2001 National Soccer League results
2001/2002 Season Round 01 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (5/10/2001) Ballymore
Referee : C Zetter, Crowd : 3516
Brisbane Strikers
Jason Kearton, Richie Alagich, Shane Stefanutto, Jon McKain (Adam Webber 81), Stuart McLaren, Peter Grierson, Fernando Rech, Paul Foster, Kris Trajanovski, John Carbone (Lawrence Drake 66), Daniel Dreger
Goals : Rech 22, Foster 82
2 - 1 Football Kingz
Michael Theoklitos, Jonathon Perry (Heremaia Ngata 85), Mark Atkinson, Vinko Buljubasic (Levent Osman 85), George Goutzioulis, Wynton Rufer (John Markovski 46), Gerard Davis, Paul Urlovic, Andrew Vlahos, Mark Burton, Sean Douglas
Goal : Urlovic 56
Match report by David Marshall

Played (5/10/2001) Marathon Stadium
Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 10053
Newcastle United
Daniel Beltrame, Andrew Roberts, Chris Zoricich, Matthew Bingley, Travis Dodd, Mark Wilson, Joel Griffiths, Daniel McBreen (Esala Masi 37), Scott Baillie, Milan Blagojevic, Robbie Middleby
Goal : Masi 51
1 - 0 Melbourne Knights
Martin John, Rodrigo Vargas, Sasa Ognenovski, Steve Horvat, Daniel Vasilevski, Joel Porter, Antonio Da Costa, Ivan Jolic, Daniel Rocco (Zoltan Zold 75), Andy Vargas, Joe Tricarico (Boris Ovcin 62)
Match report by Allan Quartly

Played (5/10/2001) WIN Stadium
Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 5237
Wollongong Wolves
Dean Anastasiadis, George Souris, Alvin Ceccoli, David Cervinski, Alex Castro (Naum Sekulovski 46), Paul Reid, Stuart Young, Liam Austin (Max Nicholson 74), Buddy Farah (Zeljko Babic 88), David Huxley, Ben Blake
0 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
Michael Turnbull, Michael Beauchamp, Angelo Costanzo, Dominic Longo, Christian Care, Brendan Renaud, Kevo Gulessarian (Royce Brownlie 70), John Maisano (Saso Radulovic 76), Norman Tome (Grant Last 88), Shane Webb, James Afkos

Played (6/10/2001) Toyota Park
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 9612
Olympic Sharks
Clint Bolton, Paul Kohler, Lindsay Wilson, Tom Pondeljak, Dylan Macallister (Elias Demourtzidis 91), Troy Halpin, Jade North (Greg Owens 72), Jeromy Harris, Nick Carle, Andrew Packer, Andrew Durante (Sebastian Sinozic 85)
Goal : Macallister 66
1 - 0 Sydney United
Brett Hughes, Michael Santalab, Nahuel Arrarte, Michael Cunico, Kresimir Marusic, Ante Moric (Jon Angelucci 72), Ante Milicic, Ante Deur (Brendan Santalab 72), Aytec Genc (Commins Menapi 91), Paul Bilokapic, Marcus Stergiopoulos

Played (6/10/2001) Parramatta Stadium
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 5012
Parramatta Power
Les Pogliacomi, David Barrett (sent off 40), Nick Orlic, Alex Tobin, Wayne O'Sullivan, Lubomir Lapsansky, Damien Brown (Steven Fitzsimmons 67), John Buonavoglia, Ahmad Elrich (Brett Holman 85), Luke Roodenburg (Matthew Thompson 46), Peter Bennett
Goal : Orlic 4
1 - 3 Northern Spirit
Lupce Acevski, Julian Watts, Robert Trajkovski, Andy McDermott, Craig Foster, Adrian Cervinski (Tony Perinich 87), Pablo Cardozo, Troy Cranney (sent off 75), John Hutchinson, Michael Cartwright, Robert Enes
Goals : Cardozo 8, Hutchinson 44, Watts 49
Match report by Paul Goodwin

Played (7/10/2001) Bob Jane Stadium
Referee : P Mur, Crowd : 7632
South Melbourne
Chris Jones, Steve Iosifidis (Radomir Sekulovski 73), Fausto De Amicis, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Panopoulos, Vaughan Coveny, Paul Trimboli, Peter Buljan, Joe Bacak (Steve Manceski 83), Clayton Bell, Patrick Kisnorbo
Goal : Manceski 93
1 - 3 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Matthew Horsley, Craig Deans, Scott Miller, Brad Maloney, Slobodan Despotovski (Todd Harnwell 90), Dion Valle (Michael Garcia 83), Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Damian Mori, Gary Faria (Alistair Edwards 89), Shane Pryce
Goals : Despotovski 21pk, 44, Mori 76
Match report by Alan Clark