Written by Roy Hay.
National Youth League
Round 10
Southern Division
Saturday 6 December 1997
Altona Magic 3 South Melbourne 3
(Pece Cergovaki, Steve Bogdanovski, (Franc Catalano, Robert Liparotti,
Steve Markovski) George Goutzioulis)
V I S 4 Bentleigh Greens 1
(Billy Petrovski 2, Zoran Petrevski, (Franco Melino)
Joey Di Iorio)
Carlton 1 Heidelberg United 0
(Steve Martin)
Melbourne Knights 3 Gippsland Falcons 0
(Mijo Trupkovic 2, Ivan Razov)
(Match postponed from Round One)
Sunday 7 December 1997
South Melbourne Rockets 1 Bulleen Inter 2
(Fotis Gillias) (Tony Di Pietro, Robert Ardesi)
Bye v Albury Wodonga
Bye v Gippsland Falcons
Melbourne Knights v Bye
Northern Division
Friday 5 December 1997
Wollongong City 3 A C T A S 2
(Sasha Dimovski, Paul Tutureski, Mi) (Jimmy Baxter, Lee)
Saturday 6 December 1997
Q A S 3 UTS Olympic 3
(Mark Battiston 2, Wade Baldwin) (Angelo Petratos, Jim Baris,
Peter Zorsas)
A I S 4 Marconi Fairfield 0
(Marc Bresciano 2, Mile Sterjovski 2)
Sunday 7 December 1997
Sydney United 2 N S W I S 2
(Ryan Griffiths, Daniel Kukucka) (Lou Wilkinshire, Simon Catanzaro)
Sydney United Colts 3 Newcastle Breakers 2
(Azur Mujanovic 2, Tony Krslovic) (David Hodgson, Chris Tancevski)
Bye v UTS Olympic Colts
Marconi Fairfield Colts v Bye
League Ladders
Southern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
Carlton 7 7 0 0 17 2 21
Melbourne Knights 8 6 0 2 31 11 18
Gippsland Falcons 7 6 0 1 13 5 18
Bulleen Inter 7 4 1 2 10 8 13
V I S 7 4 0 3 15 11 12
Heidelberg United 7 4 0 3 10 8 12
Bentleigh Greens 8 3 1 4 9 12 10
South Melbourne 8 1 2 5 11 16 5
Altona Magic 8 1 2 5 10 24 5
Albury Wodonga 8 1 0 7 10 15 3
South Melbourne Rockets 7 1 0 6 7 31 3
Northern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
A I S 9 6 2 1 43 9 20
Wollongong City 8 5 2 1 21 11 17
Q A S 10 4 4 2 26 14 16
UTS Olympic 8 5 1 2 24 14 16
A C T A S 9 4 2 3 13 24 14
Marconi Fairfield 8 3 2 3 16 15 11
Sydney United 9 2 4 3 19 21 10
Newcastle Breakers 8 3 1 4 16 22 10
N S W I S 9 2 3 4 15 15 9
Marconi Fairfield Colts 8 2 2 4 11 19 8
UTS Olympic Colts 8 2 0 6 10 27 6
Sydney United Colts 8 1 1 6 4 27 4
Leading goalscorers
Southern Division
Name Team Goals
Jovanco Novacevski Carlton 7
Festim Zekiri Melbourne Knights 7
Northern Division
Name Team Goals
Mile Sterjovski AIS 17
Daniel Watkins NSWIS 7
Round 11
Southern Division
Friday 12 December 1997
Bentleigh Greens v Melbourne Knights (6.30 pm, Kingston Heath)
Saturday 13 December 1997
Gippsland Falcons v Carlton (3.30 pm, Falcons Stadium)
Sunday 14 December 1997
South Melbourne Rockets v Heidelberg United (3.30 pm, Bob Jane Stadium)
Monday 15 December 1997
Bulleen Inter v VIS (7 pm, Wembley Park)
South Melbourne v Bye
Bye v Altona Magic
Albury Wodonga v Bye
Northern Division
Saturday 13 December 1997
Marconi Fairfield v Q A S (4.30 pm, Marconi Stadium)
NSWIS v Marconi Fairfield Colts (5 pm, Valentine Park)
UTS Olympic Colts v Sydney United (4 pm, St George Stadium)
ACTAS v Newcastle Breakers (4 pm, Seiffert Oval)
Sunday 14 December 1997
UTS Olympic v Sydney United Colts (4 pm, Sydney Football Stadium)
Bye v AIS
Wollongong City v Bye
National Youth League (Southern Division), 5-7 December 1997
by Roy Hay
In a match postponed from Round One, Melbourne Knights beat Gippsland
Falcons by three goals to nil at Knights Stadium. The only goal of the
first half came from Ivan Razov, and the Falcons were on top for most of
the period without getting on target. In the second half, the Knights
seemed to become stronger and Mijo Trupkovic scored twice to give his team
a clear-cut win.
The Victorian Institutue of Sport beat Bentleigh Greens by four goals to
one at Kim Reserve. France Melino put Bentleigh Greens in front in ten
minutes, but Billy Petrovski equalised for the VIS five minutes later.
Joey Di Iorio scored next for the VIS in 53 minutes, following his recent
appointment to a scholarship. Zoran Petrevski converted a penalty kick
after 57 minutes, and Billy Petrovski made it four with his second goal in
65 minutes.
Carlton squeaked home against Heidelberg United by a single goal from Steve
Martin after 33 minutes. Carlton's troubles were self-inflicted as
Jovanco Novacevski and Andy Vargas were sent off for second yellow card
offences.'
Altona Magic and South Melbourne drew three-all in a thriller at Paisley
Reserve. Franc Catalano scored the only goal of the first half in 42
minutes to put the Blues in front, and Robert Liparotti added a second in
56 after Steve Bogdanovski had equalised for the Magic. Pece Cergovski
levelled the scores once again 59 and Steve Markovski put the Magic ahead
for the first time after 79 minutes. There was only three minutes left
when George Goutzioulis popped up to tie the scores once more.
Bulleen beat South Melbourne Rockets by two goals to one at Bob Jane
Stadium. Robert Ardesi's penalty put Bulleen in front in 54 minutyes but
Fotis Gillias equalised ten minutes later only for Tony Di Pietro to grab
the winner for Bulleen in 84 minutes.
National Youth League (Northern Division), 28-30 November 1997
Queensland Academy of Sport and UTS Olympic drew three-all at Suncorp after
Olympic seemed to have the game sewn up when they held a three-one lead
midway through the second half. Wade Baldwin opened for QAS, but then
Angelo Petratos equalised before the interval and Jim Baris and Peter
Zorzas gave Olympic a handy break. Mark Battiston then took a hand with a
goal in open play in 63 minutes and a penalty kick after 80 to give QAS a
share of the points.
The AIS had a four-nil win over Marconi Fairfield with two goals each to
the inevitable Mile Sterjovski who now has seventeen for the season and
Marc Bresciano who now has six.
Wollongong City just beat the ACT Academy of Sport by three goals to two at
Brandon Park.
Sydney United and the New South Wales Institute of Sport drew two-all at
Parramatta Stadium with goals by Daniel Kukucka and Ryan Griffiths being
cancelled out by Lou Wilkinshire and Simon Catanzaro's efforts for the
Institute.
Sydney United Colts caused a boilover by beating Newcastle Breakers
three-two to record the Colts first win of the season. Azur Mujanovic
with two and Tony Krslovic were the Colts scorers, while David Hodgson and
Chris Tancevski scored for the Breakers. It was a tough physical game,
but Tom Maris was unlucky to be sent off for his second bookable offence
late in the game.