written by Peter Smith and Greg Stock.
| This match was a friendly game organised between Sutherland Sharks and Northern Spirit FC. The Spirit side played new signing Matthew Bingley returning to Australia after a stint with JEF United in Japan and Paul Foster who was trialling after five seasons with Instant Dict in Hong Kong. A good crowd of approximately 1,000 saw the match which gave the new look Sutherland side an oppurtunity to develop a bit more combination for the 1999 Super League season. In the youth league match played as a curtain raiser the Northern Spirit FC Youth Team 6 (Ryan Griffiths x3, Adam Griffiths, Adam Snyder) defeated the Sutherland Under 21's 2. | ||||
| Played : February 17 1999 | Venue : Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda | |||
| Sutherland Sharks Denis Olla (Flavio Novaro 46'), Matthew Richardson (Jeff Podesta), Adam Daley, Archilles Markopoulos, Jeff Summers (Keegan Pillay), Malcolm Bideau (Tom Alexakis), Jeff Podesta (Cord Tolson 46'), Levi Stephen, Craig Hobbs (Aaron Harris), Jimmy Corbo, Keegan Pillay (Eddie Giraldo 46') |
0 | - | 5 | Northern Spirit FC John Perosh, Paul Wearne, Gabriel Mendez (Adam Griffiths), Eddie Bosnar, James Stubbs-Mills, Clayton Zane (Tyrone Lara 46'), Mathew Bingley, Daniel Watkins (Adam Snyder), Phil Moss, Paul Foster, Tony Faria Goals : P.Foster x2, Mendez, Zane, Griffiths |
| Referee : Mathew Breeze Linesmen : Denis Williams, Craig Pearce Attendance : Approx 1,000 Half-time : 0-4 Coaches : John Lavin (Sutherland Sharks), Graham Arnold (Northern Spirit FC) | ||||