1989 Wollongong City FC season

Wollongong City
1989 season
Manager	John Fleming ; Doug Collins
Stadium	Brandon Park
National Soccer League	9th
NSL Cup	Second round
Highest home attendance	4,756; vs. Sydney Croatia ; (5 February 1989); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	465; vs. APIA Leichhardt ; (15 April 1989); NSL Cup
Biggest win	4–1; vs. Blacktown City ; (26 January 1989); and; 3–0; vs. Heidelberg United ; (9 April 1989)
Biggest defeat	0–6; vs. Marconi ; (11 March 1989) ; National Soccer League
	← 1988 1989–90 →

Last updated May 10, 2025

The 1989 season was the ninth in the history of Wollongong City. It was also the club's ninth season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the NSL Cup. Wollongong City finished 9th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup second round by APIA Leichhardt.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	Warwick Young
—	DF	AUS	David Skeen
—	DF	ENG	Mike Hollifield
—	DF	AUS	Peter Kotamanidis
—	DF	AUS	Ray Vliestra
—	DF	AUS	Jock Morlando
—	MF	AUS	Rade Stefanovski
—	DF	AUS	Mineo Bonetig
—	FW	AUS	Randell Easthorpe
—	FW	AUS	Pat Brodnik
—	FW	SCO	Danny Crainie
—	MF	AUS	John Brown


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Robert Giraldi
—	MF	AUS	Jason Higgs
—	MF	AUS	Brian Cokely
—		AUS	Goran Trajceski
—	DF	AUS	Jeff Allport
—	FW	AUS	John Danzo
—	FW	AUS	David Batten
—	FW	AUS	Walter Calbanese
—	MF	AUS	Tom Pontidas
—	MF	AUS	Sean Ingham
—	MF	AUS	Hernan Fernandez
—	MF	AUS	Ernesto Lorca

Source: National Soccer League Yearbook 1989,^[1] Australian Soccer Annual^[2]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	22 January 1989	16 July 1989	Matchday 1	9th	26	8	7	11	22	29	−7	030.77
NSL Cup	15 April 1989		Second round	Second round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					27	8	7	12	23	31	−8	029.63

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Sydney Croatia	26	10	8	8	25	25	0	28
8	South Melbourne	26	9	8	9	44	37	+7	26
9	Wollongong City	26	8	7	11	22	29	−7	23
10	APIA Leichhardt	26	7	9	10	27	35	−8	23
11	Sunshine George Cross	26	7	5	14	25	38	−13	19

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	8	7	11	22	29	−7	23	5	4	4	15	16	−1	3	3	7	7	13	−6

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14¹	15²	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	W
Position	=7	2	=7	5	8	8	6	5	9	10	10	10	8	7	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Points	1	3	3	5	5	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	21	23

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes:

¹ Matchday 14 (vs. APIA Leichhardt) was moved to the end of the season due to the World Cup Qualifiers

² Matchday 15 (vs. Blacktown City) was played after Round 21, however Wollongong points and position are retroactively adjusted for the end of the round.

Matches

22 January 19891	APIA Leichhardt	0–0	Wollongong City	Leichhardt, Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 1,630^[3] Referee: David Willcocks

26 January 19892	Wollongong City	4–1	Blacktown City	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
	Crainie 4' Easthorpe 46' Denyer 48' (o.g.) Brodnik 50'	Report	Denyer 60'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 1,591^[3] Referee: Bob Marshall

29 January 19893	St George	2–0	Wollongong City	Rockdale, Sydney
	Ollerenshaw 10', 76'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,659^[3] Referee: Alan Townsend

5 February 19894	Wollongong City	1–0	Sydney Croatia	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
	Easthorpe 13'	Report		Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 4,756^[3] Referee: Peter Spiers

12 February 19895	Preston Makedonia	1–0	Wollongong City	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Markovac 52'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 2,761^[3] Referee: Dean Voutsinas

19 February 19896	Wollongong City	0–0	Sunshine George Cross	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
		Report		Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 1,412^[3] Referee: Arthur Owens

26 February 19897	South Melbourne	0–2	Wollongong City	Middle Park, Melbourne
		Report	Easthorpe 5' Skeen 24'	Stadium: Middle Park (stadium) Attendance: 3,500^[3] Referee: John Santa Isabel

5 March 19898	Wollongong City	0–1	Adelaide City	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
		Report	Maxwell 60'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 1,246^[3] Referee: Arthur Owens

11 March 19899	Wollongong City	0–6	Marconi	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
		Report	Lowe 39' de Jong 45', 70', 73' Nastevski 59' Gray 84'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 1,648^[3] Referee: Chris Bambridge

17 March 198910	Sydney Olympic	3–1	Wollongong City	Rockdale, Sydney
	Spyridakos 54' Ironside 63', 89'	Report	Morlando 13'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,500^[3] Referee: John Santa Isabel

27 March 198911	Wollongong City	2–0	Melbourne Croatia	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
	Crainie 49' Danzo 65'	Report		Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 2,500^[3] Referee: Alan Townsend

