2008 A-League results
2008/2009 Season Round 02 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (22/08/08) Members Equity Stadium
Referee : Craig Zetter, Crowd : 8876
Perth Glory
Frank Juric, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Jamie Coyne, Dino Djulbic, Adrian Trinidad, Alexander Da Silva Mariano, Scott Bulloch, Eugene Dadi (Nick Rizzo 85), Hayden Doyle (Jamie Harnwell 67), Adriano Pellegrino, Mark Lee (Nikita Rukavytsya 79)
Goals : Trinidad 36pk, Dadi 58, Rukavytsya 81
Coach : David Mitchell
3 - 3 Newcastle United Jets
Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Jade North, James Holland, Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Jin-Hyung Song, Tarek Elrich, Jobe Wheelhouse (Noel Spencer 69), Adam D'Apuzzo, Edmundo Salomon Zura de Jesus (Kaz Patafta 80)
Goals : J Griffiths 20pk, Coyne 49og, North 95
Coach : Gary van Egmond
Match report by Glen Foreman

Played (23/08/08) Bluetongue Stadium
Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 10932
Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Pedj Bojic, Bradley Porter (Nik Mrdja 78), John Hutchinson, Adrian Caceres, Andrew Clark, Nigel Boogaard, Alex Wilkinson, Matt Simon, Ahmad Elrich, Sasho Petrovski
Goals : Petrovski 13pk, 67
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
2 - 3 Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Simon Colosimo, Robbie Middleby, Stuart Musialik (sent off 68), Steve Corica (Dez Giraldi 81), Shannon Cole (Robert Mileski 90), Alex Brosque (Chris Payne 89), Terry McFlynn, Jacob Timpano, Mark Bridge
Goals : Corica 6, 14, Cole 81
Coach : John Kosmina
Match report by Paul Green

Played (24/08/08) Westpac Stadium
Referee : Srebre Delovski, Crowd : 6110
Wellington Phoenix
Glen Moss, Tony Lochhead, Jon Mckain, Shane Smeltz, Michael Ferrante, Daniel Lins Cortes (Vaughan Coveny 61), Richard Johnson, Troy Hearfield, Adam Kwasnik, Andrew Durante, Manny Muscat (Jeremy Christie 73)
Goals : Smeltz 29, 65pk
Coach : Ricki Herbert
2 - 4 Melbourne Victory
Mitchell Langerak, Kevin Muscat, Michael Thwaite, Matthew Kemp, Danny Allsopp (Steve Pace 90), Ney Fabiano, Rodrigo Vargas, Billy Celeski (Tom Pondeljak 90), Carlos Hernandez (Grant Brebner 73), Jose Luis Lopez, Evan Berger
Goals : Allsopp 16, 35, Fabiano 47, Muscat 68pk
Coach : Ernie Merrick
Match report by Jeremy Ruane

Played (24/08/08) Suncorp Stadium
Referee : Mark Shield, Crowd : 12761
Queensland Roar
Liam Reddy, Craig Moore, Josh McCloughan, Dave Dodd (Michael Zullo 46), Massimo Murdocca, Sergio Van Dijk, Charlie Miller, Matt McKay, Hyuk-Su Seo, Danny Tiatto, Tim Smits (Reinaldo Elias da Costa 46)
Goal : Miller 48
Coach : Frank Farina
1 - 1 Adelaide United
Eugene Galekovic, Everson Arantes de Oliveira, Angelo Costanzo, Lucas Pantelis, Cristiano dos Santos, Travis Dodd, Scott Jamieson, Sasa Ognenovski, Jason Spagnuolo (Jonas Salley 63), Paul Reid, Robert Younis (Fabian Barbiero 63)
Goal : Dodd 8pk
Coach : Aurelio Vidmar
Match report by Adrian Demack