ROUND 16 WIN STADIUM 7PM SATURDAY 23RD JUNE 2018 KICKOFF

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1 ROUND 16 WIN STADIUM 7PM SATURDAY 23RD JUNE 2018 KICKOFF vs

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3 NPLNSW.COM.AU CONTENTS WOLLONGONG WOLVES COACHING STAFF & MANAGEMENT 1st Team Coach Jacob Timpano 1st Grade Assistant Coach Senior Manager Under 20s Manager Under 18s Coach GK Coach Luke Wilkshire and Nick Montgomery Robert Positti Robert Positti Richard Lloyd John Krajnovic Health and Medical Services Figtree Physiotherapy Technical Director CEO Admin Manager Program Contributors Photographer - Seniors Photographer Juniors Neil Mann Chris Papakosmas Susan Gatt Malcolm Rowney Pedro Garcia Chris Horn Match Preview 6 Team Lineups 20 Season Draw 38 Ground Announcer Andrew Byron For advertising opportunities, please contact Susan Gatt on This program is proudly printed by WOLVES SHOP 32 Waverley Drive Unanderra 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 admin@wollongongwolves.com.au Phone: Address: 32 Waverley Drive Unanderra NSW 2526 Facebook: fb.com/wollongongwolves 3

4 WELCOME #NPLNSW Welcome everyone to our Round 16 match against Hakoah Sydney City East. Another Saturday night fixture, under lights here at WIN Stadium The Wolf Den. Superb stadium Great atmosphere Plenty to play for. Both clubs are sitting in remarkably similar positions across all 3 grades and club championships points. These are all must win games and will set the winners up for a strong finish to the season. In First Grade both the Wolves and Hakoah are sitting on 19 competition points, agonisingly one solitary point outside the top 5. A win here could see the victor claim outright 5th spot and start to put pressure on 4th and 3rd while a loss will see the vanquished start to slip dangerously down the competition ladder at the wrong time of the season. So much hinges on this First Grade fixture and both teams will be looking for the ascendency to keep their finals aspirations alive and build up some very strong momentum for the final run of matches leading to season s end. There will be some great football on offer here as each side needs a victory and neither will leave anything in the tank looking to claim the full 3 competition points on offer. In U20s, again both sides find themselves in very similar positions on the ladder. Our Wolves have been the real surprise packet in this year s U20s competition, occupying 4th spot on the ladder with 26 competition points. Hakoah however is breathing right down our necks, sitting in 5th spot, one point behind on 25 competition points. This will be another mouth watering encounter with both teams out to put their stamp on proceedings and claim the full 3 points available. The Wollongong Wolves U20s are playing an attractive brand of football and have surprised many with their strong showings this season and their position on the table. Our boys will be looking to continue this and consolidate their spot in the 5 even further. A crunch match for our U18s who at the moment find themselves one win out of the top 5. Above them, holding equal 5th spot currently are Marconi and Hakoah so our boys know this is a season defining match for our U18s finals aspirations. A win here will see us rise to really start putting pressure on those above us and snare a possible finals position at the end of the competition rounds, while a loss will leave us with quite a lot of ground to make up and with not all that many games remaining. A huge match for our Wolves and one they will be more than prepared for. Amazingly, in the Club Championship standings, after 45 qualifying matches across the season to date, Hakoah sit in 4th spot on the Club Championship table with 149 points and the Wolves hold down 5th spot with 148 points. So after a minimum of 4,050 minutes of regular time football across First Grade, U20s and U18s only one solitary point separate these two clubs. Incredible. Today will be one of the most competitive and hard fought rounds of matches across the entire season. All three grades have so much at stake and it will be a win at all costs mentality for every single player taking the field for their respective teams. And played in the best stadium in our competition and in front of the most passionate and proud football supporters across our country. Sit back and enjoy the drama, tension, action and excitement right here at WIN Stadium the Wolf Den, under lights, at the best stadium in our competition and among the most passionate and proud football fans across Australila. GO YOU MIGHTY WOLVES. 4

