2002 National Soccer League results
2002/2003 Season Round 05 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (18/10/2002) Energy Australia Stadium
Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 7187
Newcastle United
Daniel Beltrame, Andrew Roberts, Scott Thomas, Joel Griffiths, Peter Tsekenis, Scott Baillie, Milan Blagojevic, Esala Masi (Ryan Griffiths 62), Adam Griffiths, Robert Middleby, Steve Eagleton (Travis Dodd 86)
Goals : J Griffiths 71pk, Dodd 87
2 - 0 Wollongong Wolves
Andrew Crews, Liam Austin, Robert Stanton, David Cervinski, Dustin Wells (Alex Castro 67), Shane Lyons, Zeljko Babic, Stuart Young, Naum Sekulovski, Buddy Farah, David Huxley

Played (19/10/2002) Parramatta Stadium
Referee : P Green, Crowd : 2450
Parramatta Power
Danny Vukovic, Alvin Ceccoli, Nick Orlic, Michael Beauchamp, Matthew Thompson, Pablo Cardozo (Royce Brownlie 90), Damien Brown, Kosta Salapasidis, Peter Zorbas (Wayne O'Sullivan 68), Brendan Renaud (Matthew Langdon 68), Ahmad Elrich
Goals : Piorkowski 38og, Brown 75
2 - 2 Melbourne Knights
Adam Hrehoresin, Daniel Piorkowski, Rodrigo Vargas, Steve Horvat (Antun Kovacic 46), Daniel Vasilevski, Nick Sabljak (Boris Ovcin 79), Xhezair Sulemani (Henry Fa'Arodo 35), Isyan Erdogan, Adrian Cervinski, Anthony Pelikan, Lubomir Lapsansky
Goals : Lapsansky 68, R Vargas 93

Played (19/10/2002) Ballymore
Referee : D Rugg, Crowd : 1840
Brisbane Strikers
Jason Kearton, Richie Alagich (Lawrence Drake 73), Shane Stefanutto, Jon McKain, Stuart McLaren, Peter Grierson, Fernando Rech, Stephen Laybutt, David Pilic (Kris Trajanovski 68), Matthew McKay, Anthony Roche (Joshua Rose 78)
Goals : Rech 18, Grierson 23
2 - 3 Adelaide Force
Daniel Godley, Gianluca Lagati, Ante Kovacevic, Michael Valkanis, Lucas Pantelis (Ivan Karlovic 89), Carl Veart, Aurelio Vidmar, Goran Lozanovski (David Terminello 82), Diego Pellegrini, Claudio Pelosi, Nick Budin (Scott Tunbridge 56)
Goals : Pelosi 66, 77, Vidmar 79
Match report by David Marshall

Played (20/10/2002) Ericsson Stadium
Referee : B Williams, Crowd : 2804
Football Kingz
James Bannatyne, Jonathon Taylor, Mark Atkinson, Chris Jackson (Jeffrey Campbell 72), Patricio Almendra, Paul Urlovic (Steven Turner 59), Andrew Vlahos, Heremaia Ngata, Raffaele deGregorio (Mark Beldham 59), Hiroshi Miyazawa, Riki van Steeden (sent off 12)
Goals : Almendra 52, 81pk
2 - 2 Olympic Sharks
Clint Bolton, George Souris, Paul Kohler, Ante Juric, Wayne Srhoj (Troy Halpin 57), Tom Pondeljak, Jade North, Franco Parisi (Joel Porter 20), Jeromy Harris (Andrew Durante 86), Andrew Packer, Hiroyuki Ishida
Goals : Packer 51, Harris 54

Played (20/10/2002) Bob Jane Stadium
Referee : P Mur, Crowd : 6194
South Melbourne
Dean Anastasiadis, Fausto De Amicis, Mehmet Durakovic, David Clarkson, Steve Panopoulos, Peter Buljan, Vince Lia (Massimo Murdocca 83), Nick Tolios, Michael Baird (Stephen Pace 93), Patrick Kisnorbo, Bill Damianos
Goals : Buljan 61, Baird 66
2 - 0 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Matthew Horsley (Michael Garcia 69), Jamie Harnwell, Bradley Hassell (Adrian Caceras 83), Andre Gumprecht, Scott Miller, Nick Mrdja, Slobodan Despotovski, Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Shane Pryce, David Tarka

Played (20/10/2002) Sydney United Sports Centre
Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 5352
Sydney United
Vanja Ivesa (John Perosh 75), Bozidar Cacic, Boris Pavic (sent off 91), Paul Bilokapic, Nahuel Arrarte, Mile Jedinak (Anthony Doumanis 64), Michael Santalab, Louis Brain, Commins Menapi, Brendan Santalab (Jon Angelucci 64), Mark Rudan
Goal : Menapi 38
1 - 1 Northern Spirit
Paul Henderson, Julian Watts, Noel Spencer, Alex Tobin, Andy McDermott, John Hutchinson (Matthew Osman 19), Brent Fisher (Adam Kwasnik 54), Hamilton Thorp, Alex Wilkinson, Marcus Phillips, Jonathon Richter
Goal : McDermott 43