1988 Dockerty Cup Results

written by John Punshon
Sources: The Age, The Geelong Advertiser, Il Globo, Neos Kosmos, Soccer Star, The Sunday Press
If anyone can help fill the gaps in this record of the 1988 Dockerty Cup, please contact me

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Home Team v Away Team
First Preliminary Round
Saturday, February 27, 1988
Dandenong
Won by Dandenong
? - ? Heidelberg City
Geelong ? - ? Yarraville
Won by Yarraville
Prahran/Brighton
Won by Prahran/Brighton
? - ? Sunbury United
Rosanna
Won by Rosanna
? - ? Karingal United
Sandringham City ? - ? Ringwood United
Won by Ringwood United
Warragul United
Won by Warragul United
? - ? Mornington
Williamstown ? - ? Doncaster Rovers
Won by Doncaster Rovers
Second Preliminary Round
Saturday, March 5, 1988
Albion
Won by Albion
? - ? Port Melbourne
Dandenong 1 - 0 Langwarrin
Doncaster Rovers
After extra time
Doncaster Rovers won on penalties
2 - 2 Essendon City
East Brunswick/Ivanhoe
Won by East Brunswick/Ivanhoe
? - ? Werribee City
Lalor United
After Extra Time
Lalor United won on penalties
1 - 1 Coburg
Mooroolbark 2 - 1 Ringwood United
Nunawading City
Won by Nunawading City
? - ? Warragul United
Pascoe Vale 0 - 4 Seaford United
Prahran/Brighton
Goals: George Keenan x 2, Other scorer not known
3 - 1 Corio-Geelong United
Goal: Bosevski
Rosanna 4 - 1 Chelsea
Springvale United
0 - 2 Mordialloc
Waverley City 0 - 1 Clifton Hill
Westgate
Goals: Scorers not known
2 - 1 Bell Park
Goal: Sam McNeilage
Yallourn ? - ? Clarinda
Won by Clarinda
Yarraville 3 - 1 Hawthorn Citizens
Round One
State League teams enter
Ross Reserve, Noble Park. Monday, April 4, 1988
Altona Gate
Goal: Tasevski
After Extra Time
1 - 0 Dandenong
Springvale City 0 - 1 Clarinda
Goal: Tsakiris
Wembley Park, Box Hill. Monday, April 4, 1988
Ringwood City
Goal: Own goal 89
After Extra Time
Ringwood City won on penalties 5-4
1 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
Goal: P Spicer 88
Box Hill
Goals: Gerry McAleer, Damian Mori, Own goal
3 - 0 Seaford United
Veneto Club, Bulleen. Monday, April 4, 1988
Bulleen
Goals: Andy Bozikas x 3, Joe D'Amico, Silvio Sella
5 - 2 Nunawading City
Goals: P Chiaravalle, Santo
Caulfield City
Goals: Scorers not known
2 - 1 Mooroolbark
Goals: Scorer not known
Croydon Park, Croydon. Monday, April 4, 1988
Oakleigh
Goals: Scorers not known
4 - 2 Yarraville
Goals: Scorers not known
Croydon City
Goal: Scorer not known
1 - 3 Prahran/Brighton
Goals: Scorers not known
CB Smith Reserve, Fawkner. Monday, April 4, 1988
Maribyrnong Polonia
Goal: Janusz Baran
1 - 0 Mordialloc
Fawkner
Goals: Robbie Cullen 2, Emmanuele, Doug Brown
4 - 0 Lalor United
John Cain Reserve, Thornbury. Monday, April 4, 1988
Frankston Pines 0 - 2 Albion
Goals: Scorers not known
Northcote City 0 - 1 East Brunswick/Ivanhoe
Goal: Scorer not known
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans. Monday, April 4, 1988
St Albans
Goal: Ivan Kelic
1 - 2 Clifton Hill
Goals: N Patsakos, T Patsakos
Green Gully
Goals: Stuart Cannell 40, Norm Dougherty 47, Colin Quigley 80pk, 83, Joe O'Donnell 75, Own goal 77, Steve Douglas 86
7 - 0 Westgate
Partridge Reserve, Thomastown. Monday, April 4, 1988
Western Suburbs
Goals: Scorers not known
4 - 2 Rosanna
Goals: Scorers not known
Morwell Falcons
Goals: Scorers not known
3 - 2 Thomastown
Goals: Scorers not known
Round Two
North Crinigan Reserve, Morwell. Monday, June 13, 1988
Albion
Goal: Ossie Latif
1 - 2 Western Suburbs
Goals: Sreve Dimovski x 2
Morwell Falcons
Goals: Iain Stirton 3, John Sokoluk 3, John O'Callaghan
7 - 0 Prahran/Brighton
CB Smith Reserve, Fawkner. Monday, June 13, 1988
Altona Gate
Goals: Scorer not known
1 - 2 Caulfield City
Goals: Scorers not known
Fawkner
Goal: Frank Sabatino
1 - 4 Maribyrnong Polonia
Goals: Dzielakowski, Paul De Bono, Greg Warszawski, Bogdan Bonk
Jubilee Park, Ringwood. Monday, June 13, 1988
Oakleigh
Goal: Peter Murphy
1 - 2 Clifton Hill
Goals: Papageorgiou, Hronis
After Extra Time
Box Hill 0 - 1 Ringwood City
Goal: Peter Cocker
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans. Monday, June 13, 1988
Clarinda
Goals: Ferrie pk, Marmaras x 2
3 - 1 East Brunswick/Ivanhoe
Goal: Rocky Santangelo
Green Gully
Goals: Colin Quigley, Joe O'Donnell
2 - 0 Bulleen
Round Three
NSL teams enter
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans. Sunday, November 6, 1988.
