KICKOFF

ROUND 01

Sunday10 MARCH 2019

3pm

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CLUB WELCOME

Website: bcfc.com.au Phone: (02) 9674 5763 Twitter: @blacktowncityfc Facebook: fb.com/blacktowncityfc Instagram: @blacktowncityfc

Blacktown City Football Club welcomes its members, players, families, supporters, and sponsors to our first home game of the season competing in the 2019 National Premier League NSW Men’s Competition.

What a way to commence the season with a local derby against the newly promoted Mt Druitt Town Rangers. We wish our neighbour’s well.

This pre-season has been a busy one with nine new faces replacing players that moved on to other adventures.

Adam Berry, Daniel Collins, and Manni Gonzales all return to the club after many years playing overseas and in the A League, along with Jackson Bandierra and William Mutch from Sydney FC, Leroy Jennings from Sutherland Sharks and James Demetriou from Sydney Olympic.

Josh Bartolotto and Henry Davies are youngsters to keep an eye out for and both Dylan Niski and last year’s NSW under 20’s player of the year Lachlan Campbell have been promoted to first team contracts.

The average age of this year’s squad is 22 and the experience of Lewis, Gibbs, Bragg and co will be needed to guide these exciting young talents around the park.

Blacktown City FC would like to thank all 2019 Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze corporate partners. We welcome back LBF Concrete, Millars Doors and Timbers and Lily Homes as First team sponsors. Our club can only survive via the support of you all.

Blacktown City FC wishes all our NPL, Boys Youth, Girls Conference League and SAP squads all the very best for the coming season, along with all of the staff who give up many hours to create a wonderful environment for football development.

And after a long day watching quality football why not walk over the bridge and enjoy quality food and a refreshing beverage at Lilys Bar and Function Centre, meet the players and watch the Man of the Match Presentation.

Blacktown City Football Club “WHERE FOOTBALL BEGINS”

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1 Tristan Prendergast3 Daniel Collins4 Yianni Spyrakis5 Grant Lynch6 Matt Lewis7 Devante Clut8 Daniel Araujo9 Joey Gibbs10 James Demetriou11 Mani Gonzalez12 Lachlan Campbell14 Henry Davies15 Mason Versi17 Dakota Askew18 Joshua Bartolotto19 Adam Berry20 Dylan Niski21 William Mutch22 Leroy Jennings23 Daniel Bragg24 Jackson Bandiera

Coach: Mark Crittenden Assistant Coach: Graham Crawhall Manager: Matthew Bingley Physio: Rebecca Gonzalez Strength & Conditioning: David Maiolo

1 Carlos Saliadarre2 Hiten Satoh3 Lachlan Roberts4 Josh Gould5 Jake Mamone6 Blake Thompson7 Luke Clifford8 Mathew Clowes9 Alex Boyadjian10 Fabricio Fernandez11 Toufic Allameddine12 Nick Trimble13 Lord Darkoh14 Felipe Zapata15 Cooper Coskerie16 Julian Airoldi17 Jordan Gomez18 Solomon Monahan-Vaiika19 Adrian Viggiani20 Alvin Singh23 Adrian Vranic26 Christian Long Coach: Aidan DesmondS&C: Shannon CoddTD: Stewart Montgomery

*TEAM LISTINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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H. JomaaR. Osborne, H. Fenton-White S. Kelly

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MATCH PREVIEW

A local derby will kick things off in Sydney’s West as the new kids on the block, Mt Druitt Town Rangers make the short trip to Lily Homes Stadium to take on their highly fancied brothers, Blacktown City in a match that either team will want to win for bragging rights.

A massive crowd will be on hand to witness the Rangers’ first competitive match in the top tier after gaining promotion following a successful 2018 season in the NPL 2 NSW Men’s competition.

The Rangers do mean business and under the watchful eye of coach Aidan Desmond, they hope that the underdog tag given to them week in week out will work to their advantage.

Led by the charismatic Carlos Saliadarre underneath the sticks, the Rangers do boost some firepower with former Rockdale City Suns player Toufic Alameddine along with ex-Sutherland Sharks striker Adrian Vranic assisting in the club’s attack. Club stalwart Matthew Clowes will hope he can steer his chargers on while look for the exciting Fijian international Alvin Singh to provide some entertainment.

Mark Crittenden’s men were dealt with some massive blows entering the 2019 season with the loss of a number of seasoned campaigners with the likes of Zach Cairncross, Connor Evans, Mitchell Mallia and the Speranza brothers jumping ship to rivals Marconi.

Not to be deterred with these losses, the club has gone through a reshuffle but will nevertheless be one tough team to crack.

New faces such as the exciting William Mutch, Leroy Jennings, James Demetriou and Jackson Bandiera will be on hand to guide the club towards a new direction while it will be a special match for Emmanuel Gonzalez – a key striker that took the NPL 2 NSW Men’s competition by storm…with the Rangers, he changed clubs in the off-season and will know his former teammates will be targeting him on Sunday.

With the likes of seasoned campaigners Matt Lewis, Joey Gibbs, Grant Lynch, Yianni Spyrakis and the exciting Devante Clut, write Blacktown City off at your peril who will also have former NSL star Matthew Bingley assisting Crittenden on the sidelines.

