These statistics were written and researched for the OzSoccer archive by Tom Anderson and Greg Stock.
| As part of both sides preseason warm up the Falcons and Carlton played a friendly match in the Latrobe Valley. | ||||
| Played : Wednesday September 10 1997 | Venue : Morwell | |||
| Gippsland Falcons
Goals : Thompson, Canosa |
2 | - | 3 | Carlton
Goals : Vlahos, Lapsansky, Markovski |