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#NPLNSWCLUB WELCOME

After commemorating ANZAC Day, the Stallions will be looking at getting back

to business with victory against Rockdale City Suns FC. Peter Tsekenis’ side celebrated a huge win over Blacktown City FC who are currently 4th on the ladder, 5 spots ahead of the Stallions. Marconi will be focused on advancing up the ladder with a win over 10th place Rockdale City Suns FC and closing the gap from the League Leaders. Rockdale City

Suns FC are coming off two consecutive draws against tough opponents Manly united FC and Sydney Olympic FC and will no doubt be on their best game knowing Marconi will not want to walk away with anything less than 3 points.

You can count on these two clubs to put on a show with some high quality football coming our way.

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1 NENAD VEKIC2 BRADEN CHENG3 BRETT STUDMAN4 TROY DANASKOS5 MICHAEL BEAUCHAMP6 SEAN O’CONNELL7 MIRJAN PAVLOVIC8 SEAN ROONEY9 SHANE WEBB10 MARKO JESIC11 JUDAH CLEUR12 JAMES ANDREW

14 PETER PELEKANOS15 MATEO POLJAK16 MARTY LO17 THEO KOFINAS18 PETER TRIANTIS19 EROS BERGAMIN21 KRISTIAN SEKUTKOSKI22 BRANDON VELLA23 CHRISTOPHER NUNES25 EMANUEL PONCE

COACH: PETER TSEKENIS ASSISTANT COACH: PETER PAPOYTHISTEAM MANAGER: FRANK MAMMOLITI GEAR STEWARDS: ROBERT FILIPPIN AND ROBERT TOLOMEO

REFEREES:4TH OFFICIAL:

A. ARNDT, N. WOTTON, E. KOCBEK C. HUGHES

1 ANTE COVIC2 DANIEL PETKOVSKI3 STEVEN HESKETH4 TRENT MCCLENAHAN5 PAUL REID6 BLAKE RICCIUTO7 ALEC UROSEVSKI8 ALEX CANAK9 BAI ANTONIOU10 HARRIS GAITATZIS11 JONATHAN GROZDANOVSKI

12 IDRISS EL HAFIANE14 BRAYDEN SORGE15 NICHOLAS PETRILLO16 ISAAC SAVOR17 TOUFIC ALAMEDDINE19 PATRICK SAVOR21 MICHAEL NEILL22 NICHOLAS SORRAS23 JORDAN FIGON25 JAKE SOUTTER

COACH: MICHAEL GRBEVSKI PLAYER COACH: PAUL REIDASSISTANT COACH: MATTHEW RIBAROVSKI PHYSIO: JERRY FILIPATOSGOALKEEPER COACH: SPIRO PARAMETIS MANAGER: ANGELO SALLIS TEAM STEWARD: JOVAN CKOROVSKI

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NPLNSW.COM.AU 1ST GRADE MATCH PREVIEW

Marconi Stallions will be out to make it back to back wins when they host Rockdale City

Suns at Marconi Stadium on Saturday.

A hard-fought 1-0 win against competition heavyweight Blacktown City in Round 7 was a great result after a dogged performance from the Peter Tsekenis coached side.

This week they take on Rockdale and have the chance to build some momentum through the middle stages of the season.

While pacy winger James Andrew scored the match winner last week, it was veteran central defender Michael Beauchamp who was Marconi’s best.

He will once again be tasked with marshalling the Stallions against a dangerous Rockdale attack alongside Peter Pelekanos.

Rockdale fought back from 2-0 down to snatch a 2-2 draw with Sydney Olympic last round and showed glimpses of their quality when they are at their best.

Consistency has been the problem for Rockdale this season but one thing which hasn’t been lacking is the form of winger Alec Urosevski.

He has been Rockdale’s best all campaign and will be a key contributor if they are to win.

Rockdale has the firepower to control the game but if they continue their trend of being able to only bring their best for 45 minutes a match then Marconi have a great opportunity for victory.

