Written by Roy Hay.
National Youth League News
Volume 8 Number 5
2 November 1997
Round 5
Southern Division
Saturday 1 November 1997
Heidelberg United 0 Gippsland Falcons 3
(Paul Byrne 2, Alex Halikias)
V I S 0 Carlton 2
(Jovanco Novacevski, own goal)
South Melbourne Rockets 3 Albury Wodonga 2
(Erhan Bayraktar 2, George Loupos) (Pedro Alfonso, Paul Palhares)
Monday 3 November 1997
Bulleen Inter 1 South Melbourne 0
(Michael Galino)
Bentleigh Greens v Bye
Bye v Altona Magic
Melbourne Knights v Bye
Northern Division
Saturday 1 November 1997
Marconi Fairfield 4 UTS Olympic Colts 0
(Jane Talcevski 2, Joe Bruni, Greg Collins)
Q A S 4 Marconi Fairfield Colts 1
(Rees Tolleneare 2, Wayne Knipe, (Andrew Daniele)
Jade North)
ACT Academy of Sport 1 AIS 10
(Ned Aleksic) (Mile Sterjovski 3, Michael Ferrante 2,
Matthew Langdon 2, Michael Anderson,
Matt Kemp, Ante Duric)
Sunday 2 November 1997
UTS Olympic 1 Wollongong City 4
(Nick Carle) (Denis Jurjevic, William Peterson,
George Mavridis, Greg Bishop)
Sydney United Colts 0 Sydney United 4
(Nick Bosevski, Azur Mujanovic,
Tony Krslovic, Adrian Cachia)
Bye v N S W I S
Newcastle Breakers v Bye
League Ladders
Southern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
Carlton 4 4 0 0 11 1 12
Melbourne Knights 3 3 0 0 18 3 9
Gippsland Falcons 3 3 0 0 5 0 9
Bulleen Inter 5 3 0 2 5 4 9
Heidelberg United 4 2 0 2 4 6 6
Bentleigh Greens 4 1 1 2 4 5 4
Altona Magic 3 1 0 2 3 8 3
South Melbourne Rockets 3 1 0 2 5 18 3
South Melbourne 3 0 1 2 3 6 1
V I S 2 0 0 2 1 4 0
Albury Wodonga 4 0 0 4 3 7 0
Northern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
Q A S 4 3 1 0 14 2 10
Wollongong City 4 3 1 0 12 1 10
UTS Olympic 4 3 0 1 14 8 9
A I S 3 2 1 0 20 4 7
Marconi Fairfield 4 2 1 1 8 5 7
Newcastle Breakers 3 2 0 1 9 6 6
Sydney United 5 1 2 2 10 12 5
A C T A S 4 1 2 1 5 13 5
N S W I S 4 1 0 3 7 10 3
Marconi Fairfield Colts 4 1 0 3 5 14 3
Sydney United Colts 3 0 0 3 0 13 0
UTS Olympic Colts 4 0 0 4 4 20 0
Leading goalscorers
Southern Division
Name Team Goals
Jovanco Novacevski Carlton 5
John Kalabric Melbourne Knights 4
Northern Division
Name Team Goals
Mile Sterjovski AIS 7
Reece Tollenaere Queensland Acad of Sport 6
Round 6
Southern Division
Friday 7 November 1997
South Melbourne v Heidelberg United (5.30 pm, Bob Jane Stadium)
Saturday 8 November 1997
Gippsland Falcons v Albury Wodonga (4 pm, Falcons Park
V I S v South Melbourne Rockets (4 pm, Kim Reserve)
Altona Magic v Bentleigh Greens (5.30 pm, Paisley Park)
Monday 10 November 1997
Carlton v Melbourne Knights (5.30 pm, Optus Oval)
Bye v Bulleen Inter
Northern Division
Friday 7 November 1997
Sydney United v Newcastle Breakers (5 pm, Parramatta Stadium)
Saturday 8 November 1997
N S W I S v A C T A S (5 pm, Valentine Park)
A I S v Q A S (7pm, AIS Soccer Stadium)
Sunday 9 November 1997
Marconi Fairfield Colts v Sydney United Colts (5 pm, Marconi Stadium)
Wollongong City v Marconi Fairfield (4 pm, Brandon Park)
Bye v UTS Olympic
UTS Olympic Colts v Bye
National Youth League (Southern Division), 1-3 November 1997
by Roy Hay
Carlton kept up its unbeaten run with a two-nil victory over the Victorian
Institute of Sport at its new home Altona City's Kim Reserve on Saturday.
