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Manly edge past hot and cold Stallions

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A Charles Mendy strike in first-half stoppage time proved decisive as Manly United edged out Marconi Stallions 1-0 at Cromer Park on Sunday afternoon.

In a fiery affair, the visitors will be left scratching their heads as to how they emerged empty-handed following the raft of opportunities they forged throughout the ninety.

Despite James Andrew and last week’s hat-trick hero Mitch Mallia giving Manly some early defensive headaches, the solitary goal of the match arrived courtesy of a former Stallion Charles Mendy deep into first-half added time.

A tense second stanza ultimately saw the scoresheet remain as it were, allowing for a courageous Manly performance to earn them a valuable three points in the race for the top 5.

Manly created the first clear sight on goal 17 minutes in, as Brendon Cholakian’s curling free kick was denied spectacularly by Nenad Vekic.

Three minutes later, Marconi found themselves within inches of breaking the deadlock as Mallia released a venomous strike from outside the area that grazed the crossbar.

Alongside speedy winger James Andrew, Mallia was central to the visitors’ first-half attacking forays but his 37th and 41st minute efforts both narrowly cleared Dylan Mitchell’s crossbar.

Mitchell was called into action on 39 minutes, and he reacted well to palm Nathan Millgate’s threatening header to safety.

Then despite looking to finish the opening stanza in the ascendancy, Marconi were hit with a sucker-punch with virtually the last kick of the half.

A precise low cross from Adam Parkhouse played in Charles Mendy on the six-yard box, who made no mistake with a neat finish into the bottom right corner.

The second half saw Marconi throw everything at Manly’s stern defensive unit, to no avail.

On 64 minutes, Marco Jesic’s deflected set-piece sailed painfully wide of the post past a helpless wrong-footed Mitchell.

Manly’s best shot at extending their advantage arrived two minutes later as Adam Parkhouse sprung the Stallion’s offside trap to find himself through on goal, but the former A-League flyer blazed his effort over the bar.

Peter Tsekenis tried everything to break Manly down, including the introductions of Martin Fernandez and one-time Manly marksman Richie Cardozo.

The former so nearly had the desired impact with his first intervention, as he took off on a mazy run to find himself through on goal but directed his shot past the wrong side of the post.

Giorgio Speranza almost stole a point with two minutes remaining but his shot was straight at the goalkeeper, ensuring Marconi were resigned to a bitterly disappointing defeat.

Stallions boss Peter Tsekenis reflected this sentiment post-game:

“It was very frustrating,” he reflected.

“Conceding a goal just before half time the way we did.

“They took one of their chances and we couldn’t take any of ours.

“I can’t recall many other chances they had, so I am just frustrated.”

In contrast, Paul Dee was elated that his side held firm to secure all three points.

“It was a tight game,” the Manly coach said.

“I am very pleased that we created enough good chances to score.

“We were resolute in defence and held strong, so that was very pleasing.

“There are a lot of good teams in this competition that would have ambitions to play top five.

“We just need to make sure that we apply ourselves like today every single game.

“We need to take it one game at a time and make sure we do our best to get maximum points every single week in such a tight competition.”

Match Stats

Manly United FC 1 (Mendy 45+1’)

Marconi Stallions FC 0

Sunday 16th June, 2019

Cromer Park, Dee Why

Referee: J. Lewis

Assistant Referees: S. Brennan, J. Park

Fourth Official: L. Cole

Manly United: 1. Dylan Mitchell, 2. Kieran Paull, 4. Travis Oughtred. 5. Sam Gallagher, 8. Dominic Ferguson 10. Brendan Cholakian, 11. Adam Parkhouse (6. Joseph Fox 90’), 12. Charles Mendy (14. Dejan Pandurevic 69’), 13. Scott Balderson (22. Jamie Glover 77’), 17. Lewis Miccio, 23. Bradley McDonald

