1988 National Soccer League Results
Researched by John Punshon and Andrew Howe, written by Greg Stock

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Sources: Australian Soccer Weekly, Daily Newspapers.

Round One

Friday January 29 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Bernie Upjohn
Attendance: 1,547
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Drago Deankovic, Tyrone James, Gary Van Egmond, Eddie Campbell, Ken Murphy, Ernie Tapai, Oscar Crino, Vlado Bozinoski, Warren Spink, Zdravko Lujic (Luciano Fabrizio 46)
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Van Egmond, Murphy, Deankovic
Goals: Spink 44, Crino 49, 77
2 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Charlie Yankos, Mark Brown, Arno Bertogna, John Paul De Marigny, Burim Zajmi (Hilton Phillips 46), Terry Butler, Kurt Reynolds, Peter Tredinnick (Darren Stewart 55), Tony Parison, Lawrie McKinna
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Butler, Parison, McKinna

Saturday January 30 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 1,629
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Tony Henderson, Gerry Gomez, Steve Calderan, Robert Wheatley, Craig Mason, Ian Gray, Tom McCulloch, Peter Katholos (Geoff Gunning 75), Frank Farina, Fred De Jong
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Henderson, Gomez
Goals: Farina 21, 30, 41, 90, De Jong 28, Gray 46
6 - 0 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Jeff Faulkner, Chris Taylor, Shaun Parton, Andrew Marth, John Campelj (Tom Markovski 46), Les Carter, John Markovski, Mark Lennon, Robert Markovac, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Caution: Faulkner

Saturday January 30 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 1,297
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, George Hannah, Robbie Dunn (Frank Valentic 33), Ian Dobson, Graham Heys, Josip Biskic, Branko Milosevic (Joe Caleta 63), Mark Talajic, Alan Scott, Paul Lewis, Peter Murphy
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Lewis 78 pen
1 - 1 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alex Cummings, Russell Stewart, Frank Liddell, Alan Niven, Paul Halford (Phil Kerr 69), John Ogden, Marty Kirsopp, Nick Meredith (David Wheeler 66), Grant Lightbrown, Peter Dwyer
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Wheeler 73

Saturday January 30 1988
Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 7,883
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett, Steve Georgakis, Robbie Hooker, George Haniotis, Tom Pontidas, Abbas Saad, Peter Raskopoulos, Terry Patalis (Jason Polak 76), John Kosmina, Marshall Soper (Grant Lee 66)
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Haniotis, Raskopoulos
Goals: Pontidas 47, Patalis 70, Saad 80
3 - 0 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Vedran Rozic, Alan Hunter, Graham Jennings, Shane Clinch, Mark Jones, Ivan Petkovic, Adrian Ciscato (Manis Lamond 55), Robbie Slater, Graham Arnold
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Clinch, Petkovic

Sunday January 31 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 1,969
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Peter Kotamanidis, Brian Cokely, Rade Stefanovski, Randell Easthorpe, Pat Brodnik, Danny Crainie, Alan Brazil
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Brazil 28, Easthorpe 58, Stefanovski 84
3 - 1 St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Steve O'Connor, Kyeong Sik Choi, Mike Grbevski, Kevin Hagan (Peter Petkovski 53), Vlade Tortevski (Graeme Fletcher 65), Craig Moffitt, Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw, Zoran Ilic
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Fletcher 90

Sunday January 31 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 6,872
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Gojevic, John Stewart, George Petrov, Goce Dimovski, Michael Branov, Steve Smith
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Cautions: Tasevski, Stewart
0 - 0 South Melbourne
Con Giatas, Bobby Russell, Manny Anezakis (Paul Fernandes 46), Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Paul Wade, Paul Foster, Steve Tasios, David Healy, Paul Trimboli, George Kalogeras
Coach: Brian Garvey
Caution: Anezakis
Match Day Programme

Sunday January 31 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 4,023
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Alex Tobin, Sergio Melta, Jesper Sorensen (Adrian Santrac 46), Charlie Villani, Aurelio Vidmar, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell
Coach: Zoran Maric
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Vlatko Belic, Peter Lewis, Mehmet Durakovic, Garry McDowall, Steve Marley, Joe Palatsides (Sean Lane 81), Mike Petersen, Scott Patterson, Charlie Egan, Andrew Zinni
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Palatsides, McDowall, Lewis, Petersen; Red Card: Petersen 54
 
Round Two

Saturday February 6 1988
Olympic Village, Heidelberg West, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 2,877
Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Vlatko Belic, Peter Lewis (Fab Incantalupo 77), Brian Brown, Mehmet Durakovic, Garry McDowall, Steve Marley, Joe Palatsides, Scott Patterson (Sean Lane 89), Charlie Egan, Andrew Zinni
Coach: Len McKendry
Caution: Patterson
Goals: Egan 26, Palatsides 64
2 - 1 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Drago Deankovic, Gary Van Egmond, Tyrone James, Eddie Campbell (Ilija Tasevski 71), Luciano Fabrizio (Zdravko Lujic 60), Oscar Crino, Vlado Bozinoski, Ken Murphy, Ernie Tapai, Warren Spink
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Caution: Crino
Goal: Spink 82

Saturday February 6 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 2,000
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alex Cummings, Russell Stewart, Frank Liddell, Alan Niven, John Ogden, Marty Kirsopp (Phil Kerr 61), Nick Meredith, Grant Lightbrown (Brett Druery 80), Peter Dwyer, David Wheeler
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Lightbrown, Meredith
Goals: Lightbrown 2, Stewart 85 pen, Druery 88
3 - 1 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Tony Henderson, Gerry Gomez, Steve Calderan, Robert Wheatley, Craig Mason, Ian Gray, Tom McCulloch (Geoff Gunning 76), Peter Katholos (Zlatko Nastevski 59), Frank Farina, Fred De Jong
Coach: Berti Mariani
Caution: Henderson
Goal: McCulloch 48 pen
Match Day Programme

Saturday February 6 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Jim Reeves
Attendance: 5,263
APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Charlie Yankos, Mark Brown, John Paul De Marigny, Kurt Reynolds, Joe Watson, Burim Zajmi (Hilton Phillips 78), Terry Butler, Peter Tredinnick, Tony Parison, Lawrie McKinna (Darren Stewart 84)
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Watson, Brown, McKinna, Phillips
Goal: McKinna 62
1 - 0 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett, Steve Georgakis (Tony Spyridakos 36), Robbie Hooker, George Haniotis, Tom Pontidas, Abbas Saad, Peter Raskopoulos, Terry Patalis (Grant Lee 65), John Kosmina, Marshall Soper
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil

Sunday February 7 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Bob Marshall
Attendance: 2,140
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Peter Kotamanidis, Brian Cokely, Rade Stefanovski (Robert Giraldi 65), Randell Easthorpe, Pat Brodnik, Danny Crainie, Alan Brazil
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, Mike McLennan (George Jolevski 75), Steve Gojevic, John Stewart, George Petrov (Bill Piculovski 68), Goce Dimovski, Michael Branov, Steve Smith
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Caution: Smith

Sunday February 7 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 1,235
St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Andy Koczka, Kyeong Sik Choi, Mike Grbevski, Kevin Hagan, Vlade Tortevski (Zoran Ilic 60), Craig Moffitt, Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw, Peter Petkovski (Graeme Fletcher 55)
Coach: Frank Arok
Caution: Koczka
Goals: Santrac 15 Own Goal, Koczka 35, Green 59, Ollerenshaw 67, 84, Ilic 72 pen
6 - 0 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Alex Tobin, Adrian Santrac, Sergio Melta, Charlie Villani, Aurelio Vidmar (Jesper Sorensen 46), Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil

Sunday February 7 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Bernie Upjohn
Attendance: 5,112
South Melbourne
Con Giatas, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Paul Wade, Paul Foster, Steve Tasios, David Healy, Danny Wright, Paul Trimboli, George Kalogeras (Peter Tsolakis 67)
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Trimboli 32
1 - 1 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Alan Davidson, George Hannah, Ian Dobson, Graham Heys, Josip Biskic (Paul Donnelly 84), Branko Milosevic, Alan Scott, Joe Caleta, Paul Lewis, Peter Murphy
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Dobson, Hannah, Heys
Goal: Murphy 59
Match Day Programme

Sunday February 7 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 1,713
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Vedran Rozic, Alan Hunter, Graham Jennings, Mark Jones, Ivan Petkovic (Shane Clinch 70), David Rezo, Tony Krslovic, Robbie Slater, Graham Arnold
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Caution: Petkovic
Goal: Petkovic 3
1 - 0 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Jeff Faulkner, Shaun Parton (Tom Markovski 85), Steve Richardson, Andrew Marth, John Campelj, Les Carter, John Markovski, Mark Lennon (Don MacLaren 70), Robert Markovac, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Faulkner, Markovac, Campelj, Parton
 
Round Three

Saturday February 13 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Jack Howlin
Attendance: 3,204 (double-header)
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Paul Donnelly (Frank Valentic 67), George Hannah, Ian Dobson, Graham Heys, Josip Biskic (Mark Talajic 46), Branko Milosevic, Alan Scott, Joe Caleta, Paul Lewis, Peter Murphy
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Heys, Donnelly
Goals: Murphy 20, Lewis 90 pen
2 - 1 St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Steve O'Connor, Andy Koczka, Kyeong Sik Choi, Mike Grbevski, Kevin Hagan, Vlade Tortevski (Peter Petkovski 65), Craig Moffitt, Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw (Zoran Ilic 65)
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: O'Connor 74

Goal: Koczka 43

Saturday February 13 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 3,204
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Bill Piculovski, Steve Jackson, Zoran Ilioski, George Petrov, John Stewart, George Jolevski, Steve Gojevic, Goce Dimovski (Michael Branov 65), Steve Smith
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Cautions: Nil
0 - 2 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Vedran Rozic, Alan Hunter, Graham Jennings, Mark Jones, Ivan Petkovic (Shane Clinch 72), David Rezo, Tony Krslovic (Craig Foster 80), Robbie Slater, Graham Arnold
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Caution: Gomez
Goals: Krslovic 15, 53

Saturday February 13 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Mike Browning
Attendance: 3,120
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Alex Tobin (Adrian Santrac 85), Sergio Melta, Jesper Sorensen, Charlie Villani, Aurelio Vidmar, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell
Coach: Zoran Matic
Caution: Vidmar
Goals: Mullen 39, Vidmar 51
2 - 3 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Jock Morlando, Brian Cokely, Rade Stefanovski, Jeff Ainsworth (Roy Cotton 86), Danny Crainie, Alan Brazil, Randell Easthorpe
Coach: John Fleming
Caution: Skeen
Goals: Skeen 2, Ainsworth 26, Easthorpe 80
Match Day Programme

Saturday February 13 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 1,012
Marconi
Bruce James, Tony Henderson, Gerry Gomez (Paul Carter 73), Steve Calderan, Robert Wheatley, Craig Mason, Ian Gray, Tom McCulloch, Geoff Gunning (Zlatko Nastevski 69), Frank Farina, Fred De Jong
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Wheatley, Nastevski; Red Card: Farina 20
Goals: Farina 19, Nastevski 75
2 - 1 Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Peter Lewis, Brian Brown, Mehmet Durakovic, Garry McDowall, Steve Marley, Joe Palatsides, Mike Petersen (Vlatko Belic 26), Sean Lane (Fabio Incantalupo 90), Charlie Egan, Andrew Zinni
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Durakovic, McDowall, Belic; Red Cards: Lewis 20, Brown 44
Goal: Egan 7

Saturday February 13 1988
Skinner Reserve, Braybrook, Melbourne
Referee: Barry Harwood
Attendance: 1,500
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, John Campelj, Shaun Parton, Steve Richardson, Andrew Marth, Les Carter, John Markovski, Mark Lennon, Don MacLaren, Robert Markovac, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Carter, Markovski
Goal: Clark 44
1 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Charlie Yankos, Mark Brown, John Paul De Marigny, Kurt Reynolds, Joe Watson, Burim Zajmi, Terry Butler, Peter Tredinnick (Arno Bertogna 63), Tony Parison (Rod Brown 57), Lawrie McKinna
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: De Marigny, Pezzano

Sunday February 14 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 6,102
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Drago Deankovic, Tyrone James, Gary Van Egmond, Eddie Campbell (Luciano Fabrizio 23), Oscar Crino, Vlado Bozinoski, Ken Murphy, Ernie Tapai, Warren Spink, Zdravko Lujic (Milan Dimoski 64)
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Crino, Murphy, Deankovic
Goal: Spink 33
1 - 1 South Melbourne
Con Giatas, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, David Healy (Paul Fernandes 47), Ange Postecoglou, Paul Wade, Paul Foster, Steve Tasios, Peter Tsolakis (George Kalogeras 86), Danny Wright, Paul Trimboli
Coach: Brian Garvey
Caution: Blair
Goal: Tasios 12

