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1996–97 Newcastle Breakers FC season

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Newcastle Breakers
1996–97 season
StadiumBreakers Stadium
National Soccer League11th
NSL CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Jason Bennett
Troy Halpin (5)

All: Jason Bennett
Robert Ironside (7)
Highest home attendance6,154 vs. Wollongong City
(21 February 1997)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance1,370 vs. Collingwood Warriors
(22 November 1996)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance4,177
Biggest win7–1
vs. Northern NSW Lions
(12 September 1996)
NSL Cup
Biggest defeat1–6
vs. Brisbane Strikers
(19 October 1996)
National Soccer League

The 1996–97 season was the fifth season in the history of Newcastle Breakers. It was also the fifth season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Newcastle Breakers finished 11th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup quarter-finals by Marconi Fairfield.

Players

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Adam Fittock
2 DF Australia AUS Shane Pryce
3 MF Australia AUS Glenn Sprod
4 DF Australia AUS Glen Moore
5 MF Australia AUS Peter Ritchie
6 MF New Zealand NZL Robert Ironside
7 MF Australia AUS Scott Thomas
8 MF Australia AUS David Lowe (Captain)
9 FW Australia AUS Clayton Zane
10 MF Australia AUS Troy Halpin
11 MF Australia AUS Gary Wilson
12 DF Australia AUS Todd McManus
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Australia AUS Andy Roberts
14 FW Australia AUS Jason Bennett
15 MF Australia AUS Mark Wilson
16 MF Australia AUS Craig Sharpley
17 DF Australia AUS Matthew Austin
18 FW Australia AUS Harry James
19 FW Australia AUS Liam McGuire
20 GK Australia AUS Liam Baker
21 MF Australia AUS Evis Heath
FW Australia AUS Brett Eldridge
GK Australia AUS Brad Swancott

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 11 October 1996 20 April 1997 Matchday 1 11th 26 7 9 10 40 46 −6 026.92
NSL Cup 12 January 1996 27 January 1996 Round of 16 Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 066.67
Total 29 9 9 11 53 51 +2 031.03

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney United 26 17 5 4 67 33 +34 56 Qualification for the Finals series
2 Brisbane Strikers (C) 26 15 2 9 55 40 +15 47
3 South Melbourne 26 14 4 8 39 25 +14 46
4 Adelaide City 26 11 10 5 32 22 +10 43
5 Marconi Fairfield 26 12 4 10 41 37 +4 40
6 Melbourne Knights 26 11 6 9 36 32 +4 39
7 Perth Glory 26 11 5 10 48 41 +7 38
8 West Adelaide 26 10 3 13 39 51 −12 33
9 UTS Olympic 26 8 8 10 41 46 −5 32
10 Wollongong Wolves 26 8 8 10 42 48 −6 32
11 Newcastle Breakers 26 7 9 10 40 46 −6 30
12 Gippsland Falcons 26 8 6 12 33 41 −8 30
13 Collingwood Warriors 26 6 9 11 32 44 −12 27
14 Canberra Cosmos 26 2 5 19 30 69 −39 11
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 7 9 10 40 46  −6 30 6 4 3 30 23  +7 1 5 7 10 23  −13

