Written by Greg Stock. Thanks to John Punshon for the cross-referencing of material. For more details see credits.
| In June 1987 the visiting English club side Everton played Australia in a one off friendly match. The match finally went to penalties after the score was locked 1-1 and was won by Australia. Penalties were required as there was a trophy of sorts played for, Australia went first and the sequence was : Oscar Crino (1-0); Trevor Steven (1-1); Charlie Yankos (2-1); Adrian Heath (2-1: missed); Alan Davidson (3-1); Alan Harper (3-1: missed); Carlo Villiani (4-1) | ||||
| Played : June 3 1987 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia Jeff Olver, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Gary McDowell (Carlo Villiani 70), Frank Farina, Graham Arnold, Peter Raskopoulos (Oscar Crino 46'), Chris Kalantzis (Andrew Zinni 86), Alan Davidson Goal : Dunn |
1 | - | 1 | Everton (ENG) (Lineup incomplete) Bobby Mimms, Adrian Heath, Trevor Steven Goal : Heath |
| Attendance : 18,000 Coach : Frank Arok (Australia) | ||||
| Australias second opponent in the Presidents Cup was the Chilean B side. | ||||
| Played : June 11 1987 | Venue : Kyong Ju, South Korea | |||
| Chile B (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Jeff Olver, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Gary McDowall, Graham Arnold, Chris Kalantzis (Frank Farina), Alan Davidson, Andrew Zinni, Oscar Crino, Carlo Villani (Peter Raskopoulos), Jean-Paul deMarigny Goals : McDowall 73' Arnold |
| Coach : Frank Arok (Australia) | ||||
| Australias next opponent in the Presidents Cup tournament was Irish club side Shamrock Rovers. | ||||
| Played June 13 1987 | Venue : Taegu, South Korea | |||
| Shamrock Rovers (IRE) (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Mike Gibson, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Frank Farina, Paul Wade, Graham Arnold (Chris Kalantzis), Peter Raskopoulos, Andrew Zinni (Carlo Villani), Oscar Crino Goal : Farina 10' |
| Coach : Frank Arok (Australia) | ||||
| Australia then went on to play the B side of South Korea. | ||||
| Played : June 15 1987 | Venue : Suwon, South Korea | |||
| South Korea B (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 5 | Australia Jeff Olver, Wally Savor (Alan Davidson), Graham Jennings, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Gary McDowall, Frank Farina, Paul Wade, Graham Arnold, Peter Raskopoulos (Oscar Crino), Chris Kalantzis Goals : Farina x2, Crino, Arnold, Yankos pk |
| Coach : Frank Arok (Australia) | ||||
| The next opponents were Dutch side Fortuna Sittard. | ||||
| Played : June 17 1987 | Venue : Inchon, South Korea | |||
| Fortuna Sittard (HOL) (Lineup unavailable) |
1 | - | 1 | Australia Mike Gibson, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Robbie Dunn, Chris Kalantzis, Alan Davidson, Andrew Zinni, Oscar Crino, Alan Hunter, Carlo Villani, Jean Paul deMarigny Goal : Hunter |
| Coach : Frank Arok (Australia) | ||||