Sunday February 14 1988
Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 2,839
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett (Jason Polak 72), George Haniotis, Robbie Hooker, Gary Phillips, Abbas Saad (Terry Patalis 74), Tony Spyridakos, Tom Pontidas, Grant Lee, John Kosmina, Marshall Soper
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Spyridakos, Barrett, Polak
Goals: Cummings 10 Own Goal, Kosmina 16, Pontidas 24
3 - 1 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alex Cummings (Brett Druery 60), Russell Stewart, Frank Liddell, Alan Niven, John Ogden, Marty Kirsopp, Nick Meredith, Grant Lightbrown, Peter Dwyer, David Wheeler (Richard Bassingthwaite 72)
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Meredith, Kirsopp, Stewart; Red Card: Meredith 26
Goal: Druery 90
Match Day Programme
 
Round Four

Saturday February 20 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Alan Kibbler
Attendance: 1,009
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Frank Mengotti, Russell Stewart, Frank Liddell, Alan Niven, Alex Cummings, Marty Kirsopp, John Ogden, David Wheeler, Grant Lightbrown, Peter Dwyer (Brett Druery 40)
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Caution: Stewart
Goals: Stewart 52 pen, Lightbrown 89
2 - 3 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, John Campelj, Andrew Marth (Tom Markovski 90+1), Shaun Parton, Steve Richardson, Jeff Faulkner, Don MacLaren, Mark Lennon, Gary Clark, Robert Markovac, Gary Hasler (John Waddell 72)
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Marth, Parton, Campelj
Goals: Richardson 11, Clark 33, MacLaren 59
Match Day Programme

Saturday February 20 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 5,932 (double-header)
Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Mehmet Durakovic, Garry McDowall, Brian Brown, Steve Marley, Joe Palatsides, Fabio Incantalupo, Charlie Egan, Scott Patterson (Vlatko Belic 61), Andrew Zinni, Sean Lane
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett, John Koch, Robbie Hooker, Tony Spyridakos, Gary Phillips, Tom Pontidas, Abbas Saad, Grant Lee, John Kosmina, Marshall Soper
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil

Saturday February 20 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 5,932 (double-header)
South Melbourne
Con Giatas, Bobby Russell, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, Paul Foster, Steve Tasios, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, Peter Tsolakis
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Trimboli 21, Wright 24, Postecoglou 87 pen
3 - 0 Marconi
Bruce James, Gerry Gomez (Peter Katholos 79), Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Craig Mason, Tom McCulloch, Ian Gray, Zlatko Nastevski, Fred De Jong, Geoff Gunning (Paul Carter 62)
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Mason, De Jong

Saturday February 20 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 4,242
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Vedran Rozic, Alan Hunter, David Rezo (Sean Ingham 55), Ivan Petkovic, Mark Jones, Robbie Slater, Graham Arnold, Tony Krslovic
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Rezo, Jones
Goals: Jennings 59, Arnold 63, Slater 81, Ingham 85
4 - 2 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Mark Brown, Joe Watson, Burim Zajmi, Lawrie McKinna (Tony Parison 82), Kurt Reynolds (Peter Tredinnick 70), Terry Butler, Hilton Phillips
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Zajmi, Reynolds, Yankos, Phillips
Goals: Bertogna 47 pen, Brown 67

Sunday February 21 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 2,836
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Jock Morlando, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Brian Cokely (Roy Cotton 78), Jeff Ainsworth, Danny Crainie, Robert Giraldi, Randell Easthorpe, Rade Stefanovski (Pat Brodnik 63)
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Giraldi 10, Ainsworth pen, Crainie, Easthorpe 78
4 - 1 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Paul Donnelly, Ian Dobson, George Hannah, Mark Talajic (Joe Caleta 67), Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Branko Milosevic, Peter Murphy
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Biskic 57

Sunday February 21 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 5,000
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, Zoran Ilioski, George Petrov, George Jolevski (Goce Dimovski 70), Steve Gojevic, John Stewart, Michael Branov, Steve Smith
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Neville Flounders, Bugsy Nyskohus, Alex Tobin, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Jesper Sorensen, Steve Maxwell, Joe Mullen
Coach: Zoran Matic
Caution: Flounders
Match Day Programme

Sunday February 21 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 2,224
St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Kyeong Sik Shoi, Andy Koczka, Mike Grbevski, Vlade Tortevski, Craig Moffitt, Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw, Kevin Hagan, Peter Petkovski (Zoran Ilic)
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Hagan 48, 50
2 - 0 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Tyrone James (Tom Karic), Gary Van Egmond, Luciano Fabrizio, Drago Deankovic, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Vlado Bozinoski, Ernie Tapai, Warren Spink, Milan Dimoski
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Crino 67
Match Day Programme
 
Round Five

Saturday February 28 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 2,000
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Alan Davidson, Graham Heys, Ian Dobson, Theo Selemidis (Frank Valentic 60), Paul Donnelly, Paul Lewis (Mark Talajic 75), Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Branko Milosevic, Peter Murphy
Coach: Ian Wallace
Caution: Heys
Goal: Murphy 90
1 - 0 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Zoran Ilioski, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Jackson, George Jolevski, George Petrov, Goce Dimovski, John Stewart, Saso Petkovski (Michael Branov 63), Steve Smith, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Caution: Dimovski

Sunday February 28 1988
Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 3,834
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett, Robbie Hooker, Tony Spyridakos, John Koch (Jason Polak 53), Abbas Saad, Tom Pontidas (Terry Patalis 81), Gary Phillips, Grant Lee, Marshall Soper, John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 South Melbourne
Con Giatas, David Healy, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Paul Wade, Steve Tasios, Paul Foster (Harry Micheil 81), Paul Trimboli, Peter Tsolakis
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Match Day Programme

Sunday February 28 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 2,861
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Luciano Fabrizio, Drago Deankovic, Tom Karic, Gary Van Egmond, Ken Murphy, Ernie Tapai, Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Milan Dimoski (Vasco Mitrovski 75), Zdravko Lujic
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Jock Morlando, Brian Cokely, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Rade Stefanovski, Jeff Ainsworth, Randell Easthorpe, Robert Giraldi, Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Easthorpe 25

Sunday February 28 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 2,500
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Jeff Faulkner, Aki Kotzamichalis, John Waddell, John Campelj, Robert Markovac, Don MacLaren, Les Carter, John Markovski, Gary Clark, Mark Lennon
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goals: MacLaren 5, Carter 24, Markovski 54
3 - 3 Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Peter Lewis, Garry McDowall, Brian Brown, Steve Marley, Andrew Zinni (Frank McGrellis 79), Mehmet Durakovic (Sean Lane 69), Mike Petersen, Fabio Incantalupo, Charlie Egan, Joe Palatsides
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Palatsides 2, 41, Egan 73

Sunday February 28 1988
Lambert Park, Leichhardt, Sydney
Referee: Terry Seacy
Attendance: 1,300
APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Mark Brown, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, John Paul De Marigny, Terry Butler, Joe Watson, Peter Tredinnick (Tony Parison 67), Gary Ward, Burim Zajmi (Lawrie McKinna 71), Hilton Phillips
Coach: Rale Rasic
Caution: Parison
Goals: Tredinnick 36, Phillips 68
2 - 0 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alan Niven, Frank Liddell, Russell Stewart, Frank Mengotti, Richard Bassingthwaite (Marty Kirsopp 70), Nick Meredith, John Ogden, Peter Dwyer, Grant Lightbrown (Alex Cummings 25), David Wheeler
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Wheeler, Dwyer

Sunday February 28 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 3,595
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Shane Clinch, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Mark Jones, Robbie Slater (David Rezo 88), Ivan Petkovic, Graham Arnold, Tony Krslovic, Sean Ingham (Craig Foster 56)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Foster 57
1 - 0 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell (colin Miller 74), Aurelio Vidmar
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil

Sunday February 28 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 1,907
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Gerry Gomez, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Craig Mason (Paul Carter 67), Tom McCulloch, Ian Gray, Frank Farina, Peter Katholos, David Lowe
Coach: Berti Mariani
Caution: Calderan
Goals: Calderan 18, Gray 37, Farina 90
3 - 1 St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Mike Grbevski (Zoran Ilic 66), Craig Moffitt, Kyeong Sik Choi, Vlade Tortevski, Alan Pottier, Kevin Hagan, Andy Koczka, Peter Petkovski (Steve O'Connor 46), Scott Ollerenshaw
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Grbevski, Choi
Goal: Ollerenshaw 79
 
Round Six

Saturday March 5 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 1,050
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alex Cummings, Frank Mengotti, Frank Liddell, Alan Niven, John Ogden, Russell Stewart (Peter Dwyer 70), Richard Bassingthwaite (Phil Kerr 59), Brett Druery, Nick Meredith, David Wheeler
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Stewart 1 pen, Meredith 30, 75, 83
4 - 0 Sydney Croatia
Greg Woodhouse, Craig Foster, David Rezo (Sean Ingham 62), Mark Jones, Vedran Rozic, Adrian Ciscato (John Kero 46), Robbie Slater, David Fitzharris, Shane Clinch, Tony Krslovic, Manis Lamond
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Match Day Programme

Sunday March 5 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 2,176
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Jock Morlando, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Brian Cokely, Jeff Ainsworth, Danny Crainie, Robert Giraldi, Roy Cotton (Peter Kotamanidis 69), Rade Stefanovski (Mike Hollifield 73)
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
0 - 4 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Craig Mason, Gerry Gomez, Ian Gray, Zlatko Nastevski, Peter Katholos (Geoff Gunning 65), David Lowe
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lowe 39, Gomez 75, Nastevski 76, Gray 79

Sunday March 6 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 3,942
St. George
George Bouhoutsos, David Green, Mike O'Shea, Steve O'Connor, Mike Grbevski, Pedro Ricoy (Alan Pottier 85), Craig Moffitt (Kyeong Sik Choi 85), Vlade Tortevski, Kevin Hagan, Graeme Fletcher, Zoran Ilic
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett, Tony Spyridakos, George Haniotis, Gary Phillips, Abbas Saad, Tom Pontidas, Jason Polak, Grant Lee, Marshall Soper, Terry Patalis
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Saad 62 pen

Saturday March 12 1988
Olympic Village, Heidelberg West, Melbourne
Referee: Bob Marshall
Attendance: 761
Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Mehmet Durakovic, Peter Lewis, Brian Brown, Steve Marley, Fabio Incantalupo, John Dowie, Scott Patterson, Andrew Zinni, Joe Palatsides, Charlie Egan
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Incantalupo, Dowie, Palatsides
0 - 2 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Mark Brown, John Paul De Marigny, Kurt Reynolds, Arno Bertogna, Terry Butler, Alex Bundalo, Burim Zajmi (Lawrie McKinna 59), Peter Tredinnick, Joe Watson, Hilton Phillips
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Bundalo, Bertogna, Pezzano; Red Cards: Bertogna 70, Bundalo 75
Goals: Phillips 45+1, 45+3

Sunday March 13 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 2,888
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Charlie Villani, Aurelio Vidmar, Steve Maxwell, Joe Mullen, Adrian Santrac, Brian Northcote
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Vidmar 18, Melta 90+1 pen
2 - 0 Melbourne Croatia
Zeljko Govic, Paul Donnelly (Joe Caleta 12), Theo Selemidis, Ian Dobson, George Hannah, Mark Talajic, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Branko Milosevic, Frank Valentic
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil

Sunday March 13 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 4,500
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Ian Roodhouse, Mike McLennan, Zoran Tasevski, George Petrov, John Stewart, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, Steve Smith, Steve Gojevic (George Jolevski 68)
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Smith 18
1 - 1 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Luciano Fabrizio, Drago Deankovic, Tom Karic, Gary Van Egmond, Ken Murphy, Ernie Tapai, Vasco Mitrovski, Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Milan Dimoski (Zdravko Lujic 60)
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Spink 78
Match Day Programme

Sunday March 13 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Howlin
Attendance: 4,000
South Melbourne
Con Giatas, David Healy, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Paul Foster (Harry Micheil 79), Steve Tasios, George Kalogeras, Peter Tsolakis, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Tasios 60
1 - 4 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Andrew Marth, Shaun Parton, John Waddell,, John Campelj, Robert Markovac, Les Carter, Don MacLaren, John Markovski, Gary Clark, Mark Lennon
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lennon 30, 70, Clark 66, Campelj 90+3
 
Round Seven

Saturday March 19 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 1,061
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alex Cummings, Frank Liddell, Alan Niven, Frank Mengotti, John Ogden, Russell Stewart, Richard Bassingthwaite, Peter Dwyer (David Wheeler 46), Grant Lightbrown (Phil Kerr 72), Nick Meredith
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Stewart 19
1 - 0 Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Peter Lewis, Mehmet Durakovic (Willie Herd 70), Brian Brown, Steve Marley, Andrew Zinni, Scott Patterson (Sean Lane 75), John Dowie, Fabio Incantalupo, Joe Palatsides, Charlie Egan
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Nil

