KICKOFF ROUND 11 • LILYS SUNDAY FOOTBALL CENTRE V 21ST MAY 2017 FIXTURES TEAM LISTS FIRST GRADE MATCH PREVIEW 3PM TEAM OF THE WEEK WELCOME #PS4NPLNSW FROM THE n behalf of Blacktown City FC, we would Our 20s had a 2 – 0 loss to APIA last week, Olike to welcome our members, supporters, Coach John Carnevale said that they came and players to our home ground Lilys Homes across a very committed, physical and mature Stadium for today’s Round 11 match against APIA team that started well and caught us on Sydney United 58 FC. the backfoot. He also mentioned that it just wasn’t our day and we will put that behind Today we are giving a special welcome to us and focus on the 2nd v 3rd clash against former players, coaches and staff who have Sydney United. joined us for “Back to Blacktown” day, this is a day to commemorate and acknowledge the The 18s recorded an impressive 3 – 0 win, contribution all former players and coaches coach Nick Verdos said that the boys put in a have had on this historic club. We hope you polished performance and were defensively enjoy your evening. To all our families from our solid. He also mentioned that he was happy SAP & Youth teams we thank you for joining with the clean sheet and that the side took us also. their chances. First Grade recorded their first loss of the Again thanks to all our sponsors and partners season last week, to a very spirited APIA for their continuous support. Leichhardt FC 1 – 0 and hope to bounce back Best of luck to our Youth teams who are into the winners circle this afternoon. Coach playing against Bankstown Berries FC and also Mark Crittenden said that the match was a very our SAP teams who are playing against Mt physical and tough encounter and there wasn’t Druitt Town Rangers FC this weekend much in it. The opposition scored a great goal and in the end that proved the difference. Enjoy a great day of football and we hope to see you again at our next home game in Round Last week we played our Round 6 match of 12 when we host Hakoah Sydney City East FC the Westfield FFA Cup against Mt Druitt Town for Heritage Round. Rangers FC and came away with a 2-1 win in extra time, the players had to play with 9 men Kind Regards for the majority of the 2nd half as well as extra Chris Michael time and showed a lot of grit to grind out the Business Development & Marketing Manager win. Blacktown City Football Club Website: bcfc.com.au Phone: (02) 9674 5763 Twitter: @blacktowncityfc Facebook: fb.com/blacktowncityfc Instagram: @blacktowncityfc 2 MAJOR SPONSORS S B # NAME S B # NAME 1 PRENDERGAST Tristan 2 VLISMAS Kris 3 SPERANZA Giorgio 3 WOODCOCK Riley 4 SPERANZA Roberto 5 TOMELIC Anthony 5 LYNCH Grant 6 USKOK Tomislav 6 LEWIS Matt 7 SHIN Yutaro 8 ARAUJO Daniel 8 SIM Mat 9 GIBBS Joey 9 VRANIC Aidrian 10 EVANS Connor 11 TOMIC Ante 11 CHOI Danny 14 STAVROULAKIS Nick 12 ANDREW James 16 PARIC Stepjan 14 MALLIA Mitchell 17 BILIC Matthew 15 D’CUNHA Shayne 18 TRIFIRO Glen 17 BEUMIE Lewis 20 MARKOVIC Petar 19 CAIRNCROSS Zach 21 MANOS Thomas 20 SYMES Matt 22 FRAGOGIANNIS Yanni 21 CHUN Ken 23 NIKAS Pani 22 KONAGAYA Yuta 25 STEWART Jack 30 BABIC Luke 32 OLSEN Nic Coach: Mark Crittenden 35 SHROEDER Andre Assistant Coach: Luke Roodenburg Manager: Graham Crawhall Coach: Mark Rudan Assistant Coach: Jerry Bilokapic Assistant Coach: Tomi Vidovic GK Coach: Vitas Males Manager: Ray Gerrie Referee: K. Ams Assistant Referees: J. Tesoriero & J. Bell 4th Official: H. Carwardine FIRST GRADE NPLNSW.COM.AU MATCH fter suffering their first defeat of the season They will need to do it without the influential ABlacktown City is fired up to return to the Danny Choi who injured himself during their winners circle. Westfield FFA Cup match against Mt Druitt Town Rangers which is sure to be a major loss There will be even more inspiration with for the club. Sunday’s