1996–97 Newcastle Breakers FC season

September 2022 September 2022 Newcastle Breakers 1996–97 Breakers Stadium National Soccer League 11th NSL Cup Quarter-finals Jason BennettTroy Halpin (5) Jason BennettRobert Ironside (7) 6,154 vs. Wollongong City(21 February 1997)National Soccer League 1,370 vs. Collingwood Warriors(22 November 1996)National Soccer League 4,177 7–1vs. Northern NSW Lions(12 September 1996)NSL Cup 1–6vs. Brisbane Strikers(19 October 1996)National Soccer League 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 season was the fifth season in the history of Newcastle Breakers. It was also the fifth season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Newcastle Breakers finished 11th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup quarter-finals by Marconi Fairfield. Players 1 AUS GK Adam Fittock 2 AUS DF Shane Pryce 3 AUS MF Glenn Sprod 4 AUS DF Glen Moore 5 AUS MF Peter Ritchie 6 NZL MF Robert Ironside 7 AUS MF Scott Thomas 8 AUS MF David Lowe Captain 9 AUS FW Clayton Zane 10 AUS MF Troy Halpin 11 AUS MF Gary Wilson 12 AUS DF Todd McManus 13 AUS DF Andy Roberts 14 AUS FW Jason Bennett 15 AUS MF Mark Wilson 16 AUS MF Craig Sharpley 17 AUS DF Matthew Austin 18 AUS FW Harry James 19 AUS FW Liam McGuire 20 AUS GK Liam Baker 21 AUS MF Evis Heath AUS FW Brett Eldridge AUS GK Brad Swancott Competitions Overview 5 National Soccer League 11 October 1996 20 April 1997 Matchday 1 11th 7 9 10 40 46 NSL Cup 12 January 1996 27 January 1996 Round of 16 Quarter-finals 2 0 1 13 5 complete National Soccer League League table NEW Results summary 6 4 3 30 23 1 5 7 10 23 worldfootball.net September 2022 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result W/L/L/D/D/L/D/L/D/L/W/D/D/D/L/W/W/W/D/L/D/L/L/W/L/W Position 1/7/9/10/10/10/10/13/13/13/11/13/12/11/12/11/11/10/10/12/12/12/12/11/11/11 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold yellow1 worldfootball.net Matches 1 11 October 1996 Newcastle Breakers 6–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round01.html West Adelaide Bennett 62 67 69 72 Thomas 78 Sprod 80 Perin 55 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 4,581 Con Diomis W 2 19 October 1996 Brisbane Strikers 6–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round02.html Newcastle Breakers Brown 10 61 80 S. Cranney 40 Phillips 65 Farina 90 pen. Sprod 24 pen. Suncorp Stadium Brisbane 4,572 Mark Shield L 3 26 October 1996 Newcastle Breakers 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round03.html Perth Glory Wilson 26 Strudwick 31 Despotovski 33 82 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 3,750 Simon Micallef L 19 1 November 1996 Canberra Cosmos 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round19.html Newcastle Breakers Dee 90 Zane 74 Bruce Stadium Canberra 9,421 Matthew Breeze D 4 3 November 1996 Wollongong City 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round04.html Newcastle Breakers Brandon Park Wollongong 3,484 John Markovski D 5 8 November 1996 Newcastle Breakers 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round05.html Canberra Cosmos Halpin 33 Sprod 46 Buljan 18 Koch 68 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 3,107 D. Crawford D 6 17 November 1996 South Melbourne 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round06.html Newcastle Breakers Kelic 26 Lakeside Stadium Melbourne 5,335 Eugene Brazzale L 7 22 November 1996 Newcastle Breakers 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round07.html Collingwood Warriors Zane 1 MacNicol 25 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 1,370 Mark Shield D 8 29 November 1996 Melbourne Knights 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round08.html Newcastle Breakers Simunic 46 Kutlesovski 62 Somers St Stadium Melbourne 2,794 Con Diomis L 9 6 December 1996 Newcastle Breakers 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round09.html Gippsland Falcons Palamaras 18 o.g. Wilson 50 Krncevic 15 Duric 66 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 2,231 Simon Micallef D 10 14 December 1996 Marconi Fairfield 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round10.html Newcastle Breakers Maloney 20 Zoric 59 Halpin 69 Marconi Stadium Sydney 4,111 John Markovski L 11 20 December 1996 Newcastle Breakers 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round11.html Sydney United Pryce 68 Zane 70 Bennett 74 Milicic 54 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 4,225 Matthew Breeze W 12 29 December 1996 UTS Olympic 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round12.html Newcastle Breakers Barrett 65 Trajanovski 67 Meredith 64 o.g. Ironside 89 Belmore Oval Sydney 5,128 Con Diomis D 13 5 January 1997 Adelaide City 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round13.html Newcastle Breakers Gibson 20 Brooks 52 McGuire 37 Halpin 60 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 3,365 W. Dade D 14 10 January 1997 Newcastle Breakers 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round14.html Adelaide City Pryce 50 pen. Gibson 23 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 5,834 D. Crawford D 15 2 February 1997 West Adelaide 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round15.html Newcastle Breakers Hooker 59 pen. Tsekinis 68 Tibaldi 4 o.g. Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 5,044 A. Gorton L 16 7 February 1997 Newcastle Breakers 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round16.html Brisbane Strikers Pryce 2 pen. Sprod 51 Hews 63 o.g. Brown 47 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 6,102 Matthew Breeze W 17 15 February 1997 Perth Glory 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round17.html Newcastle Breakers McGuire 12 Wilson 51 Perth Oval Perth 11,546 W. Dade W 18 21 February 1997 Newcastle Breakers 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round18.html Wollongong City Halpin 45 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 6,154 Con Diomis W 20 8 March 1997 Newcastle Breakers 0–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round20.html South Melbourne Coveny 49 Orlic 57 Kelic 83 Spink 89 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 4,556 G. Leverton L 21 16 March 1997 Collingwood Warriors 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round21.html Newcastle Breakers Victoria Park Melbourne 3,311 G. Leverton D 22 21 March 1997 Newcastle Breakers 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round22.html Melbourne Knights Zane 41 Pondeljak 2 Marth 5 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 3,907 Gerry Connolly L 23 29 March 1997 Gippsland Falcons 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round23.html Newcastle Breakers Sekulic 5 14 61 Falcons Park Morwell 4,167 John Markovski L 24 4 April 1997 Newcastle Breakers 5–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round24.html Marconi Fairfield Ironside 36 Pryce 69 Lowe 71 Austin 75 Halpin 84 Maloney 46 Harper 72 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 4,465 Matthew Breeze W 25 13 April 1997 Sydney United 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round25.html Newcastle Breakers Milicic 49 Marusic 75 Edensor Park Sydney 5,179 Eddie Lennie L 26 20 April 1997 Newcastle Breakers 4–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/Round26.html UTS Olympic Lowe 9 Ironside 35 85 Sharpley 58 Mitchell 48 Trajanovski 53 Ardone 76 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 4,022 Con Diomis W NSL Cup Round of 16 – First leg 12 September 1996 Northern NSW Lions 1–7 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/NSLCup.html Newcastle Breakers Tredinnick 56 Bennett 3 70 Ironside 56 Sprod 75 Eldridge 81 Heath 83 89 Jack McLaughlin Reserve Newcastle G. Leverton W Round of 16 – Second leg 18 September 1996 Newcastle Breakers 5–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/NSLCup.html Northern NSW Lions Pryce 12 Halpin 44 Ironside 56 Lowe 73 McGuire 85 Bailey 18 Breakers Stadium Newcastle Matthew Breeze W Quarter-finals 21 September 1996 Marconi Fairfield 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9697/NSLCup.html Newcastle Breakers Awaritefe 24 38 Maloney 43 Ironside 76 Marconi Stadium Sydney Simon Micallef L Statistics Appearances and goals Players with no appearances not included in the list.https://aus.worldfootball.net/team_performance/newcastle-breakers/aus-a-league-1996-1997/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220921051614/https://aus.worldfootball.net/team_performance/newcastle-breakers/aus-a-league-1996-1997/ dead 21 September 2022 Newcastle Breakers » Appearances A-League 1996/1997 20 September 2022 aus.worldfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSLclubs/NB9697.html Newcastle Breakers roster for 1996/97 OzFootball.net No.Pos.Nat.NameNational Soccer LeagueNSL CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals2DFAUSShane Pryce23(1)4112553MFAUSGlenn Sprod254312854DFAUSGlen Moore soccer4(1)020705MFAUSPeter Ritchie soccer14(3)0001706MFNZLRobert Ironside footballer214332477MFAUSScott Thomas soccer16(6)1002218MFAUSDavid Lowe footballer, born 19637(3)2311339FWAUSClayton Zane18(1)40019410MFAUSTroy Halpin2453127611MFAUSGary Wilson soccer2(1)0003012DFAUSTodd McManus2503028013DFAUSAndy Roberts soccer9(2)00011014FWAUSJason Bennett soccer14(2)51217715MFAUSMark Wilson soccer, born 197412(2)33017316MFAUSCraig Sharpley11(5)10(2)018117DFAUSMatthew Austin soccer21(1)13025118FWAUSHarry James soccer6(8)03017019FWAUSLiam McGuire soccer8(5)20(3)116320GKAUSLiam Baker soccer2303026021MFAUSEvis Heath0(1)00(3)242—FWAUSBrett Eldridge002(1)131—GKAUSBrad Swancott300030 Clean sheets Rank RankNo. Squad NumberPos PositionNat NationalityNameNational Soccer LeagueNSL CupTotal120GKAUSLiam Baker404Total404 References Category:Newcastle Breakers FC seasons Newcastle Breakers