Friday, 28 February 2003 12:00 AM
The South Melbourne Soccer Club confirms that it has parted ways with senior coach Danny Wright.
The club wishes Danny Wright every success in the future.
South Melbourne has a proud finals record as the most successful soccer club and is committed to maintaining it’s excellent record.
All media enquires should be directed to the club on (03) 9645 9797.
Friday, 28 February 2003 12:00 AM
Date: Saturday 1 March 2003
Venue: Parramatta Stadium
Kick Off: 7.30pm AEDST
Radio: Radio 2 1611AM 7.30pm live broadcast (Sydney only);
Radio 2 1629AM 7.30pm live broadcast (Melbourne only)
HEAD TO HEAD (Overall):
Played: 7 Parramatta wins 1, South Melbourne wins 5, Draws 1
HEAD TO HEAD (at Parramatta):
Played: 3 (Regular Season) Parramatta wins 1, South Melbourne wins 2, Draws 0
Last Encounter: South Melbourne 1-0 home win
LAST WEEK:
Parramatta 3-0 away loss Vs Newcastle
South Melbourne 2-2 away draw Vs Marconi
Position on Ladder: 6th Vs 13th
PARRAMATTA POWER SQUAD: L Reddy (gk), A Ceccoli, P O’Grady, N Orlic, M Beauchamp, M Thompson, W O’Sullivan, A Elrich, B Maloney, P Cardozo, K Salapasidis, P Zorbas, J Buonavoglia, B Renaud, D Vukovic (gk)
IN: A Ceccoli
OUT: D Brown (omitted), J Sobczyk (knee – season)
SOUTH MELBOURNE SQUAD: E Galekovic (gk), F De Amicis, P Kisnorbo, M Durakovic, N Tolios, S Panopoulos, V Coveny, P Buljan, M Murdocca, V Lia, C Boutsianis, B Damianos, S Poutakidis, S Pace, D Anastasiadis (gk)
Friday, 28 February 2003 12:00 AM
South Melbourne popular defender Mehmet Durakovic is due to play his 350th NSL match when the Blue and Whites comes up against the Parramatta Power at Parramatta Stadium tomorrow night.
Former Qantas Socceroo Durakovic commenced his NSL career in 1985, spending time at Brunswick (1985-1988, 61 games), Footscray (1989, 25 games), South Melbourne (1989/90-1994/95 and 2000/01-2002/03, 217 games) and Olympic Sharks (1998/99, 21 games). He also had a stint at Malaysian club Selangor (1995-1998).
In 1991 the sturdy defender was part of South Melbourne Championship squad and more than ten years on, is still at the stronghold of South Melbourne’s defence. In 2002 he was selected in South Melbourne’s Team of the Century and at the age of 38 continues to breakdown attacks from opposing clubs.
MEHMET DURAKOVIC PROFILE
At South Melbourne (NSL): 89/90 – 94/95, 00/01 – current
Born: October 13, 1965
NSL Games: 350
South Melbourne NSL Games: 217
NSL Goals: 8
South Melbourne NSL Goals: 5
Individual NSL Honours: –
International “A” Appearances (& years): 39 (1990-1997)
All International Appearances (& years): 59 (1990-1997)
Other National Honours: –
Overseas clubs: Selangor (Malaysia)