Marconi Stallions FC V Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC
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KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 09 ® SATURDAY MARCONI 24TH APRIL STADIUM 6PM MEN’S CLUB WELCOME Marconi Stallions FC play their second successive Sydney United and draws with Rockdale Ilinden, game at the Palace tonight when they “host” Mt Wollongong Wolves and Sydney Olympic. Druitt Town Rangers in a match of vital importance Mt Druitt Town Rangers are unbeaten at home, and to both sides. have lost both matches away to Wollongong Wolves A glance at the points table shows Mt Druitt Town (3-0 ) and Sutherland Sharks (4-1). Rangers sitting in fifth place on twelve points. The Both sides will be relying on their “target men” Marconi Stallions are seventh on nine points. up front - Marko Jesic the captain of the Marconi Marconi Stallions FC Coach Peter Tsekenis realizes Stallions is up with the leading goal scorers with the importance of the game. five so far. Jack Stewart also is one of the League’s “in form” strikers he has three for the Mt Druitt Town “In terms of the competition table, the game is Rangers and poses a real threat to the Stallions crucial to both teams, a win for them will see them defence. retain their place in the top five. A loss for us will widen the gap to the top group. A win will put us up Both teams have similar records having each with them in or around the top five “ conceded eleven goals after the eight rounds played . “To get in to the top five, we need to win games“ Tsekenis added. It has been a frustrating time for the The Stallions have no trouble scoring goals, they Stallions, SIX draws is proving costly on the points have twelve so far, Mt Druitt Town Rangers have table. One loss so far is indicative of how tough the nine. Stallions are to beat – especially at home. Rockdale It all adds up to an intriguing crucial clash, the Ilinden and Manly United are the only other teams Stallions have to start converting the draws to wins to lose just the one game so far. (They are first and to get into that all important top five. Just two rounds second on the table) remain after this before the competition reaches the “Our performances have been reasonable, we halfway mark. need to keep working hard and the wins will come Mt Druitt Town Rangers under coach Stewart – we aren’t losing matches, we are just not winning Montgomery are growing in stature in the them“ he added. competition and will fancy their chances against Both sides come in to this match with scoreless the Stallions especially with in form dangermen Jack draws at their last starts. The Stallions with Sydney Stewart, Cooper Coskerie and Tarek Elrich as their Olympic and Mt Druitt Town Rangers with Sydney key men. United. At half time, the Marconi Stallions FC SAP Program The Stallions record at the Palace is “mixed“ their will be paraded in the Main Stadium. The Youth one loss so far came against Sydney FC in the Program was introduced recently. first round, then it has been the one win against 2 #NPLNSW MAJOR SPONSORS CORPORATE PARTNERS S Y E N O C o n c r e t e & E x c a v a t i o n NPLNSW.COM.AU 3 1ST GRADE TEAM LISTS ® 1 Nenad Vekic 1 Carlos Saliadarre 2 Nathan Millgate 2 Solomon-Johnn Monahan-Vaiika 3 Giorgio Speranza 3 Travis Oughtred 4 Roberto Speranza 4 Mitch Smith 5 Mason Ingram 5 Bonani Paulo 6 Mark Rodic 6 Blake Thompson 7 Chris Hatfield 7 Jack Stewart 8 Connor Evans 8 Jason Perez 9 Anthony Costa 9 John Roberts 10 Marko Jesic 11 George Tuson-Firth 12 Peter Nichols 11 Mitchell Mallia 17 Cooper Coskerie 12 Stefan Nikolic 19 Riley Ellem 14 Anthony Frangie 20 Robert Fanella 16 Liam Youlley 21 Tarek Elrich 17 Martin Fernandez 22 Jake Mamone 19 Zach Cairncross 24 Sunmola Yinka 20 Dion Shaw 27 Andre Cavalarro 21 Emmanuel Peters 28 Jared Macerola 23 Brandon Vella 32 Fumoto Kamada 24 Paolo Laxamana 33 Takumo Tsujimono 33 Marc Warren Head Coach: Peter Tsekenis Coach: Stewart Montgomery Manager: Peter Papoythis Asst. Coach: Stamati Glaros Managers: Kevin Allan/George Mandic Physio: Kris Caolia Progressive Physio. Strength & Conditioning: Shannon Codd Referee: S. Kelly Assistant Referees: J. Adabjou and M. Staples Fourth Official: B. Merchant *TEAM LISTINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE MATCH PREVIEW Goals, goals, goals will be the message from Tarek Elrich and Jack Stewart both nearly snatched a Marconi Stallions coach Peter Tsekenis as his side late winner for Mt Druitt as the Stewart Montgomery prepares to take on Mt Druitt Town Rangers this side found a second wind in the closing stages. Saturday night at Marconi Stadium. Montgomery said post-match