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6 MATCH PREVIEW #NPLNSW The Waratah Cup champions of 2017, Hakoah Sydney City East come to WIN Stadium to take on the Wollongong Wolves in this Round 16 fixture of the NPL NSW Mens 1 competition since the first meeting in 1981 when predecessor club Sydney City won 1-0 with Jim Cant scoring. The Wolves have been victorious in most of the Hakoah meetings of late with one draw to be had. Will the home keep up their winning average or will the away team take home the honours? THE OPPOSITION TODAY - HAKOAH SYDNEY CITY EAST As a player/coach in 20017, Gavin Rae has retired from playing to concentrate on coaching for the 2018 campaign. For this season, he has recruited Mitchell Stamatellis, a player selected in the 2017 Mens 1 Team Of The Year for Sydney Olympic to stiffen his defence. In addition, he has added Jordan Crighton, James Coombes and Dominic Cox (a former APIA player). The Hakoah Sydney City East club last won honours in 2017 by winning the Waratah Cup Final defeating APIA Leichhardt 3-1, since being formed in The team on this day was - Anthony Bouzanis (Gk), Bradley Walker, Cameron Draper, Andre De Jong, Anthony Frangie, Dean Bereveskos, Oliver Green, Harry Jones, Gavin Rae, Lee Jones and Michael Kouta. Nathan Roberts and Neil Jablonski replaced Frangie and Lee Jones respectively, with the coach being Gavin Rae. H. Jones, L. Jones and Jablonski were the scorers. In the last two seasons of the Mens 1 NPL NSW competition and the club s only seasons, Hakoah Sydney City East finished in 9th and 8th positions, which displays steady improvement. In the 2017 campaign, It took until the third round to bring up the first victory and Hakoah, at the season s conclusion, had garnered twenty-four points from six wins and six draws, scoring twenty-eight goals and conceding thirty-five, with a goal difference of minus 7. 6 The goal scored per match average was 1.27 while the converse was The top scorer was De Jong with six goals and he was one of eleven goal scoring contributors. In addition, De Jong scored his team s quickest goal, which came in the Round 8 Sydney FC clash. Seven nil scores were enacted and this was the second highest in the competition. Three multi scorers in a single game were brace achievers De Jong, O. Green and Jablonski. Seven players were selected in the Team Of The Week with De Jong having the most appearances with three. Others were Frangie (2), Walker (2), Rae (1), Gideon Sweet (1), Lekoski (1) and Draper (1). De Jong was also selected in Team Of The Year. The best result sequence without loss was four matches, from Rounds 8 to 11, win, win, draw and draw. THE MATCH-UP Since the first meeting in the NPL NSW Mens 1, the two teams have met on four occasions, with the Wolves leading by three wins to one and also winning the tally of goals scored by 8 to 3. The most number of goals scored in a single match was five, a 3-2 score line in At this stage in 2018 Hakoah and the Wolves sit in 7th and 8th on the point s table with five wins apiece. Hakoah s has scored twentythree goals to the Wolves fifteen. The average percentage of goals scored to matches played is 1.0 (WW) and 1.5 (HSCE). The biggest win for the teams are 3-0 (HCSE) and 2-1 (WW). In the previous match, Hakoah drew 2-2 with Sydney Olympic and the Wolves defeated Sutherland 2-1. The best result sequence for the last five games for the Wolves is win, draw, loss, draw and win, while the Hakoah sequence is loss win draw win and draw. The scorer of the previous goal coming into this match is Nick Montgomery and Anthony Frangie, with Frangie, together with Peter Simonoski being the top scorers for their clubs with five and four goals respectively. Hakoah has nine contributors to the scoring with the Wolves having eight. The away club has the least amount of nil score matches with three to the Wolves four in 2018.

7 NPLNSW.COM.AU PLAYERS TO WATCH Anthony Frangie achieved a brace in his previous match and is the top sharpshooter for his club. His confidence will be high and he will most probably be a standout in the team. Chris Price can either play as a wingback or be pushed further into midfield on the left side being a consummate and experienced player who is also very adept at attacking. He has scored at times with one particular goal being a highlight against this opposition tonight. He is a ten season player with the club and has played over a hundred games while at the Wolves. He is indeed one to watch. BLAST FROM THE PAST In 1986 the Wolves met Sydney City at Wollongong Showground for this Round 9 fixture. Wolves: Warwick Young, David Green, Jock Morlando, Peter Kotamanidis, Ray Vlietstra, Reg Chilby, Leonel Arcosa, Bryan Cokely, Larry Gaffney, Robert Giraldi and Pat Brodnik. David Batten replaced Brodnik. The coach was John Fleming. Sydney City; Alex McPherson, Alec Robertson, Grant Lee, Jean-Paul De Marigny, Steve O Connor, Gerry Gomez, Murray Barnes, Joe Watson, Eli Ohana, John Kosmina and Frank Farina with Eddie Thomson being the coach. Controversy reared later in the match but before this eventuated, the Wolves went into the lead. Kotamanidis scored after curling a free kick into the goal from twenty metres out past the goalkeeper. However, the Wolves went a man down following Cokely s dismissal. The away team scored an equaliser when Lee hit the ball from thirty metres. It rocketed into the goal leaving Hughes grasping at air. However, moments before, the ball had been cleared but three Sydney players were running back and were offside when Lee subsequently struck. The referee ruled that these three were not hindering the custodian s vision so the goal stood. Coach Fleming was livid about this decision. Kosmina earlier had a chance to score before his team ultimately did but his shot went straight at Young. Barnes was the pick of the away side. A draw was a fair result according to reports. SCORES AND SCORERS FROM THE PREVIOUS FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS Wolves 3 (Chris Price, Nicolas Bernal, Peter Simonoski) defeated Hakoah Sydney City East 2 (Neil Jablonski) Hakoah Sydney City East 1 (Lee Jones) 7

