HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE 150 MATCHES PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY TH 31 JULY 2020 109 EDITION #WSWvWEL Wanderers Full Page Ad-20percsmaller-PR6.pdf 2 22/10/19 3:41 pm Official rideshare partner $10+$10 off your first 2 rides C M Y Use code: WSW CM MY CY CMY K Take us for a ride Download the app today. New customers only. Excludes tolls/third-party charges. See website for full T&C's. Offer expires 30 April 2020. THIS MATCH 03 THIS MATCH REGULAR COLUMNS THE LETTER 5 FEATURES WARM UP 6 THE BIG 150 8 Matt Jurman has joined a special group PLAYERS TO WATCH 13 of players in the Hyundai A-League Brought to you by THE WANDERER Turner Freeman Lawyers The views in this publication are not TWO REASONS FOR A RETURN 14 necessarily the views of the Western Sydney Pirmin Schwegler opens up on what TODAY’S MATCH 16 Wanderers FC. Material in this publication is drove his decision-making to return copyrighted and may only be reproduced with to Australia JUNIOR WANDERER ZONE 18 written permission from the club. I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN MYSELF 20 TAKE FIVE 25 ADVERTISING It's been all about keeping the faith for new Brought to you by For all advertising enquiries for goalkeeper Tristan Prendergast Turner Freeman Lawyers The Wanderer or partnership with the club contact the Corporate Partnerships PELEKANOS PRIMED FOR NPL 1 22 IN THE COMMUNITY 27 Team by sending an email to It's set to be a huge weekend for the [email protected] or Wanderers Academy's next generation OUR PARTNERS 31 visit corporate.wanderland.com.au HAMILTON WINS HIGHEST HONOUR 29 PHOTOGRAPHY Kristen Hamilton has been announced as the All photography in The Wanderer is courtesy winner of the Julie Dolan Medal of Getty Images and Steve Christo. THE LETTER 05 JEAN-PAUL DE MARIGNY HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE HEAD COACH It's been a long time coming and it feels great to be back in our home, Bankwest Stadium, to play football for our members and fans tonight. I hope we give you all something to smile about. This is the beauty about sport, it gives a sense of freedom to show your frustrations, to get all your feelings out - it's a sense of escape. We understand our responsibilities for that. Tonight's match against Wellington will be a big test and we need to be braver, both with and without the ball. Structurally, the Phoenix are nothing that we haven't dealt with before and we just need to be more consistent for longer periods of time. Our mindset is that we go into every match to win and we will do our best in to get all possible 12 points in our final matches of the regular season. If we execute the game plan well, we will get the outcome we all want. Come on you Wanderers! PRIDE. POWER. WEST. 06 WARM UP MATCH PREVIEW Lashings of early attacking pressure from the Phoenix nearly delivered results for the Phoenix as Ulises Davila was denied by the woodwork in the 11th minute. However, Davila didn’t have to wait long to make his early impact tell on the scoreboard for the hosts - converting the opener in the 15th minute. The Red & Black fashioned the bulk of It's been over 130 days since the Red the possession in the second half but were & Black last kicked a ball at Bankwest frustrated by the Phoenix defence and resorted Stadium finally returning tonight to take on to strikes from distance to find a breakthrough. Wellington Phoenix. Nicolai Müller came closest for the It's been a shaky start to the Wanderers Wanderers in a purple patch shortly after restart campaign after they earned a late the hour mark, but his shot through traffic draw against wooden-spooners Central Coast flashed wide of the target. Mariners in wet conditions on Monday night. With the Wanderers proving increasingly Striker Simon Cox was the hero, coming off frustrated, the patient Phoenix capitalised the bench to snatch the equaliser to secure late on to secure the points. what could be a priceless point for Jean- The Red & Black will no doubt tonight face Paul de Marigny's men and their Finals push. a tough test and will need to be patient to Wellington Phoenix faced a similar fate in secure all three points to keep their Finals their most recent match against Adelaide hopes and dreams alive. United with the score locked in at 1-1. Former Wanderer Jaushua Sotirio levelled five minutes after Kristian Opseth had put Adelaide ahead on the hour mark with the draw lifting Phoenix ahead of Melbourne City into