2001 "Crazy John's" State League Cup

Written by John Punshon
With acknowledgement to George Angelopoulos, VSF

Round One
Group One
John Cain Reserve, Thornbury - February 25, March 4 & 11
Croxton Park
Goal: Scorer not known
1 - 1 Fitzroy City
Goal: Scorer not known
Northcote City
Goals: J Iliopoulos, H Kinigopoulos
2 - 0 Banyule City
Fitzroy City
Goal: V Babic
1 - 0 Banyule City
Northcote City
Goal: H Senos
1 - 0 Croxton Park
Banyule City
Goal: Scorer not known
1 - 4 Croxton Park
Goals: A Kablar x 2, M Kerla, A Cehic
Northcote City 0 - 0 Fitzroy City
Northcote City advances to Round Two
Group Two
Comets Stadium, Cranbourne - February 25, March 4 & 11
Seaford United
Goals: J Lancaster, L Gunning
2 - 3 Frankston Pines
Goals: J Dell^(1)Aquila x 2, J Canpolat
Cranbourne Comets
Goal: J Ivanov
1 - 0 Chelsea
Frankston Pines
Goals: P White, Own goal
2 - 0 Chelsea
Cranbourne Comets
Goals: A Rae, J Ivanov, D Clair x 2, T Williams x 2
6 - 0 Seaford United
Chelsea
Goals: M Dzaferovski, J Ivanusic, M Milicevic
3 - 2 Seaford United
Goals: L Gunning, W Raynes
Cranbourne Comets
Goal: A Rosa
1 - 0 Frankston Pines
Cranbourne Comets advance to Round Two
Group Three
Serbian Sports Centre, Keysborough - February 25, March 4 & 11
Keysborough
Goals: J Ithier x 2
2 - 1 South Springvale
Goal: G Babatsias
Springvale White Eagles
Goals: N Kozlica x 2
2 - 3 Endeavour United
Goals: C Jarudo, P Almeida, L Calomino
South Springvale 0 - 1 Endeavour United
Goal: B Duarte
Springvale White Eagles
Goals: V Zuban, N Kozlica, I Styczen
3 - 0 Keysborough
Endeavour United
Goal: J Tracey
1 - 0 Keysborough
Springvale White Eagles
Goal: I Stevanovic
1 - 2 South Springvale
Goals: M Ismailoglu x 2
Endeavour United advances to Round Two
Group Four
Kim Reserve, Altona - February 25, March 4 & 11
Western Suburbs 0 - 1 Clifton Hill United
Goal: G Hinoporos
Altona City 0 - 2 Yarraville Glory
Goals: V Stojcevski, G McAleer
Clifton Hill United
Goals: G Tountas, J Menelaou
2 - 3 Yarraville Glory
Goals: A Kozbanis, G Angelos, D Maglovski
Altona City
Goal: P Parreira
1 - 1 Western Suburbs
Goal: P Kuzmanoski
Yarraville Glory 0 - 3 Western Suburbs
Goals: Z Romanovski x 2, N Alexopoulos
Altona City
Goal: R Nobilo
1 - 1 Clifton Hill United
Goal: G Hinoporos
Yarraville Glory advances to Round Two
Group Five
McKechnie Reserve, St Albans - February 24, March 3 & 10
Werribee City 0 - 0 Melbourne City
Westvale
Goals: T Timotheou, A Goutzioulis
2 - 1 Laverton Park
Goal: V De La Plaza
Melbourne City
Goals: M Seisdedos, N Coleiro
2 - 5 Laverton Park
Goals: V De La Plaza x 2, J Sobarzo x 2, M Gonzalez
Westvale
Goal: T Timotheou
1 - 0 Werribee City
Laverton Park
Goal: M Gonzalez
1 - 1 Werribee City
Goal: M Schiafone
Westvale
Goals: Scorers not known
2 - 0 Melbourne
Westvale advances to Round Two
Group Six
Gray Reserve, Williamstown - February 24, March 3 & 10
Keilor Park
Goals: V Zafferano, N Feretis
2 - 2 Westgate
Goals: D Delic, G Uzelac
Williamstown
Goal: Own goal
1 - 1 North Sunshine Eagles
Goal: T Markovski
Westgate
Goals: G Uzelac, F Vera x 2, D Spiteri, Z Kostadinovski
5 - 1 North Sunshine Eagles
Goal: K Ristevski
Williamstown
Goals: T Lettieri x 2, A Lazarevic
3 - 0 Keilor Park
North Sunshine Eagles 0 - 0 Keilor Park
Williamstown
Goal: M Susa
1 - 1 Westgate
Goal: A Stevanovic
Westgate advances to Round Two
Group Seven
Lawton Park, Baxter - February 24, March 3 & 10
Lyndale United
Goals: Scorers not known
