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Australian
National Soccer League
2003-2004 Season

NSL: BOTN
Player Points 2003-04
5/3/04
Chris Dunkerley

 The Winner is - Tom Pondeljak!
After the 26 premiership rounds the top 5 players:

    PONDELJAK, Tom (PG) - 25
    GUMPRECHT, Andre (PP) - 23
    CREWS, Andrew (WW) - 21
    RUDAN, Mark (SU) - 18
    O'SULLIVAN, Wayne (NS) - 18

Overall 157 players received at least 1 point!
See full final listing for 2003/04!

NSL: Round 26
& Premiership Review
2/3/04
Jeremy Ruane



Schirripa away! (Photo: SpinPix - Con Poulos)

Champs Denied Record As Curtain Falls On Premiership: A stirring performance by Marconi Stallions denied NSL 2003-4 Premiership champions Perth Glory the chance to equal the record for winning every home game in the competition at Member’s Equity Stadium on Saturday evening, with the defending champions forced to scramble a 2-2 draw after their fellow play-off rivals had secured a two-goal lead with ten minutes remaining. [ More ... ]

Steel City Derby Goes To Wolves
29/2/04
Stephen Webb
Wollongong Wolves 3 - Newcastle United 0


Wolves killed off the game by half-time to relegate their 'steel city' rivals to 11th spot in the final NSL league table. [ More ... ]

Draw In Final Meeting
29/2/04
Micky Brock
Sydney Olympic 0 - South Melbourne 0


A howling first-half wind at OKI Jubilee Oval didn't help matters but certainly didn't factor in the amount of missed chances in the last ever NSL meeting between these two traditional rivals. [ More ... ]

Knights and United
in Scoreless Finish
29/2/04
Alan Clark
Melbourne Knights 0 - Sydney United 0


Melbourne Knights and Sydney United played out a scoreless draw at Knights Stadium on Sunday evening concluding their 2003/2004 seasons in uninspiring style. It was a match where the wrapping proved to be more valuable than the contents. [ More ... ]

Kingz Prevail In Another
End-Of-Season Goal-Fest
29/2/04
Jeremy Ruane
Football Kingz 4 - Brisbane Strikers 3


The Football Kingz finished their sorry 2003-4 National Soccer League season on a winning note at Ericsson Stadium on February 29, coming from behind twice to down play-off contenders the Brisbane Strikers 4-3, as the Kingz marked their final home game of the season with what it fast becoming a club tradition - the end-of-season goal-fest. [ More ... ]

Glory's Late Late Show
28/2/04
Eamon Duffy
Perth Glory 2 - Marconi Stallions 2


The premiership trophy was presented to Perth Glory before proceedings got under way tonight at the MES. However it was Marconi who looked like the champions for long periods of this match. [ More ... ]

R2 deferred:
Adelaide Overpowered
25/2/04
Lino Fusco
Adelaide United 0 - Parramatta Power 2


Parramatta powered to the finals in 2nd place from their last premiership game beating Adelaide 2-0 through an early goal by newly capped Socceroo Ahmad Elrich and a second half goal to Ante Milicic in front of over 12,000 mid-week. [ More ... ]

NSL: Round 25 - Review
23/2/04
Jeremy Ruane



Fans meet! (Photo: United Boys & Girls))

Premiership For Perth As Play-Off Positions Confirmed: The final round of the National Soccer League takes place next week with very little riding on it, save for the confirmation of final placings. [ More ... ]

NSL: Round 25 Preview
20/2/04
All the game locations, days and times, the lineups, past results. [ More ... ]

Opinion: 'What About A Second Tier? Next Year!'
Stirred into action by talk of an eastern seaboard league, The Eternal Optimist (TESO) examines how such a beast might work next year!
[ Read it all here ... ]

NSL: Round 24 - Review
15/2/04
Jeremy Ruane



(Photo: Tom Niedrich)

Top Six All But Sorted: With two rounds to go in the National Soccer League, the teams making up the placings to contest the play-offs in March have all but sorted themselves out - interest will now focus on the finishing order, and whether Sydney United can peg back the Brisbane Strikers. [ More ... ]

 

 

Round 26
Results & Reports
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League Table

Round 26 & Final Premiership

#

Team

Pl

Wo

Dr

Lo

Gf

Ga

Dif

Pts

1

Perth Glory

24

18

3

3

56

22

34

57

2

Parramatta

24

16

3

5

58

30

28

51

3

Adelaide U

24

11

7

6

28

25

3

40

4

Marconi

24

10

8

6

29

24

5

38

5

South Melb

24

11

4

9

39

21

18

37

6

Brisbane

24

9

5

10

28

33

-5

32

7

Nth Spirit

24

9

3

12

31

33

-2

30

8

Syd Olympic

24

7

8

9

26

31

-5

29

9

Wollongong

24

8

5

11

34

41

-7

29

10

Syd United

24

7

8

9

18

25

-7

29

11

Newcastle

24

6

6

12

18

33

-15

24

12

Melb Knights

24

6

5

13

21

41

-20

23

13

Kingz FC

24

4

3

17

24

51

-27

15

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Matches
Round 26 - & last before finals

Saturday 28.2.04

  • Perth Glory vs Marconi Stallions - 7:00pm - Members Equity Stadium, Perth

Sunday 29.2.04
  • Football Kingz vs Brisbane Strikers - 2:30pm - Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
  • Northern Spirit vs Adelaide United - 5:00pm - officially at Pittwater Park, Sydney!
  • Sydney Olympic vs South Melbourne - 5:00pm - OKI Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
  • Melbourne Knights vs Sydney United - 6:00pm - Knights Stadium, Melbourne
  • Wollongong Wolves vs Newcastle United - 6:35pm - WIN Stadium, Wollongong

Parramatta Power - Bye (R26)


All times are the local ones!

Next Fixtures


Premiership Player 2003-04

After 3 Rounds - Shaun Murphy (PG)

After 6 Rounds - Tom Pondeljak (PG) / Vaughan Coveny (SM)
After 9 Rounds - Andre Gumprecht (PP)
After 12 Rounds - Andre Gumprecht (PP)
After 15 Rounds - Andrew Crews (WW) / Andre Gumprecht (PP)
After 18 Rounds - Andre Gumprecht (PP)
After 21 Rounds - Andre Gumprecht (PP) / Tom Pondeljak (PG)
After 24 Rounds - Tom Pondeljak (PG)
After 26 Rounds - Tom Pondeljak (PG)

Points 3, 2, 1 are awarded by BOTN writers on games
they cover! Note that not all games are covered. Listings will be made after each 3 rounds.

Perth Glory's Tom Pondeljak
Winner of Back Of The Net's 2003-2004
Premiership Player Of The Year

Perth Glory's Andre Gumprecht
Winner of Back Of The Net's 2002-2003
Premiership Player Of The Year

Photo: Sharon Smith 2003
By kind permission of
The West Australian Online

See the Full listing to the final 2002-03 Premiership round.

Newcastle United's Robbie Middleby
Winner of Back of the Net's 2001-2002
Premiership Player Of The Year

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