Saturday March 19 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 2,418
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Craig Mason, Gerry Gomez, Ian Gray, David Lowe, Anthony Surjan, Geoff Gunning (Peter Sharne 66)
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Henderson, Sharne
Goals: Gray 15, Gomez 79
2 - 0 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Mike McLennan, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, George Petrov, John Stewart (George Slifkas 81), Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson (Bill Piculovski 46), Steve Smith, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Cautions: Jackson, Tasevski

Sunday March 20 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 2,701
South Melbourne
Con Giatas, Bobby Russell, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, George Kalogeras, Paul Foster, Steve Tasios (Paul Fernandes 87), Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, Harry Micheil (Kimon Taliadoros 61)
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Trimboli 2, Postecoglou 38, 69 pen, Taliadoros 64, 90
5 - 4 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Kurt Reynolds, Mark Brown, Terry Butler, Darren Stewart (Gary Ward 63), Joe Watson, Peter Tredinnick, Burim Zajmi, Lawrie McKinna, Hilton Phillips
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Stewart 21, Phillips 32, 48, Ward 82

Sunday March 20 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 2,000
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Don MacLaren, John Campelj, John Waddell, Shaun Parton, Les Carter, Mark Lennon, Andrew Marth, Robert Markovac, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lennon 17, Parton 23, Clark 81, MacLaren 90
4 - 1 St. George
George Bouhoutsos, David Green, Steve O'Connor, Craig Moffitt, Mike Grbevski (Vlade Tortevski 60), Mike O'Shea, Alan Pottier (Graeme Fletcher 65), Kevin Hagan, Zoran Ilic, Pedro Ricoy, Kyeong Sik Choi
Coach: Atti Abonyi
Caution: Hagan
Goal: Moffitt 29

Sunday March 20 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 1,800
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovski, Ken Murphy, Luciano Fabrizio, Ernie Tapai, Drago Deankovic, Vlado Bozinoski, Tom Karic, Milan Dimoski (Zdravko Lujic 46), Warren Spink
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Caution: Mitrovski
Goals: Spink 39, Murphy 88
2 - 2 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Brian Northcote, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac (Jesper Sorensen 57), Aurelio Vidmar, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Shillabeer, Mullen
Goals: Maxwell 50, 65

Sunday March 20 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 4,616
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett, George Haniotis, Tony Spyridakos, Robbie Hooker, Abbas Saad, Tom Pontidas (Peter Raskopoulos 65), Jason Polak, Grant Lee, Terry Patalis, Marshall Soper
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Mike Hollifield, Danny Crainie, Jeff Ainsworth, Jock Morlando, Pat Brodnik, Alan Brazil, Peter Keyes
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Brazil 58
Match Day Programme

Wednesday April 13 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 975
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Alan Davidson, George Hannah, Ian Dobson, Graham Heys, Josip Biskic, Theo Selemidis, Paul Donnelly, Branko Milosevic, Alan Scott, Paul Lewis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Lewis 55
1 - 1 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Graham Jennings, David Rezo (Craig Foster 76), Shane Clinch, Graham Arnold, Mark Jones, Manis Lamond, Robbie Slater
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Arnold 81
 
Round Eight

Sunday March 27 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 2,203
Melbourne Croatia
Tony Sango, Graham Heys, Frank Valentic, Ian Dobson, George Hannah, Mark Talajic, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Branko Milosevic, Theo Selemidis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lewis 75, 82
2 - 0 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Luciano Fabrizio, Drago Deankovic, Tyrone James, Gary Van Egmond, Ken Murphy, Ernie Tapai, Milan Dimoski, Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Zdravko Lujic
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil

Sunday March 27 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 5,287
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Brian Northcote (Colin Miller 82), Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Charlie Villani, Aurelio Vidmar, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Adrian Santrac
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Vidmar 56
1 - 1 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Gerry Gomez, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan (Peter Sharne 82), Craig Mason, David Lowe, Geoff Gunning, Paul Carter, Anthony Surjan (Joe Rizzotto 85), Zlatko Nastevski
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Lowe 40
Match Day Programme

Sunday March 27 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 2,000
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Ian Roodhouse, Bill Piculovski, Con Opasinis, Mike McLennan, John Stewart (Veslein Soklevski 67), George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Steve Gojevic (Goce Dimovski 63), Steve Smith, Stuart Stevenson
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Cautions: Nil
0 - 3 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett, Robbie Hooker, George Haniotis, Gary Phillips, Grant Lee, Jason Polak, Abbas Saad, Peter Raskopoulos, Marshall Soper (John Koch 90), Terry Patalis
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Soper 42, Saad 76, 83
Match Day Programme

Sunday March 27 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 2,800
South Melbourne
Con Giatas, Ange Postecoglou, Bobby Russell, David Healy, Steve Blair, George Kalogeras (Paul Fernandes 79), Paul Foster, Steve Tasios, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, Kimon Taliadoros (Harry Micheil 84)
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Tasios 5, Postecoglou 51 pen
2 - 1 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alex Cummings (David Hunter 53), Richard Bassingthwaite, Frank Liddell, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, Peter Dwyer, John Ogden, Nick Meredith, Russell Stewart, Grant Lightbrown (David Clarkson 53)
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: D.Hunter, Niven
Goal: Mengotti 19

Sunday March 27 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 2,200
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, John Campelj, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Don MacLaren, Les Carter (Gary Hasler 87), Andrew Marth, Mark Lennon, Robert Markovac, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Jock Morlando, Brian Cokely (Peter Kotamanidis 77), Pat Brodnik, Danny Crainie, Paul Keyes (Randell Easthorpe 71), Alan Brazil
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Brodnik 72

Wednesday March 30 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 1,824
St. George
Mike Gibson, Kyeong Sik Choi (Zoran Ilic 68), Mike O'Shea, Steve O'Connor, Mike Grbevski, Pedro Ricoy, Craig Moffitt, Alan Pottier (Vlade Tortevski 54), Scott Ollerenshaw, Andy Koczka, Kevin Hagan
Coach: Frank Arok
Caution: Moffitt
0 - 2 APIA Leichhardt
Terry Greedy, Mark Brown, Charlie Yankos, Kurt Reynolds, John Paul De Marigny, Alex Bundalo (Tony Parison 83), Terry Butler (Gary Ward 76), Joe Watson, Peter Tredinnick, Hilton Phillips, Lawrie McKinna
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: De Marigny 26, Watson 86

Wednesday April 20 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Terry Seacy
Attendance: 3,000
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Mark Jones, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Graham Jennings, Shane Clinch, Craig Foster, Ivan Petkovic (David Rezo 65), Graham Arnold, Robbie Slater, Manis Lamond
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Clinch 25, Lamond 54, Arnold 72
3 - 1 Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Steve Marley, John Yzendoorn, Brian Brown, Fabio Incantalupo, Garry McDowall, Frank McGrellis, Scott Patterson, Sean Lane (Vlatko Belic 71), Charlie Egan, Joe Palatsides
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Palatsides 64 pen
 
Round Nine

Saturday April 3 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Alan Kibbler
Attendance: 1,105
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, David Hunter, Frank Mengotti, Richard Bassingthwaite, Paul Halford, Alan Niven, Nick Meredith (David Clarkson 18), John Ogden, Grant Lightbrown, Russell Stewart, Peter Dwyer
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Dwyer 67
1 - 5 St. George
Mike Gibson, Vlade Tortevski, Mike Grbevski, Alan Pottier, Steve O'Connor, Mike O'Shea, Peter Petkovski, Pedro Ricoy, Andy Koczka, Kevin Hagan, Scott Ollerenshaw
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Koczka 3, Grbevski 17, Tortevski 30, Ollerenshaw 35, 84
Match Day Programme

Sunday April 3 1988
Wentworth Park, Glebe, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 1,050
APIA Leichhardt
Terry Greedy, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Mark Brown, Alex Bundalo (Gary Ward 79), Peter Tredinnick, Kurt Reynolds, Lawrie McKinna (Tony Parison 87), Joe Watson, Hilton Phillips
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Bundalo 74
1 - 1 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Jock Morlando, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Jeff Ainsworth (Peter Kotamanidis 80), Alan Brazil, Randell Easthorpe, Pat Brodnik, Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Brodnik 79
Match Day Programme

Sunday April 3 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Bernie Upjohn
Attendance: 4,200
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Don MacLaren, John Campelj, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Les Carter, Mark Lennon, Andrew Marth, Robert Markovac, Jeff Faulkner (John Markovski 82), Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Jackson 23 Own Goal
1 - 1 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Mike McLennan (Steve Gojevic 58), Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, Ian Roodhouse, George Petrov (Goce Dimovski 78), Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, Steve Smith, John Stewart
Coach: Ron Campbell
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Stewart 83

Sunday April 3 1988
Olympic Village, Heidelberg West, Melbourne
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 4,831
Brusnwick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Peter Lewis, Brian Brown, Garry McDowall, Steve Marley, Scott Patterson, Mike Petersen, Mehmet Durakovic (Fabio Incantalupo 64), Sean Lane, Charlie Egan, Joe Palatsides
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Incantalupo 65
1 - 2 South Melbourne
Con Giatas, David Healy, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Paul Foster (George Kalogeros 6), Paul Wade, Steve Tasios (Harry Micheil 87), Kimon Taliadoros, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Taliadoros 63, Tasios 74

Sunday April 3 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 1,500
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Luciano Fabrizio, Drago Deankovic, Tom Karic, Gary Van Egmond, Ken Murphy, Ernie Tapai (Rade Barjaktarevic 18), Oscar Crino (Vasco Mitrovski 84), Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Milan Dimoski
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Crino 43, Dimoski 56, 65
3 - 0 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor (Tony Krslovic 57), Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Craig Foster (David Fitzharris 46), Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic, Sean Ingham
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil

Monday April 4 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 3,005
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, David Barrett (Tom Pontidas 73), Robbie Hooker, George Haniotis, Gary Phillips, Abbas Saad (Robert Ironside 60), Peter Raskopoulos, Jason Polak, Grant Lee, Marshall Soper, John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Neville Flounders, Bugsy Nyskohus, Alex Tobin, Charlie Villani, Sergio Melta, Aurelio Vidmar, Brian Northcote (Adrian Santrac 75), Steve Maxwell, Joe Mullen
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Maxwell 58

Wednesday April 27 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 2,560
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Gerry Gomez, Ian Gray, Tom McCulloch, Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, Fred De Jong, Geoff Gunning
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Nastevski 56
1 - 1 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Paul Donnelly, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Branko Milosevic (Mark Talajic 74), Theo Selemidis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Biskic 80
 
Round Ten

Sunday April 10 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 2,000
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Luciano Fabrizio, Rade Barjaktarevic, Tom Karic, Gary Van Egmond, Ken Murphy (Tyrone James 85), Vasco Mitrovski (Zdravko Lujic 69), Oscar Crino, Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Milan Dimoski
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Craig Mason, Gerry Gomez, Ian Gray, Frank Farina, David Lowe, Tom McCulloch
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Farina 67

Sunday April 10 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 1,770
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Alan Davidson, Ian Dobson, George Hannah, Graham Heys, Josip Biskic, Mark Talajic (Paul Donnelly 74), Branko Milosevic, Theo Selemidis, Alan Scott, Paul Lewis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lewis 10, 82, 87
3 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Robert Ironside, Robbie Hooker, George Haniotis, Gary Phillips, David Barrett, Abbas Saad, Jason Polak, Grant Lee, Marshall Soper, John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Ironside 55

Sunday April 10 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 3,135
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Alex Tobin, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Aurelio Vidmar, Brian Northcote (Adrian Santrac 72), Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell (Jesper Sorensen 80), Charlie Villani
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Don MacLaren, John Campelj, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Les Carter, Mark Lennon (Aki Kotzamichalis 87), Andrew Marth, Robert Markovac, John Markovski (Chris Ketsakidis 75), Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil

Sunday April 10 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 1,500
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, John Stewart, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, Steve Smith, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Ron Campbell
Cautions: Jackson, Tasevski
Goals: Campbell 59, Stevenson 79
2 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Terry Greedy, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Kurt Reynolds, Alex Bundalo, Peter Tredinnick (Lawrie McKinna 67), Joe Watson, Gary Ward, Hilton Phillips, Terry Butler
Coach: Doug Utjesenovic
Caution: Bertogna
Match Day Programme

Sunday April 10 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 960
St. George
Mike Gibson, Steve O'Connor, Andy Koczka (Zoran Ilic 21), Mike O'Shea, Mike Grbevski, Pedro Ricoy, Kevin Hagan, Vlade Tortevski, Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw, Peter Petkovski (John Kakakios 68)
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Ilic 36
1 - 1 Brunswich Juventus
Pat Marrama, Peter Lewis (John Yzendoorn 54), Brian Brown, Garry McDowall, Steve Marley, Fabio Incantalupo, Joe Palatsides (Frank McGrellis 70), Scott Patterson, Mike Petersen, Andrew Zinni, Charlie Egan
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Ni
Goal: Palatsides 69