2 - 1 Frankston Strikers
Goal: Scorer not known
Langwarrin
Goals: G Kilner x 3, Own goal
4 - 0 Morwell Pegasus
Frankston Strikers 0 - 3 Morwell Pegasus
Goals: C Villani, M McAuley, J Koppen
Langwarrin
Goals: J Skelly, V Donnelly, G Kilner
3 - 2 Lyndale United
Goals: R Whitton, P Filipovic
Morwell Pegasus
Goals: D Beamer x 2, B Cassar
3 - 0 Lyndale United
Langwarrin
Goals: B Caffrey, G Kilner
2 - 1 Frankston Strikers
Goal: S McEvoy
Langwarrin advances to Round Two
Group Eight
Ross Reserve, Springvale - February 24, March 3 & 10
East Richmond 0 - 1 Kingston City
Goal: Own goal
Springvale City
Goals: F Bove, G Rodriguez
2 - 0 Sandringham City
Kingston City
Goals: N Carlaganis x 4, D White
5 - 0 Sandringham City
Springvale City
Goals: Scorers not known
2 - 0 East Richmond
Sandringham City 0 - 4 East Richmond
Goals: E Rontoyannis x 2, B Mitroulas, C Andrikopoulos
Springvale City 0 - 0 Kingston City
Springvale City & Kingston City advance to Round Two
Group Nine
Mahoneys Reserve, Forest Hill - February 24, March 3 & 10
Knox City
Goals: A Humble x 2, A Greenwood
3 - 0 South Wantirna
Nunawading City
Goal: T Zlatanovski
1 - 3 Stonnington City
Goals: N Veljovic x 2, P Veljovic
South Wantirna
Goal: S Haitidis
1 - 11 Stonnington City
Goals: N Veljovic, P Valavanis x 3, G Mihailidis x 3, S Gogos x 2, S Akritidis, M McBride
Nunawading City
Goals: M De Filippo
1 - 1 Knox City
Goal: M O^(1)Hare
Stonnington City
Goal: N Veljovic
1 - 1 Knox City
Goal: M O^(1)Hare
South Wantirna 0 - 1 Nunawading City
Goal: T Zlatanovski
Stonnington City advances to Round Two
Group Ten
Dorset Recreation Reserve, Croydon - February 25, March 4 & 11
Ringwood City 0 - 3 Oakleigh Cannons
Goals: M Sasso, A Mazzeo, Own goal
Croydon City Arrows
Goal: M Dal Ben
1 - 0 Monbulk
Oakleigh Cannons
Goal: C Metcalf
1 - 0 Monbulk
Croydon City Arrows
Goals: N Gatzonis, Own goal
2 - 0 Ringwood City
Monbulk
Goals: C Davie, C Bentley
2 - 1 Ringwood City
Goal: C Clark
Croydon City Arrows 0 - 2 Oakleigh Cannons
Goals: I Alagiozidis, D Jugovic
Oakleigh Cannons advance to Round Two
Group Eleven
McPherson Park, Melton - February 25, March 4 & 11
Sunshine Georgies
Goal: J Nitsios
1 - 1 Albion Rovers
Goal: A Di Camillo
Melton
Goal: M Docherty
1 - 2 Lalor United
Goals: B Trenkovski, L Uysal
Albion Rovers
Goals: A Di Camillo, E Kasapis x 4
5 - 0 Lalor United
Melton
Goal: Scorer not known
1 - 1 Sunshine Georgies
Goal: Scorer not known
Lalor United
Goals: G Trajanovski x 2, L Uysal
3 - 0 Sunshine Georgies
Melton
Goal: B Gilmour
1 - 2 Albion Rovers
Goals: A Di Camillo x 2
Albion Rovers advance to Round Two
Group Twelve
Gardiner Reserve, Burwood - February 24, March 3 & 10
Diamond Valley United
Goals: N Coyle, K Robertson
2 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
Old Scotch Waverley
Goal: S Rudzki
1 - 0 Richmond
Doncaster Rovers 0 - 1 Richmond
Goal: M Desovali
Old Scotch Waverley 0 - 0 Diamond Valley United
Richmond
Goal: D Kinsella
1 - 0 Diamond Valley United
Old Scotch Waverley
Goal: M Wallace
1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
Old Scotch Waverley advances to Round Two
Group Thirteen
Hosken Reserve, Coburg - February 24, March 3 & 10
Moreland City 0 - 1 Whittlesea Stallions
Goal: A Kablar
Pascoe Vale
Goal: Z Ristevski
1 - 0 North Coburg United
Whittlesea Stallions
Goals: J Drossos, T Ouliaris
2 - 1 North Coburg United
Goal: I Cilek
Pascoe Vale 0 - 1 Moreland City
