KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 18 SUNDAY ALBERT BUTLER 27TH JUNE MEMORIAL PARK 2.30PM MEN’S CORPORATE PARTNERS 2 #NPLNSW CONTENTS WOLLONGONG WOLVES COACHING STAFF & MANAGEMENT 1st Team Coach Luke Wilkshire 1st Grade Assistant Coach Stephen O’Connor Senior Manager Mark Wilkshire Under 20s Coach Matheus Scapin Under 20s Assistant Coach Daniell Zeleny Under 20s Manager Jorge Perez GK Coach John Krajnovic Chairman Tory Lavalle Match Preview 6 Health and Medical Services Figtree Physiotherapy Technical Director Neil Mann Team Lineups 22 Admin Manager Susan Gatt Season Draw - Home Games 36 Program Contributors Malcolm Rowney Photographer - Seniors Pedro Garcia Photographer – Juniors Chris Horn For advertising opportunities, please contact Susan Gatt @ [email protected]. This program is proudly printed by WOLVES SHOP Fraternity Club, 11 Bourke Street, Fairy Meadow 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. Police may be requested to remove any unauthorised people who remain after the stipulated time. • The setting alight of, or the lighting or discharging of any type of object, including fireworks, signal or smoke flares is strictly prohibited. Offenders will be arrested and charged. Website: wollongongwolves.com.au Email: [email protected] Address: 32 Waverley Drive Unanderra NSW 2526 Twitter: @wollgongwolves Facebook: fb.com/wollongongwolves Instagram: @WollongongWolves NPLNSW.COM.AU 3 FROM THE COACH Welcome to our home game against Sydney United Our opponents today Sydney United are always a 58 FC. difficult proposition. They have some dangerous players and we will need to be at our best to take We are coming off a disappointing one nil loss the points today. It is important today that we match against Marconi Stallions FC last week. I thought we their aggression, enthusiasm and physicality. If we were very good for the majority of the game and had do, I am sure we will create enough chances to take two goals disallowed and a hand ball penalty appeal the three points. turned down which shocked everyone. However, the less I say about those issues the better. Last This is one game I am really looking forward to and I week our enthusiasm and pressing was excellent, as hope you enjoy it and we come away with the three was our keeper, Hayden Durose who is performing points. very well week in, week out. Hayden’s progress this season has been great to witness. I look forward to seeing you all back at The Fraternity Club. Despite that loss, we are still only two points out of the top five. We have two difficult games coming up, today and against league leaders Blacktown next week. We will need two good performances to stay in touch. 4 #NPLNSW MAJOR SPONSOR NPLNSW.COM.AU 5 MATCH PREVIEW v Sydney United 58 Sydney United 58, runners up in the 2019 Waratah six goals were scored with twenty being conceded Cup, FFA Cup Round Of 32 achievers and 2020 with a plus six goal difference. The Golden Boot NSW Mens 1 Champions, are in the Illawarra for the winner was Patrick Antelmi with eight goals and Round 18 clash with the Wollongong Wolves. This eight other players contributed with goals, together encounter should be a captivating concern at Albert with one own goal. Only once did the fail to score, Butler Park. which was the least number tallied and the seasons best to share with one other club, Wollongong Since 2013, in the fourteen matches played between Wolves. The best result sequence without loss was Sydney United 58 and Wollongong Wolves, each four, win, win, win, and win from Rounds 5-8. The team has attained a tally of thirty and fourteen goals biggest result was 4-1 in Round 11 over APIA with the in matches against each other for a goal per game least impressive result being 1-5 against Blacktown ratio of 2.14 and 1.0 respectively. The clubs first met City in Round 9. in 1984 at Dapto Showground in Round 6. It was a 2-1 victory to the Wolves with the scorers being Ray Sydney United 58 has completed the previous five Farrell, Peter Kotamanidis (WW) and Ken Boden (SU) seasons in 1st, 7th, 3rd, 4th and 3rd positions. THE OPPOSITION TODAY - SYDNEY UNITED 58 THE MATCH - UP Coach Tomi Vidovic has made some astute signings Since the first league meeting between the two for the 2020 Championship winners including the clubs in 1984, the Wolves have won nineteen times re-signing of Chris Payne from APIA who was the compared with Sydney United 58’s forty-two with Edensor Park club some years ago. As well, Andrea only one 0-0 draw. Sydney United 58 lead in the Agamemnonos who scored a top goal against the number of attained goals leading one hundred and Wolves when