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#NPLNSWCLUB WELCOME

Good evening everyone and welcome to tonight’s clash at Lambert Park.

We enter each game full of confidence as we grow week by week in this competition.

We’re getting to a period now where the players know what the NPL is about and how they’re expected to perform, and I’m pleased at their progression and the performances we’re turning in.

It’s only small lapses that have seen us concede in recent weeks, as we look otherwise assured each match, and I’m confident that in time we’ll stamp out these lapses and climb our way up the ladder.

Manly United tonight will be another stern test for the team, but one I and the players are relishing. Playing against the reigning Champions is always a marker of where your team is at and I’m interested to see how we compete this evening.

I’d like to thank all our Members and fans for their backing during the season and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in the stands again tonight.

#SydneyIsSkyBlue

Head Coach Rob Stanton

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TEAM LISTS

1 MITCHELL EVANS (GK)2 BRENDAN CURTIS3 PATRICK FLOTTMANN4 LIAM MCGING5 PATRICK SCIBILIO6 ANDREA AGAMEMNONOS7 JERRY SKOTADIS8 SAM MCILLHATTON9 HASSAN JALLOH10 CAMERON DEVLIN

11 LUKE IVANOVIC12 JACKSON BANDIERA14 JOEL KING15 JEREMY COX16 WILLIAM MUTCH17 MARCO TILIO18 BENJAMIN KOOP23 NIKOLA UJDUR24 DANIEL BLACHURA30 DURO DRAGICEVIC (GK)

HEAD COACH: ROBERT STANTON ASSISTANT COACH: GIANCARLO ITALIANOTEAM MANAGER: MICHAEL SWIBEL GOALKEEPER COACH: BRODY CRANE

REFEREES:4TH OFFICIAL:

M. WEINER, J. PARK, B. WRIGHT J. CASEY

1 DYLAN MITCHELL2 KIEREN PAULL3 JAMIE LOBB4 TRAVIS OUGHTRED5 SAM WILSON6 DOMINIC FERGUSON7 MARCO SAMA 8 SASA MACURA9 DYLAN MACALLISTER10 BRENDAN CHOLAKIAN11 NIKOLA TANESKI12 LEIGH EGGER

13 SCOTT BALDERSON14 MITCHELL ROOKE15 RHYS WILLIAMS16 JAY FOSTER17 GIANNI STENSNESS18 MATTHEW FLETCHER19 MARK MCMANUS20 SHAUN CATLIN21 JOSEPH FOX22 GEORGE FIRTH23 DANIEL ALESSI

COACH: PAUL DEE ASSISTANT COACH: ANDREW CHRISTIANSENASSISTANT COACH: BOB CATLIN MANAGER: IDA RIGONIPHYSIOTHERAPIST: STEVE FELSHER

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NPLNSW.COM.AU 1ST GRADE MATCH PREVIEW

Sydney FC will be hoping to claim all three points when they host reigning National

Premier Leagues NSW Champions Manly United FC at Lambert Park on Saturday night.

Rob Stanton’s side has only shown glimpses of their best football so far this campaign but hope to prove their doubters wrong with a positive showing against Manly.

One positive from the Young Sky Blues this season has been the emergence of young attackers Hassan Jalloh and Jeremy Cox.

Both have lead the line with aplomb creating dangerous mismatches for opposition defences.

Captain Sam McIllhatton has been the glue in midfield for Sydney FC and if his recent form is anything to go by he will be one of the team’s best performers.

Manly come into the game on the back of an incredible 3-3 draw with Rockdale City Suns.

Down 3-0 after only 30 minutes, Manly turned the game on it’s head to score three unanswered goals.

Nikola Taneski was the driving force in the Manly attack with his slick dribbling and great pace too much for Rockdale to handle.

With Scott Balderson out injured, the responsibility falls on Taneski to help fellow attacking threat Brendan Cholakian carry the load.

Manly appears to have finally rediscovered their groove but the fact they conceded three goals in thirty minutes will be a major concern for coach Paul Dee.

Sydney FC will need to make a similar fast start if they are to win, but more importantly they will need to be ready for a ferocious fight back from a talented Manly attack late in the game.