clash being ‘Back To Blacktown’ day at the club. United 58 will have a point to prove after their Grand Final loss to Blacktown in what is sure to However, Sydney United 58 will be determined be an exciting contest. to spoil the party and claim their eight- consecutive win. One player that has risen to the task apart from the usual suspect in Panny Nikas has been Matt Blacktown City were starved of attacking Sim. chances against APIA Leichhardt Tigers last round and paid the price as the went down 1-0. The former Hyundai A-League player has come to life in recent weeks and has bagged himself a On home soil they can’t afford to make the same couple of goals and will be on the hunt for more mistakes, abasing arguably the competition’s to spoil Blacktown’s party on Sunday. most in form team. 1ST GRADE - PLAYSTATION 4 NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Blacktown City FC 10 7 2 1 21 11 10 23 2 Sydney United 58 FC 10 7 0 3 23 11 12 21 3 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 10 7 0 3 23 11 12 21 4 Rockdale City Suns FC 10 6 2 2 23 16 7 20 5 Sydney Olympic FC 10 5 3 2 13 9 4 18 6 Manly United FC 10 5 2 3 25 20 5 17 7 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 10 4 3 3 18 14 4 15 8 Wollongong Wolves FC 10 4 1 5 10 14 -4 13 9 Sydney FC 10 2 1 7 15 23 -8 7 10 Sutherland Sharks FC 10 2 0 8 15 26 -11 6 11 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 10 1 2 7 17 31 -14 5 K. Ams 12 Parramatta FC 10 1 2 7 11 28 -17 5 J. Tesoriero & J. Bell H. Carwardine 5 FIRST GRADE #PS4NPLNSW APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 1 - Blacktown City FC 0 at Lambert Park A Tasuku Sekiya strike on the cusp of halftime has given APIA Leichhardt Tigers a hard fought 1-0 win during their PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s clash with Blacktown City at Lambert Park on Sunday. The result was Blacktown’s first loss of the season with APIA bouncing back from a 4-2 loss last round to secure the morale boosting win. It was a notable APIA debut for former Hyundai A-League journeyman Ivan Necevski who made a number of key saves for his new side. Blacktown remains in top spot despite the loss, but holds only a two-point lead from second placed Sydney United 58 and third placed APIA. Sydney United 58 FC 2 - Manly United FC 1 at Sydney United Sports Centre Goals from Panny Nikas and Matt Sim on either side of half time has helped Sydney United 58 edge Manly United 2-1 in a tight PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s contest at Sydney United Sports Centre. The Reds broke the deadlock on the cusp of half time via a deflected free kick from Nikas and doubled their advantage 43 seconds into the second half when Matt Sim fired a rocket past Dylan Mitchell to set up an unassailable 2-0 lead Leigh Egger netted a consolation deep into injury time after heading home Sam Wilson’s corner as United 58 conceded for the first time in 450 minutes of football. However, Egger’s goal wasn’t enough to halt a seventh straight win in all competitions for Mark Rudan’s men. 6 ROUND 10 TEAM OF THE 01: LARGE USE: OVER 150MM WIDE This logo has a smaller ‘®’ symbol 02: FOOTBALL NSW WOULDSMAL LIKEL USE: TO55MM THANK - 150MM WID THEIRE SPONSORS FOR THEIRThis CONTINUED logo has a larger ‘ ®SUPPORT’ symbol 7 FEATURE STORY #PS4NPLNSW WIN THE ULTIMATE ARSENAL YOUR ALDI MINIROOS TEAM HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO Bad sporting behaviour is unacceptable and it can be unlawful. TAKE TO THE FIELD WHEN ARSENAL VISITS SYDNEY IN JULY. Is your ALDI MiniRoos team great at penalty shoot-outs? playbytherules.net.au How would you go with a penalty shoot-out against a Dinosaur? Gunnersaurus Rex is the larger-than-life dinosaur which has been Arsenal’s mascot since 1994. 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