2000–01 Northern Spirit FC season

October 2022 October 2022 Northern Spirit 2000–01 North Sydney OvalNorth Power Stadium National Soccer League 13th David Seal (9) 10,254 vs. Sydney Olympic(15 October 2000)National Soccer League 2,108 vs. Adelaide Force(4 March 2001)National Soccer League 4,526 2–0 (twice)4–2 (twice) 2–6vs. South Melbourne(29 April 2001)National Soccer League 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 season was the third season in the history of Northern Spirit (now North West Sydney Spirit). It was also the third season in the National Soccer League. Northern Spirit finished 13th in their National Soccer League season. Players AUS FW Graham Arnold AUS MF Paul Bilokapic AUS MF Matthew Bingley IRL FW Ben Burgess AUS FW Simon Catanzaro AUS MF Troy Cranney AUS DF Michael Cunico AUS MF Robert Enes NIR MF Lee Feeney AUS MF Craig Foster AUS FW Ryan Griffiths AUS GK Paul Henderson ENG MF Stuart Howson AUS MF Matthew Hunter AUS MF Matthew Langdon AUS FW Todd MacRae AUS MF Gabriel Mendez BRA FW Alex Moreira AUS FW Tony Perinich AUS GK John Perosh AUS MF Robbie Slater AUS DF Mike Smith AUS MF Jacek Sobczyk AUS MF Noel Spencer AUS MF Scott Thomas AUS FW Daniel Watkins Transfers Transfers in No.PositionPlayerTransferred fromType/feeDateRef — 4 FWMoreira, Alex BRA Alex MoreiraCarltonJuly 2000https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te17535/nws-spirit-fc/transfers/ NWS Spirit FC » Transfers 2000/2001 5 October 2022 worldfootball.net — 3 MFCraig FosterCrystal Palace ENG Crystal Palace — 3 MFGabriel MendezSydney Olympic — 1 GKJohn PeroshSydney Olympic — 2 DFMike Smith soccerMarconi Fairfield — 3 MFNoel SpencerWollongong Wolves — 3 MFScott Thomas soccerSydney Olympic — 4 FWDaniel Watkins soccerCanberra Cosmos — 4 FWMoss, Phil ENG Phil MossFraser Park AUS Fraser ParkSeptember 2000 — 4 FWBurgess, Ben IRL Ben BurgessBlackburn Rovers ENG Blackburn RoversOctober 2000 — 3 MFFeeney, Lee NIR Lee FeeneyRangers SCO RangersJanuary 2001 — 2 DFAdam GriffithsEastern Pride — 3 MFHowson, Stuart ENG Stuart HowsonBlackburn Rovers ENG Blackburn RoversFebruary 2001 Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef — 2 DFMichael PrenticeNewcastle UnitedJune 2000 — 2 DFMarko RudanAlemannia Aachen GER Alemannia Aachen — 4 FWAbbas SaadCanterbury Bankstown AUS Canterbury Bankstown — 2 DFPaul WearneEastern Pride — 2 DFAdam GriffithsEastern PrideOctober 2000 — 4 FWDaniel Watkins soccerEastern PrideNovember 2000 — 1 GKJess VanstrattanHellas Verona ITA Hellas VeronaDecember 2000 — 3 MFPaul BilokapicSydney UnitedJanuary 2001 — 3 MFAnthony FariaManly Warringah Dolphins AUS Manly Warringah DolphinsMarch 2001 — 3 MFAdam SnyderManly Warringah Dolphins AUS Manly Warringah DolphinsApril 2001 Competitions Overview 5 National Soccer League 15 October 2000 29 April 2001 Matchday 1 13th 8 8 14 39 50 complete National Soccer League League table NOR Results summary 4 4 7 15 20 4 4 7 24 30 worldfootball.net October 2022 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result L/D/W/W/D/L/W/W/D/D/W/L/L/D/L/L/L/L/W/W/L/L/W/D/L/D/D/L/L/L Position 11/12/9/6/6/9/6/4/5/5/5/6/8/8/9/11/12/12/10/10/10/13/10/11/11/12/12/12/13/13 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold yellow1 worldfootball.net Matches 1 15 October 2000 Sydney United 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round01.html Northern Spirit Arambasic 73 88 Langdon 5 Sydney United Sports Centre Sydney 4,958 Craig Zetter L 2 20 October 2000 Northern Spirit 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round02.html Sydney Olympic North Sydney Oval Sydney 10,254 Con