second place. The last time the two sides met was back in January in Round 14 with Wellington getting the better of the Wanderers. Goals from Davila and Cacace secured all three points for Wellington who extended their (Top to bottom) Keanu Baccus and Nicolai Muller in action against unbeaten run at that time of the competition. Wellington Phoenix this season. do you have the need for speed? fastest nbn™, new low price $79! bundle with a mobile, get a further $10 o a month* no contracts, unlimited data, all Aussie service, 1 month risk guarantee* *call us today on 13 14 13 or visit letsbemates.com.au for terms & conditions WARM UP 07 ON THIS DAY FIELD IAN CROOK REPORTER @CHIPPYCROOK63 They will be taking on the heavyweights of the competition and it is a great opportunity for their head coaches Yianni Tsattalios and Arthur Diles, as well as their assistants, to build on the hard work they have been doing on the pitch over the last few seasons. We look forward to these upcoming matches and know they are something our players will benefit greatly from. The changes to the National Premier League competition have come as part of the increasing support of Australia's youth football teams ahead of several important international fixtures. How good does it feel to have football back! I'd like to personally thank Football Our Academy and Hyundai A-League teams Federation Australia, Football NSW and the are back in action and our Centre of Football affiliated clubs for giving our senior teams is buzzing and back to being a full-house this opportunity, as well as their support and once again. assistance during this time. Our U13s to U18s have continued what has been a bright start to the National Premier League youth competition with some performances the club and members can very proud of. In some exciting news, our U20 and first grade Academy teams will this weekend On this day in 2012, the Wanderers continued their play in the first division of the Premier preparations for their inaugural season of the Hyundai League for the very first time. A-League competition. VISIT WSWANDERERSFC.COM.AU FOR FULL MATCH DETAILS WANDERERSWANDERERS GLORYGLORY FOX SPORTS 505 & KAYO V s MY FOOTBALL LIVE 08 FEATURE WATCH WSWTV #WSWvWEL FEATURE 09 THE BIG 150 MATT JURMAN HAS JOINED A SPECIAL GROUP OF PLAYERS IN THE HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE Monday night against the Mariners officially marked the milestone and despite the result, it was a night to remember for Jurman. "It's a proud moment for me, just thinking back to my first game, years ago now," said Jurman. "My first game I was actually at the AIS in Canberra and I was able to have an opportunity to come to one of the games away in Perth with Sydney. It's been a long time coming and after "Eventually I got there and then I moved 11 seasons in the Hyundai A-League to Brisbane, so I think I've grown a lot as a competition, defender Matthew Jurman has player in those years and has helped me get finally reached the 150-match milestone. to my overseas stints. Starting his career as a youngster at his "Now you're talking about 150 games so local club Dapto, Jurman has paved an it's a very proud moment for me." incredible career that has seen him play for It was a quiet start for Jurman in his first some of the biggest clubs in the Hyundai four Hyundai A-League seasons, breaking into A-League and abroad. Sydney FC's first team for a handful of matches. WE ARE THE WANDERERS. 10 FEATURE “I'm looking forward to the next milestone now and I'm not stopping. The big breakthrough for the defender came in 2011, with Jurman featuring in ” 34 matches over two seasons in the heart of defence for Brisbane Roar before he returned back to the Sky Blues where he really began to make a name for himself. A perennial rock at the back, Jurman won a wealth of accolades by the time he was 27 both individually and as a team, leading him to head overseas in 2017 to make his mark at some of the biggest clubs in Asia. Jurman spent two seasons in the K-League 1 with Suwon Samsung Bluewings before moving to Saudi Arabia where he played 18 matches for three-time AFC Champions Al-Ittihad. Having ticked off quite a few things off his career bucket list, Jurman is now pushing FOLLOW US @WSWANDERERSFC #WSWvWEL 11 (Left to right) Jurman in his first Hyundai A-League match forward to some of the next milestones in "If we play to our potential and play to against Perth Glory, Jurman in his 150th match against his career.