHEW HORSLEY - 284 JOCK MORLANDO - 160 Horsley played eleven seasons from 1990/91 Morlando played in every game during the to the 2000/01 amassing the highest number 1987 season showing his high endurance level. in Wolves history for the player who concluded He was a consummate defender from 1981 his tenure as captain of two Championship (36 and 1982, 1986 to1989, 1989/90 to 1992/93, goals to his credit) and attacking and defending ten seasons in all with fourteen goals beside in equal measures as well being an inspiring his name. He was a duel Premiership winning leader. He was a Golden Boot winner and player and a Championship winner in addition. also a Cup final winner. In addition he was a BEN BLAKE -154 member of the Oceania Club Champions Cup Blake, like Horsley, was a championship- winning team. winning captain, annexing the 2008 NSW RICHARD LLOYD - 165 championship and the 2007 Tiger Turf Cup, Lloyd, the utility played who was at home in addition he was a member of the squad in defence or midfield has the second most that won the 1999/00 and 2000/01 NSL number of appearances and his influence on championship. He was an inspiring leader in the team was second to none from 1989/90 his central defender role. He was an assured to 1996/97, a tally of eight seasons. He was player reading the play well and exact with the utilized as a utility player and he gave his all in pass, scoring four goals, one being in the 9-4 his matches. He was the Golden Boot winner result versus Newcastle in the 2000/01 season. in the 1990/91season, and achieved a tally PAT BRODNIK -154 of twenty goals over his time at the club. In Brodnik was an elusive goal poacher with a addition, he played in two final series with the quick turn of acceleration and an eye for goal club. in his eight seasons from 1985 to 1991/92. ALVIN CECCOLI - 161 He was a Golden Boot winner and scored the The left footed wingback began in 1995/96 most goals in a single match, six, from a total and made a four-season stint in the NSL with of 35. He was twice a member of a Premiership the club. He returned for the 2004/05 NSW winning team as well as a Championship Premier League season playing a further five winner. 14 NPLNSW.COM.AU

ROBERT STANTON -152 most league goals for the club 60 in all, and Stanton was twice a member of a was a Golden Boot winner on three occasions. Championship winning side playing as a central The left footed player was skilful on the ball, defender for the most part and in addition, possessed a deadly shot and was lethal in the a Cup final winner and an Oceania Club box. He scored in a Grand Final and was twice Champions Cup winner. He was a good reader a Championship winning player, as well as an of the game, tough tackling and good with the Oceania Club Champions Cup winner. ball at his feet. From 1997/98 to 2002/03, he CHRIS PRICE - 123 scored seven times. Left sided wingback Price began in the DAVID GREEN - 151 2004/05 NSW Premier League and played until Green was a right-sided defender who the 2008 season. He returned in 2013, with overlapped to good effect in seven years at 2018, being his tenth season. He has got onto the club. He began in 1983 to 1986, and from the scorer’s list on eleven occasions in the 1990/91 to 1992/93 with one goal to his credit league and scored in the 2008 Grand Final. He scored in his final season. He was a finalist was a Championship and a Cup winning player, player. was a captain of the club and also a member of the FFA Cup Round of 32 qualifying team. BRETT HUGHES - 141 -121 Hughes was a six seasons goalkeeper from 1992/93 to 1997/98 who has attained the most A ‘Wolves Legend’ and the highest ever Wolves clean sheets of any Wolves custodian, thirty in scorer in all competitions, striker Petrovski total, one ahead of his nearest rival. He was a played two stints for the Wolves from 1999/00 Cup final winner in his tenure and a player in to 200/01 and from 2011 to 2012 and he duly finals series. scored in all seasons, totaling 54 league goals in all. He had exact close skills and able to beat DAVID HUXLEY - 140 defenders with feigns, change of direction Huxley from 1997/98 to 2002/03, played six and acceleration and possessed a strong seasons in total, was a holding midfielder, shot, scoring goals from close in or from long strong in the tackle mobile and adept in range. Petrovski was a Golden Boot winner heading. He is a ‘Wolves Legend’ to boot and on two occasions with a club record and also twice a member of a Championship winning scored in a Grand Final, as well as being a side, together with an Oceania Club Champions Championship winner on two occasions. He Cup championship. He scored three goals was also a member of the Oceania Club Cup during his club stint. Championship winning team. - 131 PETER KOTAMANIDIS - 114 Chipperfield, a left sided player and a ‘Wolves A left footed midfielder with adept skill in Legend, was a Golden Boot winner, having the dribble and ease of beating players is a scored the most goals in the 1997/98 NSL ‘Wolves Legend’. He was on the score sheet season with a total of 50 goals. He could play on fourteen occasions and In addition, he was as a forward or in the midfield, possessed a both a Premiership and Championship winning strong forceful shot. He was a Championship player, together with being a Golden Boot winning player on two occasions and was a winner. Cup final winning player as well, together with RANDALL EASTHORPE -104 an Oceania Club Champions Cup winning medal. A three times Golden Boot winner, Easthorpe was a goal poacher who reacted quickly in STUART YOUNG -130 the box to score 41 times in the league, was Striker Young, a ‘Wolves Legend‘ scored the a languid player with speed and acceleration,