8 #NPLNSW drew with Wolves 1 (Stephan Dimoski) Wolves 2 (Yuzo Tashiro, Peter Simonoski) defeated Hakoah Sydney City East Hakoah Sydney City East 0 defeated by Wolves 2 (Peter Simonoski x2) Hakoah Sydney City East 1 (Harry Jones) def by Wolves 2 (Peter Simonoski x2) SELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF BOTH CLUBS - BRETT HUGHES Hughes played for Sydney City in 1986, the last year the team played in the National Soccer League. His debut was in Round 13 at the Sydney Athletic Field versus Marconi on 7th July 1986 and making a further eight appearances. Later on he played for Marconi and APIA before joining the team in Wollongong where he was mainstay for six seasons. The goalkeeper played until 2003/04 when he turned out for Sydney Olympic. At the Wolves he has the most number of clean sheets, thirty achieved in 141 matches. His first season was in 1992/93 and his final one was in 1997/98 with his initial game being in Round 7 on the 7th November 1992 against Melbourne Knights at Somers Street Stadium, Melbourne. His first clean sheet emanated a week later at Bandon Park versus Brisbane Strikers. His final game was in Round 26 in the 2-2 draw with Sydney United with his final clean sheet for the club achieved in Round /98 versus Perth Glory. Hughes also won the club s Player Of The Year on two occasions, in seasons 1993/94 and 1995/96. At the Wolves, he achieved honours at Wollongong with the team winning the Waratah Cup in As a goalkeeper, he commanded his area with confidence, skill and aplomb having a good clearance kick and displayed agility going for high balls. WOLVES PAST PLAYER OF NOTE - DEAN HEFFERNAN Heffernan played for the Wolves in the 2002/03 season after first playing with Bulli in the IPL. He scored one goal in his Wolves stint that coming in the fifty-first minute in Round 17 in New Zealand playing the Football Kingz. He produced a telling shot that was not kept out by the hapless defence. In all, he totalled twenty appearances. For his first appearance he came on as substitute on the 9th September 2002 at Marconi Stadium. Following on from the Wolves, Heffernan played at Sydney United, Sutherland Sharks, overseas with Huddersfield and Liaoning Whowin then to the A-League with the Central Coast Mariners for a number of seasons, together with Melbourne City and Perth Glory. In the between he played with Dandaloo, Bulli and Bankstown Lions. By Malcolm Rowney 8

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12 LOCAL FOOTBALL #NPLNSW PISTOL PETE: A BREAKER S LEGEND Peter Pistol Pearce was one of the five founding members of Gerringong Breakers Football Club. The year was 1985, and the club entered just one men s side into the Shoalhaven s Third Grade Competition. Peter was the Club s first President and can still remember its inaugural year. The club had to borrow nets and equipment from the local school, and players would play at an indoor competition in Kiama, with the intent to use the prize money to purchase the club its own equipment. Flash forward 32 years, and Pistol Pete can still be found at Gerry Emery Oval cheering on his beloved club, the mighty Gerringong Breakers. He is overcome with pride when he considers how far the club has come since The Breakers today have over 300 registered players (220 juniors and 85 senior players), and the club is arguably in the best period of its history to date. The men s First Grade were League Champions in 2016 and 2017 and are on course for a finals spot again this season. In addition to that, the 1st Grade Women s team have been League and Grand Final Double Winners for 3 years in a row (2015, 2016, & 2017). A life member of Gerringong Breakers Football Club, Peter Pistol Pearce can still remember the late 80s/early 90s, when games were played at Cronin s Oval before the club moved to Gerry Emery Oval. There would often be a mix up between the clubs using Cronin s, and field lines would be incorrectly marked Pearce recalled. There were plenty of times I d be mowing the field markings in hours before kick off so the boys could play. His favourite position was in midfield, but that was not always Pistol s role at school, where he began playing as a Goalkeeper. For the Breakers, I was a bit of a utility player, I was happy to have a run where needed, but midfield was my favourite. When asked for his favourite memory with the Breakers, Pistol Pete chose the 1985 inaugural season, where Gerringong defeated Culburra in the Grand Final to be Third Grade minor Premiers and Grand Final winners in their first 12

13 NPLNSW.COM.AU season. I came on as a sub with 15 minutes to go, the boys were 2-0 up at that point. I ll never forget that day. His only goal for the club is another memory, not least of all because it was scored from inside his own half! It was my last game for the Breakers, and the ball rolled to me just inside our half. I had a defender closing me down and made a rushed decision to punt it long. I can remember thinking worst case scenario it ll be a goal kick or the lads up top will deal with it up there. I caught it pretty sweet off the laces, and it looked like it was heading well over, so I turned my back to get ready for the goal kick. I didn t see it drop over the top of the keeper and into the net. FAST 5 Q&A 1) Favourite Breakers moment: 1985 minor and grand final winners in our Inaugural year 2) Favourite team: West Ham United 3) Skill/sporting attribute I wish I had: speed 4) Favourite Player: Gordon Banks 5) Favourite position: Midfield/anywhere as long as I could get a run 13

