Wollongong FC hoping to turn off the lights on Bankstown's season tonight
Wollongong FC will head up to Jensen Park tonight to take on Bankstown in what is a desperate match for Bankstown if they still want to have slender hopes of catching the top 5 in the race to the finals.
Wollongong FC have some injury concerns with both starters from last week in Michael West and Dez Giraldi looking likely to miss tonight's encounter through injury.
West suffered knee damage in a challenge against West Sydney whilst Dez has been struggling with a quad strain suffered a couple of weeks ago and pulled up sore after a light training session last night.
Coach Turner has a headache to deal with when the club brought in Michael Turnbull to cover for Justin Pasfield in goals. The club and Justin felt could be missing for most of the end of the season and finals campaign but to the clubs and Justin's disappointment he has missed out on the Olympic squad at the final hurdle.
As expected Turnbull will keep his place in the starting line up following his 9/10 performance in goals on debut last weekend. Michael was also disappointed for Justin because Michael himself has experienced not one but two previous campaigns in goals for the OLYROOS at the Athens & Sydney Olympic games and knows what that experience has done for his career and is a great personal highlight.
The Wollongong FC Under 13's, 14's & 15's had to back up on Sunday for a double header to play their previously postponed catch up games against Macarthur Rams and the day brought with it some good results with the 13's unlucky not to make it a winning weekend after their massive defeat of West Sydney the day before.
The Under 14's had a strong performance and put behind them the dissapointment of the day before and our Under 15's set themselves up in the best possible way to throw their hat in the ring for the Championship crown.
We had a mixed bag of results with our Junior teams over the weekend against the West Sydney Berries but it was great to see our Under 13's turn out on Saturday and put in a real good performance.
Our Under 15's put themselves a step closer to the top of the table in their quest for the Championship whilst our 16's are still in the hunt for a finals finish despite their loss.
The games against Sydney United saw our boys undefeated over the weekend with games played by our Under 13's, 14's, 15's & 16's only.
Our U18's and 20's will finialise this round of football when the two teams meet in their postponed fixture on July 19th at John Crehan Park as they play with our Senior 1st Grade team.
Wollongong F.C. kept up their winning ways when they defeated West Sydney Berries by two goals to nil in their Round 18 encounter in the N.S.W. Telechoice Premier League encounter at Crehan Park.
Wollongong FC defeat West Sydney and now 1 point off 2nd place
This afternoon Wollongong FC are celebrating with another win this time a 2-0 defeat of the West Sydney Berries. The win now puts the Wolves just one point behind Manly FC on the competition table in 3rd position with a game in hand after Manly were beaten 1-0 by APIA Leichardt today.
Wollongong FC 2 (Giraldi 56', Prenzoski 85') def West Sydney Berries 0
Cards - Yellow - WFC - West 26', Giraldi 45', WSB - Kotsopoulos 90' Red - WSB - Lagoudakis 26'
Wollongong FC will head up to Jensen Park tonight to take on Bankstown in what is a desperate match for Bankstown if they still want to have slender hopes of catching the top 5 in the race to the finals.
The Wollongong FC Under 13's, 14's & 15's had to back up on Sunday for a double header to play their previously postponed catch up games against Macarthur Rams and the day brought with it some good results with the 13's unlucky not to make it a winning weekend after their massive defeat of West Sydney the day before. 
WOLLONGONG F.C. v WEST SYDNEY BERRIES 2008
This afternoon Wollongong FC are celebrating with another win this time a 2-0 defeat of the West Sydney Berries. The win now puts the Wolves just one point behind Manly FC on the competition table in 3rd position with a game in hand after Manly were beaten 1-0 by APIA Leichardt today.