Written and Researched by John Punshon and Greg Stock
This match was a one off game between the state representative sides of Victoria and New South Wales. The game was played in conjunction with the Moomba festival in Melbourne with both sides containing players from the repsective Premier Leagues of each state. | ||||
Played: Sunday March 9 2003 | Venue: Epping Soccer Stadium, Melbourne | |||
Victoria Darren McGrath (Steven Tilovski 83'), Simon Storey, Nick Cuculevski (John Sapazovski 46'), Stelios Drakos, Theo Constantinou, Doug Mladenovic, Andy Vargas (Nick Waite 46'), Alfonso Opazo (Arthur Tsirtsakis 83'), Nick Tsaltas (Dragi Nastevski 46'), Chris Emsovski, Stive Mrkela; Coach: Gary Cole. Goals: Sapazovski 58' 80' | 2 | - | 1 | New South Wales Ivan Necevski (Bob Catlin 46'), Stewart Van Bentum, Sasa Utjesenovic (Joshua Maguire 66'), Tayfun Devrimol, Devrim Huseyin, Marcus Stergiopoulos, David Reid, Kain Rastall (Chris Fleming 87'), Alan Picken (Mark Falzon 83'), David Harding, Spase Najdoski (Andrew Clark 60'); Coach: Greg Woodhouse. Goal: Reid 90' |
Referee: Senko Rastocic (Victoria) Attendance: 400 Cautions: Opazo 27' Reid 43' | ||||