14 HUNDRED #NPLNSW PART 2 Following on from the Hundred article earlier in a 2018 program, this is a companion article detailing additional players who are to be recognized for their achievements of playing a hundred or more league games for the Wollongong Wolves club. JEFF AINSWORTH The English defensive midfield player, Ainsworth, began his Wolves career in 1981 before departing after the 1983 season. He returned in 1987 and played again in He was dual Premiership winner and a Championship winner in addition. He was captain of the 1987 side and in this year was awarded the club Player Of the Year. GEORGE SOURIS Souris had two stints at the club with the first beginning in the 1997/98 season culminating in the 2001/02 season. He was member of a Cup winning side as well as a dual Championship winner. He turned out again for the club after leaving Sydney Olympic mid season to return to the Wolves in season 2004/05 in the State League competition. He was the club Player Of The Year in his second season. Souris read the play intuitively, was vigilant with his defending and intercepted well. MARTIN BOURKE A six season tenure saw Bourke come to the club from the relegated Wollongong Macedonia. from 1991/ 92 to 1996/97 with a six season tally. He was an energetic defender with a high work rate, He was an astute tackler and safe and ever reliable at the back. 14 DAVID SKEEN The consummate full back played six years with the Wolves from 1988 to 1992/93 with a score of nine goals to his credit. He was right sided and in the 1989 season, the last season in winter, he was awarded the club Player Of The Year. He was a member of a Premiership winning side. Skeen was a persistent defender with boundless energy overlapping, being stern in the tackle. PETER WILLIS Willis played from 1981 to 1985 for five seasons and was a very effective wing back. He was a finals player. He was a noted taker of penalty kicks and scored quite a few from the spot. SASHO DIMOSKI The striker played ten seasons with club from season 1990/91 to the 1999/00 and was one the youngest players when he played and scored in his initial Wolves appearance versus Heidelberg United at 16 years and 200 days. He was a member of a cup winning side and a Championship winner to boot. He totalled fifteen goals with his best haul, six, being hit in his seventh season. He was a skilful player with speed on the ball and adept at eluding players when in possession and quick to size up an opening. MIKE O SHEA The central defender O Shea from came from St.George and while at the Wolves he played for five seasons from 1991/92. He was on the score sheet six times and he achieved the Player Of The Year for his club in his second season. He was a strong tackler and read the play well and was adept in cutting out crosses and perceptive with intercepts. In the Round 16 Morwell Falcons match in the 1993/94 season he cleared off the line. MIKE HOLLIFIELD Hollifield, a designated Wolves Legend in 2016, played in the red and white from 1987 to end of the 1991/92 season, a total of five seasons with a score of three goals to his

15 NPLNSW.COM.AU credit. He was left side defender with a strong left foot and accurate with his enticing crosses. He was a finalist player, a dual Premiership winner and a Championship winning member. LARRY GAFFNEY 106 From Brisbane City where he plied his trade for some years, Gaffney returned to his hometown and turned out the club from 1982 to 1986, five seasons in all. He was a member in a finalist playing side. As a player, he had a high work rate and was very industrious, possessing a will to win and being a good interceptor. ANTHONY SURJAN Coming from Marconi, Surjan played a five season stint with the club from 1993/94 season to the 1999/00 season. He was a Cup and a Championship winner, plus a finalist. He scored his fair share of goals from his mid field position with eight being a season high that actually occurred twice in 1997/98 and in 1998/99. He amassed nineteen goals all up. As a player he a box to box type who covered a lot of ground being judicious in his ball playing with a certain amount of speed and was indefatigable. Another award he achieved was the club Golden Boot in 1998/99. JOHN FLEMING Fleming, the English holding midfielder, played five seasons from 1981 to 1986 with the exclusion of He was finalist member of the team and a club Player Of the Year in He was good on the ball and defended stoutly. He was able to set up supports with incisive passes and was an organizer. He kept going until the final whistle and bobbed up to score seven goals with his seasons top score of three in 1981 and This may not be a defining list and in future, current players could bring up their Hundred in seasons to come. By Malcolm Rowney 15

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19 NPLNSW.COM.AU BETTER THAN THE REST This is a look at the average of a season s tally of goals to the number of scorers and to nominate which season is better than all the rest. The top average ratio is 6.3, followed by 6.0 and 5.6, with the lowest being 1.8, this cropping up twice in the 1989 and the 1991/92 seasons. It is probably not surprising that the two NSL championship years of 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 have the best average as the team scored a whopping high of seventy-two and seventy-six goals in the seasons with twelve scorers in each year. The latter season had the 6.3 average with Stuart Young scoring nineteen goals, with Sasho Petrovski and Scott Chipperfield with fourteen goals and eleven goals respectively and with Esala Masi adding his eleven total to the mix. Matt Horsley, Paul Reid, Robert Stanton, Alvin Ceccoli, Paul Harries Robbie Middleby, Ben Blake and David Huxley plus an own goal contributed the extras. Three of the same four players, Young, Petrovski and Chipperfield scored the bulk in the previous season, fifty-one between them and in this 1999/2000 season, the average was a high 6.0 goals per player average with Neil Harlock, Matt Horsley, Paul Reid, David Cervinski, George Souris, Dino Mennillo, Alvin Ceccoli and Ben Blake adding the others. The rest is the lowest average of 1.8 that was set both in the 1989 and 1991/92 seasons. In the 1989 season, the number of goals scored amounted to twenty-two with twelve players scoring them. These players were Randall Easthorpe being the top scorer with six with Danny Crainie, Pat Brodnik, David Skeen, Jock Morlando, John Danzo, Brian Cokely, Sean Ingham, Danny Petkovic, Rade Stefanovski, Peter Kotamanidis plus an own goal. In the 1991/92 season, twenty-four goals were tallied with thirteen scorers. Claude Cellini was the top scorer with five with other scorers adding either one or two goals. These players were Mike O Shea, Frank Bate, Alex Bundalo, Richard Lloyd, Grant Bard, Matt Horsley, Pat Brodnik, Mike Smith, Charlie Yankos and David Skeen plus an own goal. In the years of the NSW Premier League from 2004/05, the best average is 5.6 in the 2004/05 season followed by 4.0 in Only twentyeight goals were hit in 2013 with only seven scorers. Ricky Zucco topped the count with eleven and Joseph Lavalle, Mitchell Del Turco James Baldacchino Chris Nathaniel and Peter Simonoski added the other seventeen goals. In 2004/05 there were only six scorers with Shane McGirr scoring eighteen with five sharing the additional sixteen. These players were Michael Clare, Alvin Ceccoli, Adam Hughes, Paul Harries and Nick Stavroulakis. The most common average is 2.7 and 3.4 coming in four seasons each, 2.7 in the 1984, 1989/90, 1992/93 and 2002/03 seasons and 3.5 in years 1981, 1982, 2008 and Seasons with a single scorer or a number of scorers achieving a huge tally of goals have a big impact on the average. The 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 and the 2004/05 seasons were better than all the rest in the total season goals scored to the season tally of scorers. By Malcolm Rowney 19

