|
Floreat Athena fired a warning shot across the bows of fellow W.A. State League sides on Sunday night when they thrashed cross-town rivals Inglewood United 6-nil in the Final of the pre-season competition, the Midland Brick Night Series. The win avenged last season's Boral Cup Final in which United (then known as Inglewood Falcons) defeated Athena 1-0.
Nippy striker Vas Kalogeracos got proceedings under way for Athena when he scored after just seven minutes of play. Things went from bad to worse for United as Peter Coci found himself on the end of another Athena attacking move in the 18th minute, his powerful shot deflecting off a defender before finding the back of the net to double the margin. The match was killed off as a contest two minutes later when Doug Ithier mad it 3-0. With United now well and truly on the back foot, coach John Hunter made a couple of changes which he hoped would stablise his side but the moves were of little effect. Athena dominated their opponents to take control of the match and in the 33rd minute one-time Inglewood player Scott Daley bagged his sides fourth of the night.
The second half saw both sides make full use of their benches and it was Daley again that further extended the margin just seven minutes after the re- start. Having played the first 45minutes as sweeper, promising young midfielder Troy Bernard was switched to midfield at the break and he complete the route with a 68th minute strike.
Athena coach Michael Roki was over the moon with the way the side attacked from the outset to set-up such a one-sided final. "I think it just ended up being our night," he said. "We've got a good bunch of players with a fair bit of ability, a good attitude and a great atmosphere at the club. The boys have got their reward." Disappointed wouldn't described the way United coach John Hunter felt after his side got off to the worst start imaginable, "We started badly and it got worse. It was 15 minutes of madness and it cost us three goals. After that the game was finished. But we have no excuses because we were beaten by a much better team on the day."
Line-ups:
Floreat Athena: John Xigas (Anthony Mori 85), Adrian Sutton, Boza Eracovic
(George Tiniakos 71), Jason Smith, Troy Bernard, Doug Ithier (Peter Nikoloski
56), Andrew Afkos (Chris Georganis 62), Scott Daley, Peter Coci, Robin
Dyers (Costa Socratous 67), Vas Kalogeracos
Inglewood United: Corey Hugo (Oliver Taseski 60), Jamie Goodman, Steven
MacDonald, Alex Cummings, Lee Crosby (Nicky Dyer 42), Paul Lincoln, Daniel
Harrop, Ryan Newhill, Karl Atley (Ivica Markovic 30), Taki Nicholaidis (Grant
Learmont 51), Robert Milevski (Gary Andrews 31)
Referee: Stephen Muldoon
Cautions: Afkos (26), Ithier (30), Daley (42)
Explusions: None
All games played at the Litis Stadium, Mount Hawthorn.
Round One - Played over the weekend of Friday 28th and Saturday 29th January
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| ECU Joondalup S.Fallon, S.Halpin | 2 (?) | - | 1 (?) | Swan I.C. C.Backhouse |
| Sorrento | 2 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Ashfield/Bunbury |
| Perth A.Caceres 3, D.Onoforo 2, M.Pottier | 6 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Floreat Athena |
| Western Knights R.Atunes, J.Vaz | 2 (?) | - | 3 (?) | Fremantle City C.Pashkewitz 2, S.Bourne |
Round Two - Played over the weekend of Friday 4th and Sunday 6th February
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Bayswater City Panthers S.Marrapodi | 1 (1) | - | 4 (2) | Cockburn City J.Pescud 2, B.Mikulic, P.Caceres |
| Fremantle City | 0 (0) | - | 1 (1) | Inglewood United D.Harrop |
| ECU Joondalup | 0 (0) | - | 1 (?) | Floreat Athena D.Ithier |
| Rockingham City A.Cornwell 2, I Griffiths | 3 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Ashfield/Bunbury |
Round Three - Played over the weekend of Friday 11th and Saturday 12th February
