2001 National Soccer League results
2001/2002 Season Round 12 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (21/12/2001) Bob Jane Stadium
Referee : A Nardi, Crowd : 3826
South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis (Sebastian Petrovic 71), Fausto De Amicis, Mehmet Durakovic, Robert Liparoti, Steve Panopoulos (Stephen Pace 89), Peter Buljan, Joe Bacak (Vince Lia 84), Radomir Sekulovski, Nick Tolios, Massimo Murdocca
Goal : Buljan 9
1 - 3 Wollongong Wolves
Dean Anastasiadis, Alvin Ceccoli, David Cervinski, Alex Castro, Paul Reid, Naum Sekulovski, Con Anthopoulos, David Huxley, Ben Blake, Dino Mennillo, Greg Sharland (Stuart Young 80)
Goals : Castro 56, Mennillo 80, Reid 90

Played (21/12/2001) North Sydney Oval
Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 3077
Northern Spirit
Lupce Acevski, Julian Watts, Simon Bell, Noel Spencer (Michael Cartwright 68), Robert Trajkovski (Aaron Burgess 68), Scott Thomas, Andy McDermott, Craig Foster, Adrian Cervinski, Robert Enes (John Hutchinson 59), Ryan Griffiths
Goals : Cervinski 25, McDermott 37, Burgess 85
3 - 5 Melbourne Knights
Martin John, Joey Rajher (Andrew Marth 90), Rodrigo Vargas, Sasa Ognenovski, Steve Horvat, Daniel Vasilevski, Joel Porter, Ivan Jolic, Andy Vargas, Joe Tricarico (Xhezair Sulemani 11), Ivo De Jesus
Goals : Porter 14, 32, 38, A Vargas 60, DeJesus 82pk

Played (21/12/2001) Energy Australia Stadium
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 9136
Newcastle United
Daniel Beltrame, Andrew Roberts, Chris Zoricich, Matthew Bingley, Travis Dodd (Mitchell Johnson 87), Mark Wilson, Joel Griffiths, Peter Tsekenis, Scott Baillie, Esala Masi (Daniel McBreen 83), Robbie Middleby
Goals : Griffiths 59, McBreen 86
2 - 0 Sydney United
Vilson Knezevic, Vince Savoca, Nahuel Arrarte, Michael Cunico, Kresimir Marusic (Ante Deur 35), Ante Milicic, Zeljko Kopic (Commins Menapi 66), Goran Talevski (Aytec Genc 81), Paul Bilokapic, Marcus Stergiopoulos, Ivan Zelic

Played (21/12/2001) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : P Green, Crowd : 2607
Adelaide Force
Adrian Cagalj, Iain Fyfe, Ante Kovacevic, Louis Brain (Lucas Pantelis 64), Carl Veart, Aurelio Vidmar, Alex Moreira, Scott Tunbridge, Kristian Rees, Aaron Goulding (Adriano Pellegrino 83), Mario Karlovic (Nick Budin 83)
Goals : Brain 16, Tunbridge 19, 53
3 - 0 Football Kingz
Michael Theoklitos, Levent Osman, George Goutzioulis, Gerard Davis (Lance Eason 69), Paul Urlovic, Andrew Vlahos, Mark Burton, Hiroshi Miyazawa, Riki van Steeden (John Markovski 46), Chris Wylie (Campbell Banks 62), Chris Jackson

Played (22/12/2001) Toyota Park
Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 5831
Olympic Sharks
Clint Bolton, Paul Kohler, Lindsay Wilson, Tom Pondeljak, Troy Halpin, Jade North, Jeromy Harris (Elias Demourtzidis 79), Nick Carle (Zenon Caravella 95), Andrew Packer, Andrew Durante (Glenn Moore 89), Ante Juric
Goals : Pondeljak 5, Deans 26og, Carle 89
3 - 1 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Matthew Horsley, Jamie Harnwell (David Tarka 92), Craig Deans (sent off 54), Scott Miller, Slobodan Despotovski, Michael Garcia (Alistair Edwards 75), Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Damian Mori, Gary Faria (Brad Maloney 62), Shane Pryce
Goal : Despotovski 15

Played (22/12/2001) Ballymore
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 3391
Brisbane Strikers
Jason Kearton, Richie Alagich, Shane Stefanutto, Jon McKain (sent off 68), Stuart McLaren, Peter Grierson, Fernando Rech, Paul Foster (Michael Baird 68), Kris Trajanovski, John Carbone (Daniel Dreger 80), Ronnie McQuilter (Wayne Heath 46)
Goals : Rech 28, 32
2 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
Michael Turnbull, Mark Babic, Angelo Costanzo, Dominic Longo, Brendan Renaud, Grant Last (Michael Beauchamp 68), Kevo Gulessarian (Alex Brosque 25), John Maisano, Norman Tome, Steven Bozinovski, Shane Webb (Christian Care 68)
Match report by David Marshall