1997 National Soccer League results
1997/1998 Season Round 07 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (15/11/1997) Seiffert Oval
Referee : B McKay, Crowd : 2008
Canberra Cosmos
Tony Giannasca, Paul Dee, Andrew Roberts, Ivan Zelic, Andrew Ravanello (Harry James 46), Gordon Hunter, Norman Kelly, Micheal Musitano (Ilija Prenzoski 77), Peter Buljan (Damien Brown 85), Toplica Popovich, Tom Haythornthwaite
Goals : Zelic 47, Brown 89
2 - 1 Brisbane Strikers
Graham Ross, Matt Bell, Craig Williams, Frank Farina, Sean Cranney, Troy Cranney, Wayne Knipe, Chay Hews, Jeromy Harris (Andrew Packer 77), Stephen Laybutt (Mark Battistin 73), Andrew Harper (Rod Brown 61)
Goal : Haythornthwaite 85og
Match report by Nick Guoth

Played (15/11/1997) Falcons Park
Referee : W Dade, Crowd : 5312
Gippsland Falcons
Jim Kourtis, Clayton Bell (sent off 89), Claudio Canosa, Manny Gotis, Tony Sekulic, Nick Palamaras (Levent Osman 82), Nick Tsaltas, Mark Foy, Brian MacNicol (John Hutchinson 78), Willie Hastie, Zlatko Mihajlovic (Archie Thompson 68)
Goal : Hastie 28
1 - 1 South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Fausto deAmicis, Nick Orlic, Con Blatsis, David Clarkson, Steve Panopoulos, Vaughan Coveny, Michael Curcija (George Goutzioulis 82), Bill Damianos, Con Boutsianis (Tansel Baser 61), John Anastasiadis
Goals : Curcija 44

Played (15/11/1997) Marconi Stadium
Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : 5628
Marconi-Fairfield
Mike Gibson, Domenic Longo, Luke Casserly, Christian Care, Darren McDonald (Luke Tomich 81), Brad Maloney, Manis Lamond (Mauro van Cuylenberg 75), Zeljko Babic, Brendan Renaud, Paul Souris, Vlado Zoric
0 - 1 Perth Glory
Tom Maras, Gavin Wilkinson, Vinko Buljubasic, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller (Paul McVittie 52), Paul Strudwick, Slobodan Despotovski, Ernest Tapai, Samson Siasia, Danny Hay, Anthony Carbone
Goal : Carbone 60

Played (16/11/1997) Sydney Football Stadium
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 5641
UTS Olympic
Bob Catlin, Ante Juric, Scott Baillie (Nick Carle 79), Eric Hristodoulou, Norman Tome, Peter Tsekenis, Brett Emerton, Chris Kalantzis (Fernando Zerda 53), Jean-Paul deMarigny, Walter Ardone, Steve Eagleton
0 - 3 Sydney United
Zeljko Kalac, Peter Bennett, Velimir Kupresak, Richard Plesa, Joe Vrkic, Stuart Munro, Jacob Burns, Paul Bilokapic, Robert Hooker (Jason Culina 68), Abbas Saad (Mario Jermen 76), Nick Bosevski (Azur Mujanovic 70)
Goals : Saad 21, 33, 65
Match report by Greg Stock

Played (16/11/1997) Thebarton Oval
Referee : L Prospero, Crowd : 4114
Adelaide Sharks
Frank Mikuletic, Alex Castro, Alex Kuzmanovic, Branko Milosevic, Reginaldo Bigu Da Silva (Paul Pezos 46), Frank Tibaldi, Corey Artone (Andrew Borghetto 69), Pedro Oliveira, Nathan Day (Adrian Iandorio 76), Jim Tsekinis, Pablo Cardozo
Goals : Cardozo 13, 57, Tsekinis 21
3 - 1 Wollongong City
Brett Hughes, Alvin Ceccoli, Jason Connolly, Matthew Horsley, Sonny Sevin (David Huxley 76), Anthony Surjan, Scott Chipperfield (Michael Reda 64), George Souris, Noel Spencer (Esala Masi 64), Tony Perinich, Neil Harlock
Goal : Surjan 6pk
Match report by Peter Georgaras

Played (14/11/1997) Topper Stadium
Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 3284
Newcastle Breakers
Brad Swancott, Glenn Sprod, Shane Pryce, Todd McManus, Robert Ironside, Peter Ritchie, Clayton Zane, Troy Halpin, Liam McGuire, Matthew Lowe, Ben Lane
0 - 0 Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Robert Trajkovski, Marcus Stergiopoulos, Sean Douglas, Con Anthopoulos (sent off 77), Kresimir Marusic, Daniel Allsopp (Branko Bacak 58), Lubomir Lapsansky (Vincent Grella 62), Andrew Vlahos (Alan Hunter 77), David Cervinski, Mark Atkinson
Match report by Chris Dunkerley

Played (04/03/1998) Knights Stadium
Referee : ??, Crowd : 2227
Melbourne Knights
Joe Didulica, Ante Kovacevic, Ivan Jolic, Ransford Banini (Zoran Markovski 81), Andrew Marth, Tom Pondeljak, Ivan Kelic (Damon Collina 89), Zeljko Susa, Dragi Nastevski, John Didulica (Joey Rajher 83), Ante Deak
Goals : Pondeljak 14, Kelic 47
2 - 0 Adelaide City
Jason Petkovic, Bradley Armour (Michael Brooks 75), Mark Yates, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Angelo Costanzo (Mark Brazzale 59), Damian Mori, Dino Mennillo, John Gibson, Kris Trajanovski, Travis Dodd (Michael Pirone 69)
This game was postponed due to National Team World Cup committments for Adelaide who contributed a good number of players and eventually played midweek between Rounds 20 and 21.