2008 A-League results
2008/2009 Season Round 03 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (29/08/08) Telstra Dome
Referee : Mark Shield, Crowd : 22589
Melbourne Victory
Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Michael Thwaite (Archie Thompson 24), Matthew Kemp, Danny Allsopp, Ney Fabiano, Rodrigo Vargas, Billy Celeski, Carlos Hernandez (Grant Brebner 90), Jose Luis Lopez, Evan Berger
Goals : Hernandez 40, Thompson 46, Allsopp 60, 63, Brebner 91
Coach : Ernie Merrick
5 - 0 Newcastle United Jets
Ante Covic, Jade North, James Holland, Jesper Hakansson (Jason Hoffman 72), Matt Thompson (Edmundo Salomon Zura de Jesus 54), Joel Griffiths, Jin-Hyung Song, Tarek Elrich, Jobe Wheelhouse (Noel Spencer 85), Adam D'Apuzzo, Ben Kantarovski
Coach : Gary van Egmond
Match report by Alan Clark

Played (30/08/08) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 7832
Adelaide United
Eugene Galekovic, Everson Arantes de Oliveira (Robert Cornthwaite 45), Angelo Costanzo, Lucas Pantelis, Paul Agostino (Robert Younis 25), Cristiano dos Santos, Travis Dodd (Jason Spagnuolo 87), Scott Jamieson, Jonas Salley, Sasa Ognenovski, Paul Reid
Goals : Pantelis 14, Cristiano 48, 60
Coach : Aurelio Vidmar
3 - 0 Wellington Phoenix
Glen Moss, Tony Lochhead, Jon McKain, Leo Bertos, Michael Ferrante, Richard Johnson (Karl Dodd 75), Troy Hearfield, Adam Kwasnik (Vaughan Coveny 56), David Mulligan, Lei Lei Gao (Daniel Lins Cortes 62), Andrew Durante
Coach : Ricki Herbert
Match report by Jeremy Ruane

Played (31/08/08) Sydney Football Stadium
Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 11732
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Simon Colosimo, Mitchell Prentice, Robbie Middleby, Steve Corica (Dez Giraldi 83), Shannon Cole (John Aloisi 65), Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn, Jacob Timpano (Tony Popovic 59), Mark Bridge
Goals : Brosque 2, Corica 20pk, Bridge 39, Cole 43, Topor-Stanley 88og
Coach : John Kosmina
5 - 2 Perth Glory
Frank Juric, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, David Tarka, Jamie Coyne, Dino Djulbic (sent off 20), Adrian Trinidad (Nikita Rukavytsa 45), Alexander Da Silva Mariano, Scott Bulloch, Eugene Dadi (Anthony Skorich 85), Adriano Pellegrino (Nick Rizzo 85), James Downey
Goals : Dadi 12, 67pk
Coach : David Mitchell
Match report by Stephen Webb

Played (31/08/08) Suncorp Stadium
Referee : Peter O'Leary, Crowd : 12185
Queensland Roar
Liam Reddy, Luke Devere, Craig Moore, Michael Zullo (Tahj Minniecon 60), Massimo Murdocca, Sergio Van Dijk, Charlie Miller, Reinaldo Elias da Costa (Robbie Kruse 60), Matt McKay, Hyuk-Su Seo (Andrew Packer 60), Danny Tiatto
Goals : Miller 69, Van Dijk 73
Coach : Frank Farina
2 - 4 Central Coast Mariners
Mark Bosnich, Predrag Bojic, Bradley Porter, John Hutchinson, Andrew Clark, Nigel Boogaard, Alex Wilkinson, Matt Simon (Dylan Macallister 56), Ahmad Elrich (Matthew Osman 11), Sasho Petrovski, Michael Jedinak (David D'Apuzzo 85)
Goals : Simon 32, Jedinak 48, Macallister 63, 70
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
Match report by Adrian Demack