he played for Sydney FC has joined twenty-nine to seventy-seven. together with Jacob Poscoliero, a former Central The Wolves and Sydney United occupy seventh and Coast Mariner and from Sierra Leone, Sallu Kamara. second positions on the standings respectively with Since being formed in 1957 many honours have The Wolves having six wins to Sydney United’s nine. been achieved by the club and one such attainment Most number of goals in a single match was nine, was the 2006 Premier League Championship. with the Wolves winning 6-3 in 2012. Sydney United The fourth placed team played Blacktown City in ‘s biggest win was 5-1 on three occasions in 1975, the Grand Final after defeating Marconi 3-0 and 2006 and 2014. Conversely, the Wolves biggest Bankstown City Lions 6-5 on penalties after 1-1 aet margin win was 4-0 in 2015. in the Semi-Final and Preliminary Final respectively. The top scorers of each team at this stage of the In the Grand Final the team won 4-0 with striker Luka competition are Patrick Antelmi on fourteen and Glavas scoring all four goals in the tenth, twenty- Lachlan Scott and Leroy Jennings each on six. fifth, fiftieth and seventy-seventh minutes. Coached by Jean-Paul Marigny, together with Glavas, the The results from the previous round saw the Wolves team squad included Mathew Cox, Ante Juric, Dean being defeated by Marconi 10-0 and Sydney United Culina, Mile Jedinak, Joe Vrkic (Capt/) Mitchell drawing 1-1 with Northbridge Bulls Thompson, Troy Halpin, Marko Filipovic, Jim Bakis, PLAYERS TO WATCH Tallan Martin, Pablo Cardozo, Lisandro Berbis, Petar Markovic, Greg Owens and Robert Napoleane. Sydney United striker Patrick Antelmi has scored a fair tally of goals in season 2021 as in his many other Sydney United 58 won the 2020 Grand Final after seasons. He is a consistent goal achiever and will be defeating Rockdale Ilinden 4-3 on penalties after the out to cause damage to one of his former teams in extra time score was locked up at 3-3. Glen Trifiro, this fixture. He is fast and produces a deadly shot. Adrian Vranic and Jackson Khoury scored in the 120 minutes while Anthony Tomelic, Khoury, Jordan The Wolves’ Evan Ball, an eighteen year left sided Roberts and Trifiro converted their penalties. In the defender, has come into the team in 2021 and has league the team finished in third position on twenty- impressed as his experience has widened. He is two points from seven wins and one draw. Twenty- strong in the tackle and his crossing and passing 6 #NPLNSW attack certainly hit the mark and assist the team. Djordjevic) BLAST FROM THE PAST 3. 2019 Wollongong Wolves 1 (Thomas James) defeated by Sydney United 2 (Tariq Maia, Matthew On 1st March 2001 in Round 25 Sydney United Sim) consisted of Brett Hughes, Elvis Orlic, Richard Plesa, Nahuel Arrarte, Tom Pondeljak, Tom Maric, 4. 2020. Sydney United 58 3 (Josh McDonald, Ante Deur, Atytec Genc, Commins Menapi, Francis Patrick Antelmi x2) defeated Wollongong Wolves 1 Awaritefe and Shane Webb. Danny Burt, Kain (Bul Juach) Rastall and Goran Talevski replaced Maric, Genc and Awaritefe respectively. Wollongong was Dean 5. 2021. Sydney United 58 0 drew with Wollongong Anastasidis, George Souris, Alvin Ceccoli, Matt Wolves 0 Horsley, Paul Reid, Sasho Petrovski, Stuart Young, TWO SELECTED TOP SCORERS FOR SYDNEY David Huxley, Ben Blake, Dino Mennillo and Robbie UNITED 58 - DAVID ZDRILIC and GRAHAM Middleby. ARNOLD This match was a closely fought encounter with the Wolves scoring first at Edensor Park. Midfielder In the 1996/97 NSL season striker Zdrilic was on top Huxley scored in the fiftieth minute and kept their of the scorers’ list with a total of twenty-one goals advantage for twenty-six minutes until Talevski from thirty games, two ahead of the next in line. He equalised. Despite opportunities, neither side could scored four goals in a single game on two occasions add to the score line with a point shared being the versus Canberra Cosmos and Collingwood. ultimate result. His initial goal of the season was in the Round 1 Wollongong Wolves match when he scored after SCORES AND SCORERS FROM THE PREVIOUS nine minutes. His goal per game ratio in this season FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS was 0.7. 1. 2018. Wolves 1 (Yuzo Tashiro) defeated by Sydney Arnold led the goal scorers’ charge in 1984 with United 3 (Chris Payne, Patrick Antelmi and Sam eleven goals from twenty-eight matches with a goal Perre) per game ratio of 0.39. His initial goal in this season 2. 2019. Sydney United 2 (Jordan Roberts, Tariq was in Round 1, scored on sixteen minutes against Maia) drew with Wolves 2 (Thomas James, Nikola Melita Eagles.