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

1 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 6 5 0 1 15 4 11 15

2 Sydney Olympic FC 6 5 0 1 9 5 4 15

3 Blacktown City FC 6 3 2 1 8 2 6 11

4 Sutherland Sharks FC 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 10

5 Wollongong Wolves FC 5 3 1 1 5 5 0 10

6 Sydney United 58 FC 5 3 0 2 11 7 4 9

7 Rockdale City Suns FC 6 2 1 3 10 15 -5 7

8 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 6 1 2 3 9 10 -1 5

9 Manly United FC 6 1 2 3 10 13 -3 5

10 Marconi Stallions FC 6 1 2 3 6 11 -5 5

11 Sydney FC 6 1 1 4 11 16 -5 4

12 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 6 0 2 4 8 17 -9 2

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#NPLNSWMATCH REVIEWSAPIA Leichhardt Tigers 2-3 Sydney FC, 1.30pm at Lambert Park

Sydney FC defeated APIA Leichhardt Tigers 3-2 on Sunday afternoon at Lambert Park to keep up the pressure on competition leader Sutherland Sharks.

The Sky Blues had sensationally dropped points last weekend in a 5-5 draw with Bonnyrigg White Eagles but were too good for APIA Leichhardt with Hamish Lamberton’s brace and Jordan Swibel’s strike moving Sydney FC into third place.

The double for Lamberton is his seventh and eighth goals of the campaign – the former Sydney United 58 frontman now takes outright lead in the race for the golden boot.

APIA Leichhardt were on the scoresheet through Gino Cerasoli and Matthew Taverniti but were unable to avoid their second defeat of the season.

Franco Consentino’s side face Manly United in a catch up fixture on Wednesday night before facing competition frontrunners Sutherland Sharks next Saturday afternoon

Sydney FC host Manly United next Saturday night at Lambert Park.

Manly United 1-1 Rockdale City Suns, 5.00pm at Cromer Park

Manly United and Rockdale City Suns settled for a 1-1 stalemate at Cromer Park on Saturday afternoon.

The hosts were on the scoresheet through William Martin but Rockdale’s Dimitrios Petratos notched his second goal of the season to earn a point for the City Suns.

The result leaves in tenth position ahead of a crunch match with bottom placed Sydney Olympic next Sunday lunchtime

Manly are level with the Suns on five competition points but a vastly superior goal difference sees the Cromer Park outfit in eighth position.

United take on APIA Leichhardt Tigers in Wednesday night’s catch up fixture before heading to Lambert Park for a meeting with Sydney FC on Saturday.

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#NPLNSWTEAM LISTS - U20’S13 Jordi Swibel19 Guiseppe Tilio21 Finn Ballard-McBride22 Harry Van Der Saag25 Mason Ingram26 Benjamin Van Meurs27 Hamish Lamberton

28 Paolo Bonnani29 Thomas Fay31 Ryan Teague32 Jacob Vasiliou40 David Malishev (GK)

Head Coach: Giancarlo ItalianoAssist. Coach: Robert StantonGoalkeeper Coach: Brody Crane

U20’S - NPL NSW MEN’S

UNDER 20’S

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Sutherland Sharks FC 6 5 1 0 17 6 11 16

2 Blacktown City FC 6 4 0 2 13 6 7 12

3 Sydney FC 6 3 2 1 18 17 1 11

4 Sydney United 58 FC 6 3 1 2 12 7 5 10

5 Wollongong Wolves FC 6 3 0 3 10 11 -1 9

6 Marconi Stallions FC 5 2 1 2 6 8 -2 7

7 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 6 2 1 3 11 15 -4 7

8 Manly United FC 5 1 2 2 7 6 1 5

9 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 6 1 2 3 8 13 -5 5

10 Rockdale City Suns FC 6 1 2 3 5 14 -9 5

11 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 3 1 0 2 7 5 2 3

12 Sydney Olympic FC 5 1 0 4 4 10 -6 3

24 William Martin25 Kye Conna26 Jamie Glover27 Gabriel Cole28 Ryan Chambers29 Alex Demarco30 Samuel Benton (GK) 31 Oscar Casteigt

32 Tallon Zahra33 Marley Peterson34 Ben Varvaressos35 Rhys Vorillas36 Lachlan McGrath37 Finn Ashton38 Max Rogers

Coach: Adam GriffithsAssistant Coach: Marty JudgeManager: Ida Rigoni

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NPLNSW.COM.AU U20’S MATCH PREVIEWSydney FC will look to put a rocky recent run of fixtures behind them for the visit of Manly United at Lambert Park on Saturday evening.

The Sky Blues got back to winning ways thanks to a 3-2 victory over APIA Leichhardt Tigers last Saturday but previously surrendered points in high-scoring draws with Bonnyrigg White Eagles and Sydney United 58.

Those 5-5 and 2-2 results for Sydney mean the side currently has the poorest defensive record (17 goals conceded) in the competition despite sitting comfortably in third position, and although the home side will enter the clash with Manly as favourites another complacent defensive showing could see them punished again.

