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2007/2008 Season Playoff Series Matches
written by Thomas Esamie |
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The top four teams of the regular season meet in matches as shown in home and away legs. Matches marked '1' and '2' are single elimination games, winner of Match 2 is crowned Champion of the 2007-2008 season.
Central Coast v Newcastle -----winner---------------------------2 Grand Final
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Grand Final Match, winner becomes champion Played (24/02/08) Sydney Football Stadium Referee : Mark Shield, Crowd : 36354 | ||||
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| Central Coast Mariners Danny Vukovic (sent off 90), John Hutchinson, Greg Owens (Andre Gumprecht 69), Tony Vidmar (Matt Simon 76), Nigel Boogaard, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik (Tom Pondeljak 69), Sasho Petrovski, Mile Jedinak, John Aloisi, Alvin Ceccoli Coach : Lawrie McKinna |
0 | - | 1 | Newcastle United Jets Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Jade North, Stuart Musialik, Andrew Durante, Matt Thompson (Jason Hoffman 76), Joel Griffiths, Tarek Elrich, Adam D'Apuzzo, Mark Bridge (James Holland 73), Jin-Hyung Song (Denni Rocha dos Santos 90) Goal : Bridge 64 Coach : Gary van Egmond |
| Match report by Tony Tannous Match report by Chris Dunkerley Match report by Alan Clark Match report by Robert Szomolnoki | ||||
Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final Played (17/02/08) EnergyAustralia Stadium Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 16021 | ||||
| Newcastle United Jets Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Jade North, Stuart Musialik, Andrew Durante, Matt Thompson (Denni Rocha dos Santos 114), Joel Griffiths, Tarek Elrich, Adam D'Apuzzo, Mark Bridge, James Holland (Troy Hearfield 60 (Jin Hyung Song 90)) Goals : Thompson 40, J Griffiths 104pk, Elrich 110 Coach : Gary van Egmond |
3 aet |
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Queensland Roar Liam Reddy, Andrew Packer, Craig Moore (sent off 112), Josh McCloughan (Simon Lynch 75), Michael Zullo, Massimo Murdocca, Reinaldo Elias da Costa, Matt McKay, Sasa Ognenovski, Robbie Kruse (Tahj Minniecon 64), Marcio Luiz Adurens (Danny Tiatto 64) Goals : Reinaldo 90pk, 118pk Coach : Frank Farina |
| Match report by Robert Szomolnoki Match report by Tony Tannous | ||||
Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Grand Final 1st leg Played (27/01/08) Newcastle International Sports Centre Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 22960 | ||||
| Newcastle United Jets Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Jade North, Stuart Musialik (Noel Spencer 76), Andrew Durante, Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Tarek Elrich, Troy Hearfield (Jason Hoffman 42), Mark Bridge, James Holland Goals : A Griffiths 22, J Griffiths 85pk Coach : Gary van Egmond |
2 | - | 0 | Central Coast Mariners Danny Vukovic, John Hutchinson (Andre Gumprecht 72), Tom Pondeljak, Tony Vidmar (Andrew Clark 81), Nigel Boogaard, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik, Sasho Petrovski (Matt Simon 76), Mile Jedinak, John Aloisi, Alvin Ceccoli Coach : Lawrie McKinna |
| Match report by Robert Szomolnoki Match report by Tony Tannous | ||||
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2nd leg Played (10/02/08) Bluetongue Stadium Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 19112 | ||||
| Central Coast Mariners Danny Vukovic, John Hutchinson, Tom Pondeljak (Andre Gumprecht 32), Tony Vidmar, Nigel Boogaard (Greg Owens 104), Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik, Sasho Petrovski, Mile Jedinak, John Aloisi, Alvin Ceccoli (Andrew Clark 28) Goals : Kwasnik 37, Petrovski 74, 95 Coach : Lawrie McKinna |
3 aet |
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Newcastle United Jets Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Jade North, Andrew Durante, Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Tarek Elrich, Noel Spencer (Stuart Musialik 60), Mark Bridge, James Holland (Jason Hoffman 81), Jin-Hyung Song Coach : Gary van Egmond |
| Match report by Chris Dunkerley Match report by Tony Tannous | ||||
Elimination Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final 1st leg Played (25/01/08) Sydney Football Stadium Referee : Mark Shield, Crowd : 23450 | ||||
| Sydney FC Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Tony Popovic, Robbie Middleby (Ruben Zadkovich 26), Steve Corica (Patrick Roberto Daniel da Silva 75), Alex Brosque (Brendon Santalab 82), Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan, Osvaldo Giroldo Junior, Ufuk Talay, Brendan Renaud Coach : John Kosmina |
0 | - | 0 | Queensland Roar Griffin McMaster, Andrew Packer, Craig Moore, Josh McCloughan, Michael Zullo (Tahj Minniecon 71), Massimo Murdocca, Reinaldo Elias da Costa, Matt McKay, Sasa Ognenovski, Robbie Kruse (Mitch Nichols 80), Marcio Luiz Adurens Coach : Frank Farina |
| Match report by Stephen Webb Match report by Tony Tannous | ||||
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2nd leg Played (08/02/08) Lang Park Referee : Mark Shield, Crowd : 36221 | ||||
| Queensland Roar Liam Reddy, Andrew Packer, Craig Moore, Josh McCloughan, Michael Zullo (Tahj Minniecon 69), Massimo Murdocca, Reinaldo Elias da Costa (Simon Lynch 53), Matt McKay, Sasa Ognenovski, Robbie Kruse, Marcio Luiz Adurens Goals : Reinaldo 12, Ognenovski 83pk Coach : Frank Farina |
2 | - | 0 | Sydney FC Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Tony Popovic, Robbie Middleby (sent off 19), Ruben Zadkovich, Steve Corica, Alex Brosque (Brendon Santalab 68), Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan (Adam Biddle 86), Ufuk Talay, Brendan Renaud (Mark Robertson 71) Coach : John Kosmina |
| Match report by Andrew Demack Match report by Tony Tannous | ||||