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1998-99 Season Playoff Series Matches
written by Thomas Esamie and John Punshon |
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The top six teams of the regular season meet in matches as shown in home and away legs. Matches marked '1', '2' and '3' are single elimination games, winner of Match 3 is crowned Champion of the 1998-99 season.
Sydney United v South Melbourne --winner-----------------------3___Grand Final
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Perth Glory v Ad City----winner___ /
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Northern Spirit v Marconi _winner_/
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Grand Final Match, winner becomes champion Played (30/05/1999) Olympic Park Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 15194 | ||||
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| South Melbourne Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Con Blatsis, Nick Orlic, Fausto De Amicis, Goran Lozanovski (Jim Tsekinis 81), David Clarkson, Steve Panopoulos, Paul Trimboli (George Goutzioulis 68), Michael Curcija (John Anastasiadis 63), Vaughan Coveny Goals : Trimboli 53, Anastasiadis 63, 87 |
3 | - | 2 | Sydney United Mike Gibson, Richard Plesa, Joe Vrkic, Velimir Kupresak, Michael Santalab (Danny Townsend 68), Steve Berry, Jacob Burns (Walter Ardone 88), David Barrett, Peter Bennett, Mike Sterjovski, Nathan Day (Joel Griffiths 64) Goals : Sterjovski 8, Townsend 90+ |
| Match report by David Arnold Match report by Alan Clark | ||||
Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final Played (23/05/1999) Marconi Stadium Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 7698 | ||||
| Sydney United Mike Gibson, David Barrett, Velimir Kupresak, Richard Plesa, Joe Vrkic, Michael Santalab, Steve Berry, Peter Bennett, Jacob Burns, Mile Sterjovski (Joel Griffiths 62), Nathan Day (Danny Townsend 76) Goals : Sterjovski 13, Berry 70 |
2 | - | 1 | Perth Glory Anthony Franken (sent off 85), Robert Trajkovski, Scott Miller, Gianfranco Circati, Jamie Harnwell, Craig Deans (Danny Hay 28), Gareth Naven, Michael Garcia (Con Boutsianis 70), Alistair Edwards, Slobodan Despotovski (John Markovski 55), Troy Halpin Goal : Boutsianis 83 |
| Report by many | ||||
Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final Played (15/05/1999) Western Australian Cricket Arena Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 27556 | ||||
| Perth Glory Tony Franken, Robert Trajkovski, Scott Miller, Danny Hay (Gianfranco Circati 45), Jamie Harnwell, Craig Deans, Gareth Naven, Troy Halpin, John Markovski (Alistair Edwards 73), Slobodan Despotovski, Con Boutsianis (Paul Strudwick 82) Goal : Farah 21og |
1 | - | 0 | Marconi-Fairfield Ante Covic, Chad Gibson, Mark Babic, Domenic Longo, Christian Care (Kris Trajanovski 53), Darren McDonald, Zeljko Babic, Buddy Farah (Vlado Zoric 80), Francis Awaritefe, Brendan Renaud, Robbie Hooker (Marcus Phillips 67) |
Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Grand Final 1st leg Played (09/05/1999) Bob Jane Stadium Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 10691 | ||||
| South Melbourne Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Fausto de Amicis, Nick Orlic, Con Blatsis, David Clarkson, Vaughan Coveny, Paul Trimboli (John Anastasiadis 82), Michael Curcija (Steve Panopoulos 71), Goran Lozanovski (Jim Tsekinis 74), George Goutzioulis Goals : Curcija 44, Coveny 54 |
