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National Premier League 2021
Floreat Athena FLOREAT ATHENA
FOOTBALL CLUB
vs. Perth Glory Youth
Round 13
Kick-Off
Saturday, 26/06/2021
3.00 PM
#70YearsStrong #OneAthena
Matchday Programme brought to you by:
Design and Content: Desiree Durrani
Photographer: Owen Gregory
PRESIDENT’S
WELCOME
Welcome to all players, coaches, sponsors and supporters.
Today should be another exciting encounter between Athena and Perth Glory Football Club, and I invite
you to enjoy the club's hospitality in the bar and canteen. As we do each week, we have the Big Match
Combo for only $10. I encourage you to try our tantalising souvlaki or burgers before they sell out!
In club news, the City of Vincent has progressed the proposal for our new change rooms for community
consultation. This also includes the move to have floodlighting at the neighbouring Britannia Reserve to be
upgraded by the end of the year. This will greatly enhance our capacity for training sessions during the
evening to take some strain off the main Litis Stadium pitch.
We also have some big milestone events coming up, including ticket sales to the club's 70th Anniversary
Commemorative Dinner on Saturday the 28th of August. This event will honour and pay tribute to the
heroes of yesteryear and today. It will also include the unveiling of Athena's own "Dream Team". You can
purchase tickets through our website or scan and buy directly via the QR code on our flyer situated at the
bar service area. Details are also in this program.If you haven't already done so, please get in quick and
purchase your tickets as this event will be a sellout.
Lastly, a big congratulations to our senior team which qualified for the State Cup Final earlier this week
after defeating Cockburn City 3-0 and as a result booked it's spot in the RD 32 of the FFA Cup. This is the
third time our club has qualified for the RD 32 in the seven years the Cup competition has been running.
Once again thank you for your attendance today and good luck to all players and coaches.
Con Poulios
FAFC President
FAFC COMMITTEE
Peter Kapsanis Nick Farrell Kim Macpherson Sam Albanis
Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Committee Member
Andrew Kailis Gabriel Tana Lesa Thomson Steven Belk
Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member
FIRST TEAM COACH’S
WELCOME
Welcome to all players and supporters from both clubs for another exciting weekend of local football.
I'd also like to extend a warm welcome to the coaching staff from Perth Glory Football Club.
Today marks the first home game at Litis Stadium in a month and I'd like to acknowledge the work that
the boys have put in on the road over the last few weeks, especially those who have stepped up when
we've needed them to do so. Many have done it because they enjoy playing for one another which are
the hallmarks of a united team.
We head into Round 13 after winning some hard fought wins over Armadale, Rockingham and Balcatta
and a great result on Tuesday night against Cockburn City SC. Our FFA Cup win means that we have
secured a spot in the State Cup Final and spot in the Round of 32 of the FFA Cup.
However, all that is in the past. Our focus is gaining maximum points from today's match. We go into
our match knowing that our opposition will be coming at us strongly. They are a well-coached team and
they have proven goal scorers in their squad.
We won't be resting on our laurels as we know today's clash against Glory will be another tough
encounter for the boys.
I would like to thank our hard-working volunteers, the board, our generous sponsors, our members, and
supporters who week-in week-out wear the blue and white and turn into that important twelfth man in
the stands.
Thank you and I hope we can celebrate together at full-time.
