2002 National Soccer League results
2001/2002 Season Round 18 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (8/02/2002) North Harbour Stadium
Referee : N Fox, Crowd : 3199
Football Kingz
Michael Theoklitos, Jonathon Perry, George Goutzioulis, Andrew Vlahos, Heremaia Ngata, Jeffrey Campbell (Mark Burton 63), John Markovski, Robbie Hooker, Campbell Banks (Vinko Buljubasic 88), Chris Jackson, Sean Douglas (Chris Wylie 82)
0 - 0 Wollongong Wolves
Dean Anastasiadis, Alvin Ceccoli, Robert Stanton, Alex Castro, Stuart Young, Naum Sekulovski, Con Anthopoulos, David Huxley, Ben Blake, Dino Mennillo (Dustin Wells 88), Greg Sharland (Zeljko Babic 56)

Played (8/02/2002) Energy Australia Stadium
Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 7206
Newcastle United
Daniel Beltrame, Andrew Roberts, Chris Zoricich, Matthew Bingley, Joel Griffiths, Peter Tsekenis, Scott Baillie, Milan Blagojevic, Joseph Schirripa (Travis Dodd 66), Esala Masi (Daniel McBreen 58), Robbie Middleby
Goals : Baillie 26, Middleby 91
2 - 1 Adelaide Force
Daniel Godley, Matthew Kemp, Iain Fyfe, Ante Kovacevic, Lucas Pantelis (Mislav Saric 87), Carl Veart, Aurelio Vidmar, Alex Moreira, Scott Tunbridge, Kristian Rees, Aaron Goulding (Ivan Karlovic 77)
Goal : Moreira 7

Played (8/02/2002) North Sydney Oval
Referee : P Mur, Crowd : 2808
Northern Spirit
Paul Henderson, Julian Watts, Simon Bell, Noel Spencer, Robert Trajkovski, Scott Thomas, Craig Foster (Robert Enes 71), Adrian Cervinski, Pablo Cardozo, John Hutchinson (Marcus Stergiopoulos 76), Michael Cartwright
Goals : Thomas 2, Cervinski 75
2 - 2 Brisbane Strikers
Jason Kearton, Richie Alagich, Shane Stefanutto, Stuart McLaren, Peter Grierson, Fernando Rech, Paul Foster (Lawrence Drake 60), Kris Trajanovski (Michael Baird 75), John Carbone, Wayne Heath (Jon McKain 46), Matthew McKay
Goals : Grierson 44, Baird 83

Played (9/02/2002) Parramatta Stadium
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 5844
Parramatta Power
Les Pogliacomi, David Barrett, Nick Orlic, Alex Tobin, Wayne O'Sullivan, Zlatko Arambasic (Brett Holman 78), Damien Brown, John Buonavoglia, Ahmad Elrich, Steve Eagleton, Peter Bennett
Goal : Barrett 45
1 - 0 Olympic Sharks
Clint Bolton, Stephen Laybutt, Paul Kohler, Wayne Srhoj, Tom Pondeljak, Troy Halpin, Jade North, Jeromy Harris (Dylan Macallister 70), Ante Milicic (Hiroyuki Ishida 73), Andrew Packer, Andrew Durante
Match report by Chris Dunkerley

Played (10/02/2002) Sydney United Sports Centre
Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 3579
Sydney United
Vilson Knezevic, Vince Savoca, Elvis Olic, Nahuel Arrarte, Ante Deur, Aytec Genc, Commins Menapi, Paul Bilokapic, Daniel Watkins (Christian Cevenini 56), Sebastian Sinozic, Ivan Zelic (Zeljko Kopic 73)
Goal : Menapi 63
1 - 2 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Matthew Horsley, Jamie Harnwell, Craig Deans (David Tarka 67), Scott Miller, Brad Maloney, Slobodan Despotovski (Alistair Edwards 60), Bradley Hassell (Nick Mrdja 60), Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Damian Mori, Shane Pryce
Goals : Mori 71, Mrdja 76

Played (10/02/2002) Knights Stadium
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 6678
Melbourne Knights
Martin John, Rodrigo Vargas, Sasa Ognenovski, Steve Horvat, Andrew Marth, Daniel Vasilevski (Boris Ovcin 38 (Daniel Debevc 46)), Kresimir Marusic, Joel Porter, Antonio Da Costa, Andy Vargas, Ivo De Jesus
Goals : Porter 43, 81
2 - 3 South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Mehmet Durakovic, Robert Liparoti, Steve Panopoulos (sent off 40), Vaughan Coveny (Peter Buljan 78), Radomir Sekulovski, Massimo Murdocca, Patrick Kisnorbo, Vince Lia (Nick Tolios 85), Con Boutsianis (Paul Trimboli 53)
Goals : Boutsianis 4, Coveny 9, Murdocca 87
Match report by Alan Clark