Written by Roy Hay.
National Youth League
Round 9
Southern Division
Friday 28 November 1997
South Melbourne Rockets 0 Bentleigh Greens 2
(Leandros Refojos, Steve Gogos)
Sunday 30 November 1997
V I S 2 South Melbourne 1
(Zoran Petrevski, Fabio Lettieri) (Kozaris)
(From Round One)
Albury Wodonga 3 Melbourne Knights 0
(Pedro Afonso, Adam Carmody, Quentin O'Grady)
Gippsland Falcons 4 Altona Magic 0
(Billy Mitroulas 2, Adrian Savage,
Alex Halikias)
Monday 1 December 1997
Bulleen Inter Carlton
() ()
Bye v V I S
Heidelberg United v Bye
South Melbourne v Bye
Northern Division
Friday 28 November 1997
A C T A S 1 Sydney United Colts 0
(Jimmy Baxter)
Marconi Fairfield 2 Marconi Fairfield Colts 2
(Ali Karnib, Jason Lucia) (Mark Hagger, Alan Lo Prota)
Newcastle Breakers 3 Q A S 2
(Greg Owens, Chris Tancevski, (Royce Brownlie 2)
Mark Nicholson)
Saturday 29 November 1997
UTS Olympic Colts 1 Wollongong City 4
(Bruce Ghamraoui) (Colin Luss 3, Chad Bishop)
Sunday 30 November 1997
UTS Olympic 0 AIS 1
() (Mile Sterjovski)
NSWIS 0 QAS 0
(Match brought forward from Round 13)
N S W I S v Bye
Bye v Sydney United
League Ladders
Southern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
Carlton 6 6 0 0 16 2 18
Gippsland Falcons 6 6 0 0 13 2 18
Melbourne Knights 7 5 0 2 28 11 15
Heidelberg United 6 4 0 2 10 7 12
Bulleen Inter 6 3 1 2 8 7 10
Bentleigh Greens 7 3 1 3 8 8 10
V I S 6 3 0 3 11 10 9
South Melbourne 7 1 1 5 8 13 4
Altona Magic 7 1 1 5 7 21 4
Albury Wodonga 8 1 0 7 10 15 3
South Melbourne Rockets 6 1 0 5 6 29 3
Northern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
A I S 8 5 2 1 39 9 17
Q A S 9 4 3 2 23 11 15
UTS Olympic 7 5 0 2 21 11 15
Wollongong City 7 4 2 1 18 9 14
A C T A S 8 4 2 2 11 21 14
Marconi Fairfield 7 3 2 2 16 11 11
Newcastle Breakers 7 3 1 3 14 19 10
Sydney United 8 2 3 3 17 19 9
N S W I S 8 2 2 4 13 13 8
Marconi Fairfield Colts 8 2 2 4 11 19 8
UTS Olympic Colts 8 2 0 6 10 27 6
Sydney United Colts 7 0 1 6 1 25 1
Leading goalscorers
Southern Division
Name Team Goals
Jovanco Novacevski Carlton 7
John Kalabric Melbourne Knights 5
Northern Division
Name Team Goals
Mile Sterjovski AIS 15
Reece Tollenaere Queensland Acad of Sport 6
Round 10
Southern Division
Saturday 6 December 1997
Altona Magic v South Melbourne (5.30 pm, Paisley Park)
V I S v Bentleigh Greens (4 pm, Kim Reserve)
Carlton v Heidelberg United (4 pm, Optus Oval)
Sunday 7 December 1997
South Melbourne Rockets v Bulleen Inter (5 pm, Bob Jane Stadium)
Bye v Albury Wodonga
Bye v Gippsland Falcons
Melbourne Knights v Bye
Northern Division
Friday 5 December 1997
Wollongong City v A C T A S (5 pm, Brandon Park)
Sydney United v N S W I S (5 pm, Parramatta Stadium)
Saturday 6 December 1997
Q A S v UTS Olympic (4.30 pm, Suncorp Stadium)
A I S v Marconi Fairfield (7 pm, AIS Soccer Fields)
Sunday 7 December 1997
Sydney United Colts v Newcastle Breakers (5.30 pm, Sydney United Sports Stadium)
Bye v UTS Olympic Colts
Marconi Fairfield Colts v Bye
National Youth League (Southern Division), 28 November-1 December 1997
by Roy Hay
Bentleigh Greens caused a bit of an upset with a two-nil win away to South
Melbourne Rockets. Both goals came in the first half, with Leandros
Refojos scoring after 14 minutes and Steve Gogos just before the interval.