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U20’S MATCH PREVIEW

25 Matt Nikolovski28 Andre Cavalero29 Callum James Richards30 Coen Fritz Emmengger31 George Marangos32 James Kolic33 Leonard Abdo34 Lucas Prismall-Webster35 Mathew Crossley36 Nikita Parkes37 Robert Sudzum38 Sam Webb39 Ismail Hares Coach: Stamati GlarosAssistant Coach: Alexi KramerS&C: Shannon CoddTD: Stewart Montgomery

25 Alen Aganovic26 John Azar 27 Suley Bangura28 Daniel Colossimo29 Carlos De Olivera30 Anthony Gallo31 Jack Hutchings32 Mason Ingram33 Adolph Koudakpo34 Alec Purves35 Rhett Desilva Coach: Andy Montgomery Assistant Coach: Dean Montgomery Manager: Daniel Lownds

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Blacktown City have brought in a few new players in 2019, including Daniel Colosimo from Spirit FC and Rhett De Silva from the Central Coast Mariners. Coach Andrew Montgomery says his side will include a number of players brought up from the 18s side, who he says have been really good in preseason and buying into the club’s philosophy well. There’s room for improvement at Lilys Homes Stadium this year, after Blacktown finished first in the 2018 regular season before crashing out of the finals series in the third week to champions Sutherland Sharks.

Blacktown will begin their season at home to the competition’s newest team, the promoted Mt Druitt Town Rangers. Mt Druitt’s Stamati Glaros says his side are relishing their ‘new kid on the block’ status, and says they’re looking to turn a few heads as they take to the NPL Men’s 20s competition. Glaros will welcome a few new faces to Mt Druitt this season, including Nikita Parkes from Marconi, and says his charges are excited for the new season after a productive preseason of gradual progression.

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2 Cooper Halfpenny3 Nathan Grimaldi4 Blake Ilitch5 Blake Steward6 Riley Howarth7 Olayinka Sunmola8 Dimos Vlahos9 Rhys Osmond10 Jesse Hirschowitz11 Anthony Idehen12 Dilan Pel-Kun13 Zane Sharma14 Callum Garrett15 Jacob Debien17 Joseph Carbone18 Daniel Goni21 Jerome Narayan22 Brendan AllenCoach Joe DermillioAssistant Coach: Christian Belardo

1 Zane Cunico2 Corey Smith3 Ryan Duffy 4 Blake Richards5 Braith Foxe 6 Ryan Attard 7 Ethan Pollard-Smith8 Bradley Tapp 9 Connor Rose 10 Thomas Bienasz 11 Kai Mclaughlin 12 Ben Berry 13 Christian Cirino 14 Tyren Burnie 15 Caleb Jackson-Brown 16 Cameron Veldhuizen Coach: Jason Breton Manager: Trevor Keayes

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2019 fixturesHOME GROUND - Lilys Football Centre

5 Quinn Ave, Seven Hills

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ROUND 2 Sunday, 17 March - 3pm v Sydney United 58 FC

ROUND 4 Sunday, 31 March - 3pm v Sutherland Sharks FC

ROUND 8 Sunday, 28 April - 3pm

v Rockdale City Suns FC

ROUND 11 Sunday, 19 May - 3pm

v Hakoah Sydney City East FC

ROUND 10 Sunday, 12 May - 3pm v Marconi Stallions FC

ROUND 14 Sunday, 9 June - 3pm v Sydney Olympic FC

ROUND 16 Sunday, 23 June - 3pm

v Manly United FC

ROUND 17 Sunday, 30 June - 3pm

v Sydney FC

ROUND 18 Sunday, 7 July - 3pm

v APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC

ROUND 20 Sunday, 28 July - 3pm

v Wollongong Wolves FC

ROUND 1 Sunday, 10 March - 3pm

v Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC

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FOOTBALL NSW ANNOUNCEMENTLANDMARK LIVE STREAMING SCHEDULE FOR NPL NSW

In a major boost for football fans, Football NSW today announced a landmark broadcast schedule for National Premier Leagues (NPL) competitions in NSW.

As part of a three-year production arrangement, NPL NSW fans will see an astonishing 445 matches broadcast, live and free across various platforms in 2019.

This will include all NPL NSW Men’s top tier matches, all NPL NSW Women’s and all NPL NSW Men’s U20 matches.

A “match of the round” from the NPL 2 NSW Men’s competition will also be shown.

Football NSW’s centrepiece matches including both the NPL NSW Men’s and Women’s Finals Series as well as the historic Waratah Cup Final will also be broadcast live for fans.

Fans will also be able to watch highlights and games on-demand via Football NSW’s NPL social media channels.

In addition to the live coverage, participating clubs, coaches and referees will also have access to vision both live and on-demand throughout the year for ongoing development and analysis.

Football NSW CEO Stuart Hodge was thrilled to announce the plans.

“This is fantastic news for football and our fans,” Hodge said.

“Over the past two seasons, we have seen the impact and growth of our live streamed matches and we are delighted to be able to further extend on that success in 2019”

“The broadcast of 445 NPL NSW live matches will be a game-changer for the sporting and commercial profile of the NPL competitions and our clubs.”

“Football NSW has continued to enhance our streaming capabilities over the past couple of years. Further growth in this area will harness the growing interest in the NPL competitions.”

“Never before has football viewing been more accessible. I’m excited that our top-tier competitions will be available to a worldwide audience.”

The live broadcast will commence with the Match of the Round in the opening NPL 2 NSW Men’s competition round as Blacktown Spartans take on Bonnyrigg White Eagles on Saturday 2nd of March while all 6 NPL NSW Men’s top tier and 20s matches will be streamed live on the 10th of March.