Substitutes not used: 7. Sam Wilson, 40. Ryan Baker

Yellow Cards: Nil

Red Cards: Nil

Marconi Stallions: 1. Nenad Vekic, 2. Nathan Millgate, 3. Giorgio Speranza, 4. Roberto Speranza, 7. Sean O’Connell (16. Liam Youlley 73’), 10. Marko Jesic, 11. Mitchell Mallia, 12. James Andrew, 13. Yianni Nicolaou (28. Martin Fernandez 68’), 19. Zac Cairncross (20. Richard Cardozo 78’), 23. Brandon Vella

Substitutes not used: 14. Peter Pelekanos, 17. Kristian Sekutkoski

Yellow Cards: Yianni Nicolaou 33’

Red Cards: Nil

Player Ratings have now been hidden due to the second half of the season commencing.

PHOTO BY NICK GUOTH

By National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s Reporter Chris Curulli (Twitter handle @ChrisCurulli)

 

Rangers grab vital win over Manly

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Mt Druitt Town Rangers continued on their winning ways after securing a round of 32 FFA Cup berth midweek with a come from behind 2-1 victory over Manly United at Popondetta Park on a chilly Saturday evening in Sydney’s West.

The Rangers were on cloud nine on Wednesday as they reached its first ever round of 32 entry into the FFA Cup after defying the odds knocking out current National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s pacesetters Wollongong Wolves 1-0.

Backing up from a midweek clash, Mt Druitt’s opponents Manly United had to wait till the 119th minute to secure its spot in the round of 32 of the FFA Cup as they scored a spot-kick goal that ended Rockdale City Suns run.

This game proved to be a tough test for both outfits.

Aidan Desmond’s men fought gallantly and never gave up even though Manly struck first via a Travis Oughtred header as a Toufic Alameddine penalty and John Roberts strike were enough to see the boys from Mt Druitt claim maximum points at home.

Alameddine netted from the spot in the final minute of the first-half to level the scores after Oughtred opened the scoring in the 34’ minute when meeting a corner to head home.

But it wasn’t enough as Roberts netted what turned out to be the winner in the 54’ minute with a sweetly struck shot that flew past Dylan Mitchell.

Within thirty seconds of the whistle Brendan Cholakian fired over the bar with a difficult effort to control coming over the shoulder followed by a Scott Balderson shot that went wide of the mark as the visitors showed intent.

New recruit Mirjan Pavlovic replied with a header that slipped past the post in what was a very open game from the start.

Indeed, Pavlovic was heavily involved in the early play and did find the net shortly after only to be disallowed for an offside flag.

Cholakian, always difficult to keep quiet, worked a half-opening and forced Carlos Saliadarre into a fine save however, from the corner Oughtred headed Manly into the lead.

Credit to Rangers, their heads didn’t drop and they continued to attack but found Manly a tough nut to crack.

Balderson pulled another tremendous save out of Saliadarre in the 35th minute when the keeper was able to tip the ball over the bar and keep his side in the match.

A mad goalmouth scramble, with a suspicion of handball thrown into the mix, in the 42’ minute had the home fans screaming when Pavlovic clipped onto the bar for Mitchell to gather at the end of some frantic footwork by both.

A last minute penalty for the home side was sweetly put away by Alameddine to level the scores with the final kick.

Roberts beat his marker and set up Fabricio Fernandez whose first time effort went agonisingly wide but seconds later it was the former Western Sydney Wanderer who hammered home from the right to give Rangers the lead when turning the match around.

Pavlovic refused to be kept out of the game and fired goal-ward in the 60th minute that Mitchell did well to turn around the post as Mt Druitt surged forward to exploit the space left at the back.

Substitute Charles Mendy burst quickly into the action and fashioned a half-chance but again the ever alert Saliadarre was quickly down to his left to avert the danger.

Manly were forced into throwing everything at the Rangers and a stoppage time save from Mitchell kept them in the reckoning but a combination of strong defence and wayward ball choice allowed the home side to hold out for the win and three precious points.

