Written by Roy Hay.
National Youth League News
Volume 8 Number 8
23 November 1997
Round 7
Southern Division
Saturday 22 November 1997
Carlton 3 Bentleigh Greens 0
(Branko Bacak 2, Jovanco Novacevski)
Altona Magic 1 Heidelberg United 4
(Steve Bogdanovski) (Manny Papoutsis, Daniel Malina,
Tony Ouliaris, Nick Papoutsis)
VIS 3 Melbourne Knights 4
(Adrian Cuzuppe, Boris Ovcin, (Festim Zekiri 2, John Kalabric,
Ante Deak)
Damian Cassar)
Sunday 23 November 1997
South Melbourne 4 Albury Wodonga 2
(Franc Catalano, J Tambouras, (V O'Grady, C Davies)
George Goutzioulis, own goal)
Bye v Gippsland Falcons
Bye v Bulleen Inter
South Melbourne Rockets v Bye
Northern Division
Saturday 22 November 1997
Q A S 2 Sydney United Colts 0
(Shane Smeltz, Kasey Wehrmann)
UTS Olympic Colts 1 A C T A S 2
(Liam Austin) (Matthew Valeri 2)
A I S 6 Newcastle Breakers 0
(Mile Sterjovski 2, Michael Ferrante, Ante Duer,
Marc Bresciano, Michael Anderson)
Sunday 23 November 1997
Marconi Fairfield Colts 0 UTS Olympic 2
(Leo Carle, Tayfun Davrimol)
Wollongong City 1 N S W I S 1
(Christian Zelvis) (Daniel Watkins)
Sydney United 3 Marconi Fairfield 0
(Daniel Kukucka, Tony Krslovic,
Robert Angievski)
League Ladders
Southern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
Carlton 6 6 0 0 16 2 18
Melbourne Knights 6 5 0 1 28 8 15
Gippsland Falcons 5 5 0 0 9 2 15
Heidelberg United 6 4 0 2 10 7 12
Bulleen Inter 6 3 1 2 8 7 10
Bentleigh Greens 6 2 1 3 6 8 7
V I S 5 2 0 3 9 9 6
South Melbourne 6 1 1 4 7 11 4
Altona Magic 6 1 1 4 7 17 4
South Melbourne Rockets 5 1 0 4 6 27 3
Albury Wodonga 7 0 0 7 7 15 0
Northern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
UTS Olympic 6 5 0 1 21 10 15
A I S 7 4 2 1 38 9 14
Q A S 7 4 2 1 21 8 14
Wollongong City 6 3 2 1 14 8 11
A C T A S 7 3 2 2 10 21 11
Marconi Fairfield 6 3 1 2 14 9 10
Sydney United 8 2 3 3 17 19 9
N S W I S 7 2 1 4 13 13 7
Newcastle Breakers 6 2 1 3 11 17 7
Marconi Fairfield Colts 7 2 1 4 9 17 7
UTS Olympic Colts 7 2 0 5 9 23 6
Sydney United Colts 6 0 1 5 1 24 1
Leading goalscorers
Southern Division
Name Team Goals
Jovanco Novacevski Carlton 7
John Kalabric Melbourne Knights 5
Northern Division
Name Team Goals
Mile Sterjovski AIS 14
Reece Tollenaere Queensland Acad of Sport 6
Round 9
Southern Division
Friday 28 November 1997
South Melbourne Rockets v Bentleigh Greens (5.30 pm, Bob Jane Stadium)
Saturday 29 November 1997
V I S v South Melbourne (4 pm, Kim Reserve)
(Round One match)
Sunday 30 November 1997
Albury Wodonga v Melbourne Knights (4 pm, Diamond Park)
Gippsland Falcons v Altona Magic (3.30 pm, Falcons Park)
Monday 1 December 1997
Bulleen Inter v Carlton (7 pm, Veneto Club)
Bye v V I S
Heidelberg United v Bye
South Melbourne v Bye
Northern Division
Friday 28 November 1997
A C T A S v Sydney United Colts (5 pm, Seiffert Oval)
Marconi Fairfield v Marconi Fairfield Colts (5 pm, Marconi Stadium)
Newcastle Breakers v Q A S (5 pm, Topper Stadium)
Saturday 29 November 1997
UTS Olympic Colts v Wollongong City (4 pm, St George Stadium)
Sunday 30 November 1997
UTS Olympic v AIS (4 pm, Sydney Football Stadium)
N S W I S v Bye
Bye v Sydney United
National Youth League (Southern Division), 22-3 November 1997
by Roy Hay
Carlton won its sixth game in succession by beating Bentleigh Greens three
nil in a match brought forward to Saturday at Optus Oval. Jovanco
Novacevski opened for Carlton after 12 minutes, and that was the only goal
of the first half. Branko Bacak grabbed a double in 65 and 71 minutes to
complete the Carlton win.
Melbourne Knights fought back to win a thriller against the VIS by four
goals to three at Kim Reserve. John Kalabric scored after five minutes
for the Knights, but Adrian Cuzuppe in 7 and Boris Ovcin in 12 gave the VIS
a break it held till the last twenty minutes of play. Then Festim Zekiri
popped up with the first of his two goals, sandwiched on either side of one
by Ante Deak. Damian Cassar pulled a goal back in 89 minutes but it was
too late for the VIS to get on terms. The VIS played well in the first
half, but faded out in the second enabling the Knights to take control.
Heideleberg United had an excellent four-one win away to Altona Magic.
Steve Bogdanovski scored first for Altona after 13 minutes, and Nick
Papoutsis equalised seven minutes later. Tony Ouliaris's penalty put the
Bergers in front after 54 and two late goals by Manny Papoutsis and Daniel
Malina saw the visitor home.
South Melbourne beat Albury Wodonga by four goals to two at Bob Jane
Stadium. Franc Catalano scored for the Lakers after 20 minutes, and an
unfortunate own goal by Albury provided the other score in the first half.
V O'Grady pulled a goal back in 58 minutes, but two late strikes by J
Tambouras and George Goutzioulis had the Lakers home even though C Davies
scored for Albury in injury time.
National Youth League (Northern Division), 21-3 November 1997
Queensland Academy of Sport beat Sydney United Colts by two goals to nil at
Suncorp Stadium. Kasey Wehrmann took the first steps in his comeback with
a goal after 51 minutes and the word is that he came through the match very
well, though obviously a bit stiff. He was one of the top players on
view, as was Queensland's other scorer Shane Smeltz who got his goal in
injury time in the first half.
The AIS was too strong for Newcastle Breakers winning by six goals to nil
in Canberra and catapulting the team to the top of the league on Saturday.
Goal machine Mile Sterjovski added two more to his tally which is now up
to 14 after only eight rounds. His first was the only goal of the first
half, but when Michael Ferrante made it two on the hour, the floodgates
opened with further goals by Ante Duer, Sterjovski's second, Marc Bresciano
and Michael Anderson, the last of these coming just on time.
UTS Olympic had a two-nil away win over Marconi Fairfield Colts. The
goalscorers for Olympic were Tayfun Davrimol and Leo Carle from the penalty
spot.
Wollongong City and the NSW Institute of Sport played a one-all draw at
Brandon Park. Christian Zelvis scored for the Wolves and Daniel Watkins
for the Institute.
Finally Sydney United made it a bad day for Marconi youth with a three-nil
victory over the senior youth team. David Kukucka opened the scoring
after 12 minutes, and Tony Krslovic added a second in 25. In the second
half the only goal came from Robert Angievski after 65 minutes.