KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 09 FRIDAY CROMER 23RD APRIL PARK 7.30PM MEN’S CLUB WELCOME Good evening and welcome to Cromer Park for Our beachside cousins come into the game in tonight’s National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s unfamiliar territory at the bottom of the table but 2021 match between Manly United and Sutherland there is no doubt they have the players to be able to Sharks. pull themselves out of the cellar. Manly United returns to Cromer Park off the back of One player to watch is Sutherland striker James a remarkable 4-3 victory over Northbridge Bulls at Andrew, who has notched 6 goals so far in the 2021 Edensor Park last Saturday. NPL Men’s season, placing him amongst the leading goal scorers in the competition. The match has been described as the “game of the season” with Northbridge equalising three times Andrews, and fellow striker Jeremy Cox, will cause before Seiya Kambayashi scored a 94th minute plenty of headaches but the Manly United defence winner to earn Manly United all three points. has been strong all season, particularly in open play. The back four of Kieren Paull, Jimmy Oates, Jesse Piriz It was the second time this year Kambayashi has and Kambayashi have been consistent in all matches scored a late goal to secure points for Manly, after with the only blemish occurring last weekend when he also netted a late goal in the opening game of the all three goals came from set pieces. season in a 1-1 with Mt Druitt Town Rangers. Good luck to both teams and we hope you all enjoy This time, Kambayashi’s goal capped off a Friday Night Football at Cromer Park. tremendous performance with goals to Scott Balderson, Dejan Pandurevic and James Georgaklis #WeAreManly nudging Manly United ahead on three separate occasions before pandemonium ensued in the 94th minute. 2 #NPLNSW MAJOR SPONSORS CLUB PARTNERS TEAM SPONSORS NPLNSW.COM.AU 3 1ST GRADE TEAM LISTS 1 Dylan Mitchell (GK) 1 Anthony Bouzanis (GK) 2 Kieren Paull 2 Adam Massoud 3 James Georgaklis 3 Gabriel Contigiani 4 Jimmy Oates 4 Brendan Hooper 5 Sam Gallagher 6 Joe Fox 5 Nic Petrillo 7 Jack Fulton 6 Patrick O’Shea 8 Dom Ferguson 7 Peter Simonovski 9 Ben Koop 8 Oliver Green 10 Richie Cardozo 9 Jeremy Cox 11 Daniel Fabrizio 10 Lachlan Everett 12 Luka Kmet 12 Harry Sutherland 13 Scott Balderson 14 Dejan Pandurevic 13 Charlie Jones 15 Jesse Piriz 14 Christopher Lindsay 16 Seiya Kambayashi 16 Gerrard Roebuck (GK) 17 Ronan Connolly 17 James Andrew 18 Lucas Rainbird 21 Luke Sauer 19 Sam Benton (GK) 22 Patrick Scibilio 20 Alen Aganovic 23 Jarad Wiley 21 Jordan Segreto 22 Zach Forsyth 25 Alex Masciovecchio 23 Jordan Devries 88 Chris McStay 24 Finn Ashton 99 Jonathan Grozdanovski Head Coach: Adam Griffiths Head Coach: Nick Dimovski Assistant Coach: Dylan Macallister Assistant Coaches: Luis Contigiani & Assistant Coach: Marty Judge Steve Gordon Goalkeeper Coach: Trinity Allen Physio: Steve Felsher Team Manager: Ida Rigoni Physio: PHYSIO4ALL – Christian Bate Strength and Conditioning: Alex Berger Referee: M. Bailey Assistant Referees: P. Teleki and A. Morris Fourth Official: I. Covic *TEAM LISTINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE MATCH PREVIEW Manly United will be determined to keep the Despite the struggles, James Andrew has been a pressure on top spot with a win against Sutherland bright spark for Sutherland, as has midfielder Chris Sharks on Friday. McStay. The boys from the Northern Beaches are in second Coach Nick Dimovski will need those two stars to position on 15 points, only two points behind lead from the front if they are any chance of an upset. competition leaders Rockdale Ilinden. Manly United will be favourites for this battle of the A thrilling 4-3 win last week against Northbridge beaches, but stranger things have happened. Bulls was a brilliant bounce-back victory for