“We were well off the pace in the opening quarter hour,” stated Rangers coach Aidan Desmond after the match.

“We were out of sorts but then started to put our game together.

“Their goal was soft from us with the unchallenged header and we had to fight our way back into the match against a physically strong Manly side.

“Carlos (Saliadarre) made some good save as did (Dylan) Mitchell but we’ll take the three points from this game, and they are massive for us.”

“We were very poor today,” a dejected Paul Dee said.

“It was very disappointing although we created some good chances in the first-half.

“It wasn’t the game plan we devised and our execution today was poor.

“A tough midweek game and an away match on a Saturday night perhaps took its toll but Rangers are a good tough team and deserve their win.”

Match Stats

Mt Druitt Town Rangers 2 (Alameddine 45’pen, J.Roberts 54’

Manly United 1 (Oughtred 24’

Popondetta Park, Emerton

Saturday, 8th June, 2019

Referee: Hassan Jomaa

Asst. Refs: Andre Giev & Patrick Teleki

4th Official: Jake Rose

Mt Druitt Town Rangers: 1.Carlos Saliadarre, 4.Solomon Monohan-Vaika, 5.Jake Mammone, 6.Blake Thompson, 10.Fabricio Fernandez, 11.Toufic Alameddine (7.Luke Clifford 73’), 13.Lord Darkoh, 16.Joshua Gould, 18.Jacob Esposito, 19.John Roberts, 27.Mirjan Pavlovic (9.Alex Boyadjian 83’)

Subs not used: 8.Mathew Clowes, 17.Jordan Gomez, 25.Mathew Nikolovski

Yellow Cards: 

Red Cards:

Manly United: 1.Dylan Mitchell, 2.Keiran Paull, 4.Travis Oughtred, 5.Sam Gallagher (7.Sam Wilson 66’), 6.Joe Fox (8.Dom Ferguson 82’), 10.Brendan Cholakian, 11.Adam Parkhouse , 13.Scott Balderson (12.Charles Mendy 66’), 14.Dejan Pandurevic, 17.Lewis Miccio, 23.Brad McDonald

Subs not used:, 22.Jamie Glover, 32.Byron Mackenzie

Yellow Cards: Miccio 62’

Red Card

Player Ratings have now been hidden due to the second half of the season commencing. 

By Football NSW Reporter Micky Brock

Miccio brace unlocks Sydney FC

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Manly United has fought back to claim a stunning 3-1 victory against Sydney FC at Lambert Park in the early Saturday afternoon kick off that welcomed in round 13 of the National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s top tier competition.

Hamish Lamberton netted early for a resilient Sydney FC but a brace via 20-year-old young gun Lewis Miccio and a late Nikola Taneski strike cancelled out the early advantage in a dominant display from Manly.

It was a solid return to form for the boys from the Northern Beaches as they bounced back from last round’s loss to Sydney United 58.

The result puts them back in the race for finals football closing the gap to the top five.

Lamberton gave Sydney FC the perfect start when he netted after just six minutes.

The striker beautifully planted the ball past Dylan Mitchell in the Young Sky Blues first foray forward as well as notching up his fourth of the 2019 NPL NSW Men’s campaign.

Dejan Pandurevic forced FC keeper, Adam Pavlesevic, into a fine save when tipping over as United got to grips with the match and began to dominate.

Lamberton grazed the bar with a shot-cum-cross in the 23rd minute in an all too rare surge forward that nearly caught out United’s gloveman Dylan Mitchell.

United equalised in the 25th minute when a Brendan Cholakian free-kick found the head of the onrushing Lewis Miccio to glance home at the near post in a training ground move of perfection.

Pandurevic warmed the hands of Pavlesevic but little in the way of goalmouth action transpired with the majority of play contained in the midfield.

It was a disjointed opening 45 minutes, neither side exerting long periods of dominance but from another corner the ball fell invitingly for Miccio once more to fire Manly ahead just before the break.

