2008 NSW Premier League season

October 2015 October 2015 NSW Premier League Wollongong FC Sutherland Sharks FC Robert Younis (21) 2007 2009 The 2008 TeleChoice Premier League season was the eighth season of the revamped NSW Premier League. This season also marked the promotion of two new teams, in the West Sydney Berries and the Macarthur Rams from the Super League (one division lower). This increased the teams competing in the competition from 10 to 12 teams and the number of rounds from 18 to 22 in the regular season. The 2008 season officially began on 22 February and concluded with the grand final between Wollongong FC and the Sutherland Sharks on 7 September. Before the start of the season, all the 2008 teams competed in the Johnny Warren Cup, the official pre-season tournament. On 16 February, Sydney Olympic defeated the Sutherland Sharks 2 goals to 1 at Seymour Shaw Park to win the Johnny Warren Cup.http://www.soccernsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1201784400&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2505599&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=4&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=148&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=455&cHash=fecedec777 10-man Olympic clinch Johnny Warren Cup Throughout the season many Premier League, Super League, Division One and Division Two teams competed in an FA Cup-style knockout competition in which the Bankstown City Lions and Sydney Olympic contested the grand final with Bankstown prevailing 3–1 winners.http://www.soccernsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1217512800&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2678399&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=10&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1118&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=455&cHash=54a256e878 Bankstown City Lions clinch 2008 Tiger Turf Cup 10 August 2008 27 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120227150914/http://www.soccernsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1217512800&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2678399&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=10&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1118&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=455&cHash=54a256e878 live Changes from Previous Season The number of teams competing increased from 10 to 12, with the inclusion of the West Sydney Berries and the Macarthur Rams. The regular season remained a home-away round-robin format, thus increasing the number of rounds from 18 to 22. The final series was therefore also adapted. The number of teams competing in the finals series increased from 4 to 5. The finals series used a 5-team McIntyre system to determine the champions. Clubs Teams promoted from Super League: (After the end of the 2007 season.) West Sydney Berries Macarthur Rams Teams relegated to Super League: (After the end of the 2007 season.) Nil Club Ground Capacity A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers Lambert Park 7,000 Bankstown City Lions FC Jensen Oval 8,000 Blacktown City Demons FC Fairfax Community Stadium 7,500 Macarthur Rams Campbelltown Stadium 20,000 Manly United FC Cromer Park 5,000 Marconi Stallions FC Marconi Stadium 11,500 Penrith Nepean United FC CUA Stadium 21,000 Sutherland Sharks FC Seymour Shaw Park 5,000 Sydney Olympic FC Belmore Sports Ground 25,000 Sydney United FC Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000 West Sydney Berries FC Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre 18,000 Wollongong FC John Crehan Park 7,500 Regular season League table main WDL QR SUT Sutherland Sharks WOL Wollongong FC SYO Sydney Olympic MAN Manly United SYU Sydney United API APIA Leichhardt Tigers BAN Bankstown City WSB West Sydney Berries MST Marconi Stallions MAR Macarthur Rams PNU Penrith Nepean United BLC Blacktown City 12 8 2 48 19 13 5 4 39 19 C 12 5 5 38 23 12 3 7 42 21 9 7 6 29 21 9 7 6 41 35 7 6 9 27 27 7 3 12 30 41 3 10 9 29 41 4 7 11 16 41 R 3 8 11 25 50 3 7 12 14 40 #D0F0C0 Qualified for the Championship Finals series QCF QCF QCF QCF QCF #FFCCCC Relegation to Super League R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete NSW Premier League Ladder @ SportingPulse Results main FBR grey API BAN BLC MAR MAN MST PNU SUT SYO SYU WSB WOL APIA Leichhardt Tigers 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 7–0 2–2 3–4 0–3 3–2 1–1 Bankstown City 3–0 4–0 