20 TEAM LISTS 1 JUSTIN PASFIELD (GK) 2 TAYLOR MCDONALD 3 DARCY MADDEN 4 MICHAEL ROBINSON 5 JAMES BALDACCHINO 6 NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY 7 CHRIS PRICE 8 BRENDAN GRIFFIN 9 PETER SIMONOSKI 10 JOSHUA MACDONALD 14 ETHAN KAMBISIOS 15 JAMES MARKOVIC 16 LUKE KAIRIES (GK) 17 RYAN ENSOR 23 STEVEN HAYES 26 LUKE WILKSHIRE 28 MICHAEL STOJANOVSKI 30 YUZO TASHIRO 40 TAKUYA NOZAWA COACH: JACOB TIMPANO ASSISTANT: LUKE WILKSHIRE ASSISTANT: NICK MONTGOMERY TRAINER: ALFREDO ESTEVES MANAGER: ROBERT POSITTI PHYSIO: MATTHEW WHALAN 1 ANTHONY BOUZANIS 2 CONNOR SHADDDOCK 3 MICHAEL KOUTA 4 BRADLEY WALKER 5 MITCHELL STAMATELLIS 6 CAMERON DRAPER 7 JACK GREEN 8 OLIVER GREEN 10 ANDRE DE JONG 11 JORDAN CRIGHTON 12 NATHAN ROBERTS 13 ROBBIE EZEKIEL 14 ANTHONY FRANGIE 15 STEVEN KATSIONIS 16 JOSHUA ORCHARD 17 HARRY JONES 19 DOM COX 20 JAMES COMBES 21 AMAURY MARIE GAUTHIER 60 TAKAYUKI NOJI HEAD COACH TD: GAVIN RAE ASSISTANT COACH: ZLATCO ARAMBASIC GOAL KEEPER COACH: TRINITY ALLEN MANAGER: BRIAN REE - ALEX ROBERTSON REFEREES: 4TH OFFICIAL: K. AMS, A. GIEV, J. PARK H. JOMAA

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22 FIRST GRADE NPL NSW MEN S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sydney Olympic FC APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC Blacktown City FC Sydney United 58 FC Rockdale City Suns FC Marconi Stallions FC Hakoah Sydney City East FC Wollongong Wolves FC Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Sutherland Sharks FC Manly United FC Sydney FC U20 S NPL NSW MEN S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sutherland Sharks FC Sydney FC Blacktown City FC Wollongong Wolves FC Hakoah Sydney City East FC Manly United FC Sydney United 58 FC Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Marconi Stallions FC APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC Rockdale City Suns FC Sydney Olympic FC

23 NPLNSW.COM.AU U18 S NPL NSW MEN S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sydney FC Blacktown City FC Rockdale City Suns FC Manly United FC Marconi Stallions FC Hakoah Sydney City East FC Wollongong Wolves FC APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC Sydney United 58 FC Sutherland Sharks FC Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Sydney Olympic FC U20 S MATCH PREVIEW Two of the premiership outsiders will come head to head on the South Coast this Saturday when Wollongong Wolves host Hakoah Sydney City East. With both teams six and nine points off top spot respectively, a win is essential for either side to keep their faint hopes reeling in Sutherland Sharks alive. The Wolves appear to greater chance to make that a possibility than their fifth-placed opponents. Wollongong edged Sutherland 3-2 last Sunday and have won four of their last five matches, keeping three clean sheets in the process. Not only are Wollongong the league s best defensive unit but boast one of the campaign s outstanding performers in Tory Musumeci, whose brace against Sutherland raised his tally for the season to 11. Although the Wolves will be considered narrow favourites before kick off, they won t want to overlook at Hakoah side who have flown under the radar all season. A 1-0 win over Sydney Olympic last weekend brought a return to winning form for Hakoah, who have a six-point buffer over Manly United in sixth. 23

24 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP #NPLNSW CLUB PLAYED U18'S U20'S 1ST TOTAL Blacktown City FC APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC Sydney Olympic FC Hakoah Sydney City East FC Wollongong Wolves FC Sydney United 58 FC Sutherland Sharks FC Marconi Stallions FC Rockdale City Suns FC Manly United FC Sydney FC Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RANKING Football NSW will use the following process when ranking the Clubs within each Competition: NPL NSW Men s, NPL 2 NSW Men s, NPL 3 NSW Men s and Men s State League senior club championship with points calculated from all Premiership Matches in all grades using the following system; GRADE POINTS MULTIPLIER 1st Grade Premiership Points X 4 U20 Premiership Points X 2 U18 Premiership Points X 1 Club championships for all NPL Men s and Women s are available online: nplnsw.com.au/club-championship/ 24