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being a difficult player to defend against. He DAVID CERVINSKI -100 was a duel Premiership winning player and Cervinski, the central defender was a strong also a Championship winner. He played four tackler, good in the air and never took a seasons from 1987 – 1989/90. backward step. A ‘Wolves Legend’, he began PETER SIMONOSKI -103 in 1999/00 and was a duel Championship As a fifteen-year-old Simonoski made his initial winning player with the club, a Oceania Club first grade appearance in 2009 before his next Cup Championship winning team member, seasons from 2011-2017. He has been a scorer playing until the 2002/03 season, four seasons of many goals being a Golden Boot winner. in total, popping up on the three occasions to He has quick movement on the ball, is able score. A hundred league appearances was his to beat opposition players with his footwork exact number. and strikes the ball strongly when needed This is a ‘who’s who’ of many starring players for shots. He was a member of an FFA Cup for the club and all have achieved a great deal Round Of 32 qualifying team as well as being a of success through their deeds. member of a finals team. By Malcolm Rowney STEVE HAYES -100 Midfielder Hayes, with a never say die attitude, is an effusive midfielder player from 2006 to 2009, 2013-2014, 2017 and 2018. He was skilled in equal measure defending or attacking and was on the score sheet in the final match game of the 2017 season for his initial season strike, which was his tenth goal for the club. He was a Championship and Cup final winning player.

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1 JUST PASFIELD (GK) 14 ETHAN KAMBISIOS 2 JAMES MARKOVIC 16 LUKE KAIRIES (GK) 3 TAYLOR MCDONALD 17 RYAN ENSOR 4 MICHAEL ROBINSON 21 CAOIMHIN FOWLER 5 JAMES BALDACCHINO 23 STEVEN HAYES 6 NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY 28 MICHAEL STOJANOVSKI 7 CHRIS PRICE 30 YUZO TASHIRO 8 BRENDAN GRIFFIN 40 TAKUYA NOZAWA 9 PETER SIMONOSKI 10 JOSHUA MACDONALD

COACH: JACOB TIMPANO ASSISTANT: NICK MONTGOMERY ASSISTANT: ALFREDO ESTEVES MANAGER: ROBERT POSITTI PHYSIO: MATTHEW WHALAN ANALYSIST: JULIO MIRANDA

1 ANTE COVIC 12 IDRISS EL HAFIANE 2 DANIEL PETKOVSKI 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: ZORAN STEFANOVSKI MANAGER: ANGELO SALLIS TEAM STEWARD: JOVAN CKOROVSKI

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

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

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

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CLUB U18'S U20'S 1ST TOTAL Sydney FC 0 6 12 18 Rockdale City Suns FC 3 2 12 17 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 0 0 0 12 Marconi Stallions FC 0 0 12 12 Sydney Olympic FC 0 0 12 12 Wollongong Wolves FC 0 6 4 10 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 3 6 0 9 Sydney United 58 FC 3 6 0 9 Blacktown City FC 3 0 4 7 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 3 0 0 3 Sutherland Sharks FC 0 2 0 2 Manly United FC 0 0 0 0

CLUB PLAYED WINS DRAWS LOSSES TOTAL Sydney FC 3 2 0 1 18 Rockdale City Suns FC 3 2 1 0 17 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 1 1 0 2 12 Marconi Stallions FC 3 1 0 2 12 Sydney Olympic FC 3 1 0 2 12 Wollongong Wolves FC 3 1 1 1 10 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 3 2 0 1 9 Sydney United 58 FC 3 2 0 1 9 Blacktown City FC 3 1 1 1 7 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 3 1 0 2 3 Sutherland Sharks FC 3 0 1 2 2 Manly United FC 1 0 0 1 0