Goal: S Radoslovic
North Coburg United
Goal: H Saglam
1 - 2 Moreland City
Goals: Scorers not known
Pascoe Vale
Goal: R Catalano
1 - 4 Whittlesea Stallions
Goals: A Kablar, T Ouliaris, D Ekici, T Giuliano
Whittlesea Stallions advance to Round Two
Group Fourteen
Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows - February 25, March 4 & 11
Lalor
Goals: Scorers not known
2 - 4 Thomastown Zebras
Goals: L Salievski, R Abdul-Samad, D Iebbiano x 2
North City Lions
Goals: E Tokoglu, V Kalayci
2 - 0 Sunbury United
Thomastown Zebras
Goal: L Salievski
1 - 0 Sunbury United
North City Lions
Goals: M Gouder, J Turnaturi
2 - 0 Lalor
Sunbury United 0 - 0 Lalor
North City Lions
Goal: Scorer not known
1 - 2 Thomastown Zebras
Goals: Scorers not named
Thomastown Zebras advance to Round Two
Group Fifteen
Elcho Park, Lara Lake - February 25, March 4 & 11
Bell Park 0 - 3 Geelong
Goals: T Hardy x 2, A Begg
North Geelong Warriors
Goals: D Stocki, M Alic, M Pausak, A Boras
4 - 0 Corio
Geelong
Goals: R Stojanovski, M Nikolovski, C Rakic
3 - 0 Corio
North Geelong Warriors
Goals: M Dulic, I Skoko, Z Roso, A Boras, R O^(1)Sullivan
5 - 2 Bell Park
Goals: A Koonstra, D De Simone
North Geelong Warriors
Goal: D Stocki
1 - 5 Geelong
Goals: T Hardy x 4, N Bosevski
Corio
Goals: S Leban x 2, R De Vito
3 - 1 Bell Park
Goal: A Koonstra
Geelong advance to Round Two
Round Two
Gardiner Reserve, Burwood - March 17
Kingston City
Goal: N Carlaganis
Kimgston City on penalties 6-5
1 - 1 Oakleigh Cannons
Goal: I Alagiozidis
Old Scotch Waverley 0 - 2 Stonnington City
Goals: Scorers not known
McKechnie Reserve, St. Albans - March 17
Westvale
Goals: A Goutzioulis, N Demirovski
2 - 3 Westgate
Goals: J Karamitanis 2, V Jankulovski
Yarraville Glory 0 - 2 Geelong
Goals: T Hardy, N Bosevski
Comets Stadium, Cranbourne - March 18
Cranbourne Comets
Goals: A Poole x 2
2 - 0 Langwarrin
Reema Reserve, Endeavour Hills - March 18
Endeavour United
Goal: C Retre
1 - 2 Springvale City
Goals: D Simunic, E Espinosa
John Cain Reserve, Thornbury - March 18
Northcote City
Goals: H Senoz, J Iliopoulos, H Kinigopoulos
3 - 2 Albion Rovers
Goals: E Koc, E Kasapis
Thomastown Zebras 0 - 2 Whittlesea Stallions
Goals: T Ouliaris, D Ekici
Quarter-Finals
Ross Reserve, Noble Park - March 24
Kingston City 0 - 1 Stonnington City
Goal: S Akritidis
Springvale City 0 - 2 Cranbourne Comets
Goals: A Rosa x 2
John Cain Reserve, Thornbury - March 25
Northcote City
Goals: J Iliopoulos x 2, J Grigorakis, T Papadopoulos
4 - 1 Geelong
Goal: T Hardy
Westgate
Goals: A Stevanovic, D Spiteri
2 - 0 Whittlesea Stallions
Semi-Finals
Egan Lee Reserve, Knoxfield - April 16
Northcote City
Goals: M Panaghis x 2, L Kyriakou
3 - 4 Westgate
Goals: M Bogoevski, A Stevanovic x 3
After extra time
Stonnington City 0 - 2 Cranbourne Comets
Goals: J Ivanov, K Parker
State League Cup Final
SS Anderson Reserve, Port Melbourne - April 25. Referee: Senko Rastocic.
Cranbourne Comets
Stuart Borgonha, Dougie Nolan (John Whiteside 60), Brad Van Ette, Adam Poole, Julian Ivanov, Kaimon Parker (David Clair 55), Pasquale Grella, Chris Hoodless, Alex Rae, Peter Wilson, Amedeo Rosa.
0 - 1 Westgate
Zoran Janakievski, John Bubulj (Alex Jovicic 83), John Karamitanis, George Uzelac, Joe De Bono, Milco Bogoevski, Sinisa Cohadzic, Vasko Jankulovski (Zoran Kostadinovski 60), Tony Lingurovski, Dusko Delic, Alex Stevanovic (Darryl Spiteri 46).
Goal: D Delic 67