1 April 198912	Melbourne City JUST	2–0	Wollongong City	Footscray, Melbourne
	Murphy 19' Retre 74'	Report		Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,190^[3] Referee: Jim Fearn

9 April 198913	Wollongong City	3–0	Heidelberg United	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
	Easthorpe 32' Cokely 37' Brodnik 63'	Report		Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 889^[3] Referee: Bob Jones

30 April 198916	Wollongong City	2–3	Preston Makedonia	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
	Brodnik 17' Skeen 89'	Report	Markovski 8' Smith 20', 30'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 2,104^[3] Referee: Arthur Owens

7 May 198917	Sydney Croatia	1–0	Wollongong City	Edensor Park, Sydney
	Slater 52' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 3,431^[3] Referee: Jim Fearn

14 May 198918	Wollongong City	0–0	St George	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
		Report		Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 1,223^[3] Referee: Alan Townsend

21 May 198919	Sunshine George Cross	1–0	Wollongong City	Sunshine, Melbourne
	Lewis 69'	Report		Stadium: Chaplin Reserve Attendance: 1,700^[3] Referee: John Fraser

28 May 198920	Wollongong City	1–4	South Melbourne	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
	Brodnik 58'	Report	Trimboli 3' Tasios 44' Postecoglou 47' (pen.), 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 1,205^[3] Referee: David Willcocks

4 June 198921	Adelaide City	1–1	Wollongong City	Kensington, South Australia, Adelaide
	Mullen 5'	Report	Easthorpe 81'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 1,500^[3] Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

11 June 198922	Marconi	0–0	Wollongong City	Bossley Park, Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,653^[3] Referee: Bill Monteverde

14 June 198915	Blacktown City	0–1	Wollongong City	Edensor Park, Sydney
		Report	Ingham 34'	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 406^[3] Referee: Richard Lorenc

18 June 198923	Wollongong City	0–0	Sydney Olympic	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
		Report		Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 2,252^[3] Referee: John McConnell

25 June 198924	Melbourne Croatia	2–1	Wollongong City	Sunshine North, Melbourne
	Awaritefe 50' Adzic 71'	Report	Jurcic 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Somers Street Stadium Attendance: 4,084^[3] Referee: Barry Harwood

2 July 198925	Wollongong City	1–0	Melbourne City JUST	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
	Kotamanidis 75'	Report		Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 1,107^[3] Referee: Peter Spiers

9 July 198926	Heidelberg United	0–1	Wollongong City	Heidelberg West, Melbourne
		Report	Stefanovski 64'	Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 2,771^[3] Referee: Don Campbell

16 July 198914	Wollongong City	1–1	APIA Leichhardt	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
	Easthorpe 3'	Report	Kosmina 56'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 903^[3] Referee: Gary Power

NSL Cup

15 April 1989Second Round	Wollongong City	1–2	APIA Leichhardt	Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
	Ellem 27' (o.g.)	Report	Blagojevic 40' Hagan ?'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 465^[4] Referee: John McConnell

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		National Soccer League		NSL Finals series		NSL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ENG	Mike Hollifield	27	0	26	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	AUS	Ray Vliestra	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Danny Crainie	26	2	25	2	0	0	1	0
	DF	AUS	David Skeen	25	2	24	2	0	0	1	0
	FW	AUS	Randell Easthorpe	24	6	23	6	0	0	1	0
	DF	AUS	Jock Morlando	24	2	23	2	0	0	1	0
	FW	AUS	Pat Brodnik	22	4	22	4	0	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Peter Kotamanidis	21	1	20	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Rade Stefanovski	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	AUS	Warwick Young	17	0	16	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Robert Giraldi	16	0	15	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Mineo Bonetig	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	Walter Calbanese	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	AUS	George Bouhoutsos	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Jason Higgs	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Brian Cokely	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	John Danzo	7	1	6	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Tom Pontidas	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Sean Ingham	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	David Batten	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
		AUS	Goran Trajceski	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Hernan Fernandez	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Ernesto Lorca	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	John Brown	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	AUS	Jeff Allport	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Clean sheets

Player	National Soccer League	Total
Warwick Young	7	7
George Bouhoutsos	4	4
Total	11	11

References

↑ "National Soccer League Yearbook 1989". West End. 1989. p. 43. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
↑ "Australian Soccer Annual 1989". Australian Soccer Weekly. 1989. p. 44. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "1989 National Soccer League Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
↑ "1989 NSLCup". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
↑ "National Soccer League Yearbook 1989–1990". West End. 1989. p. 34. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

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[1989_NSLYB-1] "National Soccer League Yearbook 1989". West End. 1989. p. 43. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

[2] "Australian Soccer Annual 1989". Australian Soccer Weekly. 1989. p. 44. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

[1989_OFR-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "1989 National Soccer League Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 1 April 2025.

[4] "1989 NSLCup". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 1 April 2025.

[5] "National Soccer League Yearbook 1989–1990". West End. 1989. p. 34. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

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