Manly began the second period far brighter and both Parkhouse and Cholakian threatened in the opening moments.

Parkhouse should have made it a formality but his curling shot in the 74th minute hit the crossbar.

The Sky Blues were finding it difficult to overcome the relentless pressure of a somewhat rampant United side in the second-half as they struggled at both ends of the field.

Sydney FC were toughing it out in midfield but were caught two-on-one at the back when Taneski was set free down the left with Parkhouse free on the right.

The result was inevitable as Taneski stood up the covering defender and planted a neat right-foot shot beyond Palesevic to settle the tie in emphatic fashion. 

Sky Blues coach Jim Van Weeren wasn’t critical of his side despite the result.

“We brought in some of our younger players today and a number were on debut and they acquitted themselves well,” he said.

“It took two set-pieces and a late goal to determine the result and it’s a good sign the players could step up against a physically strong side and hold out for so long.

“For us we have a lot of young players so it’s an opportunity for them to step in when we have injuries or players away on A-League duties and that is a positive for us and them.”

Manly assistant coach and former club stalwart Dylan Macallister praised his side’s fighting spirit after going down a goal early in the match.

“We didn’t start well. Sydney FC are structured very well and we’re not used to playing against a front two,” he said.

“We set some things in place but they deserved to be ahead after the first 20-minutes or so.

“We reacted well and played a lot better in the latter part of the first-half and upped the ante in the second so I’m very pleased with the response from the boys today.

“We had to make a few changes to the starting eleven but to get three goals away from home makes me happy. We left it a bit late but 3-points is 3-points and we’re satisfied with that today.”

Match Stats

Sydney FC 1 (Lamberton 6’

Manly United 3(Miccio 25’, 42’, Taneski 89’)

Lambert Park, Leichhardt

Saturday, 1st June, 2019

Referee: Steve Laurie

Asst. Refs: Nick Backo & Emma Kocbek

4th Official: Sam Kelly

Sydney FC: 30.Adam Pavlesevic, 3.Ben Van Meurs, 5.Patrick Scibilio, 6.Harry Van Der Saag, 7.Jerry Skotadis, 9.Hamish Lamberton (23.Harry McCarthy 72’), 12.Giuseppe Tilio (16.Paolo Bonanni 75’), 14.Thomas Fay, 15.Ryan Teague, 18.Benjamin Koop, 24.Jack Coleman (17.Callum Talbot 62’)

Substitutes not used: 20.David Malishev, 34.Callum Nieuwnhoff 

Yellow Cards: Teague 30’, Bonanni 89’

Red Cards:

Manly United: 1.Dylan Mitchell, 2.Keiran Paull, 4.Travis Oughtred, 7.Sam Wilson, 8.Dom Ferguson, 10.Brendan Cholakian, 11.Adam Parkhouse , 13.Scott Balderson (9.Nikola Taneksi 62’), 14.Dejan Pandurevic, 17.Lewis Miccio, 23.Brad McDonald (3.James Georgaidis 86’)

Substitutes not used: 22.Jamie Glover, 32.Symon Mackenzie, 35.Ben Varveressos

Yellow Cards: Balderson 28’

Red Cards:

Player Ratings

3 – Miccio (MU)

2 – Parkhouse (MU)

1 – Lamberton (SFC)

By National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s reporter Micky Brock

 

Rampant Wolves make light work of Manly United

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Wollongong Wolves’ stellar campaign produced another impressive scalp on Sunday afternoon as they cruised to a clinical 4-0 victory over Manly United at Cromer Park.

A determined Manly outfit could not contain another classy Thomas James performance, who despite battling illness in the lead up to the match thumped home the opening goal 24 minutes in before going on to register a hat-trick of assists.

An inspired substitution from Luke Wilkshire saw Lachlan Scott double the lead with his first touch moments after being introduced in the 54th minute, before bagging a brace half an hour later to secure the three points.