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 Blacktown City 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 Macarthur Rams 0–3 0–4 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 Manly United 3–3 0–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 Marconi Stallions 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–0 3–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–1 Penrith Nepean United 3–4 3–0 2–2 1–3 0–4 3–3 0–2 2–4 0–4 4–1 0–1 Sutherland Sharks 4–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 7–0 3–0 4–2 6–0 1–1 Sydney Olympic 3–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 Sydney United 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 West Sydney Berries 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 0–4 5–2 1–1 0–4 3–1 0–1 0–2 Wollongong FC 2–0 3–0 3–0 7–0 1–4 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 3 August 2008 socceraust.co.uk Finals series Qualifying Finals Semi-finals Preliminary final Grand final 2 Wollongong FC 3 3 Sydney Olympic FC 2 4 Manly United FC 2 5 Sydney United FC 1 1 Sutherland Sharks 1 2 Wollongong FC 2 3 Sydney Olympic 2 4 Manly United FC 1 1 Sutherland Sharks 2 3 Sydney Olympic FC 1 2 Wollongong FC 4 1 Sutherland Sharks 2 Qualifying Finals Qualifying Final 15 August 2008 19:30 UTC+10 Wollongong FC 3–2 Report Sydney Olympic FC Ilija Prenzoski 12, 90'Matt Bailey 84 Siraj Al Tall 73Matthew Mayora 75 WIN Stadium, Wollongong 1,200 approx. Strebre Delovski Elimination final 15 August 2008 19:45 UTC+10 Manly United FC 2–1 Report Sydney United FC Craig Midgley 56, 85' Luka Glavaš 61 Cromer Park, Sydney 1,000 approx. Peter Vrtkovski Semi-finals Minor semi-final 24 August 2008 15:00 UTC+10 Sydney Olympic FC 2–1 Report Manly United FC Paul Wither 32 61 Michael Lloyd-Green 47 Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney 900 approx. Atila Stibinger Major semi-final 24 August 2008 15:00 UTC+10 Sutherland Sharks FC 1–2 Report Wollongong FC Jim Bakis 10 Matt Bailey 66Ilija Prenzoski 106 Seymour Shaw Park, Sydney 983 Peter Vrtkovski Preliminary final 20 August 2008 19:30 UTC+10 Sutherland Sharks FC 2–1 Report Sydney Olympic FC David Reid 13Nick Stavroulakis 25 Anthony Hartshorn 53 Seymour Shaw Park, Sydney 1,020 James Lewis Grand final 7 September 2008 15:00 UTC+10 Wollongong FC 4–2 Report Sutherland Sharks FC Matt Bailey 28Tynan Diaz 38Chris Price 60 pen. Samet Kaynak 90 + 3 Nick Stavroulakis 8Neil Jablonski 90+2 CUA Stadium, Sydney 4,586 approx. Jonathan Streater Gold Medal Dinner At the end of the season, Football NSW hosted the Gold Medal Dinner, where players, coaches and referees were awarded for their work throughout the Premier League season.2008 Gold Medal Dinner a huge success as Brendan Gan scoops major award http://www.footballnsw.com/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1343&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1&cHash=c6099d763e Football NSW 2008-09-26 2009-04-05 Award Grade Name Club Player of the Year First Grade Brendan Gan Sutherland Sharks Andreas Golden Boot First Grade Robert Younis A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers Player of the Year 20's Daniel Rezo Sydney United Golden Boot 20's Brodie Mooy Marconi Stallions Goalkeeper of the Year First Grade Matthew Nash A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers Coach of the Year First Grade Brian Brown Sutherland Sharks Referee of the Year – Jonathan Streater – All-Stars Team right All-Stars Team Nash Zunino Bojić Cummins Webb Arrarte Cattanach Gan Boyle Boardman Younis Based on a points system in which all match reporters took part in during the course of the 22 rounds, eleven players were selected in various positions highlighting their performances for season 2008. Goalkeeper: Matthew Nash (A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers) Defence: Emmanuel Zunino (Sydney Olympic), Pedj Bojić (Sutherland Sharks), Danial Cummins (Wollongong FC), Shane Webb (Bankstown City Lions) Midfield: Nahuel Arrarte (Marconi Stallions), Robbie Cattanach (Manly United), Brendan Gan (Sutherland Sharks), Christopher Boyle (Sydney United) Attack: Robert Younis (A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers), Brad Boardman (Sutherland Sharks) Coach: AUS Brian "Bomber" Brown See also NSW Premier League Football NSW References 2 External links NSW Premier League Official website NSW Premier League NSW Premier League Category:NSW Premier League seasons Nsw Premier League Season, 2008 Premier