Diomis D 3 28 October 2000 Eastern Pride 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round03.html Northern Spirit Mendez 30 pen. Moreira 37 Mobil Park Morwell 1,653 Jeremy Blaney W 4 3 November 2000 Northern Spirit 4–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round04.html Football Kingz Burgess 23 30 35 Mendez 65 pen. Vicelich 41 Ngata 76 pen. North Sydney Oval Sydney 4,294 Matthew Breeze W 5 11 November 2000 Northern Spirit 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round05.html Newcastle United North Power Stadium Gosford 6,312 Perry Mur D 6 17 November 2000 Adelaide Force 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round06.html Northern Spirit Brain 6 Tunbridge 51 Karlovic 65 Catanzaro 40 Burgess 42 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 3,661 Brett Hugo L 7 24 November 2000 Northern Spirit 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round07.html Perth Glory Moreira 25 Burgess 58 North Sydney Oval Sydney 5,764 Mark Shield W 8 3 December 2000 Carlton 0–3Awarded score. Original score 1–1; result was changed after Carlton abandoned the 2000–01 National Soccer League season after eight rounds. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round08.html Northern Spirit Marth 44 Moreira 55 Epping Stadium Melbourne 3,109 Brett Hugo W 9 8 December 2000 Northern Spirit 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round09.html Marconi Fairfield North Sydney Oval Sydney 6,251 Jeremy Blaney D 10 17 December 2000 Melbourne Knights 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round10.html Northern Spirit Porter 65 Burgess 48 Knights Stadium Melbourne 4,320 Eddie Lennie D 11 22 December 2000 Northern Spirit 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round11.html Brisbane Strikers Burgess 59 North Sydney Oval Sydney 3,758 Brett Hugo W 12 29 December 2000 Parramatta Power 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round12.html Northern Spirit Brown 63 Lee 69 Miller 74 Parrmatta Stadium Sydney 8,176 Con Diomis L 13 6 January 2001 Northern Spirit 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round13.html Canberra Cosmos Angelucci 23 Hagger 89 North Power Stadium Gosford 4,688 Angelo Nardi L 14 27 February 2001 Wollongong Wolves 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round14.html Northern Spirit Harries 37 Young 38 Burgess 27 pen. Langdon 88 WIN Stadium Wollongong 5,575 Matthew Breeze D 15 19 January 2001 Northern Spirit 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round15.html South Melbourne Burgess 46 Coveny 47 Kalogeracos 67 North Sydney Oval Sydney 5,057 Perry Mur L 16 26 January 2001 Northern Spirit 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round16.html Sydney United Burgess 27 Arambasic 35 Burt 55 North Sydney Oval Sydney 3,731 Simon Micallef L 17 4 February 2001 Sydney Olympic 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round17.html Northern Spirit Macallister 30 Cardozo 44 Mendez 28 Belmore Sports Ground Sydney 7,128 Gerry Connolly L 18 9 February 2001 Northern Spirit 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round18.html Eastern Pride Bell 50 North Sydney Oval Sydney 2,780 Peter Green L 19 16 February 2001 Football Kingz 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round19.html Northern Spirit Campbell 49 Burgess 2 60 Ericsson Stadium Auckland 5,988 Craig Zetter W 20 23 February 2001 Newcastle United 2–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round20.html Northern Spirit Surjan 48 pen. McBreen 79 Langdon 60 Watkins 63 70 Foster 77 Marathon Stadium Newcastle 6,875 Brett