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25 TEAM LISTS #NPLNSW UNDER 16s UNDER 15s

Luke Genua Luke Morgan Sebastian Black Harrison Anagnostopou-los Tyson Black Brandon Angelevski Lachlan Bryce Antoni Anic Jayden Calver Andrew Aston Navarone Darjani Deakin Brownlee Harrison Dennis Salvatore Di Bella Owen Fitzpatrick Ryan Doig Lewis Grimshaw Dax Kelly Anthony Krsteski Gabriel Krsteski Rocky Lavalle Tony Krstevski Keegan Matias Logan Mathie Mason Mavridis Oliver Mitrevski Michael Mendes Daniel Payne Will Nattrass Riley Smithson Noah Vidler Omezikam Uchendu Coach: Manny Mavridis Coach: Steve Honey Assistant: Tom Anagnostopoulos Assistant: Allan Jones Manager: Kimberley Fitzgerald Managers: Terina Hartley and Ben Mitrevski UNDER 14s UNDER 13s UNDER 12s

1 Jake Charlston Morgan Woolnough Max Atsas 2 Jake Almond Jayden Branovski Thomas Bent-Genge 3 James Anagnostopou-los Chisholm Brown Alessandro Calmasini 4 Julian De Freitas Benjamin Caroutas Noah Crapis 5 Jack Deale Jay De Gouveia Max Cunial 6 Jack Duffy Callum Donnelly Lachlan Flood 7 Joshua Franco Aleksandar Dulevski Lachlan Groves 8 Joshua Galevski Damon Gray Adam Kairis 9 Jacob Krkovski Kyron Guevara Joshua Keir 10 Flynn Madden Jyden Harb Martin Kolevski 11 Daniel Merola Cooper Kerridge Heath Marsden 12 Joshua Nikolovski Noah McNeill Liam Mavridis 13 Luke Palermo Aiden Miranda Tristan Nikolovski 14 Anton Radice-Jones Joel Palermo Adrian Pontone 15 Deklan Rawson Sebastian Tomasiello Harry Taylor 16 Sebastian Stanojevic Kalani Vella Miles Thompson Thomas Tugrul Coach: Todd Parker Coach: Andrew Thompson Christian Vujic Manager: Steve Stanojevic Assistant: Phil Vidler Kieran Wardle Manager: Anthony Palermo Harry Wililo Coach: Brendan Griffin 26 NPLNSW.COM.AU TEAM LISTS UNDER 11s UNDER 10s UNDER 9s

Christian Anagnos-topoulos Christian Beleski Jaxon Bojlevski Lenny Atsas James Benedetti Samuel Burke Taj Demito Billy Beniuk Myke Caldrmoski Ben Harman James Calci Kahuitara-Te Ra Chase Jacob Hastings Cooper Ellis Jack Foley Kyan Hawke Kolby Guevara Fabian Gaudiosi Oscar Kiely Axl Hornby Leo Halios-Lewis Micah Leimbach Khaled Houchaymi Jarrah Longbottom Michael Marijan Isaac Kostovski Kingston McLerie Noah Mathie Gabriel Lombardi Zachary McNeill Odhran McDermott Cooper Markovic Jared Mihajlovic Ryan Molnar Elijah Millet Novak Novakovic Rishay Patel Lucas Moreira Declan Pearce John Perri Innocent Nwali Diego Sansone Beau Randle Samuel Palermo Leroy Szanto Lennox Roodenrys Jordan Sirijovski Lewis Tomlinson Jimmy Skarvelis Noah Smart Ashton Stapleton Luca Spaseski Coach: Chris Halios-Lewis Noah Stella Lukas Srbinoski Zane Stroemer Lachlan Taylor

Coach: Alfredo Esteves Coach: Vlado Srbinoski

27 TEAM LISTS - U20’S #NPLNSW

1 Bailey Kubecka 9 Marcus Bimbilovski 2 Louis Connell 10 Harrison Taranto 3 Kyle Senior 11 Tory Musumeci 4 Jack Hooper 12 Jordan Nikolovski 5 Jared Wiley 13 Nikola Djordevic 6 Brodie Clarkson 14 Mitchell Ferraro 7 Branislav Radmanovic 19 Thomas Dunlop 8 James Carli