Sunday April 10 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 1,850
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, David Rezo (Dragan Bozic 67), Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Wally Savor, Mark Jones, Ivan Petkovic, Manis Lamond
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Lamond 4
1 - 3 South Melbourne
Con Giatas, Bobby Russell, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Paul Wade (Paul Fernandes 80), George Kalogeros, Harry Micheil, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, Kimon Taliadoros (Peter Tsolakis 46)
Coach: Brian Garey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Postecoglou 37, 78, Wright 62

Sunday April 10 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Terry Seacy
Attendance: 1,284
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Mike Hollifield, Jock Morlando, Jeff Ainsworth (Brian Cokely 81), Danny Crainie, Peter Kotamanidis (Rade Stefanovski 87), Randell Easthorpe, Marshall Soper
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Ratcliffe 6, Soper 13, 58, 65, 76, Crainie 88
6 - 1 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Brett Druery, Alex Cummings, John Lowey, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, David Clarkson, John Ogden, David Wheeler, Russell Stewart, Frank Cole (Brendan Eastwell 70)
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Wheeler 85
 
Round Eleven

Sunday April 17 1988
Wentworth Park, Glebe, Sydney
Referee: Terry Seacy
Attendance: 1,045
APIA Leichhardt
Terry Greedy, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Mark Brown, Alex Bundalo, Hilton Phillips, Joe Watson (Darren Stewart 75), Lawrie McKinna, Gary Ward (Tony Parison 68), Tery Butler
Coach: Doug Utjesenovic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Bundalo 3
1 - 1 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Brian Northcote, Jesper Sorensen (Adrian Santrac 84), Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Melta 72
Goal: Maxwell 69
Match Day Programme

Sunday April 17 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 4,537
South Melbourne
Con Giatas, Bobby Russell, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, George Kalogeros (Kimon Taliadoros 69), Harry Micheil (Steve Tasios 46), Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, Peter Tsolakis
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
0 - 2 St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Mike Grbevski, Craig Moffitt, Steve O'Connor, Mike O'Shea, Alan Pottier, Kevin Hagan (Graeme Fletcher 71), Vlade Tortevski (Zoran Ilic 59), Pedro Ricoy, Scott Ollerenshaw
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goals: O'Shea 3, Fletcher 88
Match Day Programme

Sunday April 17 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 4,390
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter (Fred De Jong 78), Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Gerry Gomez, Craig Mason, Ian Gray, Frank Farina, David Lowe, Tom McCulloch (Zlatko Nastevski 63)
Coach: Berti Mariani
Caution: Farina
Goal: Nastevski 73
1 - 1 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Mark Jones, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater (Sean Ingham 84), David Rezo, Graham Arnold, Craig Foster, Manis Lamond (David Fitzharris 90)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Caution: Jennings
Goal: Lamond 52

Sunday April 17 1988
Olympic Village, West Heidelberg, Melbourne
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 850
Brusnwick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Steve Marley, Fabio Incantalupo, Brian Brown, Garry McDowall, John Yzendoorn, Joe Palatsides, Mike Petersen (Frank McGrellis 48), Charlie Egan, Scott Patterson, Sean Lane
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Egan 31
1 - 2 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Jock Morlando, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Pat Brodnik, Jeff Ainsworth, Randell Easthorpe, Alan Brazil, Danny Crainie (Peter Kotamanidis 60)
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Brazil 15, Morlando 50

Sunday April 17 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Bernie Upjohn
Attendance: 3,548
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Andrew Marth, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, John Campelj, Robert Markovc, Don MacLaren, Les Carter, John Markovski, Mark Lennon, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Clark 36, Campelj 88
2 - 0 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Alan Davidson, George Hannah (Paul Babic 67), Ian Dobson, Graham Heys, Josip Biskic, Theo Selemidis, Paul Donnelly, Branko Milosevic (Joe Caleta 78), Alan Scott, Paul Lewis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil

Sunday April 17 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Bob Marshall
Attendance: 1,010
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, John Ogden, Richard Bassingthwaite (Brett Druery 5), Frank Liddell (David Clarkson 46), Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, David Hunter, Paul Halford, Grant Lightbrown, Nick Meredith, Peter Dwyer
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Dwyer 76
1 - 1 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski (Bill Piculovski 18), John Stewart, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, Goce Dimovski, Steve Gojevski
Coach: Ron Campbell
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Dimovski 73

Sunday April 17 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 2,711
Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robbie Hooker, Mike Coady, George Haniotis, Robert Ironside, Gary Phillips, Abbas Saad, Jason Polak, Grant Lee (Tom Pontidas 46), Terry Patalis (Nick Oustambasidis 77), John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Saad 60
1 - 1 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Luciano Fabrizio, Gary Van Egmond, Tom Karic, Drago Deankovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Ken Murphy, Oscar Crino, Vlado Bozinoski, Milan Dimoski, Warren Spink
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Dimoski 23
Match Day Programme
 
Round Twelve

Sunday April 24 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 4,200
St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Mike O'Shea, Steve O'Connor, Mike Grbevski, Pedro Ricoy, Craig Moffitt, Vlade Tortevski (Graeme Fletcher 46), Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw, Kevin Hagan (Zoran Ilic 68)
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Mark Jones, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Graham Jennings, Ivan Petkovic (David Rezo 79), Craig Foster, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater (Sean Ingham 88), Graham Arnold, Manis Lamond
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Lamond 50
Match Day Programme

Sunday April 24 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 2,995
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Jeff Ainsworth (Brian Cokely 77), Danny Crainie, Pat Brodnik, Jock Morlando, Alan Brazil, Randell Easthorpe
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Easthorpe 21, 51, 55, Crainie 72
4 - 0 South Melbourne
Con Giatas, Bobby Russell, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Harry Micheil, George Kalogeros, Steve Tasios (Kimon Taliadoros 68), Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright (Paul Fernandes 73), Peter Tsolakis
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil

Sunday April 24 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 920
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Robbie Dunn, Alan Davidson, Ian Dobson, George Hannah, Paul Donnelly, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Branko Milosevic, Theo Selemidis (Joe Caleta 61)
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 APIA Leichhardt
Terry Greedy, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Mark Brown, Alex Bundalo, Gary Ward, Darren Stewart, Lawrie McKinna, Hilton Phillips, Terry Butler (Tony Parison 69)
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: McKinna 51

Sunday April 24 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 4,981
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Gerry Gomez (Paul Carter 40), Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Ian Gray, Tom McCulloch, Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, Fred De Jong, David Lowe (Geoff Gunning 46)
Coach: Berti Mariani
Caution: Calderan
Goal: Gomez 13
1 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robbie Hooker, Gary Phillips, George Haniotis, Mike Coady, Jason Polak, Abbas Saad, Tom Pontidas (Peter Raskopoulos 73), Terry Patalis, Robert Ironside, John Kosmina (Marshall Soper 67)
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Caution: Haniotis
Goal: Patalis 50

Sunday April 24 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: Mike Browning
Attendance: 3,125
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Tom Karic, Vasco Mitrovski, Drago Deankovic, Mick Burlak (Tyrone James 64), Oscar Crino, Gary Van Egmond, Luciano Fabrizio, Warren Spink, Milan Dimoski
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Van Egmond 64
Goal: Crino 52 pen
1 - 1 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Andrew Marth, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, John Campelj, Robert Markovac, Chris Ketsakidis (Chris Taylor 86), Don MacLaren, John Markovski, Gary Clark, Mark Lennon (Jeff Faulkner 80)
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Parton 82

Sunday April 24 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 2,500
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski (Bill Piculovski 53), John Stewart, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, Goce Dimovski, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Ron Campbell
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Stevenson 41, 57, Campbell 44, Stewart 46
4 - 3 Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, John Yzendoorn, Peter Lewis, Brian Brown, Garry McDowall, Steve Marley, Joe Palatsides, Fab Incantalupo, Charlie Egan, Scott Patterson, Frank McGrellis
Coach: Brian Brown
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Egan 29, McDowall 69, Palatsides 83 pen
Match Day Programme

Sunday April 24 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 3,250
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Alex Tobin, Charlie Villani (Adrian Santrac 60), Jesper Sorensen, Aurelio Vidmar, Brian Northcote, Joe Mullen (Colin Miller 70), Steve Maxwell
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Maxwell 18, 36, 81, Villani 49, Miller 75
5 - 1 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, John Ogden, Frank Mengotti, Alex Cummings, Alan Niven, Russell Stewart, Paul Halford, Nick Meredith, Peter Dwyer, Brett Druery (David Clarkson 66), Richard Bassingthwaite
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Ogden 22
Match Day Programme
 
Round Thirteen

Sunday May 1 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 1,548
St. George
Mike Gibson, Mike O'Shea, Steve O'Connor, Andy Koczka, Mike Grbevski, Pedro Ricoy, Vlade Tortevski, Craig Moffitt, Alan Pottier (Kevin Hagan 68), Scott Ollerenshaw, Peter Petkovski (Zoran Ilic 46)
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Moffitt 46, Koczka 63
2 - 1 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, David Ratcliffe, Ray Vlietstra, Mike Hollifield, Rade Stefanovski (Peter Kotamanidis 54), Jeff Ainsworth, Jock Morlando, Danny Crainie, Randell Easthorpe (Brian Cokely 70), Pat Brodnik
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Hollifield 83

Sunday May 1 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 6,730
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Bobby Russell, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Paul Fernandes, George Kalogeros (Harry Micheil 84), Steve Tasios, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, Peter Tsolakis
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Blair 47, Jackson 51 Own Goal
2 - 1 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Ian Roodhouse (Mike McLennan 62), Steve Jackson, Bill Piculovski, John Stewart, George Petrov (George Slifkas 70), Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, Goce Dimovski, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Ron Campbell
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Stewart 23
Match Day Programme

Sunday May 1 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 950
Brunswick Juventus
Pat Marrama, Peter Lewis (Mehmet Durakovic 56), Brian Brown, John Yzendoorn, Fabio Incantalupo, Scott Patterson (Frank McGrellis 67), Garry McDowall, Mike Petersen, Sean Lane, Joe Palatsides, Charlie Egan
Coach: Brian Brown
Cautions: Nil
0 - 3 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Nevill Flounders, Alex Tobin, Sergio Melta, Aurelio Vidmar, Brian Northcote (Adrian Santrac 46), Charlie Villani, Steve Maxwell, Jesper Sorensen
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Vidmar 25, 79, Melta 61 pen

Sunday May 1 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 1,296
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alex Cummings, Richard Bassingthwaite, David Hunter, Frank McGrellis, Alan Niven, Grant Lightbrown, John Ogden (David Clarkson 80), Nick Meredith (Peter Dwyer 57), Russell Stewart, Paul Halford
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Robbie Dunn, Alan Davidson, Graham Heys, George Hannah, Paul Donnelly, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Branko Milosevic (Mark Talajic 40), Theo Selemidis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Lewis 82

Sunday May 1 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 1,950
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Don MacLaren, John Campelj, Aki Kotzamichalis, John Waddell (Chris Taylor 67), Jeff Faulkner, Mark Lennon, Andrew Marth, John Markovski, Robert Markovac (Chris Ketsakidis 46), Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
0 - 3 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Gerry Gomez, Ian Gray, Tom McCulloch (Peter Katholos 75), Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, Fred De Jong, Geoff Gunning (Steve Calderan 30)
Coach: Berti Mariani
Caution: De Jong
Goals: Farina 14, 87, Nastevski 19

Sunday May 1 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 5,556
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Graham Jennings, Shane Clinch, Mark Jones, Ivan Petkovic (Craig Foster 83), Graham Arnold, Robbie Slater, Manis Lamond
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
3 - 0 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robbie Hooker, Mike Coady, Robert Ironside, David Barrett, Gary Phillips, Jason Polak (Peter Raskopoulos 58), Tom Pontidas, Grant Lee (Marshall Soper 58), Terry Patalis, John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Pontidas 57

Wednesday May 11 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 1,988
APIA Leichhardt
Terry Greedy, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, John Paul De Marigny, Kurt Reynolds, Alex Bundalo, Darren Stewart (Rod Brown 46), Terry Butler (Gary Ward 79), Hilton Phillips, Francesco Graziani, Lawrie McKinna
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
2 - 2 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Drago Deankovic, Tom Karic, Tyrone James, Vasco Mitrovski, Milan Dimoski, Vlado Bozinoski, Ken Murphy, Warren Spink, Luciano Fabrizio
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Spink 4, Fabrizio 22
 
Round Fourteen

Sunday May 8 1988
Lambert Park, Leichhardt, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 4,253
APIA Leichhardt
Terry Greedy, Mark Brown, Arno Bertogna, Charlie Yankos, John Paul De Marigny (Kurt Reynolds 70), Terry Butler, Alex Bundalo, Francesco Graziani, Darren Stewart, Gary Ward (Lawrie McKinna 61), Hilton Phillips
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
0 - 2 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Steve Calderan, Tony Henderson, Robert Wheatley, Gerry Gomez, Ian Gray, Zlatko Nastevski, Peter Katholos (Geoff Gunning 55), Frank Farina, Fred De Jong
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Wheatley 60, Farina 87
Match Day Programme