Manly, One thing for sure is it is a match you won’t want to and they’ll be out to keep their winning ways against miss. a struggling Sharks side. Seiya Kambayashi scored an injury-time winner for the second time this season, continuing his strong form and asserting himself as one of the finds of the year thus far. Dejan Pandurevic and James Georgaklis are another two players who have been in fine fettle, and coach Adam Griffiths will be hoping for another strong showing from the pair this week. They will be up against a Sutherland Sharks side that has gone winless over their past four matches. Slumped at the bottom of the table, the Sharks desperately need a change of fortunes if they are to fight themselves out of the relegation spots. 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 Northbridge Bulls 3 – Manly United 4 at Sydney Sutherland Sharks 0 – Rockdale Ilinden 4 at United Sports Centre Seymour Shaw Park Seiya Kambayshi’s injury-time goal has helped Rockdale Ilinden remains top of the National Manly United snatch a thrilling 4-3 win against Premier Leagues NSW Men’s Competition after Northbridge Bulls at Sydney United Sports Centre a commanding 4-0 win against a struggling on Saturday. Sutherland Sharks outfit at Seymour Shaw Park on It was a thrilling performance from Manly, who Saturday. closed the gap to top spot after taking the three competition points against a free-scoring Bulls It was one-way traffic, with Rockdale scoring two outfit. goals on each side of the interval to claim all three competition points. Both sides traded blows in a goal-filled second half in a match that went down to the wire. Scott It was a tough day at the office for the Sharks, who Balderson gave Manly a deserved lead with the slumped to their fourth loss of the season. opening goal, giving his side a one-goal advantage Kyle Cimenti opened the scoring for the visitors heading into the break. after 14 minutes before Bai Antoniou doubled their The sides went goal for goal in the second half; advantage on the cusp of half time. Northbridge proved deadly from set-pieces, with all three of their goals coming from corners and It was more of the same in the second stanza, with free kicks. Theph Theph drew the game level with Urosevski stretching the lead just after the restart, his header. In the second half, shortly before Dejan before Cimenti wrapped up the win in the 58th Pandurevic put his side back ahead. Nikola Uldjur minute. levelled the scores again after a Scott Walter free- kick fell to his feet. James Georgaklis put Manly back ahead for the time being until Sean Eve’s spectacular free-kick levelled the game for the third time. Manly pushed hard in the dying stages of the game and was rewarded in the last seconds of the game after Seiya Kambayashi converted his shot from the edge of the box to give his side all the points. OFFICIAL MATCH BALL OF NPL NSW PURCHASE FROM: 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 25 Harry Aquilina 34 Harry Lomas 26 Jack Berte 35 Jordan Metcalfe 27 Hugo Cornish 36 Matt O’Donoghue 28 Tom Chidiac 37 Nick Rainbird 29 Alex Demarco 38 Ping Tsai 30 Harry Eland 39 Liam Tachjian 31 Ben Gibson 40 Mitch Mattison 32 George Kriezis Head Coach: Andrew Christiansen Physio: PHYSIO4ALL – Peter Xenos Assistant Coach: Nick Robb Strength and Conditioning: Alex Berger Team Manager: Graeme Gibson 27 Jay Mcgowan 34 Julian Trovato 28 Kristopher Jovanovski 35 Mitchell Heapy 26 Matthew Marrum 36 Alexander Mangion 30 Tristan Maher 37 Nathan Tohme 31 Jordan Wang 38 Samuel Amey 32 Nelson Lam 39 Jonny Ress 33 Evan Souris 40 Tommy Ruperto Coach: Nick Porecca Asst. Coach: Halil Boz Managers: Matthew Smith, Jason Joaquim 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 On Anzac Day WE HONOUR OUR HEROES Lest we forget Freshwater Community Bank® Branch There are four big reasons to try number five.