Takeru Okada then backed up his own brace last time out with a stoppage time strike to cap off a quality Wollongong performance.

Manly United enjoyed extended spells of possession and threatened through set pieces, but ultimately were unable to penetrate a resolute Wollongong defensive unit.

The victory was the Wolves’ second at Cromer Park in the space of a week after they came from behind to trump local association side Pittwater RSL 2-1 in the FFA Cup on Wednesday night.

The result ensures they remain three points clear of APIA Leichhardt Tigers on top of the NSW National Premier League Mens’ table.

In a tight opening to Sunday’s contest, Manly engineered a couple of decent opportunities through last weekend’s star man Charles Mendy, who saw his header nestle on the top of Justin Pasfield’s net four minutes in.

However it did not take long for the competition’s leading scorer James to leave a stamp on proceedings.

The Englishman uncharacteristically failed to convert a one-on-one opportunity 15 minutes in thanks to a sharp Dylan Mitchell stop, but was to make amends with his 13th goal of the season less than ten minutes later.

The 24th minute saw James gather the ball on the edge of the area with his back to goal, however in a flash he had the ball in the back of the net.

An inch of space granted to him by the Manly defence was enough for the marksman to turn on a sixpence and unleash a deadly finish into the top right corner that left Mitchell with no chance.

Ten minutes into the second half, substitute Lachlan Scott afforded the visitors some breathing room with his first contribution.

A miscued clearance from Mitchell fell to the feet of Thomas James in space just inside Manly’s half, allowing for him to drive towards the penalty area and chip a cute ball into to the path of the former Western Sydney Wanderer.

Scott’s close-range header looked to have been spectacularly denied by the outstretched palm of Mitchell, however to the dismay of the shot-stopper the ball still nestled in the back of the net.

Manly then enjoyed a brief period of dominance, however despite posing a constant threat off set pieces through Sam Gallagher in particular, they failed to break through.

The hosts could not have come any closer on a couple of occasions; a last-ditch goal-line clearance from Nikola Djordjevic denied Dejan Pandurevic on the hour mark, and a header from substitute Bradley McDonald grazed the woodwork in the 82nd minute.

Two minutes later their misery was compiled, as a tireless Thomas James continued his assault on the Manly area with another cross that yet again found the head of Scott, who doubled his tally for the day.

Manly’s desperate attempts to gather a glimmer of hope continued to fall wide of the mark, however it was an entirely different story for the Wolves who grabbed a fourth in the 91st minute through Takeru Okada.

A deadly counter-attack saw James unleash the Japanese winger through on goal, allowing for him to calmly roll the ball into the bottom right corner and cap off a perfect week for Luke Wilkshire’s men.

Speaking post-game, Wilkshire was impressed by his team’s showing as he reflected on the week that had been.

“Those were two completely different wins, and two different levels of performance I will have to be honest,” the Wollongong boss said.

“Up here (Cromer Park), away from home, is not an easy place to come.

“But I can do nothing but credit the boys, who stepped it up and played really well today.

“They (Manly) were very dangerous on set pieces but we defended them really well.

“I knew that at 2-0 down with fifteen minutes to go they would throw men forward which is what they did, but credit to the defence for holding out.”

Wilkshire praised the output of his deadly attacking force who continue to terrorise defences week in week out.

“We have the quality to hurt teams going forward.

“He (Thomas James) was telling me how he has not been well, since last night.

“He has continued to show his quality, but we have a lot of quality in the squad as a whole.

“Lachlan Scott scored two great goals today and continues to do what he does best.”

Manly boss Paul Dee contributed his own praise to the competition pace-setters in summarising what was a tough day at the office for his side.

“Today Wollongong were on their game and we paid the price,” he reflected.

“Their clinical nature and execution in the front third has been one of their real strengths all year and today was no different.

“They are organised at the back, have really good structure in midfield, and in the attacking third they are quite lethal. 

“They have some really talented players and today they made a big difference.