The second half was very even, and the Rockets came close to scoring on a
number of occasions, including one effort which seemed to run along the
goal-line before being cleared. Ozan Kara fired a free kick over the bar
for the Rockets, and Greens substitute Mark Clitnovici tried hard to force
his way through with several solo runs.
Gippsland Falcons had a comfortable four-nil win over Altona Magic in the
Latrobe Valley. It was three-nil at half time after Billy Mitroulas had
scored twice, the latter on the stroke of half-time. Adrian Savage got
the other goal in 28 minutes. Alex Halikias added a late goal for the
Falcons, whose top players included Jonathan Buhagiar and Antony Collins,
while the pick of the Magic were Goran Bogdanovski and Nick Bogoevski.
Albury Wodnoga finally got its first win for the season and a pretty
comprehensive one it was by three goals to nil against Melbourne Knights at
home. It was an even and scoreless first half, though much of it was
played in the Knights defensive area, but then Pedro Afonso scored after 52
minutes and the Knights had no answer. Adam Carmody made it two in 77
minutes and Quentin O'Grady added a third in the last minute. The Knights
could not buy a goal and even failed with a penalty kick which hit the
post.
In a match from Round One the VIS beat South Melbourne by two goals to one
at Kim Reserve. Zoran Petrevski put the VIS ahead from the penalty spot
after 21 minutes and Fabio Lettieri added a second goal in 61 minutes just
before Kozaris pulled one back for South Melbourne. Murray Baume reports
that the VIS played a strong game and was pleased to get the win in a very
competitive match.
Carlton has temporarily lost Alex Josifovski, Pece Siveski, Serdar Pir and
Cameron Pino who are off to New Zealand with the Australian Schoolboys
team.
National Youth League (Northern Division), 28-30 November 1997
The ACT Academy of Sport beat Sydney United Colts by a goal to nil scored
by a youngster called Jim Baxter. If he turns out to be as good as the
Glasgow Rangers star he will a great asset to soccer in this country.
Marconi Fairfield and its Colts team shared the points in a two-all draw.
Ali Karnib and Jason Lucia scored for the senior side and Mark Hagger and
Alan Lo Prota for the Colts.
Newcastle Breakers hung on to beat the Queensland Academy of Sport by three
goals to two in a thriller. Greg Owens, Chris Tancevski and Mark
Nicholson were the Breakers scorers and Royce Brownlie scored twice for the
Queenslanders.
A Colin Luss hat-trick in 1, 63 and 67 minutes was the highlight of
Wollongong City's four-one away win over UTS Olympic Colts. Chad Bishop
added a fourth goal for the Wolves in 34 and Bruce Ghamraoui pulled one
back a minute later.
Mile Sterjovski scored in the first minute and this proved to be the only
goal of a tightly fought match between the league leaders in the Northern
Division with the AIS getting up over UTS Olympic as a result.
In a match brought forward from Round 13 the NSWIS and QAS drew nil-all in
Sydney. It was a tight game between two teams which know each others play
and two fifteen year olds, Dylan McAllister and Shane Cansdell-Sherrif
stood out for the Institute, while Royce Brownlie, Daniel Invincible and
Chris Day at the back were the pick of the Academy players. Gary
Phillips, the QAS coach brought himself on as substitute after 84 minutes,
and lasted the full six minutes he was on the park!