2003 National Soccer League results
2003/2004 Season Round 16 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (27/12/2003) Members Equity Stadium
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 12142
Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Bradley Hassell, Shaun Murphy, Wayne Srhoj (Matthew Bingley 61), Scott Miller, Anthony Danze (Adrian Caceres 73), Slobodan Despotovski, Jade North, Mark Byrnes, Tom Pondeljak, Damian Mori (Nick Mrdja 78)
Goals : Despotovski 26, Byrnes 45, Hassell 55, Caceres 74, Pondeljak 76, Mrdja 84
6 - 1 Brisbane Strikers
Scott Higgins, Karl Dodd, Shane Stefanutto, Josh McCloughan, Stuart McLaren (Wayne Heath 78), Peter Grierson, Steve Fitzsimmons, Royce Brownlie (Matt Hilton 73), Louis Brain, David Pilic, Joshua Rose (Matthew McKay 46)
Goal : Brownlie 55pk
Match report by Tom Niedrich

Played (27/12/2003) Bob Jane Stadium
Referee : B Williams, Crowd : 6780
South Melbourne
Eugene Galekovic, Simon Storey, Michael Panopoulos, Ante Kovacevic, Vaughan Coveny, Con Boutsianis, Steve Laurie, Massimo Murdocca, Michael Curcija, Sam Poutakidis, Scott Tunbridge (Paul Trimboli 61)
Goals : Boutsianis 67, Coveny 81
2 - 3 Wollongong Wolves
Andrew Crews, Borislav Dragas, Adam Hughes, Michael Hawrysiuk (Dustin Wells 85), Shane Lyons, Nahuel Arrarte, Stuart Young, Daniel Cummins, Stewart van Bentum (Jason van Blerk 54), Ben Blake, Chimaobi Nwaogazi (Tanju Balabanel 80)
Goals : Arrarte 13, Nwaogazi 76, Balabanel 90
Match report by Alan Clark
Match report by David Paton
Match report by Paul Jefferies

Played (28/12/2003) OKI Jubilee Stadium
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 2484
Sydney Olympic
Brett Hughes, George Souris, Paul Kohler, Ante Juric, Iain Fyfe, Troy Halpin (Zenon Caravella 46), Jim Bakis, Elias Augerinos (Pablo Cardozo 57), Michael Baird, George Goutzioulis (Predrag Bojic 67), Hiroyuki Ishida
Goal : Baird 47pk
1 - 0 Northern Spirit
Paul Henderson, Wayne O'Sullivan, Noel Spencer, Vuko Tomasevic (Steven Baveas 66), Ian Ferguson, Dylan Macallister (Brent Fisher 69), Jonathon Richter (Adam Kwasnik 75), John Hutchinson, Stewart Petrie, Alex Wilkinson, Mark Milligan
Match report by Micky Brock

Played (28/12/2003) Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee : C Zetter, Crowd : 1176
Football Kingz
Ross Nicholson, David Rayner, Chris Jackson, Jeffrey Campbell, Heremaia Ngata, Jason Rowley, Mauro Donoso, Espen Schjerven, Paul Harries (Brad Scott 42), Tallan Martin, Craig Wylie (Aleksander Midtsian 42 (Chad Coombes 44))
Goal : Schjerven 34
1 - 2 Parramatta Power
Clint Bolton, Simon Colosimo (Naum Sekulovski 87), Michael Beauchamp, Matthew Thompson, Travis Dodd (Paul O'Grady 80), Andre Gumprecht, Ante Milicic, Fernando Rech (Peter Zorbas 78), Sasho Petrovski, Jacek Sobczyk, Ahmad Elrich
Goals : Gumprecht 20, Rech 62
Match report by Jeremy Ruane

Played (28/12/2003) Energy Australia Stadium
Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 3084
Newcastle United
Tom Willis, Craig Deans, Scott Thomas, Greg Owens (Thomas Libbesson 83), Mark Wilson (Milan Blagojevic 83), Ryan Griffiths, Mitchell Johnson (Jobe Wheelhouse 62), Peter Tsekenis, Josh Mitchell, Esala Masi, Peter McPherson
0 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
Michael Turnbull, Simon Bell, Angelo Costanzo, Luke Casserly, Grant Last, Joe Spiteri (Jeromy Harris 83), Brad Maloney, Alex Brosque, Michael Thwaite, Nick Carle, Brendan Renaud
Goal : Maloney 29
Match report by Mick Kmet

Played (28/12/2003) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 13032
Adelaide United
David Scarsella, Richie Alagich, Kristian Rees, Aaron Goulding, Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi, David Terminello (Shane Smeltz 78), Carl Veart (Adriano Pellegrino 81), Aurelio Vidmar (Nick Budin 74), Shane Thompson, Aaron Westervelt
Goals : Veart 15, Terminello 31
2 - 1 Melbourne Knights
Vilson Knezevic, Rodrigo Vargas, Andrew Marth, Daniel Vasilevski (Bill Natsioulas 78), Nick Sabljak (Andrew Vargas 70), Tomi Razov, Adrian Leijer, Anthony Pelikan (Peter Buljan 62), Steve Pantelidis, Kris Trajanovski, Nicholas Marinos
Goal : Trajanovski 4
Match report by Lino Fusco