Sunday May 8 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 2,000
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Taylor, John Campelj, Don MacLaren, Aki Kotzamichalis, Les Carter, Mark Lennon (Chris Ketsakidis 66), Andrew Marth, Robert Markovac, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
0 - 2 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robert Ironside, Gary Phillips, George Haniotis, Mike Coady, David Barrett, Abbas Saad, Jason Polak, John Kosmina, Terry Patalis, Marshall Soper
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Kosmina 41, 54 pen

Sunday May 8 1988
Olympic Village, West Heidelberg, Melbourne
Referee: Bob Marshall
Attendance: 4,755
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield (Peter Kotamanidis 46), Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Jock Morlando, Jeff Ainsworth, Pat Brodnik, Paul Mariner, Randell Easthorpe, Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
0 - 3 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Mark Jones, Shane Clinch, Ivan Petkovic, Graham Arnold, Robbie Slater, Manis Lamond (Sean Ingham 67)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lamond 6, Arnold 14, Slater 48

Sunday May 8 1988
Olympic Village, Heidelberg West, Melbourne
Referee: Jack Howlin
Attendance: 1,800
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Fabio Incantalupo, Brian Brown (Vlatko Belic 46), Garry McDowall, John Yzendoorn (Peter Lewis 50), Joe Palatsides, Mike Petersen, Charlie Egan, Frank McGrellis, Sean Lane
Coach: Brian Brown
Cautions: Nil; Red Cards: Belic 75, Incantalupo 85
0 - 1 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Paul Donnelly, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Dale White, Theo Selemidis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Scott 22

Sunday May 8 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 3,500
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Paul Fernandes, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Paul Wade, Steve Tasios, George Kalogeros, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Trimboli 37, Wright 62
2 - 1 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Alex Tobin, Sergio Melta, Charlie Villani, Brian Northcote (Jesper Sorensen 74), Aurelio Vidmar, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell
Coach: Zoran Matic
Caution: Northcote
Goal: Mullen 89
Match Day Programme

Sunday May 8 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 2,750
St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Mike Grbevski, Craig Moffitt, Steve O'Connor, Vlade Tortevski, Zoran Ilic (John Kakakios 80), Graeme Fletcher (Kyeong Sik Choi 80), Andy Koczka, Pedro Ricoy, Scott Ollerenshaw
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Kakakios 87
1 - 1 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Mike McLennan, Steve Jackson, Bill Piculovski, John Stewart, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, Goce Dimovski, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Ron Campbell
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Petrov 80

Sunday May 8 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Alan Kibbler
Attendance: 1,053
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, David Hunter, Richard Bassingthwaite, David Clarkson, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, Nick Meredith, John Ogden, Grant Lightbrown (Paul Halford 64), Russell Stewart, Peter Dwyer (Brett Druery 80)
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Mengotti 21, Lightbrown 42, Ogden 46, Meredith 77
4 - 2 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Luciano Fabrizio, Drago Deankovic, Tom Karic, Bill Lazopoulos, Vasco Mitrovski, Milan Dimoski, Oscar Crino, Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Rade Barjaktarevic
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Caution: Crino 64
Goals: Dimovski 44, Spink 50
 
Round Fifteen

Sunday May 15 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 1,201
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic (Bill Lazopoulos 51), Drago Deankovic, Tom Karic (Tyrone James 59), Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovski, Milan Dimoski, Vlado Bozinoski, Warren Spink, Ken Murphy, Luciano Fabrizio
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Lazopoulos 75
Goals: Spink 52, Deankovic 56, Dimoski 77, Fabrizio 87
4 - 1 Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Peter Lewis, Brian Brown, John Yzendoorn, Scott Patterson, Mike Petersen, Garry McDowall, Sean Lane (Andrew Zinni 61), Charlie Egan, Joe Palatsides
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Patterson 43
Goal: Lane 22

Sunday May 15 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 2,687
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Ian Gray, Gerry Gomez, Zlatko Nastevski (Geoff Gunning 78), Frank Farina, Fred De Jong (David Lowe 82), Tom McCulloch
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Nastevski 22, 52, Farina 55
3 - 0 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, David Hunter, Richard Bassingthwaite, David Clarkson, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, Nick Meredith, John Ogden, Grant Lightbrown, Russell Stewart, Peter Dwyer
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Caution: Stewart

Sunday May 15 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Bernie Upjohn
Attendance: 2,353
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Mike McLennan, Zoran Tasevski, Bill Piculovski (Goce Dimovski 75), Ian Roodhouse, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, John Stewart, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Ron Campbell
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Stewart 61
1 - 1 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Jock Morlando, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Pat Brodnik, Jeff Ainsworth, Paul Mariner, Danny Crainie, Randell Easthorpe
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Morlando 64
Goal: Brodnik 68
Match Day Programme

Sunday May 15 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 2,500
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Brian Northcote,, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen (Colin Miller 64), Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Maxwell 61, Malta 72
2 - 1 St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green (Pedro Ricoy 56), Mike Grbevski, Craig Moffitt, Steve O'Connor (Kevin Hagan 66), Mike O'Shea, Scott Ollerenshaw, Vlade Tortevski, Andy Koczka, Alan Pottier, Graeme Fletcher
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Hagan 68
Goal: Pottier 78

Sunday May 15 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 2,000
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Paul Donnelly, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Dale White, Theo Selemidis (Branko Milosevic 46)
Coach: Ian Wallace
Caution: Dunn
0 - 1 South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Bobby Russell (Manny Anezakis 17), Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, Paul Fernandes, Steve Tasios (Kimon Taliadoros 62), Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, George Kalogeros
Coach: Brian Garvey
Caution: Wright
Goal: Healy 4

Sunday May 15 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 4,507
Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, David Barrett, George Haniotis, Mike Coady, Robert Ironside, Gary Phillips, Abbas Saad (Grant Lee 66), Tom Pontidas (Peter Raskopoulos 75), Jason Polak, Terry Patalis, John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Kosmina 8
1 - 1 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Mark Brown, Arno Bertogna, Charlie Yankos, Kurt Reynolds (Burim Zajmi 46), Alex Bundalo, Terry Butler, Hilton Phillips (Tony Parison 79), Lawrie McKinna, Rod Brown
Coach: Rale Rasic
Caution: Reynolds
Goal: R.Brown 10
Match Day Programme

Sunday May 15 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 1,665
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Andrew Marth, John Waddell, Chris Ketsakidis, Shaun Parton, John Campelj, Robert Markovac, Don MacLaren, Les Carter, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Carter 6
1 - 0 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Vedran Rozic, Alan Hunter, Graham Jennings, Mark Jones, Ivan Petkovic (Tony Krslovic 79), Shane Clinch (Craig Foster 65), Sean Ingham, Graham Arnold, Manis Lamond
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
 
Round Sixteen

Sunday May 22 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 1,633
St. George
Mike Gibson, Pedro Ricoy, Mike Grbevski, Craig Moffitt, Steve O'Connor, Mike O'Shea, Alan Pottier, Matthew Bingley (Kyeong Sik Choi 73), Andy Koczka, Zoran Ilic (Vlade Tortevski 56), Scott Ollerenshaw
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Bingley, Ricoy
Goal: Ollerenshaw 64
1 - 1 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Paul Donnelly, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Dale White, Theo Selemidis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Donnelly, Davidson
Goal: White 53
Match Day Programme

Sunday May 22 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 2,539
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Randell Easthorpe, Ray Vlietstra, Mike Hollifield, Brian Cokely, Jeff Ainsworth (Peter Kotamanidis 58), Danny Crainie (Rade Stefanovski 73), Pat Brodnik, Alan Brazil, Trevor Francis
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Francis 6, Brazil 62
2 - 1 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Brian Northcote, Charlie Villani, Colin Miller (Adrian Santrac 72), Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Melta 26 pen

Sunday May 22 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 919
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, David Hunter, Alex Cummings, Richard Bassingthwaite, Alan Niven, Frank Mengotti, Nick Meredith, John Ogden (David Clarkson 70), Grant Lightbrown (Peter Dwyer 64), Russell Stewart, Frank Cole
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Meredith 4
1 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, David Barrett (Grant Lee 76), Gary Phillips, George Haniotis (Tony Spyridakos 46), Mike Coady, Robert Ironside, Abbas Saad, Tom Pontidas, John Kosmina, Peter Raskopoulos, Terry Patalis
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Raskopoulos 65

Sunday May 22 1988
Olympic Village, Heidelberg West, Melbourne
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 1,613
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, John Yzendoorn, Garry McDowall, Brian Brown, Mehet Durakovic, Willie Herd, Mike Petersen (Peter Lewis 79), Joe Palatsides, Andrew Zinni, Charlie Egan, Sean Lane
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Palatsides 89 pen
1 - 0 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Robert Wheatley, Gerry Gomez (David Lowe 81), Ian Gray (Geoff Gunning 54), Zlatko Nastevski, Tom McCulloch, Frank Farina, Fred De Jong
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil

Sunday May 22 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 5,000
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Mark Jones, Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic (David Rezo 78), Manis Lamond
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lamond 2, Arnold 43, Slater 47
3 - 2 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis (Ian Roodhouse 53), Mike McLennan, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, John Stewart, George Petrov, Ron Campbell (Goce Dimovski 53), Stuart Stevenson, Steve Smith, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Ron Campbell
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Smith 3, Dimovski 56

Sunday May 22 1988
Lambert Park, Leichhardt, Sydney
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 1,590
APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Mark Brown, Terry Butler, Alex Bundalo, Burim Zajmi (Hilton Phillips 46), Tony Parison, Lawrie McKinna, Rod Brown
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Ketsakidis 90 Own Goal
1 - 3 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Andrew Marth, John Waddell, Shaun Parton, John Campelj, Don MacLaren, Robert Markovac, Les Carter, John Markovski, Gary Clark, Mark Lennon
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Campelj 67, Markovac 87, Markovski 90+1

Sunday May 22 1988
Middle Park Soccer Centre, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 6,194
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Manny Anezakis, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, Paul Fernandes, Steve Tasios, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, George Kalogeros (Peter Tsolakis 85)
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Trimboli 17
1 - 1 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Drago Deankovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Ken Murphy, Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovski, Milan Dimoski, Oscar Crino, Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Luciano Fabrizio
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Spink 81
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Round Seventeen

Sunday May 29 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Bernie Upjohn
Attendance: 1,800
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Taylor, Chris Ketsakidis, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Les Carter, Mark Lennon, Don MacLaren, Robert Markovac, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Parton 34, Markovski 85
2 - 0 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, Nick Meredith, Russell Stewart, Grant Lightbrown, Frank Cole, Richard Bassingthwaite, Bob McSkimming, John Ogden (Alex Cummings 59), Brett Druery
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil

Sunday May 29 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: Alan Kibbler
Attendance: 2,878
Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robbie Hooker, Robert Ironside, Tony Spyridakos, Gary Phillips, Abbas Saad, Tom Pontidas, Peter Raskopoulos, Grant Lee, Terry Patalis (David Barrett 76), John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Phillips 14, Kosmina 42 pen
2 - 0 Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Willie Herd (Vlatko Belic 66), Garry McDowall, Brian Brown, John Yzendoorn (Scott Patterson 46), Joe Palatsides, Mike Petersen, Andrew Zinni, Charlie Egan, Sean Lane
Coach: Manfred Schaefer

Sunday May 29 1988
Lambert Park, Leichhardt, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 4,532
APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Mark Brown, Alex Bundalo, Hilton Phillips, Kurt Reynolds, Rod Brown (Darren Stewart 64), Tony Parison (Peter Tredinnick 69), Terry Butler
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Tredinnick 78
0 - 1 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Craig Foster, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Mark Jones, Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic, Manis Lamond (Sean Ingham 68)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Bertogna 43 Own Goal
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Sunday May 29 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 3,345
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter (Geoff Gunning), Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Ian Gray, Gerry Gomez, Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, Fred De Jong (Peter Katholos), Tom McCulloch
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Farina 9
1 - 1 South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Paul Fernandes, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, George Kalogeros, Steve Tasios, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, Peter Tsolakis
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Postecoglou 74

Sunday May 29 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 1,851
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Branko Milosevic (Joe Caleta 67), Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Dale White, Theo Selemidis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Jock Morlando, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Pat Brodnik, Brian Cokely (Randell Easthorpe 83), Trevor Francis, Alan Brazil, Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Francis 89

Sunday May 29 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 3,150
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Brian Northcote, Sergio Melta, Neville Flounders, Adrian Santrac (Colin Miller 70), Charlie Villani, Aurelio Vidmar, Steve Maxwell
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Santrac 9
1 - 1 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Mike McLennan, Zoran Tasevski, Ian Roodhouse (Bill Piculovski 56), John Stewart, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, Steve Smith (Goce Dimovski 89), Steve Gojevic
Coach: Ron Campbell
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Smith 33