1ST GRADE - NPL NSW MEN’SPOS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 7 5 1 1 18 7 11 16

2 Sydney Olympic FC 7 5 1 1 11 7 4 16

3 Sydney United 58 FC 7 4 0 3 13 9 4 12

4 Blacktown City FC 7 3 2 2 8 3 5 11

5 Sutherland Sharks FC 7 3 2 2 13 10 3 11

6 Wollongong Wolves FC 7 3 1 3 5 8 -3 10

7 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 7 2 2 3 11 10 1 8

8 Manly United FC 7 2 2 3 12 14 -2 8

9 Marconi Stallions FC 7 2 2 3 7 11 -4 8

10 Rockdale City Suns FC 7 2 2 3 12 17 -5 8

11 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 7 1 2 4 9 17 -8 5

12 Sydney FC 7 1 1 5 12 18 -6 4

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#NPLNSWMATCH REVIEWSBlacktown City FC 0 – Marconi Stallions FC 1 at Lily Homes Stadium

Former Blacktown City fan favourite James Andrew has stung his former side after guiding a 10-man Marconi Stallions to a shock 1-0 upset at Lily Homes Stadium on Saturday.

The former Blacktown attacker arrived as a half time substitute for Mateo Poljak and put the visitors ahead with a lovely finish ten minutes after the interval to help snap a five-match winless run for the Stallions.

Andrew netted 11 league goals for Blacktown last campaign but proved to the bane for Crittenden’s men on the occasion, who slumped to their second defeat in as many weeks.

While it might not set alarm bells ringing in Seven Hills, the manner of defeat will particularly sting for the hosts who were unable to score in consecutive matches and were dealt a lesson in pragmatism by Peter Tsekenis’ visitors.

Sydney Olympic FC 2 – Rockdale City Suns FC 2 at Belmore Sports Ground

An incredible second half fightback has helped Rockdale City Suns snatch a 2-2 draw with Sydney Olympic at Belmore Sports Ground on Sunday.

Olympic had the chance to move three points clear at the top of the ladder at the end of Round 7 after APIA Leichhardt’s draw on Saturday.

The Blues looked to be making the most of the opportunity as they went into the halftime break up 2-0 thanks to Max Burgess and Alejandro Sanchez.

Yet a spirited fightback from the visitors saw Olympic clinging on for a point at the final whistle, as Jordan Figon and Alec Urosevski drew Rockdale level before pushing for a win.

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#NPLNSWFFA CUP UPDATEBIG MATCHES SCHEDULED FOR ROUND 5

Forty NSW teams have found out their FFA Cup fate as round 5 of the prestigious draw

was announced on Friday at Football NSW’s headquarters.

Led by Football NSW CEO Stuart Hodge as well as Local FC and former Sydney United and Marconi Stallions star Chad Gibson, the duo had the task of drawing out each of the forty teams schedules with matches set to take shape either on the 2nd and 9th of May.

As many as thirteen Football NSW Association clubs from across the state including four Football South Coast Association teams (Albion Park White Eagles, Tarrawanna Blueys SC, Bulli FC, Wollongong Olympic), three Central Coast Football Association teams (Terrigal United, Berkeley Vale SC, Killarney District SC) as well as sole representatives from the Eastern Suburbs (Maroubra United), Gladesville-Hornsby (Gladesville Ravens), Sutherland Shire (Kirrawee Kangaroos FC), Manly (Belrose Terrey Hills Raiders SC), Football Wagga Wagga (Henwood Park FC) and Shoalhaven Association (Bomaderry SC) are all still in contention of a place in round 6 of the Preliminary round draw.

A few exciting clashes have been announced with two all NPL NSW Men’s affairs taking shape, one at Seymour Shaw as the Sutherland Sharks take on Hakoah Sydney City East while at Cromer Park a massive encounter will feature 2017 Champions Manly United tackle red-hot Blacktown City who in recent seasons, have had fantastic runs in the FFA Cup Round of 32 and beyond.

It will be a tough task but Football Wagga Wagga’s Henwood Park FC will travel to Edensor Park where they will face NPL NSW Men’s outfit Sydney United 58 while Gladesville-Hornsby FA’s Gladesville Ravens will travel to Sydney West where they will battle NPL NSW Men’s side Marconi Stallions.

An all association affair will however dominate the headlines as Shoalhaven’s Bomaderry SC will host Central Coast Football’s Killarney District SC while giantkillers Kirrawee Kangaroos from the Sutherland Shire FA who recently knocked out State League Men’s side Nepean FC, will hope they can inflict the same pain on the Balmain Tigers FC.

