1988 season
1988 National Soccer League results

1988 season - round 1 results

written by Andrew Howe


Friday, 30 January
Venue: Olympic Park, Melbourne. Attendance: 1500
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Tyrone James, Gary VanEgmond, Eddie Campbell, Drago Deankovic, Vlado Bozinovski, Ernie Tapai, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Zdravko Lujic, Warren Spink. Sub: Luciano Fabrizio.
Goals: Oscar Crino 2, Warren Spink
3 -0 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Charlie Yankos, Kurt Reynolds, Arno Bertonga, Mark Brown, Terry Butler, Lawrie McKinna, Jean-Paul DeMarigny, Tony Parison, Peter Tredinnick, Burim Zajmi. Subs: Darren Stewart, Hilton Phillips.

Saturday, 31 January
Venue: Marconi Stadium, Sydney. Attendance: 1629
Marconi Fairfield
Bob Catlin, Steve Calderan, Tony Henderson, Ian Gray, Robert Wheatley, Gerry Gomez, Craig Mason, Tom McCulloch, Fred DeJong, Peter Katholos, Frank Farina. Sub: Geoff Gunning.
Goals: Ian Gray, Fred DeJong, Frank Farina 4
6 -0 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Talyor, Robert Markovac, John Campelj, Andrew Marth, Mark Lennon, Shaun Parton, Jeff Faulkner, John Markovski, Les Carter, Gary Clark. Sub: Tom Markovski.

Saturday, 31 January
Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Sydney. Attendance: 7883
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett, George Haniotis, Robert Hooker, Steve Georgakis, Peter Raskopoulos, Tom Pontidas, Abbas Saad, Marshall Soper, Terry Patalis, John Kosmina. Subs: Grant Lee, Jason Polak.
Goals: Tom Pontidas, Abbas Saad, Terry Patalis
3 -0 Sydney United
Tony Franken, Vedran Rozic, Ivan Petkovic, Graham Jennings, Wally Savor, Mark Jones, Alan Hunter, Shane Clinch, Adrian Cisato, Robbie Slater, Graham Arnold. Sub: Manis Lamond.

Saturday, 31 January
Venue: Olympic Park, Melbourne. Attendance: 500
Melbourne Knights
Jeff Olver, Mark Talajic, Alan Scott, George Hannah, Josip Biskic, Ian Dobson, Graham Heys, Robbie Dunn, Paul Lewis, Branko Milosevic, Ken Murphy. Subs: Frank Valentic, Joe Caleta.
Goal: Paul Lewis
1 -1 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Frank Liddell, Alex Cummings, Nick Meredith, Alan Niven, Russell Stewart, Paul Halford, Marty Kirsopp, Peter Dwyer, John Ogden, Grant Lightbrown. Subs: Phil Kerr, David Wheeler.
Goal: David Wheeler

Sunday, 1 February
Venue: Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide. Attendance: 4023
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bogdan Nyskohus, Alex Tobin, Neville Flounders, Charlie Villani, Jesper Sorensen, Sergio Melta, Aurelio Vidmar, Steve Maxwell, Joe Mullen. Sub: Adrian Santrac.
0 -0 Brunswick
Pat Marrama, Steve Marley, Peter Lewis, Mehmet Durakovic, Joe Palatsides, Vlatko Belic, Garry McDowall, Mike Petersen, Scott Patterson, Charlie Egan, Andrew Zinni. Sub: Sean Lane.

Sunday, 1 February
Venue: Connor Reserve, Melbourne. Attendance: 7000
Preston Makedonia
Con Opasinis, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, Phil Traianedes, Michael Branov, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Smith, John Stewart, George Petrov, Steve Gojevic, Goce Dimovski.
0 -0 South Melbourne
David Healy, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Manny Anezakis, Steve Tasios, Paul Wade, Con Giatis, George Kalogeros, Angie Postecoglou, Paul Trimboli, Paul Foster. Sub: Paul Fernandes.

Sunday, 1 February
Venue: Brandon Park, Wollongong. Attendance: 1969
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Ratcliffe, David Skeen, Peter Kotamanidis, Ray Vliestra, Rade Stefanovski, Brian Cokely, Alan Brazil, Danny Crainie, Randall Easthorpe, Pat Brodnik.
Goals: Rade Stefanovski, Alan Brazil, Randall Easthorpe
3 -1 St George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Mike Grbevski, Craig Moffitt, Steve O"Connor, Kyeong-Sik Choi, Kevin Hagan, Zoran Ilic, Vlade Tortevski, Allan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw. Subs: Graeme Fletcher, Peter Petkovski.
Goal: Graeme Fletcher

All 1988 results

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