1997 National Soccer League results
1997/1998 Season Round 09 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (30/11/1997) Thebarton Oval
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 4064
Adelaide Sharks
Frank Mikuletic, Alex Castro, Frank Tibaldi (Jamie Perin 65), Alex Kuzmanovic, Branko Milosevic (sent off 82), Corey Artone, Nathan Day (Adrian Iandorio 82), Pablo Cardozo, Reginaldo Bigu da Silva, Jim Tsekinis, Pedro Oliveira (Paul Pezos 40)
Goal : Cardozo 41
1 - 2 Sydney United
Andrew Crews, Peter Bennett, Velimir Kupresak, Richard Plesa, Joe Vrkic, Stuart Munro, Jacob Burns (Marcus Pillips 76), Paul Bilokapic, Jason Culina (Marjan Galic 82), David Mitchell (Nick Bosevski 46), Abbas Saad
Goals : Mitchell 36, Saad 63

Played (30/11/1997) Falcons Park
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 2008
Gippsland Falcons
Jim Kourtis, Clayton Bell, Claudio Canosa, Manny Gotis (Levent Osman 70), Tony Sekulic, Doug Marcina, Nick Tsaltas, Mark Foy, Brian MacNicol (Archie Thompson 81), Willie Hastie (Hugo Giminez 85), Zlatko Mihajlovic
Goals : Mihajlovic 42, Marcina 49
2 - 1 Perth Glory
Tom Maras, Gavin Wilkinson (sent off 90), Vinko Buljubasic, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Paul Strudwick (Paul McVittie 81), Samson Siasia, Scott Halpin, Danny Hay, Anthony Carbone (Peter Anosike 81), Ernest Tapai
Goal : Halpin 61

Played (30/11/1997) Sydney Football Stadium
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 2902
UTS Olympic
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Ante Juric, Norman Tome (Angelo Petratos 89), Peter Tsekenis (Eric Hristodoulou 80), Brett Emerton, Jean-Paul deMarigny, Walter Ardone, Hussein Jomaa, Huseyin Bayhan (Nick Carle 46), Steve Eagleton
0 - 1 Adelaide City
Jason Petkovic, Bradley Armour, Mark Yates, Dino Mennillo, Angelo Costanzo, Damian Mori, Bradley Hassell (Michael Brooks 88), John Gibson, Kris Trajanovski, Scott Thomas, Nick Sabljak
Goal : Mori 81

Played (28/11/1997) Bob Jane Stadium
Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : 3356
South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Fausto deAmicis, Nick Orlic, Con Blatsis, David Clarkson, Vaughan Coveny (Michael Curcija 85), Bill Damianos, Con Boutsianis, Goran Lozanovski (John Anastasiadis 67), Tansel Baser (Steve Panopoulos 74)
Goals : Blatsis 47, Coveny 51pk, Lozanovski 58
3 - 2 Wollongong City
Brett Hughes, Alvin Ceccoli, Jason Connelly, Matthew Horsley, Anthony Surjan (Noel Spencer 67), Michael Reda (Robert Stanton 73), Scott Chipperfield, George Souris, Tony Perinich, David Huxley (Raymond Younis 73), Esala Masi
Goals : Iosifidis 72og, Chipperfield 75

Played (28/11/1997) Seiffert Oval
Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 2350
Canberra Cosmos
Tony Giannasca, Andrew Roberts, Ivan Zelic, Ante Moric, Gordon Hunter, Norman Kelly, Michael Musitano (Damien Brown 86), Peter Buljan, Lindsay Wilson, Tom Haythornthwaite, Andrew Ravanello (Ilija Preznoski 58)
Goal : Buljan 68
1 - 1 Melbourne Knights
Vilson Knezevic, Ante Kovacevic, Ivan Jolic, Ransford Banini (Ante Deak 46), Andrew Marth, Damian Vojtek, Tom Pondeljak, Dragi Nastevski, Zeljko Susa (sent off 73), Zoran Markovski, Mijo Trupkovic
Goal : T Pondeljak 80

Played (28/11/1997) Marconi Stadium
Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 3386
Marconi-Fairfield
Ante Covic, Mark Babic, Luke Casserly, Christian Care (Darren McDonald 60), Brad Maloney, Giuseppe Marino (Terry Palapanis 77), Zeljko Babic, Brendan Renaud, Paul Souris, Vlado Zoric, Gabriel Mendez (Francis Awaritefe 39)
Goal : Babic 61
1 - 2 Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Marcus Stergiopoulos, Alan Hunter, Sean Douglas, Con Anthopoulos, Kresimir Marusic, Andrew Vlahos (Daniel Allsopp 75), Simon Colosimo (sent off 65), Vincent Grella (Lubomir Lapsansky 43), John Markovski (Branko Bacak 86), Mark Atkinson
Goals : Casserly 9og, Markovski 27

Played (28/11/1997) Topper Stadium
Referee : G Leverton, Crowd : 2282
Newcastle Breakers
Brad Swancott, Glenn Sprod (Shaun Edwards 65), Shane Pryce, Todd McManus, Robert Ironside, Peter Ritchie, Clayton Zane, Troy Halpin (Matt Austin 75), Liam McGuire (Mark Wilson 60), Matthew Lowe, Ben Lane
Goal : Zane 90
1 - 2 Brisbane Strikers
Clint Bolton, Glenn Gwynne, Chris Zoricich, Frank Farina (Wayne Knipe 80), Sean Cranney (Gary Blackford 78), Rod Brown, Troy Cranney, Chay Hews (Nick Meredith 70), Stephen Laybutt, Andrew Packer, Andrew Harper
Goals : Brown 28, Farina 57
Match report by Chris Dunkerley