Posted on 29 June 2008. Tags: nbn football league
Toronto have caused their second upset in as many weeks as they defeated Highfields Azzurri 4-0 at Lisle Carr Oval.
In other games, Olympic killed off any slight hope of South Cardiff reaching the semi-finals as they won 6-1 at Ulinga Oval. Valentine Phoenix defeated Weston Workers 1-0 at home, and leap-frogged the Bears into 4th spot on the table.
Edgeworth defeated Lake Macquarie 1-0 at Jack McLaughlin to keep in touch with the 4, while Broadmeadow also won 1-0 at home against West Wallsend.
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Posted on 22 June 2008. Tags: nbn football league
Bottom placed Toronto have upset Edgeworth 3-0 at Lyall Peacock Oval, however it wasn’t enough to pull them off the foot of the ladder as West Wallsend also picked up maximum points at home to Lake Macquarie with a 2-1 victory.
At Darling Street, Azzurri returned to the top of the table after defeating Olympic 1-0 away from home in the top of the table clash, while Weston stretched their unbeaten run to 6 games after coming from 2-1 down to defeat South Cardiff 4-2 at Thomas & Coffey Park.
Valentine threw away a golden opportunity to get into the top four as they gave away two penalties which Broadmeadow converted to win the match 3-2.
# Club P W D L F A D Pt
1 Azzurri FC 11 7 2 2 19 11 8 23
2 Hamilton Olympic 11 7 0 4 23 18 5 21
3 Weston Workers 11 6 2 3 26 21 5 20
4 Broadmeadow Magic 11 6 1 4 27 18 9 19 
5 Valentine Phoenix 11 5 2 4 27 17 10 17
6 Edgeworth Eagles 11 5 1 5 19 20 -1 16
7 South Cardiff 11 3 2 6 17 28 -11 11
8 Lake Macquarie 11 2 4 5 17 23 -6 10
9 West Wallsend 11 2 3 6 13 17 -4 9
10 Toronto Awaba 11 2 3 6 10 25 -15 9
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Posted on 15 June 2008. Tags: nbn football league
Valentine Phoenix 2-2 West Wallsend
Lake Macquarie 0-0 Toronto Awaba
Edgeworth 1-2 Hamilton Olympic
Highfields Azzurri 0-1 Weston Workers Bears
South Cardiff 2-2 Broadmeadow
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Posted on 12 June 2008. Tags: jason naidovski, jobe wheelhouse, nbn football league
Newcastle Jets have tonight ran out 4-1 winners over the NBN Football League Select team.
Kaz Patafta made his debut for Newcastle in the match and made some impressive runs, while Adam Griffiths and Matt Thompson were also strong for the Jets.
Jason Naidovski scored his first hattrick for the club, while Jobe Wheelhouse also joined him on the scoresheet.
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Posted on 04 June 2008. Tags: nbn football league
The squad to represent the NBN Football League against Newcastle Jets in a friendly next Thursday has been announced, with the following players selected:
John Bennis, Peter Haynes, Mason Palmieri and Josh Piddington (all from Broadmeadow)
Andrew Goldman, Ben Hughes and Keegan Wolfenden (all from Olympic)
Joel Grennel, Clayton Poole and Damien Zane (all from Valentine Phoenix)
Josh McGuire and Kyle Hodges (Azzurri FC)
Tim Pratt and Rhys Tippett (Weston)
Shane Knight and John Majurovski (Lake Macquarie)
Jarryd Johnson (South Cardiff)
The squad will be coached by Peter McGuinness and Greg Smith.
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Posted on 03 June 2008. Tags: nbn football league, newcastle jets
As part of their pre-season training, the Newcastle Jets have requested a fixture against an NBN State League select team.
The fixture will be scheduled for Thursday 12th June at 7.00pm with the venue to be Macquarie Field at Speers Point.
Greg Smith (Azzurri FC) and Peter McGuiness (Broadmeadow Magic) have been appointed to coach the team and will be working closely with Football Manager for Northern NSW Football David Smith.
The NBN Select team will be announced within the next few days.
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