Sunday May 29 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 2,356
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Gary Van Egmond, Drago Deankovic, Vasco Mitrovski, Luciano Fabrizio, Oscar Crino (Bill Lazopoulos 66), Ken Murphy, Vlado Bozinoski, Milan Dimoski, Warren Spink
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Spink 10, Bozinoski 56
2 - 1 St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Mike O'Shea, Andy Koczka, Steve O'Connor, Mike Grbevski, Vlade Tortevski (Zoran Ilic 74), Craig Moffitt (Kyeong Sik Choi 74), Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw, Kevin Hagan
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Hagan 85
 
Round Eighteen

Sunday June 5 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 4,500
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Mike McLennan, Ian Roodhouse, Zoran Tasevski, Con Opasinis (Bill Piculovski 82), George Petrov, Steve Gojevic, Ron Campbell, John Stewart, Stuart Stevenson, Goce Dimovski (George Slifkas 69)
Coach: Andon Doncevski
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Tasevski 57
1 - 4 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Alan Scott, George Hannah, Robbie Dunn, Graham Heys (Mark Talajic 68), Josip Biskic, Alan Davidson, Paul Donnelly, Branko Milosevic, Dale White, Paul Lewis
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lewis 4, Milosevic 11, White 16, 17
Match Day Programme

Sunday June 5 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 4,576
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Paul Fernandes, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, George Kalogeros, Steve Tasios, Paul Trimboli, John Samaras (Peter Tsolakis 72), Danny Wright
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Wright 14, Samaras 47
2 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robbie Hooker, Gary Phillips, Tony Spyridakos, Robert Ironside, Tom Pontidas (Jason Polak 79), Abbas Saad, Grant Lee,, John Kosmina, Peter Raskopoulos, Terry Patalis
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Kosmina 72
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Sunday June 5 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 3,200
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Brian Northcote, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Adrian Santrac
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Villani 5, Tobin 78
2 - 3 Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Mark Jones, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Wally Savor, Shane Clinch, Craig Foster (Tony Krslovic 83), Manis Lamond, Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic (David Rezo 83), Robbie Slater
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Slater 35, Lamond 87, Arnold 89

Sunday June 5 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 2,795
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen (Peter Kotamanidis 46), Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Mike Hollifield, Brian Cokely, Jock Morlando (Randell Easthorpe 46), Pat Brodnik, Trevor Francis, Alan Brazil, Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Brodnik 75
1 - 4 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Drago Deankovic, Ken Murphy, Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovsk, Milan Dimoski, Oscar Crino, Warren Spink (Ernie Tapai 75), Vlado Bozinoski, Luciano Fabrizio (Bill Lazopoulos 86)
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Caution: Crino
Goals: Bozinoski 4, 45, Dimoski 9, Spink 58

Thursday June 16 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 1,200
St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Mike O'Shea, Steve O'Connor, Mike Grbevski, Pedro Ricoy (Vlade Tortevski 79), Craig Moffitt, Andy Koczka, Alan Pottier, Zoran Ilic (Graeme Fletcher 46), Kevin Hagan
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Gibson 1, Pottier 32, Fletcher 85
3 - 2 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Joe Rizzotto, Gerry Gomez, Craig Mason, Tom McCulloch, Zlatko Nastevski (Geoff Gunning 79), David Lowe, Fred De Jong
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Mason 52
Goals: De Jong 44, McCulloch 75 pen
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Wednesday June 22 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 1,027
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Garry McDowall, Brian Brown, John Yzendoorn, Mike Petersen (Fabio Incantalupo 90+3), Vlatko Belic, Scott Patterson, Andrew Zinni, Charlie Egan, Joe Palatsides
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Egan 25, Palatsides 48 pen, Zinni 50, 85
4 - 2 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Andrew Marth, John Waddell, Shaun Parton, Chris Ketsakidis (Don MacLaren 71), Robert Markovac, Les Carter, Jeff Faulkner, John Campelj, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Markovac 70, Parton 81

Friday July 1 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Alan Kibbler
Attendance: 212
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Bob McSkimming, Alex Cummings, John Lowey, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, David Clarkson, John Ogden, Grant Lightbrown (Brett Druery 86), David Wheeler, Frank Cole
Coach: Frank Liddell
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Kurt Reynolds, Darren Stewart, Alex Bundalo, Peter Tredinnick, Lawrie McKinna, Rod Brown, Hilton Phillips, Terry Butler
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Brown 51
 
Round Nineteen

Saturday June 11 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Bernie Upjohn
Attendance: 3,000
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Vedran Rozic, Mark Jones, Graham Jennings, Ivan Petkovic, Shane Clinch, Craig Foster (Tony Krslovic 83), Graham Arnold, Manis Lamond, Robbie Slater
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Arnold 15
1 - 0 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Bob McSkimming, Alan Niven, Richard Bassingthwaite (Alex Cummings 85), Nic Meredith, Russell Stewart, John Lowey, Frank Mengotti, Grant Lightbrown, John Ogden, Brett Druery (David Clarkson 65)
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Nil

Sunday June 12 1988
Lambert Park, Leichhardt, Sydney
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 1,244
APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Darren Stewart, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna (Tony Parison 16), Kurt Reynolds, Alex Bundalo, Terr Butler, Hilton Phillips, Rod Brown (Brian Blake 75), Lawrie McKinna
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Phillips 49, Stewart 60
2 - 1 Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Brian Brown, Garry McDowall, Fabio Incantalupo, Vlatko Belic, Mike Petersen, Joe Palatsides, Scott Patterson (ANdrew Zinni 64), Charlie Egan (Willie Herd 72), Sean Lane
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Palatsides 80 pen
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Sunday June 12 1988
Elcho Park, Lara, Geelong
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 3,500
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Paul Donnelly (Theo Selemidis 29), Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Dale White, Branko Milosevic (Joe Caleta 69)
Coach: Ian Wallace
Caution: Hannah 65
Goals: White 14, 80, Lewis 68, Dunn 90
4 - 1 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Meta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Gareth Naven (Colin Miller 69)
Coach: Zoran Matic
Caution: Shillabeer
Goal: Melta 65 pen

Sunday June 12 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 6,300
Footscry JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Tom Karic, Drago Deankovic, Ken Murphy, Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovski (Ernie Tapai 67), Milan Dimoski, Oscar Crino, Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Luciano Fabrizio
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Caution: Bozinoski; Red Card: Bozinoski
Goal: Dimoski 80
1 - 2 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Ian Roodhouse (Goce Dimovski 53), Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski (Bill Piculovski 46), John Stewart, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, Steve Smith, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Andon Doncevski
Caution: Stewart
Goals: Stevenson 38, Smith 71

Sunday June 12 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 4,065
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Taylor, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Chris Ketsakidis, Robert Markovac, Don MacLaren, Les Carter, John Markovski, Gary Clark, Mark Lennon (John Campelj 68)
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Markovski 60
1 - 0 South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, David Healy, Steve Blair, Paul Fernandes, Ange Postecoglou, George Kalogeros (Manny Anezakis 77), Paul Wade, Steve Tasios, Peter Tsolakis (Harry Micheil 77), Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil

Monday June 13 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Roger Doneau
Attendance: 2,949
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Joe Rzzotto, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Ian Gray (Peter Katholos 46), Gerry Gomez, Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, Fred De Jong (Geoff Gunning 66), Tom McCulloch
Coach: Berti Mariani
Caution: Farina 27
Goal: Farina 18
1 - 1 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, Peter Kotamanidis (Marshall Soper 79), Mike Hollifield, Brian Cokely (Jeff Ainsworth 77), Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Pat Brodnik, Jock Morlando, Randell Easthorpe, Alan Brazil, Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Morlando 55

Monday June 13 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 3,237
Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robbie Hooker, Robert Ironside, Tony Spyridakos, Gary Phillips, Abbas Saad (David Barrett 77), Peter Raskopoulos, Tom Pontidas, Grant Lee, Terry Patalis (Jason Polak 57), John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Caution: Raskopoulos
Goal: Kosmina 88
1 - 2 St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Mike O'Shea, Steve O'Connor, Mike Grbevski, Pedro Ricoy, Craig Moffitt, Andy Koczka, Alan Pottier (Vlade Tortevski 78), Scott Ollerenshaw (Zoran Ilic 83), Kevin Hagan
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Ollerenshaw, Koczka
Goals: Hagan 26, Ricoy 53
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Round Twenty

Sunday June 19 1988
Olympic Village, Heidelberg West, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 1,118
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Vlatko Belic, Brian Brown, Garry McDowall, John Yzendoorn, Joe Palatsides, Mike Petersen, Charlie Egan, Scott Patterson (Fabio Incantalupo 76), Andrew Zinni
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Caution: Belic
Goals: Egan 47, 69, Zinni 63
3 - 0 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Bob McSkimming, Alan Niven, David Clarkson, John Lowey, Frank Mengotti, John Ogden, Nick Meredith, Grant Lightbrown, Russell Stewart, David Wheeler (Brett Druery 76)
Coach: Juan Cutillas
Cautions: Niven, Meredith, Lightbrown

Sunday June 19 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Barry Harwood
Attendance: 2,213
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Mike McLennan, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski (Bill Piculovski 87), George Slifkas, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson (Goce Dimovski 63), Steve Smith, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Andon Doncevski
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Dimovski 75, Smith 80
2 - 2 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Robert Wheatley, Joe Rizzotto, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Tom McCulloch, Gerry Gomez (Geoff Gunning 46), Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, Fred De Jong, David Lowe
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Nastevski 51, 89
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Sunday June 19 1988
Lambert Park, Leichhardt, Melbourne
Referee: Terry Seacy
Attendance: 1,579
APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Mark Brown, Kurt Reynolds, Charlie Yankos, John Paul De Marigny, Darren Stewart, Lawrie McKinna, Burim Zajmi, Terry Butler, Hilton Phillips (Tony Parison 63), Rod Brown
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
0 - 2 South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Manny Anezakis, Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, George Kalogeros, Paul Wade, Peter Tsolakis (Harry Micheil 81), Danny Wright, Paul Trimboli
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Wade 26, Wright 88

Sunday June 19 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 2,800
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Brian Northcote, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Colin Miller (Lemmy Vatsilas 82)
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Maxwell 23, 90, Miller 31
3 - 2 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Tom Karic, Drago Deankovic, Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovski, Luciano Fabrizio, Ken Murphy, Ernie Tapai, Oscar Crino, Vlado Bozinoski, Warren Spink
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Crino 39 pen, Spink 52

Sunday June 19 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 1,010
St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green (Vlade Tortevski 90+2), Mike Grbevski, Craig Moffitt, Steve O'Connor, Mike O'Shea, Alan Pottier (Graeme Fletcher 63), Kevin Hagan, Pedro Ricoy, Andy Koczka, Scott Ollerenshaw
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Pottier 32, Ollerenshaw 79 pen, 90+4 pen
3 - 1 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Taylor, John Campelj, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Les Carter (Andrew Marth 85), Don MacLaren (Jeff Faulkner 82), Chris Ketsakidis, Robert Markovac, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Caution: Marth
Goal: Campelj 23
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Sunday June 19 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Alan Kibbler
Attendance: 6,854
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Mark Jones, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Craig Foster, Ivan Petkovic (David Rezo 89), Graham Arnold, Manis Lamond (Tony Krslovic 84)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Arnold 7, Clinch 29
2 - 0 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson (Paul Jurcic 86), Robbie Dunn, Frank Valentic, Theo Selemidis, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Dale White, Branko Milosevic (Joe Caleta 73)
Coach: Ian Wallace
Caution: White

Sunday June 19 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Jim Reeves
Attendance: 2,230
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, Jock Morlando, Mike Hollifield, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Peter Kotamanidis, Brian Cokely, Jeff Ainsworth, Danny Crainie, Pat Brodnik, Randell Easthorpe (Rade Stefanovski 65)
Coach: John Fleming
Caution: Morlando
Goal: Brodnik 37
1 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robbie Hooker, Gary Phillips, Tony Spyridakos, Robert Ironside, Abbas Saad, Jason Polak, David Barrett, John Kosmina, Peter Raskopoulos, Grant Lee
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Caution: Kosmina; Red Card: Spyridakos 50
Goal: Polak 71
 
Round Twenty-One

Saturday June 25 1988
Olympic Village, Heidelberg West, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 1,536
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Vlatko Belic, Brian Brown, John Yzendoorn, Scott Patterson, Mike Petersen (Fabio Incantalupo 77), Charlie Egan, Sean Lane, Andrew Zinni, Joe Palatsides
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Egan 7, Palatsides 12
2 - 0 Sydney Croatia/B>
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Mark Jones, Alan Hunter, Graham Jennings, Ivan Petkovic, Craig Foster (David Rezo 76), Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Graham Arnold, Manis Lamond (Tony Krslovic 61)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil

Sunday June 26 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 2,004
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Drago Deankovic, Ken Murphy, Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovski, Ernie Tapai, Oscar Crino, Warren Spink, Milan Dimoski (Suleiman Curovic 80), Tom Karic
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson (Joe Caleta 31), Robbie Dunn, Frank Valentic, Mark Talajic, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Jozo Antolovic, Dale White, Branko Milosevic
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil

Sunday June 26 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 3,235
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Tom McCulloch, Ian Gray, Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, David Lowe (Gerry Gomez 69), Eddie Krncevic (Fred De Jong 75)
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Farina 13, De Jong 86
2 - 1 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Alex Tobin, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Brian Northcote (Aurelio Vidmar 46)
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Mullen 90

Sunday June 26 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 2,078
Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robbie Hooker, Mike Coady, Robert Ironside, Gary Phillips, David Barrett, Peter Raskopoulos, Jason Polak, Abbas Saad (Tom Pontidas 60), John Kosmina, Grant Lee
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Lee 40
1 - 0 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Mike McLennan, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, George Petrov, John Stewart, Ron Campbell, Steve Gojevic, Goce Dimovski, Steve Smith
Coach: Andon Doncevski
Cautions: Nil

Sunday June 26 1988
Lambert Park, Leichhardt, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 1,010
APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Darren Stewart, Charlie Yankos, Kurt Reynolds, Mark Brown, Alex Bundalo, Hilton Phillips, Peter Tredinnick (Brian Blake 46), Lawrie McKinna, Burim Zajmi (Tony Parison 59), Terry Butler
Coach: Rale Rasic
Caution: Brown; Red Card: Brown
0 - 1 St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green, Mike Grbevski, Steve O'Connor, Mike O'Shea, Craig Moffitt, Alan Pottier, Kevin Hagan, Andy Koczka, Pedro Ricoy, Scott Ollerenshaw
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Hagan 40
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Sunday June 26 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 845
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Bob McSkimming, Nick Meredith, John Lowey, Frank Mengotti, David Wheeler (Brett Druery 73), David Clarkson (Alex Cummings 70), John Ogden, Grant Lightbrown, Russell Stewart, Frank Cole
Coach: Frank Liddell
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Wheeler 35
1 - 3 South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Paul Fernandes, Ange Postecoglou, Manny Anezakis, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, George Kalogeros, David Healy, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright (Steve Tasios 79), Peter Tsolakis
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Trimboli 10, 11, Wright 28
Match Day Programme

Sunday June 26 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 1,432
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Mike Hollifield, Brian Cokely, Peter Kotamanidis (Marshall Soper 58), Jeff Ainsworth, Pat Brodnik, Randell Easthorpe, Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Easthorpe 21, Cokely 67, Crainie 80
3 - 1 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Don MacLaren (Chris Taylor 87), John Campelj (Chris Ketsakidis 69), Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Les Carter, Jeff Faulkner, Andrew Marth, Robert Markovac, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Markovac 40
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Round Twenty-Two

Sunday July 3 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 618
St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green (Vlade Tortevski 10), Mike O'Shea, Steve O'Connor, Mike Grbevski (Graeme Fletcher 60), Pedro Ricoy, Craig Moffitt, Andy Koczka, Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw, Kevin Hagan
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Hagan 40, Ollerenshaw 67, 69 pen
3 - 2 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alex Cummings, John Lowey, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, David Clarkson, David Wheeler (Brendan Eastwell 80), Grant Lightbrown, John Ogden, Frank Cole, Brett Druery
Coach: Frank Liddell
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Druery 30, Mengotti 82
Match Day Programme

Sunday July 3 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 1,731
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Brian Cokely, Jeff Ainsworth, Pat Brodnik, Randell Easthorpe, Peter Kotamanidis (Marshall Soper 73), Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Caution: Brodnik
0 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Kurt Reynolds, Darren Stewart, Alex Bundalo, Hilton Phillips, Peter Tredinnick (Tony Parison 70), Lawrie McKinna, Burim Zajmi, Terry Butler (Mark Brown 55)
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil

Sunday July 3 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 3,570
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar
Coach: Zoran Matic
Caution: Santrac
Goal: Mullen 56
1 - 0 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, Robbie Hooker, Gary Phillips, Robert Ironside, Mike Coady, Tom Pontidas (Terry Patalis 73), Abbas Saad, Peter Raskopoulos, John Kosmina, Jason Polak, Grant Lee
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Pontidas, Ironside

Sunday July 3 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 3,000
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, John Stewart, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson (Goce Dimovski 57), Steve Smith, Steve Gojevic (Veselin Soklevski 78)
Coach: Andon Doncevski
Cautions: Opasinis, Jackson, Stevenson, Gojevic
Goal: Petrov 6
1 - 4 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Ketsakidis, John Campelj (Mark Lennon 81), Shaun Parton (Chris Taylor 64), John Waddell, Les Carter, Jeff Faulkner, Andrew Marth, Robert Markovac, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Parton, Carter, Clark
Goals: Marth 46, Markovac 51, Markovski 52, 73
Match Day Programme

Sunday July 3 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 1,900
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Joe Caleta, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Theo Selemidis, Dale White, Branko Milosevic (Anthony Grbac 71)
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
0 - 2 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Joe Rizzotto, Robert Wheatley, Steve Calderan, Ian Gray, Tom McCulloch, Zlatko Nastevski (Peter Katholos 87), Frank Farina, Fred De Jong (David Lowe 63), Matteo Colucci
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Nastevski 31, Farina 90

Sunday July 3 1988
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Reeves
Attendance: 5,487
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Manny Anezakis, Steve Blair, Paul Fernandes, Ange Postecoglou, George Kalogeros, Paul Wade, Steve Tasios, Peter Tsolakis, Danny Wright, Paul Trimboli
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Brian Brown, Garry McDowall, John Yzendoorn, Mike Petersen (Sean Lane 26), Vlatko Belic, Scott Patterson, Andrew Zinni, Joe Palatsides, Charlie Egan
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil
Match Day Programme

Sunday July 3 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 5,623
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Mark Jones, Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic (Craig Foster 85), Manis Lamond
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lamond 21, Clinch 66
2 - 0 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Drago Deankovic, Ken Murphy, Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovski, Ernie Tapai, Oscar Crino, Warren Spink, Milan Dimovski (Tom Karic 78), Luciano Fabrizio (Suleiman Curovic 64)
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
 
Round Twenty Three

Sunday July 10 1988
Lambert Park, Leichhardt, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 589
APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Kurt Reynolds, Arno Bertogna, Darren Stewart, Peter Tredinnick (Alex Bundalo 69), Hilton Phillips, Burim Zajmi (Mark Brown 82), Rod Brown, Lawrie McKinna, Terry Butler
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Reynolds, McKinna, Stewart; Red Card: Stewart
Goal: Phillips 34
1 - 1 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Ian Roodhouse, George Jolevski, Steve Jackson, Zoran Tasevski, John Stewart, George Petrov, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson (Goce Dimovski 82), Steve Smith, Bill Piculovski
Coach: Andon Doncevski
Cautions: Petrov, Smith
Goal: Petrov 44
Match Day Programme

Saturday July 16 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 320
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Alex Cummings, Frank Mengotti, John Lowey, Alan Niven, David Clarkson, Russell Stewart, John Ogden, Nick Meredith (Bob McSkimming 72), Brett Druery, Frank Cole
Coach: Frank Liddell
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Cummings 49
Goals: Cole 34, Lowey 81
2 - 3 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, Jock Morlando, David Ratcliffe, Ray Vlietstra, Mike Hollifield, David Skeen, Jeff Ainsworth (Brian Cokely 50), Peter Kotamanidis, Danny Crainie, Randell Easthorpe, Marshall Soper (Pat Brodnik) Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Soper 44, Ainsworth 61, Easthorpe 87

Saturday July 16 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Jack Howlin
Attendance: 1,500
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Ketsakidis, John Campelj (Chris Taylor 79), Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Les Carter, Jeff Faulkner, Andrew Marth, Robert Markovac, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Caution: Campelj
Goal: Campelj 53
1 - 2 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Brian Northcote, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Flounders, Vidmar
Goals: Melta 43 pen, 70

Wednesday July 20 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Alan Kibbler
Attendance: 1,002
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter (Tony Henderson 70), Joe Rizzotto (David Lowe 76), Robert Wheatley, Steve Calderan, Ian Gray, Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, Tom McCulloch, Fred De Jong, Matteo Colucci
Coach: Berti Mariani
Caution: Nastevski
0 - 1 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Drago Deankovic, Ken Murphy, Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovski, Ernie Tapai, Vlado Bozinoski, Warren Spink, Milan Dimoski, Tom Karic
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Caution: Deankovic
Goal: Spink 74

Wednesday July 20 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 1,200
Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, David Barrett, Mike Coady, Robbie Hooker, Gary Phillips, Grant Lee, Robert Ironside, Peter Raskopoulos, Jason Polak, Terry Patalis, John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Caution: Raskopoulos
Goals: Patalis 35, Lee 70, 83
3 - 1 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Alan Scott, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Graham Heys, Josip Biskic, Theo Selemidis, Alan Davidson, Branko Milosevic (Joe Caleta 82), Paul Lewis, Dale White
Coach: Ian Wallace
Caution: Heys
Goal: Lewis 51

Wednesday July 20 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 1,078
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Vlatko Belic, Fabio Incantalupo, Garry McDowall, John Yzendoorn, Joe Palatsides, Sean Lane, Charlie Egan, Scott Patterson, Andrew Zinni (Frank McGrellis 78)
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Incantalupo, Lane, Egan
Goals: Belic 51, Durakovic 90+1
2 - 1 St. George
Mike Gibson, Graeme Fletcher (Zoran Ilic 81), Mike Grbevski, Craig Moffitt, Steve O'Connor, Mike O'Shea, Vlade Tortevski (Steve Dimoudis 84), Alan Pottier, Andy Koczka, Pedro Ricoy, Scott Ollerenshaw
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Grbevski, O'Connor
Goal: Koczka 60

Wednesday July 27 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 2,975
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Manny Anezakis, Ange Postecoglou, Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, David Healy, Steve Tasios, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright, George Kalogeros (Harry Micheil 62)
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Trimboli 10
1 - 0 Sydney Croatia
Greg Woodhouse, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Craig Foster, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Mark Jones, Graham Arnold, David Rezo, Tony Krslovic (Sean Ingham 59)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Foster, Slater
 
Round Twenty Four

Sunday July 24 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Alan Kibbler
Attendance: 1,207
St. George
Mike Gibson, David Green (Bill Kotevski 71), Mike O'Shea, Mike Grbevski, Pedro Ricoy, Craig Moffitt, Vlade Tortevski, Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw, Kevin Hagan (Zoran Ilic 67), Graeme Fletcher
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Fletcher 13
1 - 1 South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Manny Anezakis, Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair, Harry Micheil, George Kalogeros (Kimon Taliadoros 79), Paul Wade, Steve Tasios, Paul Foster (David Healy 61), Danny Wright, Paul Trimboli
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Blair 8
Match Day Programme

Sunday July 24 1988
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 1,716
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, Pat Brodnik, David Ratcliffe, Jock Morlando, Mike Hollifield, Jeff Ainsworth, Peter Kotamanidis, David Skeen, Danny Crainie (Jeff Allport 82), Randell Easthorpe, Marshall Soper (Rade Stefanovski 46)
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Soper 6, Kotamanidis 54, Easthorpe 77
3 - 2 Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Vlatko Belic, Brian Brown, Garry McDowall, John Yzendoorn, Joe Palatsides, Sean Lane, Charlie Egan, Scott Patterson, Andrew Zinni (Frank McGrellis 46) Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Egan 51, Palatsides 82

Sunday July 24 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 2,689
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Brian Northcote, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani (Lemmy Vatsilas 46), Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar
Coach: Zoran Matic
Caution: Santrac
0 - 1 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Mark Brown, Alex Bundalo, Hilton Phillips, Burim Zajmi, Rod Brown, Lawrie McKinna, Terry Butler (Peter Tredinnick 39)
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Bertogna, De Marigny
Goal: Brown 59

Sunday July 24 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 850
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, George Jolevski, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Jackson, Bill Piculovski, Zoran Tasevski (Michael Branov 86), George Slifkas, Ron Campbell, Stuart Stevenson, John Stewart, Steve Gojevic
Coach: Andon Doncevski
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Tasevski 17, Campbell 54, 90+3
3 - 0 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Bob McSkimming, David Clarkson (Brendan Eastwell 67), John Lowey, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, Nick Meredith, John Ogden, Brett Druery, Russell Stewart, Frank Cole (Grant Lightbrown 67)
Coach: Alan Niven
Cautions: Nil
Match Day Programme

Sunday July 24 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 1,200
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Luciano Fabrizio (Suleiman Curovic 57), Ken Murphy, Gary Van Egmond, Vasco Mitrovski, Ernie Tapai (Bill Lazopoulos 70), Milan Dimoski, Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Tom Karic
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Caution: Mitrovski
0 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, David Barrett, Robbie Hooker, Mike Coady, Gary Phillips, Jason Polak, Grant Lee, Robert Ironside, John Kosmina, Terry Patalis, George Haniotis
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Caution: Hooker
Goal: Haniotis 25

