1997 National Soccer League results
1997/1998 Season Round 03 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (17/10/1997) Knights Stadium
Referee : B Panella, Crowd : 2845
Melbourne Knights
Joe Didulica, Ante Kovacevic, Ivan Jolic, Ransford Banini, Andrew Marth, Tom Pondeljak, Alan Davidson, Ice Kutlesovski, Ivan Kelic (John Didulica 46), Zeljko Susa, Ante Deak
Goal : Banini 29
1 - 0 Wollongong City
Brett Hughes, Alvin Ceccoli, Robert Stanton, Jason Connolly, Matt Horsley, Sonny Sevin, Anthony Surjan (George Souris 85), Sasho Dimoski (Noel Spencer 46), Michael Reda (Tony Perinich 46), Scott Chipperfield, Neil Harlock

Played (17/10/1997) Topper Stadium
Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 5095
Newcastle
Liam Baker, Glenn Sprod, Matthew Austin (Mark Wilson 69), Shane Pryce, Todd McManus, Robert Ironside, Peter Ritchie (sent off 48), Clayton Zane, Troy Halpin, Jason Bennett, Doug West (Matthew Lowe 67)
0 - 2 South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Fausto deAmicis, Nick Orlic, Con Blatsis, David Clarkson, Steve Panopoulos (George Goutzioulis 87), Paul Trimboli, Michael Curcija, Bill Damianos, Tansel Baser (Con Boutsianis 70), John Anastasiadis (Vaughan Coveny 61)
Goals : Trimboli 66, Panopoulos 79pk
Match report by Steve Bradbury

Played (18/10/1997) Suncorp Stadium
Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : 4502
Brisbane Strikers
Clint Bolton, Craig Williams, Nick Meredith (Chay Hews 20), Frank Farina, Sean Cranney (Rod Brown 46), Troy Cranney, Mark Battistin (Matt Bell 61), Andrew Brayshaw, Jeromy Harris, Stephen Laybutt, Andy Harper
0 - 1 Perth Glory
Tom Maras, Craig Naven, Gavin Wilkinson (Peter Vukmirovic 49), Vinko Buljubasic, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Paul Strudwick, Slobodan Despotovski, Ernest Tapai, Samson Siasia, Danny Hay
Goal : Despotovski 36
Match report by Wade Hart
Match report by Mick Kugelman

Played (18/10/1997) Seiffert Oval
Referee : B McKay, Crowd : 3505
Canberra Cosmos
Tony Giannasca, Paul Dee, Ivan Zelic, Andrew Ravanello, Norman Kelly, Harry James (Tom Haythornthwaite 60), Michael Musitano, Tony Lemezina (Marko Perinovic 55), Peter Buljan, Dale Wingell, Toplica Popovich (Andrew Roberts 77)
Goals : Musitano 68
1 - 3 Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Robert Trajkovski, Marcus Stergiopoulos, Sean Douglas, Con Anthopoulos, Kresimir Marusic (Andy Vargas 62), Daniel Allsopp (Branko Bacak 68), Lubomir Lapsansky, John Markovski (Andy Vlahos 75), David Cervinski, Mark Atkinson
Goals : Anthopoulos 19, Lapsansky 49, Allsopp 60

Played (18/10/1997) Marconi Stadium
Referee : J Blaney, Crowd : 4239
Marconi-Fairfield
Michael Gibson, Luke Casserly, Chris Care, Darren McDonald, Brad Maloney, Giuseppe Marino, Zeljko Babic, Francis Awaritefe, Brendan Renaud, Paul Souris, Vlado Zoric (Mauro van Cuylenberg 60)
Goals : Awaritefe 52, Babic 74
2 - 0 Adelaide Sharks
Frank Mikuletic, Alex Castro (Andrew Borghetto 75), Frank Tibaldi, Alex Kuzmanovic, Branko Milosevic, Con Kokkinoplitis, Corey Artone, Nathan Day, Pablo Cardozo, Reginaldo Bigu Da Silva (Paul Pezos 86), Jim Tsekinis

Played (19/10/1997) Sydney Football Stadium
Referee : S Micalleff, Crowd : 3615
UTS Olympic
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter (Adam Ciantar 30), Hussein Jomaa, Ante Juric, Jean-Paul deMarigny, Danny Barbalace, Norman Tome, Peter Tsekenis, Derek Poimer, Brett Emerton, Kimon Taliadoros (Steve Karavatakis 46)
Goals : Gotis 7og, Poimer 84pk, Tome 87
3 - 0 Gippsland Falcons
Jim Kourtis, Claudio Canosa, Manny Gotis (sent off 78), Tony Sekulic, Nick Palamaras, Doug Marcina (Brian MacNicol 62), Nick Tsaltas (Joe Tricarico 46), Mark Foy, Archie Thompson, Levent Osman (Clayton Bell 62), Willie Haste

Played (19/10/1997) Norwood Oval
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 5737
Adelaide City
Jason Petkovic, Bradley Armour, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Angelo Costanzo, Damian Mori, Dino Mennillo, John Gibson, Kris Trajanovski, Kosta Salapasidis (Michael Brooks 55), Scott Thomas (Mark Yates 69)
0 - 2 Sydney United
Zeljko Kalac, David Barrett (Velimir Kupresak 46), Richard Plesa, Joe Vrkic, Robert Hooker, Abbas Saad, David Mitchell, Stuart Munro, Paul Bilokapic, Jacob Burns, Peter Bennett
Goals : Mitchell 24, 51