 “I think teams know what they want to do against Wollongong but they a very good side and you need to execute it very well in order to beat them.

 “Our execution wasn’t as good as it has been recently. 

“It blew out in the end as we tried to get forward and left ourselves susceptible at the back.”

Match Stats

Manly United FC 0

Wollongong Wolves FC 4 (James 24’, Scott 54’, 84’, Okada 91’)

Sunday 26th May, 2019

Cromer Park, Dee Why 

 

Referee: C. Fisher

Assistant Referees: R. Osborne, P. Teleki

Fourth Official: P. Reynolds

 

Manly United: 1. Dylan Mitchell, 2. Kieran Paull, 4. Travis Oughtred. 5. Sam Gallagher, 6. Joseph Fox (23. Bradley McDonald 63’), 7. Sam Wilson (9. Nikola Taneski 81’), 8. Dominic Ferguson 10. Brendan Cholakian, 11. Adam Parkhouse, 12. Charles Mendy (13. Scott Balderson 63’), 14. Dejan Pandurevic

Substitutes not used: 20. Samuel Benton, 17. Lewis Miccio

 

Yellow Cards: Nil

Red Cards: Nil

 

Wollongong Wolves: 1. Justin Pasfield, 2. Taylor McDonald, 4. Nikola Djordjevic, 6. Benjamin Tosi, 7. Christopher Price (23. Liam Wille 83’), 9. Thomas James, 11. Takeru Okada, 14. Harry Callahan (3. Darcy Madden 70’), 15. Nick Littler, 16. Guy Knight, 17. Bul Juach (24. Lachlan Scott 54’)

Substitutes not used: 12. Luke Kairies, 19. Tory Musumeci

 

Yellow Cards: Tosi 60’, Knight 75’, Wille 86’, Pasfield 87’

Red Cards: Nil

 

Player Ratings

3- Thomas James (WW)

2- Lachlan Scott (WW)

1- Nikola Djordjevic (WW)

 

-By National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s Reporter Chris Curulli (Twitter:  @ChrisCurulli)

 

Manly United make light work of United 58

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Manly United cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory over a disjointed Sydney United 58 outfit at Cromer Park on Sunday afternoon.

First-half strikes from flying wingers Charles Mendy and Adam Parkhouse gave the hosts some breathing space at the interval, before Brendan Cholakian sealed the deal with ten minutes to play.

A stubborn defensive effort from Paul Dee’s men saw the formidable firepower in United 58’s lineup restricted to half-chances for the majority of the ninety.

The result, Manly’s first victory in three and United 58’s first defeat in five, leaves both sides positioned narrowly inside the all-important top five at the mid-way point of the 2019 National Premier League NSW Men’s season.

Arriving in the off-season, Charles Mendy’s maiden goal for Manly United on his first home start for the club separated the sides after 26 minutes.

A miscued clearance from Thomas Manos fell to the feet of the wide-man, who seemed to only have eyes for the net as he brought the ball under control. With the assistance of a fortuitous deflection, Mendy weaved his way inside and left a handful of United 58 defenders in his wake to find himself one-on-one with Manos, before calmly stroking the ball home into the bottom right corner.

Former Manly attacker Matthew Sim and Patrick Antelmi forged the visitors’ best opportunities of the period, however neither could steer their efforts anywhere but straight at Dylan Mitchell.

Their misery was compounded in the latter stages of the half, as Adam Parkhouse polished off a deadly counter-attack to double the hosts’ advantage in the 42nd minute.

Following a threatening United 58 set piece, a long clearance from Sam Gallagher was gathered expertly by Dejan Pandurevic on the halfway line. Manly’s striker held up the ball for precisely long enough to release an accelerating Parkhouse into acres of space, allowing for him to shake his marker and dink the ball over an outstretched Manos.

The second half recommenced just how the first had concluded, with the hosts in the ascendancy.

Travis Oughtred squandered a free header from close range on 53 minutes, and dangerman Charles Mendy continued to cause headaches for the United 58 backline.