Sunday July 24 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 8,015
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Mark Jones, Manis Lamond (David Rezo 46), Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic (Tony Krslovic 26)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Jones, Slater
Goals: Hunter 25 pen, Slater 53, Henderson 60 Own Goal
3 - 2 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Robert Wheatley, Paul Carter, Tony Henderson (Gerry Gomez 70), Steve Calderan, Ian Gray, Craig Mason, Tom McCulloch, Frank Farina, Fred De Jong, Matteo Colucci (Vince Colagiuri 73)
Coach: Berti Mariani
Caution: De Jong
Goals: Gray 57, Farina 80 pen

Wednesday August 3 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 1,011
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Frank Valentic, George Hannah (Joe Osrecek 87), Robbie Dunn, Paul Jurcic, Paul Donnelly, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott, Anthony Grbac (Mark Talajic 73), Joe Caleta
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lewis 8, Caleta 64
2 - 1 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Ketsakidis, Chris Taylor (Lorenz Kindtner 68), Shaun Parton, John Waddell (George Alevizos 68), Jeff Faulkner, Mark Lennon, Andrew Marth, Robert Markovac, Don MacLaren, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Clark 75
 
Round Twenty Five

Sunday July 31 1988
Olympic Village, West Heidelberg, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 6,143
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Garry McDowall, Brian Brown, John Yzendoorn, Scott Patterson (Vlatko Belic 74), Mike Petersen, Fabio Incantalupo (Andrew Zinni 46), Sean Lane, Charlie Egan, Joe Palatsides
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Caution: Egan; Red Card: Petersen 36
0 - 4 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Ian Roodhouse, Bill Piculovski, Steve Jackson, George Jolevski, Ron Campbell, Zoran Tasevski, George Petrov (Steve Gojevic 79), John Stewart, Steve Smith, Stuart Stevenson (Con Opasinis 89)
Coach: Andon Doncevski
Caution: Jackson; Red Card: Jackon 69
Goals: Stewart 29, Tasevski 45, Smith 6, Stevenson 87

Sunday July 31 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 3,999
Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, David Barrett, Gary Phillips, Mike Coady (Tony Spyridakos 46), Robbie Hooker, George Haniotis, Jason Polak, Grant Lee, John Kosmina, Robert Ironside, Terry Patalis
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
0 - 0 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Tom McCulloch, Steve Calderan, Craig Mason, Vince Colagiuri (Geoff Gunning 78), Gerry Gomez, Frank Farina, Fred De Jong, Matteo Colucci Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil

Sunday July 31 1988
Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 1,830
Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Ketsakidis, John Campelj, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Les Carter (Mark Lennon 75), Jeff Faulkner, Andrew Marth, Robert Markovac, John Markovski, Gary Clark
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Carter, Waddell; Red Card: Campelj 62
Goal: Markovski 90+3
1 - 0 Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Luciano Fabrizio, Ken Murphy, Gary Van Egmond, Osman Tubic, Ernie Tapai, Milan Dimoski, Warren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Tom Karic
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Van Egmond, Tapai; Red Card: Barjaktarevic

Sunday July 31 1988
Lambert Park, Leichhardt, Sydney
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 947
APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Mark Brown, Alex Bundalo (Joe Watson 64), Hilton Phillips, Burim Zajmi, Rod Brown, Lawrie McKinna, Peter Tredinnick
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: De Marigny, Bundalo, Phillips
Goals: R.Brown 18, De Marigny 85, Phillips 90+3
3 - 1 Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Graham Heys, Alan Davidson, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Paul Donnelly, Alan Scott, Josip Biskic, Anthony Grbac, Dale White (Paul Lewis 62), Joe Caleta
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: White, Grbac, Biskic, Dunn; Red Card: Davidson
Goal: Dunn 71

Sunday July 31 1988
Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 404
Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Bob McSkimming (David Lonsdale 78), John Lowey, David Clarkson, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, Nick Meredith, John Ogden, Grant Lightbrown, Russell Stewart, Frank Cole (Brett Druery 78)
Coach: Alan Niven
Cautions: McSkimming, Lightbrown; Red Card: Stewart 51
Goal: Stewart 29
1 - 3 Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Brian Northcote, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar
Coach: Zoran Matic
Caution: Santrac
Goals: Melta 48 pen, 89, Maxwell 61
Match Day Programme

Sunday July 31 1988
Middle Park Soccer Centre, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 4,830
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Manny Anezakis, Ange Postecoglou, Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, David Healy (Harry Micheil 77), Steve Tasios, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright (Paul Foster 64), George Kalogeros
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Tasios 67, Wade 70
2 - 1 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Jock Morlando, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Marshall Soper, Jeff Ainsworth, Randell Easthorpe, Pat Bordnik, Dany Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Ainsworth 45
Match Day Programme

Sunday July 31 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 5,937
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, David Rezo (Craig Foster 49), Mark Jones, Graham Arnold, Tony Krslovic (Sean Ingham 46), Manis Lamond
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Arnold 82
1 - 1 St. George
Mike Gibson, Jim Morakeas, Mike Grbevski, Craig Moffitt, Zoran Ilic, Mike O'Shea, Alan Pottier, Kevin Hagan, Graeme Fletcher, Pedro Ricoy, Scott Ollerenshaw
Coach: Frank Arok
Caution: Ricoy
Goal: Ilic 72
Match Day Programme
 
Round Twenty Six

Sunday August 7 1988
B.T.Connor Reserve, Reservoir, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 3,500
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Ian Roodhouse, Zoran Tasevski, Bill Piculovski, George Jolevski, Ron Campbell, John Stewart, George Petrov, Steve Gojevic (Lou Bekiaris 77), Steve Smith, Stuart Stevenson
Coach: Andon Doncevski
Caution: Tasevski
0 - 0 St. George
Mike Gibson, Pedro Ricoy, Mike O'Shea, Andy Koczka, Steve O'Connor, Mike Grbevski, Craig Moffitt, Alan Pottier, Scott Ollerenshaw, Kevin Hagan, Graeme Fletcher (Jim Morakeas 74)
Coach: Frank Arok
Caution: Grbevski

Sunday August 7 1988
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 2,372
Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, David Barrett (Abbas Saad 65), George Haniotis, Robbie Hooker, Tony Spyridakos, Gary Phillips, Grant Lee, Robert Ironside, Jason Polak, Terry Patalis, John Kosmina (Peter Raskopoulos 71)
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Polak 81
1 - 1 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Chris Taylor, Aki Kotzamichalis, George Alevizos, Chris Ketsakidis, Andrew Marth, Jeff Faulkner, John Waddell, Gary Clark, Robert Markovac (Gary Hasler 65), Mark Lennon Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Markovac 58

Sunday August 7 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 7,236/TH>
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Steve Calderan, Tony Henderson, Robert Wheatley, Gerry Gomez, Ian Gray, Peter Katholos (Vince Colagiuri 83), Matteo Colucci (Geoff Gunning 77), Zlatko Nastevski, David Lowe
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Wheatley 27, Nastevski 31, Lowe 76
3 - 1 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, John Paul De Marigny, Charlie Yankos, Arno Bertogna, Peter Tredinnick, Mark Brown, Darren Stewart, Burim Zajmi, Rod Brown, Lawrie McKinna, Terry Butler (Joe Watson 65)
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Stewart 72
Match Day Programme

Sunday August 7 1988
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 1,216
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Osman Tubic, Drago Deankovic, Ken Murphy (Danny Jakovljevic 63), Luciano Fabrizio (Bill Lazopoulos 58), Vasco Mitrovski, Milan Dimoski, Oscar Crino, Waaren Spink, Vlado Bozinoski, Tom Karic
Coach: Mirsad Fazlagic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Murphy 18, Bozinoski 62
2 - 0 Brisbane Lions
Jason Kearton, Bob McSkimming, John Lowey, David Clarkson, Frank Mengotti, Alan Niven, Nick Meredith, John Ogden, Grant Lightbrown (Brendan Eastwell 83), Brett Druery, Frank Cole
Coach: Alan Niven
Cautions: Nil

Sunday August 7 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Reeves
Attendance: 600
Melbourne Croatia
Jeff Olver, Frank Valentic, Paul Jurcic, Robbie Dunn, George Hannah, Paul Donnelly, Paul Lewis, Josip Biskic, Alan Scott (Mark Talajic 71), Alan Davidson, Joe Caleta
Coach: Ian Wallace
Cautions: Nil
0 - 2 Brunswick Juventus
Peter Laumets, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Marley (Paul Della Rocca 86), Brian Brown, Garry McDowall, John Yzendoorn, Joe Palatsides, Fabio Incantalupo, Frank McGrellis, Scott Patterson, Sean Lane (Pat Giaccherini 88)
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Patterson 64, Lane 83

Sunday August 7 1988
Olympic Sports Field, Kensington, Adelaide
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 4,265
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: Flounders, Mullen Goal: Santrac 30
1 - 0 South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Manny Anezakis, Ange Postecoglou, Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, David Healy, Steve Tasios (Harry Micheil 89), Paul Trimboli, Danny Wight, George Kalogeros (Paul Foster 66)
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil

Sunday August 7 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 6,702
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor (David Rezo 25), Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Mark Jones, Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic, Manis Lamond (Sean Ingham 70)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Caution: Arnold Goal: Jones 90+2
1 - 1 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Jock Morlando, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Peter Kotamanidis, Jeff Ainsworth, Randell Easthorpe, Pat Brodnik, Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Caution: Hollifield
Goal: Ratcliffe 79
 
Preliminary Semi-Final (2nd v 3rd)

Tuesday August 16 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 4,561
After Extra Time
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, David Rezo (Craig Foster 98), Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Mark Jones, Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic (Manis Lamond 69), Sean Ingham
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Ingham 72, Jones 97
2 - 1 South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Manny Anezakis, Ange Postecoglou, Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, David Healy, Steve Tasios, Paul Trimboli (Paul Foster 83), Danny Wright, George Kalogeros (Harry Micheil 74)
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Postecoglou 30 pen
Match Day Programme
 
Elimination Semi-Final (4th v 5th)

Wednesday August 17 1988
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: John Fraser
Attendance: 6,200
After Extra Time
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Robert Wheatley (Peter Katholos 46), Gerry Gomez, Ian Gray, Matteo Colucci (Vince Colagiuri 74), Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, David Lowe
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Katholos 82, Nastevski 104, 111
3 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, David Barrett (Abbas Saad 32), George Haniotis, Tony Spyridakos, Robbie Hooker, Gary Phillips, Grant Lee, Robert Ironside, Jason Polak, Terry Patalis (Peter Raskopoulos 80), John Kosmina
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Patalis 18
Match Day Programme
 
Minor Semi-Final

Sunday August 21 1988
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 5,232
After Extra Time
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, Manny Anezakis (George Kalogeros 99), Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Paul Wade, Steve Tasios (Kimon Taliadoros 86), Paul Foster, Paul Trimboli, Danny Wright
Coach: Brian Garvey
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Wright 67
1 - 2 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Steve Calderan, Tony Henderson, Zlatko Nastevski, Tom McCulloch (Robert Wheatley 46), Ian Gray, Frank Farina, David Lowe (Vince Colagiuri 89), Peter Katholos, Matteo Colucci
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Gray 79, Colagiuri 95
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Major Semi-Final

Sunday August 21 1988
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 7,106
Sydney Croatia won 4-3 on penalties
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Pat Brodnik, Rade Stefanovski (Jason Higgs 112), Jeff Ainsworth, Brian Cokely (Mineo Bonetig 46), Danny Crainie, Marshall Soper, Peter Kotamanidis
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
0 (3) - 0 (4) Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Craig Foster (Manis Lamond 54), Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Graham Jennings, Ivan Petkovic (Andrew Brockbank 107), Mark Jones, Shane Clinch, Sean Ingham, Graham Arnold, Robbie Slater
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil
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Preliminary Final

Sunday August 28 1988
Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 3,592
Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Skeen, Mike Hollifield, Mineo Bonetig, Ray Vlietstra, David Ratcliffe, Marshall Soper, Jeff Ainsworth, Pat Brodnik, Peter Kotamanidis, Danny Crainie
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Nil
0 - 2 Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Matteo Colucci, Tony Henderson, Steve Caldera, Ian Gray, Gerry Gomez (Tom McCulloch 79), Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, Peter Katholos, David Lowe
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Lowe 55, Farina 57
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Grand Final

Sunday September 3 1988
Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 17,064
Marconi won 5-4 on penalties
Sydney Croatia
Tony Franken, Wally Savor (Craig Foster 91), Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Robbie Slater, Mark Jones, Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic, Manis Lamond (Sean Ingham 115)
Coach: Vedran Rozic
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Petkovic 63
Goals: Hunter 57, Lamond 108
2 (4) - 2 (5) Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Matteo Colucci (Robert Wheatley 15), Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Ian Gray, Gerry Gomez, Zlatko Nastevski, Frank Farina, Peter Katholos, David Lowe (Fred De Jong 105)
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Gomez 65

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