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Perth D.Onoforo, A.Caceres, M.Pottier | 3 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Bayswater City Panthers |
| Western Knights R.Westerberger | 1 (1) | - | 1 (0) | Inglewood United R.Newhill |
| Swan I.C. | 0 (0) | - | 0 (0) | Cockburn City |
| Fremantle City D.Wallace 2, S.Bourne | 3 (2) | - | 1 (0) | Rockingham City S.Stewart |
Round Four - Played over the weekend of Friday 18th and Sunday 20th February
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Perth A.Caceres 2, M.Pottier, J.Coyne | 4 (?) | - | 2 (?) | ECU Joondalup A.Danze, P.Vukmirovic |
| Ashfield/Bunbury P.Jackson, B.Norrie | 2 (0) | - | 2 (1) | Inglewood United I.Markovic, G.Jamieson |
| Floreat Athena A.Afkos, P.Coci, D.Ithier | 3 (?) | - | 1 (?) | Cockburn City J.Pratt |
| Fremantle City C.Pashkewitz 3, S.Bourne, P.McVittie, J.Mirco 2 | 7 (4) | - | 3 (0) | Sorrento G.Thomas, T.Harnwell, R.Turnbull |
Round Five - Played over the weekend of Friday 25th and Sunday 27th February
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Bayswater City Panthers C.Condipodero, B.Klenkovski | 2 (1) | - | 2 (2) | Swan I.C. D.Todorovic, N.Aubin |
| Inglewood United P.Lincoln, L.Crosby, D.Carruthers | 3 (0) | - | 0 (0) | Rockingham City |
| Cockburn City | 0 (0) | - | 0 (0) | Perth |
| Western Knights R.Westerberger | 1 (?) | - | 1 (?) | Sorrento T.Harnwell |
Round Six - Played over the weekend of Friday 3rd and Sunday 5th March
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Floreat Athena | 2 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Swan I.C. |
| Sorrento T.Morgan, R.Greer, T.Harnwell | 3 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Rockingham City |
| ECU Joondalup | 6 (?) | - | 2 (?) | Bayswater City Panthers |
| Western Knights S.McNally, J.Vaz | 2 (?) | - | 1 (?) | Ashfield/Bunbury S.Gillibrand |
Round Seven - Played over the weekend of Friday 10th and Sunday 12th March
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Floreat Athena R.Dyers, V.Kalogeracos, P.Coci 2, C.Georgianis | 5 (?) | - | 1 (?) | Bayswater City Panthers |
| Western Knights J.Vaz 2, E.Singeorzan 3, D.Nicolous, I.Zuvelo | 7 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Rockingham City |
| Perth A.Caceres 2, B.Botha | 3 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Swan I.C.. |
| Fremantle City M.Mirco, M.Lipman, T.Morgan | 3 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Ashfield/Bunbury |
Round Eight - Played on Wednesday 15th March
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Cockburn City | 2 (?) | - | 2 (?) | ECU Joondalup |
| Inglewood United D.Harrop | 1 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Sorrento |
Group A P W D L FOR AGST GD PTS Perth 5 4 1 0 16 2 +14 13 Floreat Athena 5 4 0 1 11 8 +3 12 ECU Joondalup 5 2 1 2 12 10 +2 7 Cockburn City 5 1 3 1 7 6 +1 6 Swan I.C. 5 0 2 3 3 9 -6 2 Bayswater City Panthers 5 0 1 4 6 19 -13 1 Group B P W D L FOR AGST GD PTS Fremantle City 5 4 0 1 16 7 +9 12 Inglewood United 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 11 Western Knights 5 2 2 1 13 5 +8 8 Sorrento 5 2 1 2 9 9 +0 7 Rockingham City 5 1 0 4 4 16 -12 3 Ashfield/Bunbury 5 0 1 4 3 12 -9 1
Semi-Finals - Played on Sunday 19th March
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Floreat Athena D.Ithier, R.Dyers | 2 (?) | - | 1 (?) | Fremantle City S.Bourne |
| Perth M.Pottier | 1 (?) | - | 2 (?) | Inglewood United P.Lincoln, D.Harrop |
Premier League Final - Played on Sunday 26th March
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Floreat Athena V.Kalogeracos, P.Coci, D. Ithier, S.Daley 2, T.Bernard | 6 (4) | - | 0 (0) | Inglewood United |
First Division Final - Played on Wednesday 29th March
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
||
| Kingsway Olympic | 1 (?) | - | 0 (0) | Queens Park |
Thanks to Brett Klucznik for most of the information
Back to the www.footballwa.net Past Seasons Index
This page was last updated on the 24th February 2006