Coach: James Ford Manager: Robert Positti

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

U18’S

1 Brendon Krcanoski 10 Jake Levy 2 Luke Day 11 Samuel Miranda 3 Kayne Kotevski 12 Joshua Correia 4 Joshua Alcorn 13 Liam Rae 5 Tim Chapman 14 Brendan Low 6 Jordyn Della Vedova 15 Jarrod Alston 7 Jason Pappas 16 Hayden Purkiss 8 Brendan Mitrovski 9 Joel Starr Coach: Richard Lloyd Assistant Coach: Scott Nicholls Manager: Robbie Day

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 NPLNSW.COM.AU SPONSORS

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29 EVEN NOW #NPLNSW WOLVES’ HIGHEST SCORING DRAWS

These are the home games that concluded Game 2. Score 4 - 4 Versus APIA Leichhardt with the Wollongong Wolves and their 2013 NSWPL Season. opponents earning a point each when usually The Wolves got off to a good start at Crehan scoring a high number of goals would ensure Park with Ricky Zucco netting after eight victory. These games were absorbing affairs for minutes. It was a free kick from just outside the spectators, as they anxiously willed their the centre circle and Zucco’s pearler of a team to hold on to their lead or to come up goal zoomed into the goal past the hapless with an equaliser. goalkeeper. Mitchell Del Turco got the Wolves Game 1. Score 4-4 v Collingwood Warriors, out by two eleven minutes in, and three 1996/1997 NSL Season. minutes following Zucco’s effort, when present at the far post he headed downward into the Wollongong went behind at Brandon Park goal a Martinoski corner kick. APIA responded in this Round 26 fixture, when Collingwood’s seven minutes later then evened the score with first corner kick was not cleared effectively. a penalty kick. Two minutes on, Martinoski got As a result, the resultant shot took a wicked on the scorecard himself scoring the Wolves deflection and Collingwood was on the third goal. He, in the second half following scoreboard after fourteen minutes. The good lead up work by Zucco and Del Turco, Wolves got on equal footing through the goal produced a left foot shot that flew like a effort of Scott Chipperfield, whose forceful left missile to bulge the net to take the lead once footed shot had the desired effect. However, again. However, APIA got their third to equal the home team went into the break one goal and had the wind in their sails. However, two behind after Collingwood scored once more. minutes on, Del Turco achieved his brace with A curled shot snuck inside the right hand his team’s fourth strike. A through ball was corner. Noel Spencer then netted for the collected allowing him to be one on one with Wolves, scoring his first goal for the club. The the goalkeeper and he proceeded to shoot on Warriors made it three on the stroke of half target past him. The Wolves enjoyed the lead time when they scored from a corner once until three minutes from full time when APIA again. bobbed up to get the third clawed back to restore parity in this 18th April equalising goal in the fifty seventh minute 2013 encounter. before Collingwood regained the lead for a fourth time sixty seconds later. Sonny Sevin’s The line-up was Daniel Collison, Jack Keating, goal late in the game gave the home team Michael Robinson, Jacob Timpano, Sam a valuable point, when, during the match it Chapple, John Martinoski, Mitchell Del Turco, Sam Matthews, Zac MacKenzie, Peter looked decidedly unlikely. The date was 20th Simonoski, Ricky Zucco, Chris Nathaniel, Joseph April 1997. Lavalle and Matthew Floro substituted for Wollongong’s line-up was Adam Brodbeck, Timpano, Del Turco and Zucco. Sebastian Sinozic, Alvin Ceccoli, Gary Van Del Turco stated post match -‘It was good Egmond, Matthew Horsley, Sonny Sevin, to get two goals but a win would have been Stephen Laybutt, Sasho Dimoski, Martin sweeter…we just died a bit in the last ten Bourke, Scott Chipperfield and Noel Spencer. minutes.’ Antony Surjan, Neil Harlock and Colin Luff replaced Spencer, Dimoski and Laybutt in Game 3. Score 3 - 3 Versus Sydney Olympic the 62nd, 68th and 74th minutes. After the 1989/90 NSL Season. match played at Brandon Park, coach Nick The team personnel for this Round 17, Theodorakopoulis said the match was good 19th February 1990 clash included George and bad. This was also the final match for the Bouhoutsos, , David Skeen, Ray Collingwood Warriors. Vlietstra, Zivko Hristovski, Paul McFadden, Jeff 30 NPLNSW.COM.AU