he considered the The Stallions battled out a scoreless draw against result two points lost and will surely be pushing his Sydney Olympic last week but paid the price for side to take their game to the next level this week. their lack of a clinical edge in attack. Both teams are stacked with game-changing players It was Marconi’s sixth draw of the season, and they so that this match could come down to a single are in dire need of a win to keep in touch with the top moment of brilliance. five as the Stallions have been given the nickname the “Draw Specialists’. This contest has the potential to be a match of the round and is one you won’t want to miss. Midfielder Connor Evans has been in strong form for the Stallions in the middle of the park, while Nathan Millgate’s presence at set-pieces provides Marconi with a real goal-scoring threat from dead- ball situations. They come up against a Mt Druitt Town Rangers side which has seemingly found their feet after a bumpy start to the campaign. The Rangers shared the spoils with Sydney United 58 last round after a scoreless draw in a feisty fixture at Popondetta Park. 1ST GRADE LADDER POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Rockdale Ilinden FC 8 5 2 1 17 8 9 17 2 Manly United FC 8 4 3 1 12 9 3 15 3 Sydney United 58 FC 8 4 2 2 13 10 3 14 4 Blacktown City FC 8 4 1 3 14 7 7 13 5 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 8 3 3 2 9 11 -2 12 6 Sydney Olympic FC 8 3 1 4 6 6 0 10 7 Marconi Stallions FC 8 1 6 1 12 11 1 9 8 Wollongong Wolves FC 8 2 3 3 7 13 -6 9 9 Northbridge Bulls FC 8 2 2 4 16 16 0 8 10 APIA Leichhardt FC 8 2 2 4 7 11 -4 8 11 Sydney FC 8 2 2 4 12 17 -5 8 12 Sutherland Sharks FC 8 1 3 4 9 15 -6 6 NPLNSW.COM.AU 5 FIRST GRADE REVIEWS Marconi Stallions 0 – Sydney Olympic 0 at Mt Druitt Town Rangers 0 – Sydney United 58 0 Marconi Stadium at Popondetta Park Marconi Stallions and Sydney Olympic shared the Mount Druitt Town Rangers and Sydney United 58 points in a 0-0 draw at Marconi Stadium on Saturday played out a 0-0 draw in an intriguing contest on night. Saturday night at Popondetta Park. The tight battle saw both teams fighting to the very The hosts showed their growth in the competition, end; however, neither team could capitalize on the where the home side was disappointed to not take opportunities they created. all three points. Marconi’s Mitch Mallia and Olympic’s Brendan Stewart Montgomery’s men controlled much of the Cholakian had their chances but could not find a contest and had chances through Jack Stewart and breakthrough. Tarek Elrich to snatch the winner. Despite both teams fighting to create opportunities Sydney United 58 put in a gritty performance in the dying minutes of the match, both teams were to rebound from their shock FFA Cup exit on goalless at the final whistle, sharing points in a hard- Wednesday evening. It is back-to-back draws for fought battle. the former iconic NSL club, but coach Tomi Vidovic remained adamant that his side will come good once more. On Anzac Day WE HONOUR OUR HEROES Lest we forget 6 #NPLNSW TOP GOAL SCORERS Alec Urosevski Rockdale Illinden 7 Kyle Cimenti Rockdale Ilinden 7 James Andrew Sutherland Sharks 6 Patrick Antelmi Sydney United 58 5 Marko Jesic Marconi 5 Travis Major Blacktown City 4 Chris Payne Sydney United 58 4 Dejan Pandurevic Manly United 4 NPLNSW.COM.AU 7 U20 TEAM LISTS 30 Jordan Ford 38 Jesse Hirschowitz 31 Daniel Helweh 39 Jay Hirschowitz 32 Jarred McKinley 40 Luka Zepina 22 Andrew Holder 41 Ahmad Taleb ® 25 Blake Ilitch 42 James Hilton 18 Dimos Vlachos 43 Jackson Andrews 35 Jeremy Dinh 44 Adrian Neoklis 36 Jarrod Galea Coach: Steve Appleby Manager: Patrick Gatt 18 Braiden Burr 30 Nate dunShea 21 Brendan Allen 31 Ngor Deng 23 Leo Abdo 35 Sunday Yona 24 Raj Singh 36 Joshua Armandi 25 Mo Sabbough 38 Anthony Louis 28 Callum Garrett 40 Andre Takami 29 Jacob Debian 41 Ivan Sunjic Coach: Steve Mayer Asst. Coach: Can Ozemir U20 LADDER POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Manly United FC 8 7 0 1 18 3 15 21 2 Sydney Olympic FC 8 5 0 3 16 9 7 15 3 Sydney FC 7 4 2 1 10 3 7 14 4 Blacktown City FC 7 4 1 2 19 7 12 13 5 Marconi Stallions FC 8 4 1 3 10 9 1 13 6 Wollongong Wolves FC 7 4 0 3 11 10 1 12 7 Northbridge Bulls FC 8 3 2 3 11 11 0 11 8 Sutherland Sharks FC 7 3 2 2 9 11 -2 11 9 APIA Leichhardt FC 7 2 1 4 9 16 -7 7 10 Sydney United 58 FC 8 1 2 5 11 18 -7 5 11 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 7 1 2 4 7 18 -11 5 12 Rockdale Ilinden FC 8 0 1 7 5 21 -16 1 8 #NPLNSW MARCONI STALLIONS FC CONTINUES TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE CANCER COUNCIL Since Good Friday, Marconi Stallions FC has so far diagnosed with cancer.