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26 WELCOME TO THE CLUB #NPLNSW There are a selection of players who have made appearances for A-League clubs after they had played at the Wollongong Wolves such as Matt Horsley, Stuart Young, Naum Sekuloski, Dean Heffernan, Sasho Petrovski, Jacob Timpano, Alvin Ceccoli, Mark Robertson, Jason Trifiro, Corey Gameiro, Josh Bingham, Adam Casey and Justin Pasfield, but this article is concerned with players who had a welcome to the club either directly or by a roundabout way following their A-League experience. Three of the hitherto mentioned players had done just that, with one of these, in addition with two others, are in the current (2018) team. STEWART PETRIE Scottish import and striker for the Central Coast Mariners in two seasons, 2005/ /07, Petrie tallied ten goals, with eight in his first season and two in the other. He played forty-one times including two substitute entries. The striker came to the Wolves in 2007 and played four league games and three cup games and scored two cup goals in his stint. These came against Fraser Park F.C., and Dandaloo Lions F.C. in the semi-final. With the introductory work by Tynan Diaz and Ballamodou Conde, For his first strike, Petrie with the ball at his feet, moved into a shooting position on the left side before letting loose on the ball with a powerful left footed shot that raced into the goal, dodging the goalkeeper. For his semifinal effort at Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda, Steve Hayes had produced a powerfully driven shot. The custodian managed to keep it out but the ball ran to Petrie and he subsequently slotted it home. He also assisted in what should have been a certain goal but after having the ball squared to him, the recipient missed the unoccupied goal. However, his team won 3-1 to qualify for the final. Petrie made an impressive display with the team and his sterling contribution assisted the team. Petrie played his final game in Australia on 24th June 2007 at Crehan Park versus APIA Leichhardt, thereby being unavailable for the Cup Final. I have enjoyed my time here and hope the boys can keep it going. They did exactly this by winning the Cup Final. 26 DEZ GIRALDI Giraldi made seven starting appearances for Adelaide United in the 2007/08 season and tallied eight on field substitute roles across his three seasons. He came to the Wolves in 2008 and played four league games with one goal scored with the opposition being West Sydney Berries. It emanated in the fifty-sixth minute. Chris Price had whisked in a corner kick and Giraldi was in the vicinity to head home. It was good to get onto the score sheet today and it was important for us to get the win We had to be patient being one man up. We did and it came off. He left the Wolves and signed with Sydney F C. In later years he became an assistant with coach Jacob Timpano in JUSTIN PASFIELD The goalkeeper made fourteen appearances for the Central Coast Mariners from and prior was at North Queensland Fury with thirty-nine starts. He was also with Sydney FC as a back-up goalkeeper in 2005/06 but could not budge the incumbent Clint Bolton. Pasfield was at the Wolves for the 2008 season and played in the 2008 Grand Final victory. In this season he made seventeen league games with two finals games plus one cup. He returned again to the Wolves for the 2016, 2017 and now 2018 campaigns. He had a

27 NPLNSW.COM.AU tremendous season in 2017 winning three awards at the Presentation Night including Best Player. In the Round 17 Sydney United 58 game he was his usual impressive custodian earning a clean sheet with his splendid display. Yeah it was good for the self-esteem...we did well today and the boys stuck in. A bit of luck went our way but you have make your own luck and a clean sheet at home is what we try to achieve. He has amassed forty-one league games from with one cup start in each of these seasons. In 2018 he has thirteen appearances (up until Round ). On occasions he has captained the team. SASHO PETROVSKI The prolific goal scorer played for Sydney F.C. ( ), Central Coast Mariners ( ) and Newcastle Jets ( ) with forty-three appearances with fourteen goals being scored, forty-four with fourteen goals and thirty-five and eight goals, at each club respectively. He played in the 2006 winning Grand Final team with Sydney F.C. Petrovski came back to the Wolves for the 2011 and 2012 seasons and in the first of these years he made twenty appearances with nine goals with one cup start. He played 21 league matches and one finals game scored five goals and had one cup appearance in 2012 tallying. For a number of games he was elevated to team captain. His final goal was in Round 22 versus Sutherland Sharks and his last game was in the Elimination Final against Blacktown City. On twenty minutes, Petrovski took on Sharks defender and eluded him. He looked up to see where the custodian was position. He subsequently curled the ball inside the post. It was quite pleasing (to score).. A good result and a good way to finish at home. JACOB TIMPANO The current coach of the club played for Sydney F.C. in the inaugural A-League season, 2005/06 to the 2007/08 making a total of twenty-six league appearances with the season breakdown of twenty-one, two and three. While at Sydney he played in the 2005 A-League Grand Final versus Central Coast Mariners and achieved a winner s medal. I got to play with players such as Dwight Yorke. I used to watch him on television and here I was playing in the same team as him. It took until 2011 for Timpano to return via another NSW Premier League club to the Wolves and he played from making fifty-four league appearances, two Cup starts and one finals match. While at the Wolves, he mostly was positioned in his customary central defender role but on occasions played in the midfield. On one other occasion he played up front in the striker s role versus Sydney Olympic. In addition, he was the captain of the team and lead by example. At present he is the coach of the team since being signed as coach in JOSHUA MACDONALD Macdonald was with Western Sydney Wanderers in the 2015/2016 A-League season making two appearances from the bench. He also played in the 2015 FFA Cup, winning a penalty for his team versus Brisbane Roar. The tricky up front wide player began playing at the Wolves in 2016 and is currently in his third season in the red and whites. He attained 14 starting appearances and two from the bench with one goal in He has scored a total of three league goals with his most recent being in In the sixty-eighth minute and being left to his own devices by the Manly United markers, he took a touch before hammering 27

