1995–96 NSL Cup

October 2015 October 2015 NSL Cup 1995–96 National Soccer League Cup Australia 3–27 January 1996 12 South Melbourne 2 Newcastle Breakers 17 49 Vaughan Coveny (5 goals) 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 NSL Cup was the 20th edition of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The NSL Cup was sponsored by Johnnie Walker and known as the Johnnie Walker Cup for sponsorship purposes.https://archive.org/details/httpsarchive.orgdetailsnsl-match-programs-1995-1996/NSL%20Cup%201995-1996%2C%20Johnnie%20Walker%20Cup%20tournament%20program/mode/2up?view=theater NSL Cup 1995-1996, Johnnie Walker Cup tournament program Internet Archive Melbourne Knights were the defending champions, having defeated Heidelberg United to win their first title in the previous season's final, but they were eliminated in the first round by eventual winners South Melbourne.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118292094 Knights run away with NSL title The Canberra Times 70 21,732 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 17 October 1994 9 November 2023 25 National Library of Australia South Melbourne defeated Newcastle Breakers 3–1 in the final to win their second NSL Cup title. Teams The NSL Cup was a knockout competition with 12 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final in January 1996.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html 1995/6 Johnnie Walker Cup Results Esamie Thomas OzFootball The competition consisted of the 12 teams from the National Soccer League. Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs remaining First round Saturday 20 January 1996 12 12 → 6 Quarter-finals Tuesday 23 January 1996 2 6 → 4 Semi-finals Thursday 25 January 1996 2 4 → 2 Final Saturday 27 January 1996 1 2 → 1 Bracket N16 2+sum 150 no yes yes 2 1; 8; First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Adelaide City 1 2 Morwell Falcons 0 0 Newcastle Breakers 1 1 Brisbane Strikers 1 0 Sydney Olympic 2 3 Wollongong City 3 0 South Melbourne 4 0 Melbourne Knights 2 1 Marconi Fairfield 1 2 Sydney United 1 0 West Adelaide 1 0 Canberra Cosmos 1 1 node_function{line} Newcastle Breakers 3 Sydney Olympic 1 South Melbourne 3 Marconi Fairfield 2 node_function{line} Adelaide City 1 Newcastle Breakers 3 South Melbourne 3 Canberra Cosmos 1 Newcastle Breakers 1 South Melbourne 3 First round Adelaide City 3–0 Morwell Falcons 1–0 2–0 Newcastle Breakers 2–1 Brisbane Strikers 1–0 1–1 Sydney Olympic 5–3 Wollongong City 2–3 3–0 South Melbourne 4–3 Melbourne Knights 4–2 0–1 Marconi Fairfield 3–1 Sydney United 1–1 2–0 West Adelaide 1–2 Canberra Cosmos 1–1 0–1 |} 3 January 1996 19:30 ACDT West Adelaide 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 Canberra Cosmos Day 73 Dunn 53 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 2,600 John Papanicolas 20 January 1996 19:00 AEDT Canberra Cosmos 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 West Adelaide Perinovic 64 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,600 Gerry Connelly Canberra Cosmos won 2–1 on aggregate 10 January 1996 19:30 ACDT Adelaide City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 Morwell Falcons Mullen 87 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 1,637 Wayne Dade 20 January 1996 19:00 AEDT Morwell Falcons 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 Adelaide City Armour 3 Hassell 51 Falcons Park Morwell 500 Ljupco Naumovski Adelaide City won 3–0 on aggregate 12 January 1996 19:30 AEDT Newcastle Breakers 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 Brisbane Strikers Sprod 68 Austral Park Sydney 1,310 Con Diomis 20 January 1996 19:00 AEST Brisbane Strikers 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 Newcastle Breakers Cranney 14 James 62 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane 3,149 Derek Crawford Newcastle Breakers won 2–1 on aggregate 14 January 1996 19:00 AEDT South Melbourne 4–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 Melbourne Knights Panopoulos 21 Coveny 25 30 71 Bacak 65 Pondeljak 79 Bob Jane Stadium Melbourne 1,800 Gerry Connelly 20 January 1996 19:30 AEDT Melbourne Knights 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 South Melbourne Pondeljak 47 Knights Stadium Melbourne 2,000 John Fraser South Melbourne won 4–3 on aggregate 14 January 1996 19:00 AEDT UTS Olympic 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 Wollongong City Meredith 43 Trajanovski 55 pen. Perinich 8 23 Luff 68 Leichhardt Oval Sydney 2,624 Simon Micallef 20 January 1996 19:00 AEDT Wollongong City 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 UTS Olympic Slater 31 Ardone 38 Ironside 82 Brandon Park Wollongong 2,604 Brett Hugo Sydney Olympic won 5–3 on aggregate 14 January 1996 19:00 AEDT Marconi Fairfield 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 Sydney United Maloney 38 Babic 24 Marconi Stadium Sydney 5,012 John Fraser 20 January 1996 19:00 AEDT Sydney United 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#R1 Marconi Fairfield Awaritefe 19 Stanton 59 Sydney United Sports Centre Sydney 1,836 Simon Micallef Marconi Fairfield won 3–1 on aggregate Quarter-finals Adelaide City and Canberra Cosmos had a bye for the Quarter-finals. 23 January 1996 South Melbourne 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#QF Marconi Fairfield Trimboli 40 Coveny 68 Allsopp 76 Awaritefe 9 Maloney 82 Bob Jane Stadium Melbourne 2,500 Gerry Connelly 23 January 1996 Newcastle Breakers 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#QF UTS Olympic Moore 35 Thomas 39 Halpin 63 Taliadoros 4 pen. Breakers Stadium Newcastle 1,267 Simon Micallef Semi-finals 25 January 1996 Newcastle Breakers 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#SF Adelaide City Hickman 40 pen. Thomas 41 James 73 Hassell 80 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 1,625 Con Diomis 25 January 1996 South Melbourne 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html#SF Canberra Cosmos Allsopp 45 Damianos 68 Trimboli 79 Lemezina 87 Bob Jane Stadium Melbourne 2,360 Brett Hugo Final 1996 NSL Cup final (January) References Category:1995–96 NSL Cup NSL Cup NSL Cup Category:NSL Cup seasons