1998/99 Season Round 03 Results written by Thomas Esamie and John Punshon
Played (24/10/1998) Suncorp Stadium Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 6115
Brisbane Strikers Clint Bolton, Chris Zoricich, Craig Williams, Steve Laybutt, Andy Harper (Glen Kolpak 83), Sean Cranney, Kasey Wehrman, Wayne Knipe, Chay Hews, Jeromy Harris, Nick Meredith Goals : Cranney 8, Harris 76	2	-	2	Perth Glory Danny Milosevic, Robert Trajkovski (Jamie Harnwell 90), Scott Miller, Vinko Buljubasic, Gavin Wilkinson, Danny Hay, Gareth Naven, Paul Strudwick (Michael Garcia 79), John Markovski, Slobodan Despotovski, Vas Kalogeracos (Con Boutsianis 66) Goals : Despotovski 80, Boutsianis 85
Match report by David Marshall Match report by Mick Kugelman
Played (25/10/1998) Hindmarsh Stadium Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 3281
Adelaide City Jason Petkovic, Bradley Armour, Alex Tobin, Carlo Talladira, Damian Mori (Damian Stam 83), Carl Veart, Dino Mennillo, Angelo Costanzo, Mark Yates, David Terminello, Dongi Ki Kim (Andy Leane 71) Goals : Mori 25, 59, Mennillo 43	3	-	0	Melbourne Knights Martin John, Ransford Banini, Ice Kutlesovski (Ivan Jolic 74), Ante Kovacevic, Ivan Kelic (Alex Kiratzoglou 55), Tom Pondeljak, Joey Rajher, Sonny Sevin, Frank Bazzano (Harry Karl 74), Zeljko Susa (sent off 51), Jason Vukadin
Adelaide City dominated this match and made their long time rivals look terribly ordinary. The surprise was that Adelaide took as long as they did before Mori ran onto a Talladira (?) lofted pass over the defence and volleyed it superbly across Martin John into goal. Earlier the keeper had collected a ball from his defender and had an indirect free kick awarded against him just outside his 6-yard box. Had there not been some confusion in the taking of the kick Mori might have had 2 by now. Before halftime gave the Knights a break they went 2 down from an almost identical goal. The only difference being the goalscorer and the force of shot. After the break things got worse when Susa, somewhat unfortunately, racked up 2 yellows and was spared the rest of procedings. Damian Mori got his second goal before the hour when a midfield turnover resulted in another ball over the head of the last defender and Mori ran clear and placed his shot low and (again) across the keeper just inside the far post. Melbourne, since the departure of Andrew Marth, really miss the lack of leadership and determination and the rest of the game petered out into a comfortable Adelaide City win.
Played (25/10/1998) Optus Oval Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 4209
Carlton Dean Anastasiadis, Mark Atkinson, Simon Colosimo, Sean Douglas, Marcus Stergiopoulos, Andy Vlahos (Cameron Pino 90), Andrew Marth, Lubomir Lapsansky, Marco Bresciano, Alex Moreira (Alex Josifovski 69), Joe Tricarico (sent off 13) Goal : Bresciano 10	1	-	2	Northern Spirit Paul Henderson, Eddie Bosnar, Mark Rudan, Robbie Slater, Graham Arnold, Troy Cranney, Phil Moss (Paul Wearne 88), Daniel Watkins (James Stubbs-Mills 73), Clayton Zane, Michael Cunico, Robbie Enes Goals : Rudan 16, 90+
Match report by David Arnold Match report by Tony D'Alfonso
Played (25/10/1998) Bob Jane Stadium Referee : J Blaney, Crowd : 8115
South Melbourne Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Fausto de Amicis, Nick Orlic, David Clarkson, Steve Panopoulos, Vaughan Coveny, Michael Curcija, Tansel Baser, Goran Lozanovski (Jason Polak 70), Jim Tsekinis (Adrian Cuzzupe 70 (John Anastasiadis 83)) Goals : Coveny 24, 59	2	-	0	Newcastle Breakers Bob Catlin, Shane Pryce, Andy Roberts, Todd McManus, Glenn Sprod (Adam Sanderson 81), John Buonavoglia, Brad Wieczorek, Greg Owens, Robert Shannon, Tom Haythornthwaite (Mark Wilson 10), Sang Chul Yoon (Fouad Umlil 69)
Match report by Alan Clark
Played (25/10/1998) Bruce Stadium Referee : J Tippett, Crowd : 2500
Canberra Cosmos Vilson Knezevic, Harry James (Scott Conlon 62), Toplica Popovich, Danny Burt, Ivan Zelic, Doug Marcina, Anthony Magnacca, Peter Buljan, Andrew Clark, Michael Musitano, Norman Kelly Goal : Buljan 25	1	-	2	Marconi-Fairfield Ante Covic, Marcus Phillips (Darren McDonald 70), Dominic Longo, Pan Keun Kim, Brad Maloney, Mike Smith, Danny Invincible, Francis Awaritefe (Sean Babic 85), Brendan Renaud, Kris Trajanovski, Vlado Zoric Goals : Maloney 37, Trajanovski 83
Match report by Fred Legget Match report by Nick Guoth
Played (25/10/1998) Mobil Park Referee : P Muir, Crowd : 3484
Gippsland Falcons Bojo Jevdjevic, Michael Anderson, Manny Gotis, Jeff Hopkins, Brian MacNicol, Clayton Bell, Archie Thompson (Claudio Canosa 90+), John Hutchinson (Peter Di Iorio 71), Marko Perinovic (Adrian Savage 88), Andy Vargas, Willie Hastie Goal : Thompson 56	1	-	0	Adelaide Sharks David Miller, Richie Alagich, Alex Castro, Alex Kuzmanovic, Paul Souris, Con Kokkinoplitis, Branko Milosevic (Aaron Westerveldt 78), Derek Poimer (Elias Demourtzidis 81), Alex Duric, Paul Pezos (Danny Vidakovic 46), John Gibson
Archie Thompson wins the celebration of the round award with his Kung-Fu routine after scoring the only goal of the game.
Played (25/10/1998) Edensor Park Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : 5172
Sydney United Andrew Crews, David Barrett, Michael Santolab, Richard Plesa, Peter Bennett, Steve Eagleton (Joel Griffiths 71), Jacob Burns, Walter Ardone, Mile Sterjovski, Danny Townsend (Steve Berry 66), David Mitchell (Joe Caleta 58) Goals : Townsend 3, Eagleton 4, Mitchell 26, Sterjovksi 70	4	-	1	Sydney Olympic Jim Kourtis, Scott Thomas, Adam Ciantar, Peter Tsekenis, Kimon Taliadoros, Norman Tome (Adem Poric 46), Jason Culina, Pablo Cardozo, Brett Emerton, Chris Kalantzis, Mark Brennan (Ante Juric 70) Goal : Kalantzis 23