Northern Tigers v Bonnyrigg White Eagles Gladesville Ryde Magic v Dunbar Rovers Bomaderry SC v Killarney District Hills United v Bth Raiders Balmian Tigers FC v Kirawee Kangaroos Terrigal United v Sydney Olympic Hawkesbury City v Berkeley Vale SD Raiders v Albion Park Wollongong Olympic v APIA Leichhardt Tigers Tarra wanna Blueys v UNSW Sydney United 58 v Henwood Park Wollongong Wolves v GHFA Spirit FC Manly United v Blacktown City Mounties Wanderers v FC Gazy Auburn Hurstville City Minotaurs v Central Coast United Rockdale City Suns v Bankstown United Sutherland Sharks v Hakoah Sydney City East Maroubra United v St George FA Bulli FC v St George FC Marconi Stallions v Gladesville Ravens

Further information and fixture details can be found on the Football NSW website.

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NPLNSW.COM.AU TOP GOAL SCORERS

Jordan Murray*Does not include FFA Cup goals

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NAME AND CLUB GOALS SCORED

Adrian Vranic (Sutherland Sharks) 7

Jordan Murray (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 5

Jeremy Cox (Sydney FC 5

Panny Nikas (Sydney United 58) 5

Alejandro Sanchez (Sydney Olympic) 5

Alec Urosevski (Rockdale City Suns) 5

Chris Payne (Sydney United 58) 4

Tasuku Sekiya (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 4

Sean Symons (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 4

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#NPLNSWTEAM LISTS - U20’S

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U20’S - NPL NSW MEN’S

UNDER 20’S

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Sutherland Sharks FC 7 6 1 0 21 7 14 19

2 Blacktown City FC 7 5 0 2 17 8 9 15

3 Sydney FC 7 4 2 1 19 17 2 14

4 Sydney United 58 FC 7 3 1 3 12 8 4 10

5 Wollongong Wolves FC 7 3 1 3 10 11 -1 10

6 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 7 3 1 3 12 15 -3 10

7 Marconi Stallions FC 6 2 1 3 8 12 -4 7

8 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 5 2 0 3 11 10 1 6

9 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 7 1 3 3 8 13 -5 6

10 Rockdale City Suns FC 7 1 3 3 6 15 -9 6

11 Manly United FC 7 1 2 4 8 10 -2 5

12 Sydney Olympic FC 6 1 1 4 5 11 -6 4

26 Adrian Viggiani 27 Anthony Vastag 28 Brandon Stojcevski 29 Carl Skobla 30 Christian Nascimben 31 Dylan Locaputo 32 Emileo Fadel 33 Mario Aleksik 34 Martin Fernandez

35 MichaelJeffrey36 Nicholas Railz 37 Nikita Parkes 38 Yianni Nicolaou 39 Corey Cuelho 40 Dailbor Malesevic 41 Alex Gollan 47 Damien Tsekenis

Coach: Nahuel ArrarteAssistant Coaches: Osvaldo Riva and Anthony BelardoTeam Manager: Carmelo Orlando

26 Jake Trajkovski27 Nathan Manno28 Giuliano Airoldi29 Caleb Bartier30 Nathan Separovic32 Callum Kermack33 Perry Thomas34 Alexander Malfara35 Jared Kadar

36 Benjamin Riach37 Dimitrios Petratos38 Kyle Sarigiannis39 Peter Turrall40 Mathew Nikolovski (Gk)41 Joshua Tasevski42 Joshua Gould43 Nathan Hancock44 Jordan Pyne

Coach: Stamati GlarosAssistant Coach: Halil Boz

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NPLNSW.COM.AU U20’S MATCH PREVIEWMarconi Stallions are aiming to set the

record straight when they host Rockdale City Suns at Marconi Stadium this Saturday night.

After heavy defeats to Blacktown City and Hakoah Sydney City East the Stallions have slipped out of the top five and despite performing well throughout the season will need to start getting the results performances have demanded.

The Stallions will be most concerned by their inability to finish chances – they’ve recorded just eight so far but efforts from Anthony Vastag and Michael Jeffrey against a normally watertight Blacktown last Saturday should boost confidence ahead of this weekend.