Vas Vujacic
Head Coach
FIRST TEAM SQUAD
1 Jason Saldaris 12 Jawad Rezai 18 Phillip Arnold
2 Marco Santalucia 13 George Festa 19 Liam Murray
3 Cameron Murray 14 Ludovic Boi 20 Andrew Palmer
4 Ben Steele 15 Chris Saldaris 32 Robert Harding
10 Nick Ambrogio 16 Kyle Murray 40 Wesley Casimir
11 Dennis Galan 17 Dean Evans (C) 41 Joshua Hunter
LEAGUE STANDINGS
POS CLUB W D L POINTS
1 FLOREAT ATHENA 10 2 0 32
2 ECU JOONDALUP SC 7 1 4 22
3 SORRENTO FC 6 4 2 22
4 PERTH SC 6 4 2 22
5 INGLEWOOD UTD 6 2 4 20
6 PERTH GLORY YOUTH 4 4 4 16
7 BAYSWATER CITY SC 4 2 6 14
8 GWELUP CROATIA 2 7 3 13
9 ARMADALE SC 3 3 6 12
10 BALCATTA 3 3 6 12
11 COCKBURN CITY SC 3 1 8 10
12 ROCKINGHAM CITY 1 1 10 4
UPCOMING MATCHES
ROUND AGAINST LOCATION DATE TIME
DORRIEN
14 PERTH SC 3 JUL, SAT 3:00PM
GARDENS
PERTH
PLASTERBOARD
15 INGLEWOOD UTD 10 JUL, SAT 3:00PM
CENTRE
STADIUM
16 BAYSWATER CITY HOME 24 JUL, SAT 3:00PM
DALAMANTINAC
17 COCKBURN CITY SC 31 JUL, SAT 3:00PM
PARK
18 GWELUP CROATIA HOME 7 AUG, SAT 3:00PM
ALFRED SKEET
19 ARMADALE SC 14 AUG, SAT 3:00PM
OVAL
20 ECU JOONDALUP FC HOME 21 AUG, SAT 3:00PM
PERCY DOYLE
21 SORRENTO FC 28 AUG, SAT 3:00PM
RESERVE A
22 ROCKINGHAM CITY HOME 4 SEPT, SAT 3:00PM
U20s COACH’S WELCOME Firstly, I'd like to welcome the Perth Glory Under 20s team to Litis Stadium for this Round 13 clash. Earlier this season, we were beaten 3-0 by a very good Glory side away from home. They have since signed one of our most promising talents (Joel Anasmo) and we therefore look forward to welcoming him back to Litis Stadium today. Perth Glory have the pick of the players, and always set the standard in terms of playing style and results. The facilities, coaching and resources they have allow them to train 'full-time' and it is no surprise they are in the running at the top of the league. We look forward to the challenge, and will look to keep our streak going. Here's hoping for an entertaining day of football for all involved. Good luck to Frank & Joe with the 18's and Vas and Adrian with the first team at 3:00pm. Zack Morgan U20s Coach U20s SQUAD Josh Hunter Abdipanah Rob Ferrante Changewe Theo Sarris Elijah Haas Laat Mathiang Ayouba Kanneh Filip Minic James Nixon Yared Nedew Raphael Kanzi George Norton Jethro Haas Dimitrij Blazeski James Nixon Ethan Anthony Mou Marial Msrvin Wesley Casmir Mwansa LEAGUE STANDINGS POS CLUB W D L POINTS 1 BAYSWATER CITY SC 8 1 2 25 2 FLOREAT ATHENA 8 1 3 25 3 PERTH GLORY YOUTH 7 2 2 23 4 GWELUP CROATIA 5 5 1 20 5 PERTH SC 5 4 3 19 6 INGLEWOOD UTD FC 4 5 3 17 7 ECU JOONDALUP SC 4 3 5 15 8 SORRENTO SC 3 5 3 14 9 BALCATTA SC 2 5 5 11 10 COCKBURN CITY SC 1 5 6 8 11 ARMADALE SC 1 4 7 7 12 ROCKINGHAM CITY 2 0 10 6
Last Chance
to Own Your
Personalised
Heritage
Strip!
Place your order in by
30 June 2021 to the
secretary e-mail in the
flyer. No more heritage
strips will be accepted
after this date.
Photo Credit: Peter Kapsanis
Every Tuesday and Friday
nights Effie and Dimitri present
an authentic range of Greek
and Mediterranean food.
Tuesday nights are our
traditional Taverna nights while
every Friday evening you can
come down to our clubrooms
and feast on a tantalising
Souvla (spit roast).
Bookings are essential. For
more details call Effie on 0427
968 830.
For the menu, visit their
Facebook page @greekbahari.
U18s COACH’S
WELCOME
Welcome to all Perth Glory players, coaching staff and supporters to Litis Stadium.
Our first round meeting with Glory was a very entertaining game which ended in a 3-3
draw.
We showed a great fighting spirit that day, which we will need again today to be
competitive with Glory.
The boys have trained well this week and we are looking forward to the challenge.
Good luck to Vas and Adrian and our senior team, and also to Zack and Ryan and
our U20s.
Looking forward to seeing you all at the game.
