KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 09 SUNDAY LILY HOMES 25TH APRIL STADIUM 3PM MEN’S PLATINUM SPONSORSCLUB WELCOME Blacktown City FC welcomes Players, staff and sacrifices Australian servicemen and women have parents of Sydney FC to Lily Homes Stadium for this made for our country and pays respect to all those Round 9 fixture. who have served and continue to serve. Blacktown travelled to Wollongong last weekend As a mark of respect we invite all here today to join in and won 5-0. The U/20’s game was abandoned a one minutes silence prior to the commencementPLATINUM of SPONSORS when player Kai Denton suffered a neck injury our first grade game. which required ambulance transfer to hospital. Kai is recovering and we look forward to him getting back To our sponsors thank you for your support and on the park before too long. At the time of the injury continued patronage. Blacktown City was 1-0 up. The remaining time of 42 We wish all participants an enjoyable game today. minutes will be rescheduled shortly. Go Blacktown Today is Anzac Day which is one of the most important days of the year in Australia. 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Danaskos Assistant Referees: C. Wright and S. Quinn Fourth Official: A. Naji *TEAM LISTINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE MATCH PREVIEW Blacktown City will be determined to continue their One upside has been their ability to find the back of climb up the competition ladder with a win against the net, scoring five goals in the past four games. Sydney FC at Lily Homes Stadium on Sunday. The goals have been shared around the side with City powered to their biggest win of the campaign Jaiden Kucharski (2) the leader of the pack while so far last week with a 5-0 thrashing of Wollongong the likes of current Sky Blues senior A-League first and will be brimming with confidence going into graders Patrick Wood, Jordi Swibel, Luke Ivanovic, this week. Harry Van Der Saag and Callum Talbot have all netted this year. Travis Major added to his goals tally for the season with a pair of headed goals against the Wolves, Blacktown will be big favourites at home for this while a return from injury Charles Mendy opened his contest with the pressure on Sydney FC to find their 2021 goal scoring account. form fast if they are to cause an upset. Coach Mark Crittenden will be happy with the spread of goals across his squad this season and will be pushing his team to carry on their free- scoring ways against a Sydney FC defence that has struggled to keep out opposition attacks. The Young Sky Blues have not won in six weeks and are in desperate need of a victory. Despite a bright start to the season, Sydney FC’s campaign has taken a downward turn, and it will take a mammoth performance this week to stop the slump. 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 Wollongong Wolves 0 – Blacktown City 5 at Sydney FC 2 – APIA Leichhardt 3 at Rockdale Albert Butler Memorial Park Ilinden Sports Centre A Travis Major brace has helped Blacktown City to a APIA Leichhardt has moved off the bottom of the 5-0 demolition of a ten-man Wollongong Wolves at NPL NSW ladder with a 3-2 win against a ten-man Albert Butler Memorial Park on Sunday. Sydney FC at Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre on Sunday. It was a dominant performance on the road from City who eased to a two-goal lead in the first half A brace to Franco Parisi and a goal to Corey Biczo courtesy of Charles Mendy and Lachlan Campbell was enough for APIA to collect only their second before