2008 A-League results
2008/2009 Season Round 17 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (26/12/08) Energy Australia Stadium
Referee : Peter O'Leary, Crowd : 11413
Newcastle United Jets
Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Jade North, Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Jin-Hyung Song, Tarek Elrich, Adam D'Apuzzo (Sean Rooney 75), Ben Kantarovski, Marko Jesic (Jobe Wheelhouse 20), Mark Milligan (James Holland 75)
Goal : J Griffiths 9pk
Coach : Gary van Egmond
1 - 2 Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Andre Gumprecht (Matt Simon 52), Pedj Bojic, Bradley Porter, John Hutchinson, Dean Heffernan (Andrew Clark 80), Dylan Macallister (sent off 90), Matthew Osman, Alex Wilkinson, Sasho Petrovski, Mile Jedinak (Adrian Caceres 67)
Goals : Petrovski 66, Simon 79
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
Match report by Robert Szomolnoki

Played (26/12/08) Members Equity Stadium
Referee : Craig Zetter, Crowd : 12581
Perth Glory
Tando Velaphi, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Jamie Harnwell, Nick Rizzo (Victor Sikora 59), Nikita Rukavytsya, Eugene Dadi (David Tarka 75), Adriano Pellegrino, James Downey, Naum Sekulovski, Wayne Srhoj (Adrian Trinidad 70), Marc Anthony
Coach : David Mitchell
0 - 1 Adelaide United
Eugene Galekovic, Robert Cornthwaite, Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira, Kristian Sarkies, Cristiano dos Santos (Everson Arantes de Oliveira 84), Travis Dodd, Scott Jamieson (Robert Younis 34), Daniel Mullen, Fabian Barbiero (Jason Spagnuolo 90), Sasa Ognenovski, Paul Reid
Goal : Sarkies 40
Coach : Aurelio Vidmar
Match report by Chris Dunkerley

Played (27/12/08) Telstra Dome
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 25398
Melbourne Victory
Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Michael Thwaite (Matthew Kemp 63), Sebastian Ryall, Danny Allsopp, Archie Thompson, Rodrigo Vargas, Billy Celeski (Ney Fabiano 63), Tom Pondeljak, Carlos Hernandez, Evan Berger (Nick Ward 70)
Goals : Thompson 14, Ward 71, Fabiano 79
Coach : Ernie Merrick
3 - 2 Sydney FC
Ivan Necevski, Iain Fyfe, Rob Middleby, Stuart Musialik, Steve Corica (John Aloisi 72), Shannon Cole, Alex Brosque, Mark Bridge, Matthew Jurman (Bobby Petta 87), Beau Busch, Brendan Gan
Goals : Cole 1, Gan 4
Coach : John Kosmina
Match report by Alan Clark

Played (28/12/08) Suncorp Stadium
Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 13115
Queensland Roar
Liam Reddy, Luke DeVere, Craig Moore, Josh McCloughan (Andrew Packer 79), Michael Zullo, Massimo Murdocca, Sergio Van Dijk (Tim Smits 88), Tahj Minniecon (Tommy Oar 69), Chris Grossman, Matthew McKay, Mitch Nichols
Goals : McKay 38, Van Dijk 48, Oar 90
Coach : Frank Farina
3 - 2 Wellington Phoenix
Glen Moss, Tony Lochhead, Jon McKain, Karl Dodd, Tim Brown, Leo Bertos, Shane Smeltz, Michael Ferrante (Jeremy Christie 61), Troy Hearfield (Adam Kwasnik 71), Andrew Durante (sent off 90), Manny Muscat
Goals : DeVere 11og, Hearfield 46
Coach : Ricki Herbert
Match report by Adrian Demack