2 | - | 1 | Sydney United Mike Gibson, David Barrett, Velimir Kupresak, Richard Plesa, Joe Vrkic, Michael Santalab (Danny Townsend 70), Steve Berry, Peter Bennett, Jacob Burns, Mile Sterjovski (Joel Griffiths 75), Nathan Day Goal : Plesa 72 |
| Match report by Alan Clark | ||||
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2nd leg Played (16/05/1999) Edensor Park Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : 11579 | ||||
| Sydney United Mike Gibson, David Barrett (Danny Townsend 71), Velimir Kupresak, Richard Plesa, Joe Vrkic (Ante Moric 81), Peter Bennett, Steve Berry, Walter Ardone, Jacob Burns, Mile Sterjovski, Nathan Day (Joel Griffiths 60) |
0 | - | 0 | South Melbourne Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Fausto De Amicis, Nick Orlic, Con Blatsis, Steve Panopoulos, Vaughan Coveny, Paul Trimboli (John Anastasiadis 77), Michael Curcija (Jim Tsekinis 70), Jason Polak (Robert Liparoti 87), George Goutzioulis |
Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final 1st leg Played (30/04/1999) North Sydney Oval Referee : E Brazzale, Crowd : 17246 | ||||
| Northern Spirit Paul Henderson, Ian Crook, Mark Rudan, Luke Casserly, Kresimir Marusic, Robbie Slater, Graham Arnold, Daniel Watkins (Clayton Zane 55), Paul Bilokapic, Matthew Langdon (Anthony Faria 75), Matthew Bingley |
0 | - | 0 | Marconi-Fairfield Ante Covic, Mark Babic (Marcus Phillips 49), Dominic Longo, Pan Keun Kim (Christian Care 36), Darren McDonald, Sean Babic (Joe Bruni 85), Mike Smith, Buddy Farah, Francis Awaritefe, Brendan Renaud, Robbie Hooker |
| Match report by Fred Legget | ||||
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2nd leg Played (09/05/1999) Marconi Stadium Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 11319 | ||||
| Marconi-Fairfield Ante Covic, Chad Gibson, Mark Babic, Dominic Longo, Darren McDonald (Mark Phillips 78), Sean Babic (Kris Trajanovski 77), Mike Smith, Buddy Farrah, Francis Awaritefe, Brendan Renaud, Robbie Hooker Goals : Smith 45, Babic 47 |
2 | - | 1 | Northern Spirit Paul Henderson, Ian Crook, Mark Rudan, Luke Casserley, Kresimir Marusic, Robbie Slater, Graham Arnold, Paul Bilokapic (Paul Foster 73), Clayton Zane, Matthew Langdon (Anthony Faria 79), Matthew Bingley Goal : Arnold 81 |
Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final 1st leg Played (02/05/1999) Hindmarsh Stadium Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 4500 | ||||
| Adelaide City Jason Petkovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Carlo Talladira, Damian Mori, Carl Veart, Dino Mennillo (Mark Yates 69), Angelo Constanzo (Travis Dodd 80), David Terminello, Nick Sabljak, Dongi Ki Kim |
0 | - | 0 | Perth Glory Tony Franken, Robert Trajkovski, Scott Miller, Gianfranco Circati, Jamie Harnwell, Craig Deans, Gareth Naven, Michael Garcia (Paul Strudwick 86), Alistair Edwards (John Markovski 74), Slobodan Despotovski, Troy Halpin (Con Boutsianis 89) |
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2nd leg Played (08/05/1999) West Australian Cricket Arena Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 25000 | ||||
| Perth Glory Tony Franken, Robert Trajkovski, Scott Miller (Paul Strudwick 66), Gianfranco Circati, Jamie Harnwell, Craig Deans, Gareth Naven, Troy Halpin, John Markovski (Alistair Edwards 73), Slobodan Despotovski, Con Boutsianis (Vas Kalogeracos 77) Goals : Harnwell 73, Despotovski 87 |
2 | - | 1 | Adelaide City Jason Petkovic, Mark Yates (Michael Hawrysiuk 83), Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Carlo Talladira, Damian Mori, Dino Mennillo (Carl Veart 46), Angelo Costanzo, David Terminello, Nick Sabljak, Dongi Ki Kim Goal : Mori 69 |