The former Blacktown and Marconi attacker was denied by a sharp Manos stop down to his left after 57 minutes, before utilising some stunning trickery to cut inside and send a thunderous strike whistling over the bar in the 64th.

Not to be outdone, his fellow winger Parkhouse had a 70th minute free kick tipped over the bar by Manos, before registering an impressive assist to cap off a commanding performance.

With 78 minutes played, the former Wellington Phoenix man worked his way inside and found the feet of Brendan Cholakian on the edge of the area.

Manly’s top scorer for the campaign made no mistake in burying the ball into the bottom right corner, ensuring the majority of a healthy Northern Beaches crowd would go home satisfied.

Sydney United 58 managed a couple of chances of their own, through a Sebastian Gallegos set piece which settled on the roof of the net and a venomous strike from Matthew Bilic which rattled the crossbar in the closing stages, however Miro Vlastelica’s men ultimately suffered a day to forget.

Speaking post-game, Vlasetlica was understandably disappointed.

“It’s never good to lose,” Vlastelica said.

“We conceded two soft goals early in the first half and were never really in the game after that.

“On the day anyone can beat anyone in this competition.

“You have to show up and play and today we didn’t show up, that’s all it was.”

In contrast, Paul Dee was elated with his team’s execution of their game plan.

“I’m proud of the boys’ efforts,” he said.

“They did everything that we asked of them to earn the lead.

“Then we concentrated well to retain possession, keep the lead and kill the game off.

“They (United 58) are a really good ball-playing side.

“Our defence did a great job to stay compact and not allow them to penetrate, and then our attacking movement was good in causing them a few headaches.

“It was pleasing game.”

Manly, now fifth on the ladder, hold high hopes heading into the business end of the season.

“Our goal is to play finals football,” Dee said.

“Every week is a really challenging game because the competition is so close, so if we apply ourselves and execute our game plan like we did today we will have a good chance.”

Manly United return to Cromer Park next Sunday for what is sure to be a tough contest against ladder leaders Wollongong Wolves.  United 58 will look to turn around their fortunes in a mouth-watering clash with Rockdale City Suns at Illinden Sports Centre.

Match Stats

Manly United FC 3 (Charles Mendy 25′, Adam Parkhouse 42′, Brendan Cholakian 79′)

Sydney United 58 0

Sunday 19th May, 2019

Cromer Park, Dee Why 

Referee: M. Weiner

Assistant Referees: J. Park, J. Bell

Fourth Official: K. Hockings

Manly United: 1. Dylan Mitchell, 2. Kieran Paull, 4. Travis Oughtred. 5. Sam Gallagher, 6. Joseph Fox, 7. Sam Wilson, 10. Brendan Cholakian, 11. Adam Parkhouse (22. Jamie Glover 90’), 12. Charles Mendy (8. Dominic Ferguson 77’), 14. Dejan Pandurevic (9. Nikola Taneski 83’), 23. Bradley McDonald

Substitutes not used: 17. Lewis Miccio, 20. Samuel Benton

Yellow Cards: Nil

Red Cards: Nil

Sydney United 58: 21. Thomas Manos, 3. Jordan Roberts (20. Cristain Gonzalez 66’), 5. Anthony Tomelic, 6. Petar Markovic, 7. Peter Simonoski, 8. Matthew Sim, 9. Patrick Antelmi, 10. Sebastian Gallegos (14. Nick Stavroulakis 87’), 12. Liam Rose, 11. Yianni Perkatis (18. Glen Trifiro 45’), 17. Matthew Bilic

Substitutes Not Used: 1. Daniel Sadaka, 23. Luke Vlastellica

Yellow Cards: Matthew Bilic 62’

Red Cards: Nil

Player Ratings

3-Adam Parkhouse (MU)

2-Charles Mendy (MU)

1-Bradley Macdonald (MU)

By National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s Reporter Chris Curulli (Twitter handle @ChrisCurulli)