Frank Mariano
U18s Coach
U18s SQUAD
1 Matthew 5 Daniel DeLore 9 Flynn Gilson Natalotto
Webster
6 Matthew 10 Louis 14 Luca Piffaretti
2 Riggyan Holmes Fairhurst
Kurran 15 Lukas
7 Andrea 11 Ethan Stambelos
3 Mitch Dudarz DiCiano Schimfe
16 Augustine
4 Baillee 8 Nicholas 12 Caleb Meleca Niyonugabo
Takoniatis Boudville
13 Shay 17 Anton Uvarov.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
POS CLUB W D L POINTS
1 INGLEWOOD UTD 9 2 1 29
2 BAYSWATER CITY SC 9 0 2 27
3 SORRENTO FC 8 0 3 24
4 PERTH GLORY 6 4 1 19
5 PERTH SC 6 3 3 19
6 COCKBURN CITY SC 5 0 7 15
7 ECU JOONDALUP SC 4 2 6 14
8 ARMADALE SC 4 1 7 13
9 GWELUP CROATIA SC 3 1 7 10
10 FLOREAT ATHENA 3 1 7 10
11 BALCATTA FC 2 2 7 8
12 ROCKINGHAM CITY FC 1 2 9 5
Juniors & MiniRoos Report
Our skilled acquisition program has been running every Friday for the past few months,
spearheaded by our Mini-Roos Technical Director and senior team captain, Dean Evans.
The program is designed to offer our budding stars of tomorrow extra training and tips to help
their football skills but more importantly, ensure they enjoy the "gospel of the game".
Meantime the NPL Juniors competition has two games to go before the competition splits and
our four NPL Youth teams are moved into new Divisions for the remainder of the year.
Our U16s remain top of the White Division which sees them on track to be matched against
powerhouse clubs like ECU Joondalup, Sorrento, Bayswater, Perth Glory and Murdoch
Melville. The same team also continues its cup campaign, the only one of our youth teams still
in the competition.
The competition is tighter for our U15s with either a Division One or Division Two finish coming
down to the results of next two games.
The U13s and U14s are battling hard with some promising performances and are on track for
Division Two or Three placement for the second half of the year. All the teams are continuing
to develop with the introduction of dedicated goal-keeping training strengthening their defence
and building strong and capable teams from the back.
The U16s – Division 2 team continues to improve each game despite being beaten by top of
the ladder Peel United SC on Sunday after going into the half time break leading 2 -1.
This team of battlers coached by Athena legend, "Professor" Vic Stambelos love to play their
own game (regularly ignoring the Professor’s instructions!!) and are looking forward to a strong
second half of the season with the recent recruitment of a full-time talented goalkeeper.
Our three U12s teams (2 mixed and 1 girls) continue to impress with their development and
commitment. The future looks bright for 2022 as these players transition into full-pitch
competition. Many thanks to the three coaches of these teams who stepped up this year and
took on the role.
Our littlest players, the U6s and U7s Miniroos, have just completed a successful four-week
cluster rotation at our home ground on Britannia Reserve. Many thanks to President Con
Poulios and team who have, at the crack of dawn for four consecutive Sundays, set up the
pitches for the club superstars of the future. It was fun to see the younger club members
developing their skills and wish we them all the best for their next rotations.
That leaves our U8s, U9s, U10s and U11s to wrap up our Junior mid-season report. There
have been some tough matches teaching the players resilience and good sportsmanship,
skills which will serve them well for the future.
Well done to all teams so far!
Credit: Matt Dudarz
FAFC NEWS
FFA CUP: To the State Final we go!
Our boys put on a brilliant show on
Tuesday’s Semi-Final Clash against
Cockburn City SC.
We were off to a fantastic start with
a goal at the second minute, putting
us 1-0.
The boys managed to keep the
pace, stay cool and netted 2 more
goals in the second-half.
Photo credits: Peter Kapsanis
Our Tuesday night’s semi-final victory puts us in the Round of 32 of the FFA
Cup and into the State Cup Final. We will face ECU Joondalup SC for
bragging rights on Saturday, July 17 at a venue yet to be announced.
Bogan Bingo Night 2021
Friday 28 May 2021 saw some of our #OneAthena
families tear up the behaviour rule book and rock
out at the almost annual Bogan Bingo fundraiser.
The music pumped, the air guitars howled, the
mullets moved and the numbers got crossed off on
a fun night out as punters battled it out for some
great prizes.
Congratulations to the many winners on the night
and thanks to the Junior parents for organising a
fantastic night.
Photo credits: Glowbooth Perth
Fundraisers like Bogan Bingo wouldn’t work if it wasn’t for the generosity of our prize sponsors.
Many thanks to: Oxford Hotel, Perth Wildcats, Sinikka Leather, Luna Cinemas Optus Network, Ash &
Oak Boutique, John the Fruiterer, Goodlife Gym (Floreat), Spudshed and of course, the generous
donations from families and friends.For our full list of sponsorship
FAFC packages or if you need more
information, please don’t hesitate to
contact
SPONSORS secretary@floreatathena.com.au or
visit our website.
FAFC would like to thank our sponsors for making our club
activities and social outreach programmes possible.
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