Written by Roy Hay.
National Youth League
Round 13
Southern Division
Saturday 27 December 1997
Heidelberg United 1 Melbourne Knights 2
(Nick Papoutsis) (Matthew Govic, Damon Collina)
Bentleigh Greens 2 Albury Wodonga 1
(Chris Christou, Leo Refojos) (P Pezzini)
Sunday 28 December 1997
Gippsland Falcons 1 VIS 1
(Billy Mitroulas) (Pat Arcuri)
South Melbourne 9 South Melbourne Rockets 0
(Franc Catalano 3, Nick Marinos 2,
Kon Karasividis 2, Tas Psonis, Louis Rozanitis)
Bulleen Inter v Bye
Altona Magic v Bye
Bye v Carlton
Northern Division
Saturday 27 December 1997
Marconi Fairfield 1 Newcastle Breakers 5
(D MacDonald) (Greg Owens 2, Michael Sloane,
Chris Tancevski, Tony Bauer)
Sunday 28 December 1997
Wollongong City 1 Marconi Fairfield Colts 2
(Colin Luff) (Mark Haggar 2)
UTS Olympic A C T A S
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Bye v Sydney United
Bye v Sydney United Colts
NB UTS Olympic v AIS and NSWIS v QAS already played.
League Ladders
Southern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
Melbourne Knights 11 9 0 2 40 13 27
Gippsland Falcons 10 8 1 1 21 7 25
Carlton 9 8 0 1 19 3 24
V I S 10 6 1 3 28 13 19
Heidelberg United 10 4 1 5 12 18 13
Bentleigh Greens 10 4 1 5 11 18 13
Bulleen Inter 8 3 1 4 10 14 10
South Melbourne 10 2 2 6 20 18 8
Albury Wodonga 10 2 0 8 13 18 6
Altona Magic 9 1 2 6 11 26 5
South Melbourne Rockets 9 1 1 7 8 45 4
Northern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
A I S 11 8 2 1 51 10 26
UTS Olympic 10 6 2 2 29 16 20
Q A S 11 5 4 2 29 14 19
Wollongong City 11 5 3 3 25 21 18
Marconi Fairfield Colts 11 5 2 4 18 23 17
Newcastle Breakers 10 4 3 3 21 22 15
A C T A S 10 4 3 3 13 24 15
Marconi Fairfield 11 4 2 5 18 23 14
Sydney United 10 2 5 3 21 23 11
N S W I S 10 2 2 6 14 17 8
UTS Olympic Colts 10 2 1 7 14 32 7
Sydney United Colts 9 0 1 8 1 29 1
Leading goalscorers
Southern Division
Name Team Goals
Zoran Petervski VIS 12
Jovanco Novacevski Carlton 7
Festim Zekiri Melbourne Knights 7
Northern Division
Name Team Goals
Mile Sterjovski AIS 21
Round 14
Southern Division
Saturday 3 January 1998
VIS v Gippsland Falcons (4 pm, Kim Reserve)
Sunday 4 January 1998
Melbourne Knights v Heidelberg United (3.30 pm, Knights Stadium)
Albury Wodonga v Bentleigh Greens (6 pm, Diamond Park)
South Melbourne Rockets v South Melbourne (Playing 25 January 1998)
Bulleen Inter v Bye
Altona Magic v Bye
Bye v Carlton
Northern Division
Friday 2 January 1998
Newcastle Breakers v Marconi Fairfield (5.15 pm, Topper Stadium)
Saturday 3 January 1998
QAS v NSWIS (4.30 pm, Suncorp Stadium)
Sunday 4 January 1998
Marconi Fairfield Colts v Wollongong City (4 pm, Marconi Stadium)
Sydney United Colts v UTS Olympic Colts (4 pm Parramatta Stadium)
Monday 5 January 1998
A C T A S v UTS Olympic (4 pm, Belmore Sports Ground)
Bye v Sydney United
AIS v UTS Olympic Colts (Already played)
National Youth League (Southern Division), 27-8 December 1997
by Roy Hay
Bentleigh Greens gained a two-one win over Albury Wondonga on Saturday at
Kingston Heath. P Pezzini put the boys from the border ahead after only
seven minutes only for Chris Christou to equalise for the Greens in 14.
It was a tough even battle thereafter until Leo Refojos grabbed the winner
for the home team in 87 minutes.
It was a similar scoreline at Olympic Village, where Heidelberg United lost
at home to Melbourne Knights. Nick Papoutsis was the Bergers' scorer
after 15 minutes and Matthew Govic continued his goal a game run for the
Knights three minutes after the interval, with the other goal coming from
Damon Collina in 80 minutes.
Billy Mitroulas scored an early goal after 9 minutes to put Gippsland
Falcons ahead against the VIS, but Pat Arcuri secured an equaliser for the
Institute, which has found it very difficult to win a game in the Valley
over the years.
South Melbourne trounced the South Melbourne Rockets by nine goals to nil.
The writing was on the wall when Erhan Bayraktar of the Rockets was sent
off after only three minutes for tripping. Franc Catalano took advantage
of two penalty kicks in the first half to put the senior youth team ahead
and Tas Psonis headed neatly over the keeper in the last minute of the
first period. Kon Karasividis made it four, then Catalano completed his
hat-trick in 70 minues, with Karasividis providing the service on both
occasions. Substitute Nick Marinos grabbed two quick goals, and he might
have had more, before Louis Rozanitis came up from the back to add a final
nail in the coffin. The Rockets had two more players dismissed for second
offences in the latter stages of the game.
National Youth League (Northern Division), 27-8 December 1997
Newcastle Breakers overcame Marconi Fairfield at Marconi Stadium by five
goals to one. Greg Owens scored twice for the Breakers and the other
contributors were Michael Sloane, Chris Tancevski and Tony Bauer. D
MacDonald scored for Marconi.
Marconi Fairfield Colts scored an upset two-one win away to Wollongong
City. It was goal-less in the first half then three late goals produced a
thrilling finish with the visitor getting the winning goal in the last
minute. Mark Haggar opened the scoring in 73 minutes, but Colin Luff
equalised in 81, only for Haggar to pop up again with the vital winner.