28 #NPLNSW the ball in at the near post for the winner. I see myself as an attacking and creative player. NICK MONTGOMERY Montgomery retired from the A-League following the 2016/17 season and signed here and began playing in Wollongong Wolves colours in 2017 Round 12, scoring a debut goal against Parramatta Eagles to boot. Six minutes in just inside the penalty area, he was positioned. A Brett Wilson long throw bounced off the heads of two defenders before falling fortuitously at Montgomery s feet. A pile driver of a shot zoomed into the goal. Today was a fantastic performance for the boys and we thoroughly deserved the 3-0 win. It was nice to be on the score sheet. He was on the books at the Central Coast Mariners for five seasons With one hundred and sixteen appearances including five off the bench Montgomery also got on the scorers list with three goals in his first, third and fifth seasons. In 2018, he is the match captain on the field and in addition, is assistant to Timpano in the coaching rank. He played ten matches in 2017 and nine to date in In this seasons opening round, he was most effective with a strong display in his midfield role, greatly assisting the team against a very strong adversary in Blacktown City. He has added another goal to his tally with a good strike versus Sydney Olympic in Round 10 and a blockbuster in the Round 15 Sutherland Sharks match at J. J. Kelly Park, coniston LUKE WILKSHIRE The right sided wing back/defender Wilkshire came to the Wolves club after leaving Sydney F.C. after playing in their record breaking season, with his final game for Sydney being in the A-League Semi-Final versus Melbourne Victory. Wilkshire was signed from Russia as an injury replacement for Rhyan Grant. Yes it was a fantastic group of players, staff and everyone at the club. I made some close friends and close bonds which will last forever. After departing Sydney FC he signed on 11th February 2019 playing his initial game with his new club in Round 10 versus Sydney Olympic. He achieved his first Wolves goal, an equalizer, against Blacktown City when his free kick at first hit the defensive wall. With luck, the ball rebounded straight back. He subsequently produced a first time shot that rocketed into the goal at the near post, eluding the custodian. These players have had a warm welcome to the club and supporters would say the same given the performances. The players have thrilled the crowds while the younger crowd members look up to these players to set the example and this has certainly been displayed in the sanctioned pitch invasion on the last home ground match of the season. The A-League experience of these players has certainly added to our club. By Malcolm Rowney Players comments were originally from interviews conducted by the writer for inclusion in match reports and program articles at the time.) 28

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30 TEAM LISTS UNDER 16s UNDER 15s #NPLNSW Luke Genua Sebastian Black Tyson Black Lachlan Bryce Jayden Calver Navarone Darjani Harrison Dennis Owen Fitzpatrick Lewis Grimshaw Anthony Krsteski Rocky Lavalle Keegan Matias Mason Mavridis Michael Mendes Will Nattrass Noah Vidler Coach: Manny Mavridis Assistant: Tom Anagnostopoulos Manager: Kimberley Fitzpatrick Luke Morgan Harrison Anagnostopou-los Brandon Angelevski Antoni Anic Andrew Aston Deakin Brownlee Salvatore Di Bella Ryan Doig Dax Kelly Gabriel Krsteski Tony Krstevski Logan Mathie Oliver Mitrevski Daniel Payne Riley Smithson Omezikam Uchendu Coach: Steve Honey Assistant: Allan Jones Managers: Terina Hartley and Ben Mitrevski UNDER 14s UNDER 13s UNDER 12s 1 Jake Charlston 2 Jake Almond 3 James Anagnostopou-los 4 Julian De Freitas 5 Jack Deale 6 Jack Duffy 7 Joshua Franco 8 Joshua Galevski 9 Jacob Krkovski 10 Flynn Madden 11 Daniel Merola 12 Joshua Nikolovski 13 Luke Palermo 14 Anton Radice-Jones 15 Deklan Rawson 16 Sebastian Stanojevic Coach: Todd Parker Manager: Steve Stanojevic 30 Morgan Woolnough Jayden Branovski Chisholm Brown Benjamin Caroutas Jay De Gouveia Callum Donnelly Aleksandar Dulevski Damon Gray Kyron Guevara Jyden Harb Cooper Kerridge Noah McNeill Aiden Miranda Joel Palermo Sebastian Tomasiello Kalani Vella Coach: Andrew Thompson Assistant: Phil Vidler Manager: Anthony Palermo Max Atsas Thomas Bent-Genge Alessandro Calmasini Noah Crapis Max Cunial Lachlan Flood Lachlan Groves Adam Kairis Joshua Keir Martin Kolevski Heath Marsden Liam Mavridis Tristan Nikolovski Adrian Pontone Harry Taylor Miles Thompson Thomas Tugrul Christian Vujic Kieran Wardle Harry Wililo Coach: Brendan Griffin