Allport, Danny Crainie, Danny Petkovic, Randall Jason van Blerk and John Majuroski replaced Easthorpe and Pat Brodnik. David Roberts van Bentum and Nwaogazi in the 56th and and Derek O’Neill substituted for Allport and 91st minutes. Petkovic. Wollongong took the lead after two minutes The Wolves drew first blood at Brandon Park when Stuart Young headed home Nahuel when McFadden’s shot, from in front of the Arrarte’s corner kick. This advantage to the goalkeeper, skidded into the goal. Thirty-seven Wolves lasted almost to half time when minutes later Olympic equalised through the Marconi equalised after confusion in the first of a hat trick by then went box. The Wolves went behind in the 52nd ahead. McFadden brought up his brace when minute before the Wolves restored parity he managed to slide the ball into the net. The again in the 68th minute when Nwaogazi Wolves went ahead when a Crainie cross from gained possession and passed to Young, who the left side found Brodnik. The custodian just put away his second. Marconi gained the past the hour mark blocked his shot. The ball ascendancy once more in the 77th minute. fell to Easthorpe who duly goaled. After the Wolves had supplied intense Game 4 Score 3-3 v City. 1995/96 pressure in seeking an equaliser, Marconi NSL Season succumbed three minutes after scoring. This was a Round 24 match played at Brandon They conceded a corner after good work by Park against Adelaide City. It was played on Nwaogazi. Young’s header from the ensuing the 13th March. Wollongong got off to a super corner kick struck the post and rebounded start with Richard Lloyd getting one in the first straight to Nwaogazi. He made no mistake. minute of play. The score remained this way This was played on 19th December 2003 at until a flurry of goals came just before half WIN Stadium. time. Mario Jermen put Wollongong up by Game 6. Score 3-3 Versus Perth Glory two then two minutes later, Adelaide got on 1998/99 NSL Season. the scoresheet with a strike by . The team for this Round 30 Brandon Park After being two up for most of the first half the match, consisted of Daniel Beltrame, George Wolves were equalled by a effort, Souris, Paul Dimech, Robert Stanton, Matt after which Mori got his team ahead. In the Horsley, Michael Brooks, Antony Surjan, Sasho last three minutes of the game Mineo Bonetig Dimoski, Scott Chipperfield, Ray Younis and equalled, much to the delight of home fans. David Huxley. Esala Masi and Saso Petrovski The Wolves team on that day consisted of Brett substituted Dimoski and Younis in the 69th Hughes, Matthew Dihm, Mike O’Shea, Martin and 82nd minutes. Masi was sent off in the Bourke, Matt Horsley, Angelo Petratos, Lupcho 88th minute. On the 25th April 1999 Younis Naumovski, Richard Lloyd, Mario Jermen, Alvin scored the Wolves first goal eight minutes Ceccoli, and Tony Perinch. Stephen Laybutt following Perth’s first. He hit a superb volley and Mineo Bonetig replaced Jermen and from barely inside the penalty area in the Bourke in the 74th and 81st minutes. Nick twentieth minute. Perth went to lead once Theodorakopoulis was the coach. again, before Dimoski struck two minutes after Game 5. Score 3-3 Versus Marconi 2003/04 the interval. Chipperfield got the Wolves ahead NSL Season with a superb strike before Perth once again Coached by John Turner, the team was Andrew equalised with nine minutes from the end, to Crews, Borislav Dragas, Adam Hughes, Michael go home with a share of the spoils. Hawrysiuk, Shane Lyons, Nahuel Arrarte, These games produced between six or eight Stuart Young, Danial Cummins, Stewart van goals and at the conclusion of each it was Bentum, Ben Blake and Chimoabi Nwaogazi, ‘even now.’ 31 keep our game beautiful INTEGRITY IN SPORT

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33 2018 FIXTURES

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ROUND 1 ROUND 2 Blacktown City FC Sunday 18th March @ 15:00 RESULT: 0-0 Rockdale City Suns FC

ROUND 7 ROUND 9 ROUND 11 Sunday 22nd April @ 15:00 Sunday 6th May @ 15:00 Sunday 20th May @ 15:00 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Manly United FC Marconi Stallions FC

ROUND 14 ROUND 15 ROUND 16 Saturday 9th June @ 19:00 Sunday 17th June @ 15:00 Saturday 23rd June @ 19:00 Sydney FC Albert Butler Memorial Park Hakoah Sydney City East FC Sutherland Sharks FC

ROUND 17 ROUND 19 ROUND 21 Sunday 1st July @ 15:00 Saturday 21st July @ 19:00 Sunday 5th August @ 15:00 Sydney United 58 FC APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC Sydney Olympic FC

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