Written by Roy Hay.
National Youth League News
Volume 8 Number 3
19 October 1997
Round 3
Southern Division
Saturday 18th October
Bentleigh Greens 0 Gippsland Falcons 1
(John MacEvoy)
V I S 2 Altona Magic 2
(Zoran Petrevski) (Bosevski, Pece Cergovski)
Sunday 19 October 1997
Albury Wodonga 0 Carlton 1
(Marco Maisano)
South Melbourne Rockets 1 Melbourne Knights 10
(George Lioupas) (Ivan Razov 3, Festim Zekiri 2, Adis Kablar 2,
Dragi Nastevski, Damian Vojtek, John Kalabric)
Bulleen Inter 1 Heidelberg United 2
(Matthew Collina) (Warsame Yusus, Peter Pasgas)
Bye v South Melbourne
Northern Division
Friday 17 October 1997
Newcastle Breakers 4 UTS Olympic Colts 2
(Chris Tancevski 2, Greg Owens, (Ali Jomaa, Philip Marzec)
Tony Bauer)
Saturday 18 October 1997
A C T A S 1 Marconi Fairfield Colts 0
(Oscar Zamora)
A I S 2 Sydney United 2
(Mile Sterjovski, Mark Bresciano) (Azur Mujanovic, Ivan Bazina)
Sunday 19 October 1997
UTS Olympic 3 N S W I S 1
(Leo Carle, Sam Larocca, Jim Bakis) (Daniel Watkins)
Sydney United Colts 0 Wollongong City 7
(Christian Zelvis 2, Raymond Younis 2,
Paul Dimech, George Souris,
George Mahanidis)
Q A S v Bye
Marconi Fairfield v Bye
League Ladders
Southern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
Melbourne Knights 2 2 0 0 13 2 6
Carlton 2 2 0 0 3 0 6
Bulleen 3 2 0 1 4 3 6
Gippsland Falcons 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Heidelberg United 2 1 0 1 2 2 3
Bentleigh Greens 3 1 0 2 2 3 3
Altona Magic 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
V I S 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
South Melbourne 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Albury-Wodonga 2 0 0 2 0 2 0
South Melbourne Rockets 1 0 0 1 1 10 0
Northern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
Newcastle Breakers 2 2 0 0 9 5 6
UTS Olympic 2 2 0 0 6 2 6
Wollongong City 2 1 1 0 7 0 4
Q A S 2 1 1 0 5 0 4
Marconi Fairfield Colts 1 1 0 0 3 1 3
N S W I S 3 1 0 2 6 8 3
A C T A S 2 0 2 0 3 3 2
Sydney United 3 0 2 1 5 7 2
A I S 1 0 1 0 2 2 1
Marconi Fairfield 2 0 1 1 2 4 1
UTS Olympic Colts 2 0 0 2 2 9 0
Sydney United Colts 2 0 0 2 0 9 0
Leading goalscorers
Southern Division
Name Team Goals
Mathew Collina Bulleen 3
John Kalabric Melbourne Knights 3
Ivan Razov Melbourne Knights 3
Northern Division
Name Team Goals
Greg Owens Newcastle Breakers 3
Daniel Watkins NSWIS 3
Round 4
Southern Division
Saturday 25 October 1997
Carlton v South Melbourne Rockets (11.30 am, Optus Oval)
Altona Magic v Melbourne Knights (3.30 pm, Paisley Park)
Heidelberg United v Albury Wodonga (4 pm, Olympic Village)
Sunday 26 October 1997
South Melbourne v Bentleigh Greens (3.30pm, Bob Jane Stadium)
Gippsland Falcons v Bulleen Inter (3.30 pm, Falcons Park)
Bye v V I S
Northern Division
Friday 24 October 1997
Sydney United v Q A S (5 pm, Parramatta Stadium)
Saturday 25 October 1997
UTS Olympic Colts v UTS Olympic (4 pm, St George Stadium)
Marconi Fairfield v N S W I S (4.30 pm, Marconi Stadium)
Sunday 26 October 1997
Wollongong City v Newcastle Breakers (4 pm, Win Stadium)
Marconi Fairfield Colts v A I S (5 pm, Marconi Stadium)
Bye v Sydney United Colts
Bye v A C T A S
National Youth League (Southern Division), 18-20 October 1997
by Roy Hay
A young Bentleigh Greens team went down by the only goal of the game to
gippsland Falcons on Saturday. John Macevoy scored after twelve minutes,
and though the Greens peppered the goals at times, the Falcons held on
increasingly comfortably for the win.
The surprise of the round was Altona Magic's two-one win over the Victorian
Institute of Sport. Once again the Magic fielded a very young side but
they fought all the way and deserved the result, even though the VIS had
numerous chances of its own. Zoran Petrevski, who plays for the Magic in
the Victorian Premier League, scored for the VIS, but Bosevski and Pece
Cergovski replied for the Magic.
Heidelberg United scored twice in a minute through Warsame Yusus and Peter
Pasgas just after the break to cancel out an early goal for Bulleen by
Matthew Collina. Heidelberg rode its luck to hang on for a narrow win.
Melbourne Knights were too strong for South Melbourne Rockets winning
eventually by ten goals to one. Ivan Razov did the damage with a first
half hat-trick and Adis Kablar and Festim Zekiri added doubles. The other
goals came in singles from Dragi Nasteveki, John Kalabric and Damian
Vojtek. George Lioupas gained a consolation goal for the Rockets in the
last minute.
Carlton got an early goal through Marco Maisano after five minutes away to
Albury-Wodonga and held on to win by that goal. Adam Pongho was probably
the best of the Carlton side on the day, but the team was below par.
Albury-Wodonga played a strong, physical game but just could not break down
the Carlton defence. Jason Whitten and Nathan Ardern were the top
performers.
National Youth League (Northern Division), 17-19 October 1997
After a goal-less first half, Newcastle Breakers ran away from UTS Olympic
Colts winning by four goals to two. Chris Tancevski scored for the
Breakers after 59 minutes, but Philip Marzec equalised six minutes later
and Ali Jomaa put the Colts ahead with twelve minutes to go. In a fiery
last ten minutes the Breakers added three goals through Tancevski again,
Greg Owens and Tony Bauer, while two players were sent off.
Sydney United took a one nil lead over the AIS when Azur Mujanovic scored
after twelve minutes, but the second half saw the Institute lads score
twice in six minutes through Sterjovski and Marc Bresciano. Ivan Bazina
equalised for Sydney United to leave the final result as a two-all draw.
Wollongong City downed Sydney United Colts by seven goals to nil.
Christian Zelvis and Raymond Younis each scored twice, and Paul Dimech,
George Souris and George Mahanidis once.
UTS Olympic had a three-one win against the NSW Institute of Sport. Leo
Carle put Olympic ahead in 15 minutes, followed by Sam Larocca after 28.
Jim Bakis added a third in 78 minutes, but Daniel Watkins pulled a goal
back for the Institute in 83 minutes.
Oscar Zamora scored the only goal for the ACT Academy of Sport in its
one-nil win over Marconi Fairfield Colts.