Written by John Punshon
(With acknowledgement to George Angelopoulos,
Victorian Soccer Federation)
| Finals Series | ||||
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| A: Elimination Semi-Final (4th v 5th) B: Qualifying Semi-Final (2nd v 3rd) C: Minor Semi-Final (Loser B v Winner A) D: Major Semi-Final (1st v Winner B) E: Preliminary Final (Loser D v Winner C) F: Grand Final (Winner D v Winner E) | ||||
| A: Elimination Semi-Final Paisley Park, North Altona. August 27. Referee: Cain Naumcevski. Att: 1,000(dh) | ||||
| Bulleen Lions Jeff Olver, Frank Valentic, Robert Krajacic (sent off 75), Bill Tsiakos (Adrian Uliana 97), Robert Liparoti, Tom Sonsini, Dale White, Scott Patterson, Anthony Grbac, Peter Di Iorio, Peter Lutgens. Coach: Peter Ollerton. Goal: Lutgens 42 |
1 | - | 1 | Albion Redsox Robert Brian, Gunay Kuyucuogullari, John Grimaud, Levant Osman, Claude Lucchesi, Mark Wilson (Zoran Kostovski 109), Martin Collins, Ozan Fehmi, Ahmet Gurpinar, Michael Vesnaver, Luciano Trani (Mesut Ismailoglu 75). Coach: John Dowie. Goal: Vesnaver 85 |
| Bulleen won on 5-4 penalties: Grbac (1-0), Lucchesi (saved); Lutgens (2-0), Gurpinar (2-1); Valentic (saved), Vesnaver (2-2); White (saved), Osman (2-3); Patterson (3-3), Kuyucuogullari (hit post); DiIorio (4-3), Collins (4-4); Sonsini (5-4), Fehmi (wide left). | ||||
| B: Qualifying Semi-Final Paisley Park, North Altona. August 27. Referee: Juergen Annuss. Att: 1,000(dh) | ||||
| Altona Magic Darren McGrath, Marjan Tasevski, Zdravko Atanasovski, Robert Runje, Paul Harris, Tom Markovski, Henry Velkovski, Nick Georgopoulos, Ice Kutlesovski, Chris Emsovski, Nick Radecki (Danny Madarovski 83). Coach: Ian Dobson. Goals: Kutlesovski 63 Velkovski 90 |
2 | - | 0 | Sunshine Georgies Steve Wardle, Jamie Melrose (Spencer Field 80), John Kanesoulis, Anthony Cassar, Robbie Ferla, Chris Daglaras (Mark Aretis 72), Craig Lewis, Norm Dougherty, Alex Kiratzoglou, Ged Stenson, Agim Sherifovski. Coach: Willie Vassallo. |
| C: Minor Semi-Final Anderson Reserve, Port Melbourne. September 3. Referee: Gerry Connolly. Att: 3,500(dh) | ||||
| Sunshine Georgies Steve Wardle, Jamie Melrose (Kon Pappas 76), John Kanesoulis, Anthony Cassar, Robbie Ferla, Spencer Field, Craig Lewis, Norm Dougherty, Mark Aretis (Chris Daglaras 76), Ged Stenson, Agim Sherifovski. Coach: Willie Vassallo. Goal: Lewis 16 |
1 | - | 5 | Bulleen Lions Jeff Olver, Frank Valentic, Bill Tsiakos (Adrian Uliana 87), Robert Liparoti, Tom Sonsini, Anthony Grbac, Dale White, Pat Giaccherini (George Lenetis 60), Scott Patterson, Peter Di Iorio, Peter Lutgens. Coach: Peter Ollerton. Goals: Lutgens 9, Giaccherini 37, Valentic 55, Di Iorio 88, Patterson 90 |
| D: Major Semi-Final Anderson Reserve, Port Melbourne. September 3. Referee: Carlo Graser. Att: 3,500 (dh) | ||||
| Port Melbourne Dean Anastasiadis, John Dimitrelos, Con Argyriou, Leo Kyriakopoulos, Jim Pasakos (Jimmy Karakyriakos 103), Dean Fak (c), George Svigos, George Georgiadis, Nick Tsaltas, Con Kotzagiannidis (Bill Daglis 85), Nick Papadopoulos. Coach: Takis Svigos. |
0 | - | 1 | Altona Magic Darren McGrath, Marjan Tasevski, Zdravko Atanasovski, Robert Runje, Paul Harris, Tom Markovski, Henry Velkovski, Danny Madarovski (Zoran Cvetkovski 72), Ice Kutlesovski, Chris Emsovski (John Markovski 103), Nick Radecki. Coach: Ian Dobson. Goal: Atanasovski 102 |
| E: Preliminary Final Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine. September 10. Referee: Wayne Dade. Att: 1,500 | ||||
| Port Melbourne Dean Anastasiadis, Con Argyriou, John Dimitrelos, Leo Kyriakopoulos, Dean Fak (c), George Svigos, Nick Palamaras, George Georgiadis, Nick Tsaltas, Sava Rusmir (Jim Pasakos 87), Nick Papadopoulos. Coach: Takis Svigos. |
0 | - | 0 | Bulleen Lions Jeff Olver, Frank Valentic, Robert Krajacic, Robert Liparoti, Bill Tsiakos, Tom Sonsini, Anthony Grbac, Dale White, Scott Patterson, Peter Di Iorio (George Lenetis 87), Peter Lutgens. Coach: Peter Ollerton. |
| Port Melbourne lost 4-5 on penalties: Svigos (1-0), Grbac (1-1); Dimitrelos (2-1), Lutgens (saved); Georgiadis (3-1), Valentic (3-2); Anastasiadis (saved), White (3-3); Argyriou (4-3), Patterson (4-4); Palamaras (saved), Krajacic (4-5). | ||||
| F: Grand Final Olympic Park, Melbourne. September 17. Referee: Eugene Brazzale. Att: 5,000 | ||||
| Altona Magic Darren McGrath, Zoran Cvetkovski, Zdravko Atanasovski (Danny Madarovski 83), Robert Runje, Paul Harris, Tom Markovski, Henry Velkovski, Nick Georgopoulos, Ice Kutlesovski, Chris Emsovski, Nick Radecki (John Markovski 62). Coach: Ian Dobson. Goals: Kutlesovski 30 Georgopoulos 55 J Markovski 90 |
3 | - | 2 | Bulleen Lions Jeff Olver, Robert Krajacic (Adrian Uliana 76), Robert Liparoti, Bill Tsiakos, Tom Sonsini, Peter Lutgens, Anthony Grbac, Scott Patterson, George Lenetis (David Iebbiano 103), Peter Di Iorio, Dale White. Coach: Peter Ollerton. Goals: White 17, 42 |
| Jimmy Rooney Medal: Chris Emsovski (Altona Magic) | ||||