they put the opposition to the sword in win of the season against a fast-finishing Young Sky the second stanza courtesy of Major’s brace and a Blues outfit. Wolves own goal. Patrick Flottman found the back of the net twice for It was a tough day at the office for Wollongong, the home side, but the send-off of Scott Browning in who struggled to contain Blacktown’s early attacks the 80th minute all but killed off Sydney FC’s hopes before being reduced to ten men after the send-off of a comeback. of Marcus Beattie in the final seconds of the first half. The result moves Blacktown back to fourth on the ladder, four points behind competition leaders Rockdale. 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 26 Tyren Birnie 33 Jacob Maniti 27 Cory Smith 34 Sebastian Hernabdez 28 Rocco Fragiale 35 Dylan Craus 29 Nicholas O’brien 37 Jacob Casha 30 Thomas Bienasz 38 Kai Denton 31 Kai Mcloughlin 39 Jed Drew 32 Ryan Attard 41 Zane Cunico Coach: Andy Montgomery Manager: Steve Crawhall Asst Coach: Dean Montgomery 4 Nathan Grimaldi Lachlan Mills 7 Aidan Simmons Nathan Paull 13 Clayton Taylor Nikola Skataric 16 Stevan Stanic-Floody Phillip Gigliotti 18 Oscar Priestman Aleksandar Duricic Corey Hollman Andrew Vlahadamis Hunter Elliott Brae Ovens Kai Kamikura Hayden Matthews Coach: Howard Fondyke *Sydney FC have indicated that all Under 20’s Assistant Coach: Liam Fitz-Gerald shirt numbers will change weekly. 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 PHOTO GALLERY On Anzac Day WE HONOUR OUR HEROES Lest we forget NPLNSW.COM.AU 9 PHOTO GALLERY 10 #NPLNSW CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB PLAYED U20’s 1st TOTAL Manly United FC 16 42 60 102 Blacktown City FC 15 26 52 78 Rockdale Ilinden FC 16 2 68 70 Sydney Olympic FC 16 30 40 70 Sydney United 58 FC 16 10 56 66 Marconi Stallions FC 15 26 36 62 Wollongong Wolves FC 15 24 36 60 Sydney FC 16 28 32 60 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 15 10 48 58 Northbridge Bulls FC 15 16 32 48 APIA Leichhardt FC 15 14 32 46 Sutherland Sharks FC 15 22 24 46 Club championships for all NPL Men’s and Women’s are available online: Men’s: https://mens.nplnsw.com.au/club-championship/ Women’s: https://womens.nplnsw.com.au/club-championship-nsw-womens/ NEXT ROUND FIXTURES SUTHERLAND SHARKS FC VS NORTHBRIDGE BULLS FC VS SYDNEY OLYMPIC FC APIA LEICHHARDT FC 3:30 PM / SAT 1 MAY SEYMOUR SHAW 7:00 PM / SAT 1 MAY SYDNEY UNITED SPORTS CENTRE MARCONI STALLIONS FC VS BLACKTOWN CITY FC SYDNEY UNITED 58 FC VS 6:00 PM / SAT 1 MAY MARCONI STADIUM MANLY UNITED FC 3:00 PM / SUN 2 MAY SYDNEY UNITED MT DRUITT TOWN RANGERS FC VS SPORTS CENTRE ROCKDALE ILINDEN FC 7:00 PM / SAT 1 MAY POPONDETTA PARK SYDNEY FC VS WOLLONGONG WOLVES FC 6:30 PM / SUN 2 MAY ROCKDALE ILINDEN SPORTS CENTRE NPLNSW.COM.AU 11 2021 HOME FIXTURES HOME GROUND - Lily Homes Stadium 5 Quinn Ave, Seven Hills bcfc.com.au ROUND 1 27/02/21 (Sat) 19:00 APIA Leichhardt FC ROUND 2 07/03/21 (Sun) 15:00 Northbridge Bulls FC ROUND 5 28/03/21 (Sun) 15:00 Rockdale Ilinden FC ROUND 7 11/04/21 (Sun) 15:00 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC ROUND 9 25/04/21 (Sun) 15:00 Sydney FC ROUND 14 30/05/21 (Sun) 15:00 Manly United FC ROUND 15 06/06/21 (Sun) 15:00 Sydney United 58 FC ROUND 17 20/06/21 (Sun) 15:00 Sutherland Sharks FC ROUND 19 04/07/21 (Sun) 15:00 Wollongong Wolves FC ROUND 21 18/07/21 (Sun) 15:00 Marconi Stallions FC ROUND 22 25/07/21 (Sun) 15:00 Sydney Olympic FC FOR MORE INFO VISIT NPLNSW.COM.AU FACEBOOK.COM/NPLNSW #NPLNSW F /BlacktownCityFC I @blacktowncityfc T @BlacktownCityFC W bcfc.com.au.