Manly have been unable to gather any significant momentum so far this season and may lack the flamboyancy of the Sky Blues, but have equally shown they can be a rigorously difficult challenge for anyone.

The Cromer Park outfit has conceded just 6 goals in their five matches this campaign and may just have the formula to grab a victory to kick start their season.

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#NPLNSW

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 6 5 1 0 10 4 6 16

2 Blacktown City FC 6 5 0 1 15 7 8 15

3 Sydney FC 6 4 1 1 15 6 9 13

4 Rockdale City Suns FC 6 4 1 1 14 7 7 13

5 Marconi Stallions FC 5 3 1 1 10 5 5 10

6 Manly United FC 5 2 1 2 11 7 4 7

7 Sutherland Sharks FC 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7

8 Wollongong Wolves FC 6 2 0 4 4 10 -6 6

9 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 6 1 2 3 9 15 -6 5

10 Sydney United 58 FC 6 1 0 5 2 10 -8 3

11 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 3 0 0 3 2 8 -6 0

12 Sydney Olympic FC 5 0 0 5 2 15 -13 0

TEAM LISTS - U18’S

U18’S - NPL NSW MEN’S

39 Jaiden Kucharski40 Aaron Gurd41 Mitchell Mattison57 Tyson Savas78 Alex Masciovecchio79 Harry Mccarthy80 Sam Amey

81 Callum Talbot83 Paolo Laxamana90 Bailey Togiavalu94 Fletcher Mcfarlane97 Rocco Chisari98 Jake Hollman

Head Coach: Jim van WeerenAssistant Coach: Jason ReaGoalkeeper Coach: Mizuki ItoManager: Richard Paddle

40 Levi Kaye (GK)41 Lucas Rainbird42 Mattias Zervas43 Vaughan Hudy44 Harry Lomas45 Luca Cavalieri46 Lachlan Scheffers47 Nathan Felsher

48 Ryan Rooke50 George Medojevic52 Solomon Mander-Jones53 Calem Nieuwenhof54 Oliver Kovaric55 Pratik Napit

Coach: Andrew ChristiansenAssistant Coach: Chris AbbottManager: Tony Cavalieri

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NPLNSW.COM.AU CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

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CLUB PLAYED U18'S U20'S 1ST TOTAL

Blacktown City FC 18 15 24 44 83

Sutherland Sharks FC 18 7 32 40 79

APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 12 0 6 60 66

Sydney Olympic FC 16 0 6 60 66

Wollongong Wolves FC 17 6 18 40 64

Sydney United 58 FC 17 3 20 36 59

Rockdale City Suns FC 18 13 10 28 51

Sydney FC 18 13 22 16 51

Hakoah Sydney City East FC 18 16 14 20 50

Marconi Stallions FC 16 10 14 20 44

Manly United FC 16 7 10 20 37

Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 18 5 10 8 23

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 - LAMBERT PARK Marion St, Leichhardt

sydneyfc.com

ROUND 3 Wollongong Wolves FC

1-2

ROUND 1 Hakoah Sydney City East FC

3-1

ROUND 5 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC

3-3

ROUND 11 Saturday 19th May @ 19:45

Rockdale City Suns FC

ROUND 17 Saturday 30th June @ 19:45 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC

ROUND 7 Saturday 21st April @ 19:45

Manly United FC

ROUND 13 Saturday 2nd June @ 19:45

Sutherland Sharks FC

ROUND 19 Saturday 21st July @ 19:45

Sydney Olympic FC

ROUND 9 Saturday 5th May @ 19:45

Marconi Stallions FC

ROUND 15 Saturday 16th June @ 19:45

Sydney United 58 FC

ROUND 21 Saturday 4th August @ 19:45

Blacktown City FC

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NPLNSW.COM.AU TOP GOAL SCORERSNAME AND CLUB GOALS SCORED

Jeremy Cox (Sydney FC) 5

Adrian Vranic (Sutherland Sharks) 5

Panny Nikas (Sydney United 58) 5

Alejandro Sanchez (Sydney Olympic) 4

Alec Urosevski (Rockdale City Suns) 4

Chris Payne (Sydney United 58) 4

Tasuku Sekiya (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 4

Jordan Murray (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 4

Sean Symons (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 3

Charles Mendy (Blacktown City) 3

Hassan Jalloh (Sydney FC) 3

Jaewook Woo (Bonnyrigg White Eagles) 3

Peter Simonoski (Wollongong Wolves) 3

Nick Olsen (Sutherland Sharks) 3

Jason Madonis (Sydney Olympic) 3

Patrick Antelmi (Sydney United 58) 3

Nikola Taneski (Manly United) 3

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