Heidelberg United
Goals: Steve Mangos, Lou Theodosopoulos
2 - 1 Maribyrnong Polonia
Goal: Greg Warszawski
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans. Sunday, November 6, 1988. Referee: John Stojkovic.
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Lauments, Tom Sonsini, Fab Incantalupo, Paul Della Rocca, Brian Brown, Vlatko Belic, Willie Herd, Mehmet Durakovic, Scott Patterson, Charlie Egan, Pat Giaccherini (Carraro). Coach: Garry McDowall.
Goals: Egan 21, 56
2 - 1 Green Gully
Charlie Sant, Robert Napoli, Tsihladis [!], Gary Cutler, John Grimaud, Joe O'Donnell, Billy Romanovski, Steve Farquharson, Steve Douglas, Colin Quigley, Ken Smart. Coach: Willie Vassallo.
Goal: Smart 80
Kim Reserve, Altona. Sunday, November 6, 1988
Footscray JUST
Goals: Drago Deankovic, Milan Dimoski, Bill Lazopoulos
3 - 0 Western Suburbs
Selwyn Park, Sunshine. Sunday, November 6, 1988
Melbourne Croatia
Goals: Paul Donnelly, Branko Milosevic
2 - 0 Clifton Hill
Sunshine George Cross
Goals: John Markovski x 2, Lorenz Kindtner, Athan Zacharias, Robert Markovac
5 - 1 Ringwood City
Goal: Chris Ketsakidis og
Middle Park. Sunday, November 6, 1988
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Robert Spasevski, Michael Branov, Bill Piculovski, Ian Roodhouse, Veselin Soklevski, George Petrov, George Jolevski, Steve Smith, Louie Bekiaris, Chris Emsovski.
Goal: Steve Smith
1 - 2 Clarinda
Alfie Christoforidis, Sean Coulter, Bruce Giles, Spiros Kostoglou, Chris Valli, Con Koziaris, Bennie Ferrie, D Tsakiris, C Nitsikas, Nick Gameras, Arthur Apostolopoulos.
Goals: Con Koziaris x 2
South Melbourne
Goals: Damian Mori, Kimon Taliadoros
2 - 0 Morwell Falcons
Bye: Caulfield City
Quarter-Finals
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans. Sunday, November 13, 1988. Referee: Ziggy Mnich.
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Lauments (Pat Marrama 46), Tom Sonsini, Fab Incantalupo, Paul Della Rocca, Carraro, Brian Brown, Pat Giaccherini (Vlatko Belic 78), Willie Herd, Charlie Egan, Mehmet Durakovic, Joe Palatsides. Coach: Garry McDowall.
Goal: Herd 74
1 - 0 Heidelberg United
Mike Chatzitrifonos, Eric Vassiliadis, Onofriou, Peter Bordignon, Chris Iliopoulos, Kon Pappas, Steve Mangos, Missalidis (Mussikiadis 78), Lazenkas, Saristavros (Mandolidis 59), Sangos. Coach: Jim Tansey.
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans. Sunday, November 13, 1988
Melbourne Croatia
Goals: Robbie Dunn, Joe Caleta, George Hannah
3 - 0 Clarinda
Middle Park. Sunday, November 13, 1988
Sunshine George Cross
Goals: John Markovski x 2
2 - 1 Footscray JUST
Goal: Milan Dimoski
South Melbourne
Goals: Paul Foster x 2, Paul Trimboli, Damian Mori
4 - 0 Caulfield City
Semi-Finals
Middle Park. Sunday, November 20, 1988. Referee: Chris Bambridge.
Brunswick Juventus
Peter Lauments, Mehmet Durakovic, Fab Incantalupo, Brian Brown, Paul Della Rocca (Carraro 46), Willie Herd, Vlatko Belic, Garry McDowall, Scott Patterson (Mickey Petersen 46), Charlie Egan, Joe Palatsides. Coach: Garry McDowall.
Goals: Durakovic78, Palatsides 90pk
2 - 3 South Melbourne
Con Giatas, David Healy, Con Argyriou, Paul Fernandes, Kieron Lennon, Damian Mori (Arthur Robotis 76), Billy Tsiakos (Trajanovski 79), Steve Tassios, Paul Trimboli, Paul Foster, Paul Donnelly. Coach: Bobby Russell.
Goals: Foster 22, Tassios 41, Mori 75
Middle Park. Sunday, November 20, 1988
Sunshine George Cross
Goals: Lorenz Kindtner, Andrew Marth
2 - 3 Melbourne Croatia
Goals: Branko Milosevic pk, Joe Caleta x 2
1988 Dockerty Cup Final
Middle Park. Sunday, November 27, 1988. Referee: Mike Gaut.
Melbourne Croatia
Goals: Hus Skenderovic 9, Branko Milosevic 82pk, 93, Joe Caleta 95
After Extra Time
4 - 3 South Melbourne
Con Giatas, David Healy, Con Argyriou, Paul Fernandes, Kieron Lennon, Damian Mori, Billy Tsiakos, Steve Tassios (Kimon Taliadoros 60), Paul Trimboli, Paul Foster, Paul Donnelly. Coach: Bobby Russell.
Goals: Paul Trimboli 30pk, Paul Foster 58, 103
South Melbourne was subsquently awarded the Dockerty Cup following a protest on the grounds that Melbourne Croatia fielded an ineligible player in the final