1997 National Soccer League results
1997/1998 Season Round 12 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (21/12/1997) Parramatta Stadium
Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 3758
Sydney United
Andrew Crews, Peter Bennett, Velimir Kupresak, Richard Plesa, Joe Vrkic, Stuart Munro (David Barrett 13), Jason Culina (Azur Mujanovic 89), Marcus Philips, Jacob Burns, David Mitchell (Nick Bosevski 78), Abbas Saad
Goals : Saad 21, Burns 57
2 - 1 Wollongong City
Adam Brodbeck, Alvin Ceccoli, Robert Stanton, Matthew Horsley, Anthony Surjan (Noel Spencer 71), Michael Reda (Sonny Sevin 71), Scott Chipperfield, George Souris, Tony Perinich (Sasho Dimoski 63), David Huxley, Esala Masi
Goal : E Masi 8

Played (21/12/1997) Optus Oval
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 10632
Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Marcus Stergiopoulos, Sean Douglas, Con Anthopoulos, Lubomir Lapsansky (sent off 85), Andrew Vlahos, Simon Colosimo, Vince Grella, David Cervinski (Robert Trajkovski 62), Branko Bacak (Kresimir Marusic 56), Mark Atkinson (Alan Hunter 70)
Goals : Grella 8, Colosimo 78
2 - 3 South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Fausto de Amicis, Con Blatsis, David Clarkson, Bill Damianos, Con Boutsianis (Michael Curcija 62), Goran Lozanovski, Tansel Baser, John Anastasiadis (Vaughan Coveny 78), George Goutzioulis
Goals : Anastasiadis 30, Boutsianis 37, Curcija 80pk

Played (21/12/1997) Perth Oval
Referee : E Brazzale, Crowd : 12174
Perth Glory
Tom Maras (Tony Franken 46), Vladimir Beretovac, Gavin Wilkinson, Gareth Naven, Paul McVittie, James Afkos (Simon Harland 74), Peter Vukmirovic, Samson Siasia, Scott Halpin, Danny Hay, Peter Anosike
Goal : G Naven 48
1 - 1 Canberra Cosmos
Tony Giannasca, Paul Dee, Andrew Roberts, Ivan Zelic, Ante Moric, Gordon Hunter, Norman Kelly, Lindsay Wilson, Dale Wingell (Damien Brown 56), Toplica Popovich, Tom Haythornthwaite (Andrew Ravanello 64)
Goal : Zelic 65

Played (21/12/1997) Knights Stadium
Referee : W Dade, Crowd : 5000
Melbourne Knights
Joe Didulica, Ante Kovacevic, Ivan Jolic, Ransford Banini (Zoran Markovski 80), Dragi Nastevski, Andrew Marth (sent off 89), Damian Vojtek, Ice Kutlesovski, Ivan Kelic, John Didulica, Ante Deak
Goals : John Didulica 8, Vojtek 25
2 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
Ante Covic, Mark Babic, Domenic Longo, Luke Casserly, Brad Maloney, Zeljko Babic, Francis Awaritefe, Brendan Renaud (Luke Tomich 81), Pan Keun Kim, Vlado Zoric, Gabriel Mendez (Christian Care 67)
Goal : Zoric 40

Played (21/12/1997) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 3409
Adelaide City
Jason Petkovic, Bradley Armour, Mark Yates, Angelo Costanzo, Bradley Hassell, Dino Mennillo (Mark Brazzale 88), John Gibson, Kris Trajanovski, Michael Brooks (Kosta Salapasidis 83), Scott Thomas, Nick Sabljak (Travis Dodd 76)
Goals : Armour 33, Brooks 36, Mennillo 48
3 - 0 Gippsland Falcons
Jim Kourtis, Clayton Bell, Claudio Canosa, Manny Gotis, Doug Marcina, Mark Foy (Tony Sekulic 70), Brian MacNicol (Nick Palamaras 46), Willie Hastie, Zlatko Mihajlovic (Billy Mitroulas 66), Levent Osman, Nick Tsaltas

Played (20/12/1997) Suncorp Stadium
Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 3435
Brisbane Strikers
Clint Bolton, Glenn Gwynne, Chris Zoricich, Nick Meredith, Frank Farina, Rob Brown, Troy Cranney, Chay Hews, Stephen Laybutt (Mark Battistin 67), Andrew Packer (Kasey Wehrman 70), Andrew Harper (Sean Cranney 75)
Goals : Harper 35pk, Brown 72pk
2 - 0 Adelaide Sharks
Frank Mikuletic, Alex Castro, Frank Tibaldi, Alex Kuzmanovic, Con Kokkinoplitis (Bill Misailidis 68), Corey Artone, Nathan Day (Jose Iriarte 46), Pablo Cardozo, Paul Pezos, Jim Tsekinis (John Cutillo 68), Pedro Oliveira
The match may not have been very memorable in itself but it was here that Rod Brown became the leading goalscorer of all time in the National Soccer League surpassing the total of 133 goals by John Kosmina who coaches Newcastle these days.
Match report by David Marshall

Played (19/12/1997) Topper Stadium
Referee : B McKay, Crowd : 2237
Newcastle Breakers
Brad Swancott, Matthew Austin, Shane Pryce, Todd McManus, Robert Ironside, Peter Ritchie, Mark Wilson, Clayton Zane, Jason Bennett (Ben Lane 79), Shaun Edwards, Matthew Lowe
Goals : Ritchie 18, M Wilson 65
3 - 2 UTS Olympic
Bob Catlin, Ante Juric, Eric Hristodoulou (Nick Carle 63), Norman Tome, Peter Tsekenis, Brett Emerton, Jean Paul de Marigny, Walter Ardone, Elias Augerinos (Steve Eagleton 36), Hussein Jomaa, Angelo Petratos
Goals : Petratos 20, Tsekenis 67, Tome 80pk