Rockdale head into the fixture on the back of two 1-1 draws against Manly United and Sydney Olympic. The City Suns are currently tenth on the table having won the single match so far this season but a victory over Marconi would see the visitors leapfrog their opponents on the table. Dimitrios Petratos has been the central goalscoring threat for Rockdale with two goals to his name.

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POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 7 5 2 0 11 5 6 17

2 Rockdale City Suns FC 7 5 1 1 18 7 11 16

3 Sydney FC 7 5 1 1 18 8 10 16

4 Marconi Stallions FC 7 5 1 1 14 6 8 16

5 Blacktown City FC 7 5 0 2 16 10 6 15

6 Wollongong Wolves FC 7 3 0 4 6 11 -5 9

7 Manly United FC 6 2 1 3 13 10 3 7

8 Sutherland Sharks FC 7 2 1 4 8 9 -1 7

9 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 7 1 2 4 10 17 -7 5

10 Sydney United 58 FC 7 1 1 5 3 11 -8 4

11 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 5 1 0 4 5 11 -6 3

12 Sydney Olympic FC 6 0 0 6 2 19 -17 0

TEAM LISTS - U18’S

U18’S - NPL NSW MEN’S

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42 Advin Trebincevic43 Alexander Fadel 44 Andre Cavallaro 45 Andrew Holder 46 Bailey Geddes 48 Gian Sacco 49 James Cakovski 50 Jason Mansor

51 Jesse Brown 52 Josha Pereyra 53 Lachlan Sepping 54 Leonaro Abdo 55 Vincenzo Melissari 56 Zachary Readon 57 Zubayd Allie 58 Harry Gray

Coach: Paul FraserAssistant Coach: Sam AlessiTeam Manager: Ivor Prasad

47 Vinko Gacic48 James Nikolovski49 Peter Patsiavoudis50 Joshua Jenicek65 Brandan Stefanovski Gk46 Jacob Botic 51 George Marangos52 Vincent Fletcher53 Daniel Geroski

54 Jackson Angelou56 Adrian Neoklis57 Mouhamed Hanache58 Mohamed Ahmed59 SamShainfield60 Jay Hirshowitz61 Noah Botic62 Adam Sukar

Coach: Steve ZoricAssistant Coach: Gary DepartoTeam Manager: Jack Bulic

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NPLNSW.COM.AU CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Club championships for all NPL Men’s and Women’s are available online: nplnsw.com.au/club-championship/

CLUB PLAYED U18'S U20'S 1ST TOTAL

Blacktown City FC 21 15 30 44 89

Sutherland Sharks FC 21 7 38 44 89

APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 17 3 12 64 79

Sydney Olympic FC 19 0 8 64 72

Sydney United 58 FC 21 4 20 48 72

Hakoah Sydney City East FC 21 17 20 32 69

Wollongong Wolves FC 21 9 20 40 69

Marconi Stallions FC 20 16 14 32 62

Rockdale City Suns FC 21 16 12 32 60

Sydney FC 21 16 28 16 60

Manly United FC 20 7 10 32 49

Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 21 5 12 20 37

GRADE POINTS MULTIPLIER

1st Grade Premiership Points X 4

U20 Premiership Points X 2

U18 Premiership Points X 1

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RANKINGFootball NSW will use the following process when ranking the Clubs within each Competition:NPL NSW Men’s, NPL 2 NSW Men’s, NPL 3 NSW Men’s and Men’s State League – senior club championship with points calculated from all Premiership Matches in all grades using the following system;

2018 FIXTURES

HOME GROUND - MARCONI STADIUM

121-133 Prairie Vale Road, Bossley Park

ROUND 3 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC

1-3

ROUND 1 Sydney United 58 FC

1-0

ROUND 4 Manly United FC

2-4

ROUND 8 Saturday 28th April @ 19:00

Rockdale City Suns FC

ROUND 18 Sunday 8th July @ 15:00

Blacktown City FC

ROUND 5 Sydney Olympic FC

0-2

ROUND 10 Saturday 12th May @ 19:00

Sutherland Sharks FC

ROUND 20 Sunday 29th July @ 15:00

Sydney FC

ROUND 6 Hakoah Sydney City East FC

1-1

ROUND 13 Sunday 3rd June @ 15:00

Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC

ROUND 22 Sunday 12th August @ 15:00

Wollongong Wolves FC

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