Written by Roy Hay.
National Youth League News Volume 8 Number 1 5 October 1997 Round 1 Southern Division Saturday 4th October Bentleigh Greens 1 Bulleen Inter 2 (Frank Melino) (Matthew Collina 2) Carlton 2 Altona Magic 0 (Nick Tolios, Adam Pongho) South Melbourne Rockets v Bye Bye v Heidelberg United Albury Wodonga v Bye The other Round One matches will be played on 29 November when the Victorian Institute of Sport takes on South Melbourne at Dendy Park, Brighton and on 5 December when it is the Melbourne Knights v Gippsland Falcons at Knights Stadium. Northern Division Saturday 4th October Queensland Academy of Sport 5 UTS Olympic Colts 0 (Angelo Coots 2, Rhys Tolleneare 2, Daniel Invincible) A C T Academy of Soccer 2 Sydney United 2 () (Daniel Kukucka, Robert Angievski) Sunday 5th October UTS Olympic 3 Marconi Fairfield 1 (Andrew McKiernan, Leo Carlio, (Joe Bruni) Steve Karavatakis) Sydney United Colts 0 N S W Institute of Sport 2 (Simon Catanzaro, Daniel Watkins) Newcastle Breakers v Bye Marconi Fairfield Colts v Bye The other Round One match will be played on 13 December when the Australian Institute of Sport will play Wollongong City. League Ladders Southern Division Team P W D L F A Pts Carlton 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Bulleen 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Bentleigh Greens 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Altona Magic 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Albury-Wodonga Gippsland Falcons Heidelberg United Melbourne Knights South Melbourne South Melbourne Rockets V I S Northern Division Team P W D L F A Pts Queensland Academy of Sport 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 UTS Olympic 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 New South Wales Institute of Sport 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 ACT Academy of Soccer 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Sydney United 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Marconi Fairfield 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Sydney United Colts 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 UTS Olympic Colts 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 A I S Marconi Fairfield Colts Newcastle Breakers Wollongong City Leading goalscorers Southern Division Name Team Goals Mathew Collina Bulleen 2 Northern Division Name Team Goals Rees Tolleneare Queensland Academy 2 Angleo Coots Queensland Academy 2 Round 2 Southern Division Saturday 11 October 1997 Altona Magic v South Melbourne Rockets (5.30 pm, Paisley Park) Heidelberg United v Bentleigh Greens (4 pm, Olympic Village) Sunday 12 October 1997 Bulleen Inter v Albury Wodonga (3.30 pm, Veneto Park) South Melbourne v Melbourne Knights (3.30 pm, Bob Jane Stadium) Bye v Carlton Bye v V I S Gippsland Falcons v Bye Carlton hopes to bring forward its Round 5 match with the VIS to Saturday at Optus Oval. Northern Division Friday 10 October 1997 Wollongong City v Q A S (5 pm, Brandon Park) Saturday 11 October 1997 N S W I S v Newcastle Breakers (5 pm, Valentine Park) Marconi Fairfield v A C T A S (4.30 pm, Marconi Stadium) Sunday 12 October 1997 Sydney United v Marconi Fairfield Colts (5.30 pm, Sydney United Sports Stadium) Sydney United Colts v UTS Olympic Colts (postponed until 2 January 1998) Bye v A I S Bye v UTS Olympic National Youth League (Southern Division), 4-5 October 1997 by Roy Hay Carlton opened its first match in the National Youth League with a goal inside the first minute from Nick Tolios against Altona Magic. From the kick-off the ball went back to sweeper Ivica Klarica, who sent Andy Vargas away on the elft. Vargas sprinted forward and his cross was accurately fed into the path of Tolios, who scored from close range. Vargas pulled the strings in midfield for Carlton, which dominated the first half. After forty-one minutes Carlton extended its lead as Adam Pongho shot hit the post and had just crossed the line before Jovanco Novacevski got a foot to the ball, according to referee Dominic Barba. Bulleen had a two-one win over Bentleigh Greens at Kingston Heath. Frank Melino scored for the Greens and Mathew Collina got both Bulleen's goals, the first from a penalty. Carlton hope to reschedule its match with the VIS for Saturday. National Youth League (Northern Division), 4-5 October 1997 Queensland Academy of Sport kicked off the Northern Division with a five-nil win over UTS Olympic Colts marked by double strikes for Angelo Coots and Rees Tolleneare and one goal by Daniel Invincible. Sydney United Colts conceded two goals to the New South Wales Institute of Sport, with Simon Catanzaro and Daniel Watkins scoring in the first half. The Colts had their keeper sent off somewhat harshly according to reports, but the ten men including the substitute keeper held their opponents scoreless in the second half, and indeed looked more like scoring themselves. The ACT Academy of Soccer and Sydney United drew two-all, with Daniel Kukucka and Robert Angievski on target for United. UTS Olympic got a flying start with a goal by Andrew McKiernan in the first minute against Marconi. Leo Carlio and Steve Karavatakis added further goals before Joe Bruni pulled one back for Marconi in the second half, but Olympic was well worth the victory.