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLLDDLDLDLWDDDLWWWDLDLLWLW
Position1791010101013131311131211121111101012121212111111
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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11 October 1996 1 Newcastle Breakers 6–1 West Adelaide Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 4,581
Referee: Con Diomis
19 October 1996 2 Brisbane Strikers 6–1 Newcastle Breakers Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 4,572
Referee: Mark Shield
26 October 1996 3 Newcastle Breakers 1–3 Perth Glory Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: Simon Micallef
1 November 1996 19 Canberra Cosmos 1–1 Newcastle Breakers Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 9,421
Referee: Matthew Breeze
3 November 1996 4 Wollongong City 0–0 Newcastle Breakers Wollongong
Report Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 3,484
Referee: John Markovski
8 November 1996 5 Newcastle Breakers 2–2 Canberra Cosmos Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 3,107
Referee: D. Crawford
17 November 1996 6 South Melbourne 1–0 Newcastle Breakers Melbourne
Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 5,335
Referee: Eugene Brazzale
22 November 1996 7 Newcastle Breakers 1–1 Collingwood Warriors Newcastle
Report Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 1,370
Referee: Mark Shield
29 November 1996 8 Melbourne Knights 2–0 Newcastle Breakers Melbourne
Report Stadium: Somers St Stadium
Attendance: 2,794
Referee: Con Diomis
6 December 1996 9 Newcastle Breakers 2–2 Gippsland Falcons Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 2,231
Referee: Simon Micallef
14 December 1996 10 Marconi Fairfield 2–1 Newcastle Breakers Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 4,111
Referee: John Markovski
20 December 1996 11 Newcastle Breakers 3–1 Sydney United Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Matthew Breeze
29 December 1996 12 UTS Olympic 2–2 Newcastle Breakers Sydney
Report
Stadium: Belmore Oval
Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Con Diomis
5 January 1997 13 Adelaide City 2–2 Newcastle Breakers Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,365
Referee: W. Dade
10 January 1997 14 Newcastle Breakers 1–1 Adelaide City Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 5,834
Referee: D. Crawford
2 February 1997 15 West Adelaide 2–1 Newcastle Breakers Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,044
Referee: A. Gorton
7 February 1997 16 Newcastle Breakers 3–1 Brisbane Strikers Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 6,102
Referee: Matthew Breeze
15 February 1997 17 Perth Glory 0–2 Newcastle Breakers Perth
Report
Stadium: Perth Oval
Attendance: 11,546
Referee: W. Dade
21 February 1997 18 Newcastle Breakers 1–0 Wollongong City Newcastle
Report Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 6,154
Referee: Con Diomis
8 March 1997 20 Newcastle Breakers 0–4 South Melbourne Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 4,556
Referee: G. Leverton
16 March 1997 21 Collingwood Warriors 0–0 Newcastle Breakers Melbourne
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,311
Referee: G. Leverton
21 March 1997 22 Newcastle Breakers 1–2 Melbourne Knights Newcastle
Report Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 3,907
Referee: Gerry Connolly
29 March 1997 23 Gippsland Falcons 3–0 Newcastle Breakers Morwell
Report Stadium: Falcons Park
Attendance: 4,167
Referee: John Markovski
4 April 1997 24 Newcastle Breakers 5–2 Marconi Fairfield Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 4,465
Referee: Matthew Breeze
13 April 1997 25 Sydney United 2–0 Newcastle Breakers Sydney
Report Stadium: Edensor Park
Attendance: 5,179
Referee: Eddie Lennie
20 April 1997 26 Newcastle Breakers 4–3 UTS Olympic Newcastle
Report Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 4,022
Referee: Con Diomis

NSL Cup

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12 September 1996 Round of 16 – First leg Northern NSW Lions 1–7 Newcastle Breakers Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Jack McLaughlin Reserve
Referee: G. Leverton
18 September 1996 Round of 16 – Second leg Newcastle Breakers 5–1 Northern NSW Lions Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Referee: Matthew Breeze
21 September 1996 Quarter-finals Marconi Fairfield 3–1 Newcastle Breakers Sydney
Report Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Referee: Simon Micallef

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Players with no appearances not included in the list.[1][2]

No. Pos. Nat. Name National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Australia Shane Pryce 23(1) 4 1 1 25 5
3 MF Australia Glenn Sprod 25 4 3 1 28 5
4 DF Australia Glen Moore 4(1) 0 2 0 7 0
5 MF Australia Peter Ritchie 14(3) 0 0 0 17 0
6 MF New Zealand Robert Ironside 21 4 3 3 24 7
7 MF Australia Scott Thomas 16(6) 1 0 0 22 1
8 MF Australia David Lowe 7(3) 2 3 1 13 3
9 FW Australia Clayton Zane 18(1) 4 0 0 19 4
10 MF Australia Troy Halpin 24 5 3 1 27 6
11 MF Australia Gary Wilson 2(1) 0 0 0 3 0
12 DF Australia Todd McManus 25 0 3 0 28 0
13 DF Australia Andy Roberts 9(2) 0 0 0 11 0
14 FW Australia Jason Bennett 14(2) 5 1 2 17 7
15 MF Australia Mark Wilson 12(2) 3 3 0 17 3
16 MF Australia Craig Sharpley 11(5) 1 0(2) 0 18 1
17 DF Australia Matthew Austin 21(1) 1 3 0 25 1
18 FW Australia Harry James 6(8) 0 3 0 17 0
19 FW Australia Liam McGuire 8(5) 2 0(3) 1 16 3
20 GK Australia Liam Baker 23 0 3 0 26 0
21 MF Australia Evis Heath 0(1) 0 0(3) 2 4 2
FW Australia Brett Eldridge 0 0 2(1) 1 3 1
GK Australia Brad Swancott 3 0 0 0 3 0

Clean sheets

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Rank No. Pos Nat Name National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
1 20 GK Australia Liam Baker 4 0 4
Total 4 0 4

References

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  1. ^ "Newcastle Breakers » Appearances A-League 1996/1997". aus.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Newcastle Breakers roster for 1996/97". OzFootball.net.