1997 National Soccer League results
1997/1998 Season Round 11 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (14/12/1997) Lakeside (Bob Jane) Stadium
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 5820
South Melbourne
Chris Jones, Steve Iosifidis, Fausto de Amicis, Con Blatsis, David Clarkson, Steve Panopoulos (Bill Damianos 46), Con Boutsianis (Vaughan Coveny 67), Goran Lozanovski, Tansel Baser, John Anastasiadis (Michael Curcija 77), George Goutzioulis
Goals : Anastasiadis 29, 57, 74
3 - 0 Sydney United
Andrew Crews, David Barrett, Velimir Kupresak, Peter Bennett, Joe Vrkic, Stuart Munro (Marjan Galic 75), Jacob Burns (Jason Culina 75), Paul Bilokapic, Marcus Philips, David Mitchell, Abbas Saad (Azur Mujanovic 65)

Played (14/12/1997) Belmore Sports Ground
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 4821
UTS Olympic
Bob Catlin, Paul Carter (Angelo Petratos 34), Ante Juric, Eric Hristodoulou, Norman Tome, Peter Tsekenis, Brett Emerton, Jean Paul de Marigny, Walter Ardone, Elias Augerinos (Steve Eagleton 69), Hussein Jomaa
Goals : Hristodoulou 11, Emerton 17
2 - 1 Melbourne Knights
Joe Didulica, Ante Kovacevic (Dragi Nastevski 46), Joe Rubja, Ransford Banini, Andrew Marth, Tom Pondeljak, Alan Davidson (sent off 70), Damian Vojtek (Ice Kutlesovski 57), Ivan Kelic, John Didulica, Ante Deak
Goal : Kutlesovski 74
Match report by Greg Stock

Played (14/12/1997) Perth Oval
Referee : L Prospero, Crowd : 15080
Perth Glory
Tom Maras, Gavin Wilkinson, Vinko Buljubasic (Peter Vukmirovic 46), Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Paul McVittie (Peter Anosike 62), Slobodan Despotovski (sent off 67), Samson Siasia, Scott Halpin, Danny Hay, Anthony Carbone (Doug Ithier 58)
0 - 3 Wollongong City
Adam Brodbeck, Alvin Ceccoli, Robert Stanton, Jason Connolly (sent off 89), Matthew Horsley, Anthony Surjan (Noel Spencer 68), Michael Reda (David Huxley 75), Scott Chipperfield, George Souris, Tony Perinich (Sasho Dimoski 89), Esala Masi
Goals : Perinich 60, Surjan 66, Chipperfield 86
Match report by Searlais Mullin

Played (13/12/1997) Marconi Stadium
Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 4027
Marconi-Fairfield
Ante Covic, Mark Babic, Domenic Longo, Luke Casserly, Darren McDonald (Christian Care 29), Brad Maloney, Zeljko Babic (Luke Tomich 43), Brendan Renaud, Pan Keun Kim, Vlado Zoric, Gabriel Mendez
Goal : Maloney 24
1 - 0 Brisbane Strikers
Clint Bolton, Glenn Gwynne, Chris Zoricich, Frank Farina, Sean Cranney (Wayne Knipe 73), Rod Brown, Troy Cranney, Chay Hews (Mark Battistin 80), Stephen Laybutt, Andrew Packer (Nick Meredith 58), Andrew Harper
This was notable mainly for the match being Pan-Keun Kim's first for Marconi after a distinguished career for his country which took him to the 1990 and 1994 World Cups.

Played (13/12/1997) Seiffert Oval
Referee : J Blaney, Crowd : 1576
Canberra Cosmos
Barney Smith, Paul Dee, Andrew Roberts, Ivan Zelic (Toplica Popovich 63), Ante Moric, Gordon Hunter, Norman Kelly, Harry James (Ilija Prenzoski 69), Lindsay Wilson, Damien Brown (Dale Wingell ??), Tom Haythornthwaite
Goal : Moric 44
1 - 1 Newcastle Breakers
Brad Swancott, Matthew Austin, Todd McManus, Robert Ironside, Peter Ritchie, Mark Wilson, Clayton Zane, Troy Halpin (Glenn Sprod 72), Jason Bennett, Shaun Edwards, Matthew Lowe (Liam McGuire 85)
Goal : McGuire 87

Played (13/12/1997) Falcons Park
Referee : B Panella, Crowd : 4123
Gippsland Falcons
Jim Kourtis, Clayton Bell, Claudio Canosa, Manny Gotis, Doug Marcina (John Hutchinson 80), Mark Foy (Billy Mitroulas 68), Archie Thompson, Brian MacNicol (Paul Byrne 82), Levent Osman, Willie Hastie, Zlatko Mihajlovic
0 - 0 Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Robert Trajkovski (David Cervinski 58), Marcus Stergiolpoulos (David Grbac 89), Sean Douglas, Con Anthopoulos, Lubomir Lapsansky, Andrew Vlahos (Daniel Allsopp 65), Simon Colosimo, Vince Grella, Branko Bacak, Mark Atkinson

Played (14/01/1998) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : E Brazzale, Crowd : 10056
Adelaide Sharks
Nathan Wildy, Alex Castro, Alex Kuzmanovic, Branko Milosevic (Pedro Oliveira 82), Con Kokkinoplitis, Corey Artone, Nathan Day (Reginaldo Bigu Da Silva 80), Pablo Cardozo, Paul Pezos, Jim Tsekinis (Andrew Borghetto 72), Bill Misailidis
Goal : Day 59
1 - 1 Adelaide City
Jason Petkovic, Bradley Armour, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Angelo Costanzo, Damian Mori, Dino Mennillo (Nick Sabljak 73), John Gibson, Kris Trajanovski, Michael Brooks (Bradley Hassell 65), Scott Thomas (Travis Dodd 85)
Goal : Brooks 13
Match report by Peter Georgaras