1996 National Soccer League results
1995/1996 Season Round 23 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (8/03/1996), Breakers Stadium
Referee : D Crawford, Crowd : 3,045
Newcastle Breakers
Craig Carter, Andy Roberts, Clayton Zane, Ralph Maier, Troy Halpin, Adam Sanderson, Jason Bennett, Glenn Sprod, Scott Thomas, Shayne Pryce, Peter Ritchie
Goals : Pryce 64, Bennett 69, Zane 89
3 - 0 UTS Olympic
George Bouhoutsos, Derek Poimer (Raphael Bove 70), Peter Tsekenis, Kimon Taliadoros (Alistair Edwards 70), Norman Tome, Kris Trajanovski, Walter Ardone, Elias Augerinos, Nick Meredith, Milan Blagojevic, Ivan Zelic (George Sorras 34)

Played (9/03/1996), Suncorp Stadium
Referee : Gerry Connelly , Crowd : 6,048
Brisbane Strikers
Clint Bolton, Chris Zoricich, Craig Williams, Alan Hunter, Frank Farina, Jason Polak, Rod Brown (Reece Tollenaere 73), Troy Cranney, Sean Cranney (Bradley Ditton 34), Andrew Brayshaw, Mark Battistin
Goal : Brown 46
1 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
Bob Catlin, Jean-Paul DeMarigny, Mathew Bingley, Luke Casserly, Andy Harper, Eric Hristodoulou, Michael Smith, Brad Maloney (Brendan Renaud 70), Francis Awaritefe (Vlado Zoric 64), Dominic Longo, Paul Souris
Goal : Bingley 88

Played (9/03/1996), Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Referee : Con Diomis, Crowd : 2,798
Sydney United
John Perosh, Velimir Kupresak, Tony Popovic, Robert Enes (Richard Plesa 82), Aytec Genc (Sean Babic 67), Robert Markovac, Ante Milicic (Manis Lamond 64), Mark Rudan, Jim Patikas, David Zdrilic, Chad Gibson
Goals : Rudan 1, Gibson 44, Plesa 86
3 - 0 West Adelaide
Peter Blazincic, Richie Alagich, Robbie Slager, Con Kokkinoplitis, Robbie Hooker, Frank Tibaldi, Ross Aloisi, Jim Tsekinis, Ayrton Andrioli (Reshat Mezensof 46), Nathan Day, Hamilton Thorpe

Played (9/03/1996), Falcons Park
Referee : Wayne Dade, Crowd : 1,591
Morwell Falcons
Jim Kourtis, Doug Marcina, Scott Miller, John Waddell (David Craig 71), Sonny Sevin, Warren Spink, Carlo Tallidira, Sean Douglas, Michael Reda, Esala Masi, Ernie Tapai
Goals : Spink 16, Sevin 36, Tapai 62
3 - 2 Wollongong City
Brett Hughes, Martin Bourke (Stephen Laybutt 46), Mathew Horsley, Lupcho Naumovski, Tony Perinich, Mario Jermen, Mineo Bonetig (Bill Gjakovski 66), Mike O'Shea, Ian Pollari (Angelo Petratos 46), Alvin Ceccoli, Joe Vrkic
Goals : Jermen 82, 87

played (10/03/1996), Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : John Papanicolas, Crowd : 4,188
Adelaide City
Jason Petkovic, Milan Ivanovic, Mark Yates, Alex Tobin (Kosta Salapasidis 54), Damian Mori, Bradley Hassell, John Gibson (Mark Brazzale 37), Goran Lozanovski (Angelo Costanzo 46), Bradley Armour, Craig Foster, Dino Mennillo
Goals : Hassell 11, 90, Foster 21, 27, Mori 44, 65
6 - 0 Canberra Cosmos
Steve Mautone, Richard Watson, Jason Dunn, Norman Kelly, Lachlan Armstrong (Arsenije Popovich 65), Marko Perinovic, Alex Castro, John Koch, Michael Musitano, Peter Mazis, Njegosh Popovich
Match report by Andrew Howe

Played (10/03/1996), Melbourne Croatian Sports Centre
Referee : Eddie Lennie, Crowd : 7,140
Melbourne Knights
Frank Juric, Vinko Buljubasic (Ice Kutlesovski 75), Fausto DeAmicis, Andrew Marth, David Cervinski, Josip Simunic, Lubomir Lapsansky, Danny Tiatto (Dragi Nastevski 89), Ante Kovacevic (Damian Vojtek 46), John Markovski, Tom Pondeljak
Goal : Markovski 81
1 - 1 South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Con Blatsis (sent off 89), Alek Kuzmanovic, Steve Panopoulos, Paul Trimboli, Nick Orlic, Mike Petersen, Jean Paul Knezevic, Michael Curcija, Daniel Allsopp (Craig Lewis 46 (Tansel Baser 86)), Kevin Muscat
Goal : Curcija 73