31 NPLNSW.COM.AU TEAM LISTS UNDER 11s UNDER 10s UNDER 9s Christian Anagnos-topoulos Lenny Atsas Taj Demito Ben Harman Jacob Hastings Kyan Hawke Oscar Kiely Micah Leimbach Michael Marijan Noah Mathie Odhran McDermott Ryan Molnar Rishay Patel John Perri Beau Randle Lennox Roodenrys Jimmy Skarvelis Ashton Stapleton Noah Stella Zane Stroemer Coach: Alfredo Esteves Christian Beleski James Benedetti Billy Beniuk James Calci Cooper Ellis Kolby Guevara Axl Hornby Khaled Houchaymi Isaac Kostovski Gabriel Lombardi Cooper Markovic Elijah Millet Lucas Moreira Innocent Nwali Samuel Palermo Jordan Sirijovski Noah Smart Luca Spaseski Lukas Srbinoski Lachlan Taylor Coach: Vlado Srbinoski Jaxon Bojlevski Samuel Burke Myke Caldrmoski Kahuitara-Te Ra Chase Jack Foley Fabian Gaudiosi Leo Halios-Lewis Jarrah Longbottom Kingston McLerie Zachary McNeill Jared Mihajlovic Novak Novakovic Declan Pearce Diego Sansone Leroy Szanto Lewis Tomlinson Coach: Chris Halios-Lewis 31

32 TEAM LISTS - U20 S #NPLNSW 1 Mathew Nikolovski 2 Louis Connell 4 Jack Hooper 5 Jared Wiley 6 Brodie Clarkson 7 Branislav Radmanovic 8 James Carli 9 Marcus Bimbilovski 10 Harrison Taranto 11 Tory Musumeci 12 Jordan Nikolovski 13 Nikola Djordjevic 14 Mitchell Ferraro 15 Kristofer Nicolaou 16 Jordan Pyne 17 Brandon Stojcevski 19 Thomas Dunlop Manager: Robert Positti 18 Jordan Koton 22 Mitchell Knight 23 Jake Jovanovski 24 Brad Paikin 25 Max Ephraim 27 Jordan Makridopolus 28 David Ustimenko 29 Nathan Hancock 30 Connor Eldridge 31 Satchel Kolt 32 Jacob Mcdonald 33 Jordan Lewis 34 Peter Turrall 35 Dairai Mahachi 36 Reece Kilpin 37 Dominic O Brien 38 Finley Hayhurst 40 Michael Figueira 61 Jared Kadar Coach: Gavin Rae Assistant Coach: Andy Norman Manager: David Shaddock Goalkeeper Coach: Trinity Allen U18 S 1 Brendon Krcanoski 2 Luke Day 3 Kayne Kotevski 4 Joshua Alcorn 5 Tim Chapman 6 Jordyn Della Vedova 7 Jason Pappas 8 Brendan Mitrovski 9 Joel Starr 10 Jake Levy 12 Joshua Correia 13 Liam Rae 14 Brendan Low 15 Jarrod Alston 16 Hayden Purkiss Coach: Richard Lloyd Assistant Coach: Scott Nicholls Manager: Robbie Day 1 Marley Beeston 2 Hesan Soufi 3 Ariah Michel 4 Blake Ilitch 5 Daniel Goni 6 Kane Roberge 7 Aswin Adinanto 8 Jake Gannon 9 Jonny Ress 10 Maximilien Balard 11 William Borten 12 Jacob Ritchie 14 Henry Bickerstaff 15 James Tanoski Coach: Mark Gannon Goalkeeper Coach: Trinity allen Manager: Matt Beeston

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36 TOP GOAL SCORERS #NPLNSW NAME AND CLUB GOALS SCORED Jordan Murray (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 11 Alec Urosevski (Rockdale City Suns) 9 Alejandro Sanchez (Sydney Olympic) 9 Jeremy Cox (Sydney FC) 8 Adrian Vranic (Sutherland Sharks) 8 Joey Gibbs (Blacktown City) 7 Anthony Frangie (Hakoah) 7 Jordan Figon (Rockdale City Suns) 6 Tasuku Sekiya (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 6 Panny Nikas (Sydney United 58) 6 Jaewook Woo (Bonnyrigg White Eagles) 6 Jordan Murray *Does not include FFA Cup goals WARATAH Cup 2018 WARATAH CUP FINALS SCHEDULE SEMI-FINALS Wednesday, 27 June 7:30pm Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC v Hakoah Sydney City East FC Marconi Stallions FC v APIA Leichhardt Tigers WARATAH CUP FINAL Sunday, 15 July 4pm Winner of Semi Final 1 v Winner of Semi Final 2 PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: match dates are subject to change, pending each Clubs Competition Fixtures kick off times are subject to change for midweek matches pending what time the lights must go out at the venue all matches in the Waratah Cup must be played on a synthetic field Football NSW will determine the venue for the Waratah Cup Final 36

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38 2018 FIXTURES wollongongwolves.com.au HOME GROUND - WIN STADIUM Harbour St, Wollongong ROUND 1 Blacktown City FC 0-0 ROUND 2 Rockdale City Suns FC 1-0 ROUND 7 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 0-1 ROUND 9 Manly United FC 1-1 ROUND 11 Marconi Stallions FC 1-0 ROUND 14 Sydney FC 1-1 ROUND 15 Sutherland Sharks FC 2-1 ROUND 16 Saturday 23rd 19:00 Hakoah Sydney City East FC ROUND 17 Sunday 1st 15:00 Sydney United 58 FC ROUND 19 Saturday 21st 19:00 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC ROUND 21 Sunday 5th 15:00 Venue TBA Sydney Olympic FC

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