Once again Carlton was on the board in the first couple of minutes after
Adam Pongho played a one-two down the flank then drove in a cross-shot
which Jovanco Novacevski directed into the net. Zoran Petrevski set up a
potential reply for Marco Maisano, but the latter drove his shot wide, then
Carlton keeper Adrian Cagalj clung on to a deflected shot by Billy
Petrovski. Cagalj had to go off after a kick on the head as he dived to
save and Steven Tilovski did an admirable job in his place. Steve Laurie
and Boris Ovcin came on for the VIS, but despite some fine work on the
wings by Fabian Lettieri, it was Carlton which finished stronger. In the
last minute a combined attack involving Pece Sterjovski, whose cross from
the bye-line cleared keeper Martin John, Novacevski and fellow striker Alex
Josifovski ended with the ball in the net, though the referee was certain
that it was an own goal. Sweeper Ljubo Milicevic and defender Stiven
Mrkela from the VIS will have a trial at the AIS this week.
Gippsland Falcons had a three-nil away win over Heidelberg United at
Olympic Village. The first half was even and looked like finishing
goal-less until Paul Byrne broke through in 43 minutes. He scored again
after 65 and Alex Halikias got the third for the lads from the Valley.
Heidelberg did not play to its potential.
South Melbourne Rockets shot off to a two-nil lead in the first half
against Albury-Wondonga, which is still seeking its first victory in the
NYL South, but a second half fight back saw the game end three-two to the
young Blues. Erhan Bayraktar scored once in each half, and George Loupos
scored the other for the Rockets, while Pedro Alfonso and Paul Palhares
replied for Albury-Wodonga.
On Monday night at the Veneto Club, Bulleen Inter beat South Melbourne by a
goal to nil, scored by Michael Galino after 78 minutes of a very closely
fought match.
National Youth League (Northern Division), 1-2 November 1997
Marconi Fairfield had a comfortable four-nil win over UTS Olympic Colts.
Jane Talcevski scored after only four minutes and added a second in 20.
Joe Bruni quashed any hopes of a Colts fight back with a goal two minutes
after the restart and Greg Collins rounded off the scoring on the hour.
Queensland Academy of Sport beat Marconi Fairfield Colts by four goals to
one, with Ross Tolleneare scoring another double, his third in as many
weeks. Wayne Knipe scored for the youth as he seeks to regain fitness and
his place in the seniors, while the final goal came from Jade North.
North and Shane Stefanuto were outstanding for QAS. Andrew Daniele scored
the Colts goal from the penalty spot.
The Australian Institute of Sport was too strong for the ACT Academy
running up ten goals to one. Six came in the first half with doubles by
Michael Ferrante and Mile Sterjovski and singles by Michael Anderson and
Mathew Langdon. Sterjovski completed his hat-trick in the second half,
Langdon added another, while Matt Kemp and Ante Duric also scored for the
AIS. Ned Aleksic scored a consolation goal for the ACT Academy well into
injury time.
In the table top clash at the Sydney Football Stadium, Wollongong City had
a four-one win over UTS Olympic. Denis Jurjevic put Wollongong in front
after only twelve minutes and William Peterson and George Mavridis added
further goals in the first half. When Greg Bishop made it four, two
minutes after the break there was no way back for Olympic, though Nick
Carle did score after 74 minutes.
Sydney United proved too strong for its Colts team winning by four goals to
nil. Nick Bosevski opened the scoring in the 12th minute and Azur
Mujanovic doubled the lead in 24. It was deep into the second half before
Tony Krslovic made it three and in the last minute Adrian Cachia banged in
the fourth. The Colts fought hard and two sixteen year olds, Adam Palumbo
and Dean Urosevski, showed a lot of poise against a team with its full
complement of four overage players.