Hugo W 21 4 March 2001 Northern Spirit 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round21.html Adelaide Force Burgess 61 Cagalj 89 o.g. Howson 28 o.g. Veart 56 Pelosi 60 North Sydney Oval Sydney 2,108 Mark Shield L 22 10 March 2001 Perth Glory 4–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round22.html Northern Spirit Mori 10 70 Despotovski 17 pen. 89 Burgess 8 pen. Perth Oval Perth 11,911 Eddie Lennie L 23 Northern Spirit 3–0Awarded score. Match was not played and was automatically awarded 3–0 to Northern Spirit; result was given after Carlton abandoned the 2000–01 National Soccer League season after eight rounds. Carlton W 24 24 March 2001 Marconi Fairfield 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round24.html Northern Spirit Marconi Stadium Sydney 4,802 Jeremy Blaney D 25 30 March 2001 Northern Spirit 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round25.html Melbourne Knights Howson 73 Vargas 20 Lapsansky 23 Marth 67 Porter 76 North Sydney Oval Sydney 3,119 Peter Green L 26 8 April 2001 Brisbane Strikers 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round26.html Northern Spirit Grierson 18 Moreira 86 Ballymore Oval Brisbane 1,680 Perry Mur D 27 13 April 2001 Northern Spirit 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round27.html Parramatta Power North Sydney Oval Sydney 2,401 Con Diomis D 28 21 April 2001 Canberra Cosmos 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round28.html Northern Spirit Castro 1 85 Cortes 89 pen. Burgess 31 Foster 70 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,054 Gerry Connolly L 29 25 April 2001 Northern Spirit 0–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round29.html Wollongong Wolves Horsley 45 Chipperfield 47 pen. Petrovski 56 66 North Sydney Oval Sydney 2,849 Simon Micallef L 30 29 April 2001 South Melbourne 6–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/20002001/Round30.html Northern Spirit Cunico 56 o.g. Vlahos 29 Boutsianis 45 48 50 58 Moreira 10 Burgess 14 Bob Jane Stadium Melbourne 5,803 Matthew Breeze L Notes: Statistics Appearances and goals Players with no appearances not included in the list.https://aus.worldfootball.net/team_performance/nws-spirit-fc/aus-a-league-2000-2001/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221005052835/https://aus.worldfootball.net/team_performance/nws-spirit-fc/aus-a-league-2000-2001/ dead 5 October 2022 NWS Spirit FC » Appearances A-League 2000/2001 5 October 2022 aus.worldfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSLclubs/NS0001.html Northern Spirit roster for 2000/2001 OzFootball.net No.Pos.Nat.NameNational Soccer LeagueTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoals—FWAUSGraham Arnold130130—MFAUSPaul Bilokapic5(8)0130—MFAUSMatthew Bingley230230—FWIRLBen Burgess27162716—FWAUSSimon Catanzaro2(3)050—MFAUSTroy Cranney220220—DFAUSMichael Cunico26(2)0280—MFAUSRobert Enes17(7)0240—MFNIRLee Feeney2(1)030—MFAUSCraig Foster19(2)2212—FWAUSRyan Griffiths soccer8(5)0130—GKAUSPaul Henderson soccer210210—MFAUSStuart Howson141141—MFAUSMatthew Hunter soccer0(1)010—MFAUSMatthew Langdon22(1)3233—FWAUSTodd McRae1010—MFAUSGabriel Mendez12(2)3143—FWBRAAlex Moreira14(6)5205—FWAUSTony Perinich4(7)0110—GKAUSJohn Perosh8080—MFAUSRobbie Slater4(3)070—DFAUSMike Smith soccer9090—MFAUSJacek Sobczyk3(5)080—MFAUSNoel Spencer17(3)0200—MFAUSScott Thomas soccer20(1)0210—FWAUSDaniel Watkins soccer6(11)2172 Clean sheets Rank RankNo. Squad NumberPos PositionNat NationalityNameNational Soccer LeagueTotal1—GKAUSPaul Henderson88Total88 References Category:North West Sydney Spirit FC seasons