1991–92 Newcastle Breakers FC season

The 1991–92 season was the first season in the history of Newcastle Breakers. It was also the first 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 first round by Marconi Fairfield.

Newcastle Breakers

1991–92 season
Stadium	Breakers Stadium
National Soccer League	11th
NSL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: John Koch (7) All: John Koch (7)
Highest home attendance	6,759 vs. Sydney Olympic (22 March 1992) National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,024 vs. Marconi Fairfield (20 November 1991) NSL Cup
Average home league attendance	4,022
Biggest win	4–1 vs. Melbourne Croatia (6 March 1992) National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–6 vs. Melbourne Croatia (8 December 1991) National Soccer League

Players

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—		AUS	Dean Adamson
—	FW	NZL	Noel Barkley
—	FW	NED	Pierre Essers
—	GK	AUS	Mike Gibson
—	MF	AUS	Troy Halpin
—	MF	SCO	Ian Heddle
—	MF	AUS	Darren Hillier
—	DF	AUS	John Koch
—	MF	AUS	Andrew Koczka
—	GK	AUS	Sean Lahiff
—	DF	AUS	Dominic Longo

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AUS	Ralph Maier
—	MF	AUS	Brad Maloney
—	MF	AUS	Nick Meredith
—	DF	AUS	Craig Moffitt
—	DF	AUS	Bobby Naumov
—	DF	AUS	Darren Northam
—	DF	AUS	Andy Roberts
—	MF	AUS	John Russell
—	DF	AUS	Andrew Stowell
—	FW	NZL	Colin Tuaa

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	6 October 1991	29 March 1992	Matchday 1	11th	26	7	8	11	28	39	−11	026.92
NSL Cup	20 November 1991		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total					27	7	8	12	28	42	−14	025.93

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melbourne Croatia	26	14	7	5	45	26	+19	35	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Sydney Olympic	26	12	10	4	38	27	+11	34
3	South Melbourne	26	13	5	8	51	28	+23	31
4	Adelaide City (C)	26	10	9	7	26	23	+3	29
5	Wollongong City	26	9	10	7	24	17	+7	28
6	Brisbane United	26	8	10	8	31	35	−4	26
7	Marconi Fairfield	26	10	5	11	33	31	+2	25
8	APIA Leichhardt (R)	26	7	11	8	26	28	−2	25	Relegation to the NSW Division 1
9	Heidelberg United	26	8	8	10	28	33	−5	24
10	Parramatta Eagles	26	6	11	9	24	24	0	23
11	Newcastle Breakers	26	7	8	11	28	39	−11	22
12	Sydney CSC	26	6	9	11	22	23	−1	21
13	West Adelaide	26	7	7	12	25	46	−21	21
14	Preston Makedonia	26	5	10	11	21	32	−11	20

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; (R) Relegated

Results summary

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	8	11	28	39	−11	29	4	4	5	14	15	−1	3	4	6	14	24	−10

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D
Position	11	7	7	8	9	9	7	8	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	9	12	13	14	12	12	13	13	11	12	11

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

Matches

Newcastle Breakers v Adelaide City

6 October 1991 1	Newcastle Breakers	0–2	Adelaide City	Newcastle
		Report	Tobin ?' Maxwell ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 5,933

Newcastle Breakers v South Melbourne

11 October 1991 2	Newcastle Breakers	3–1	South Melbourne	Newcastle
	Northam ?' Koczka ?' Barkley ?'	Report	Wright ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 5,225

Preston Makedonia v Newcastle Breakers

20 October 1991 3	Preston Makedonia	1–2	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	Trajanovski ?'	Report	Koch ?' Meredith ?'	Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 2,000

Newcastle Breakers v Sydney CSC

25 October 1991 4	Newcastle Breakers	1–2	Sydney CSC	Newcastle
	Barkley ?'	Report	Krslovic ?' Caleta ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,500

Newcastle Breakers v APIA Leichhardt

1 November 1991 5	Newcastle Breakers	0–1	APIA Leichhardt	Newcastle
		Report	Gibson ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 4,661

Parramatta Eagles v Newcastle Breakers

10 November 1991 6	Parramatta Eagles	0–0	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Melita Stadium Attendance: 2,122

Newcastle Breakers v West Adelaide

15 November 1991 7	Newcastle Breakers	3–1	West Adelaide	Newcastle
	Koch ?' Maier ?' Barkley ?'	Report	Agostino ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 4,484

Marconi Fairfield v Newcastle Breakers

23 November 1991 8	Marconi Fairfield	2–0	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	McCulloch ?' Markovski ?'	Report		Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,677

Newcastle Breakers v Heidelberg United

29 November 1991 9	Newcastle Breakers	0–0	Heidelberg United	Newcastle
		Report		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 3,456

Melbourne Croatia v Newcastle Breakers

8 December 1991 10	Melbourne Croatia	6–0	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	Silic ?', ?' Awaritefe ?' Mori ?', ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Somers St Stadium Attendance: 3,000

Newcastle Breakers v Brisbane United

18 December 1991 11	Newcastle Breakers	0–0	Brisbane United	Newcastle
		Report		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 1,728

Sydney Olympic v Newcastle Breakers

22 December 1991 12	Sydney Olympic	2–1	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Saad ?' Bredbury ?'	Report	Koch ?'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 4,062

Newcastle Breakers v Wollongong City

26 December 1991 13	Newcastle Breakers	1–1	Wollongong City	Newcastle
	Koch ?'	Report	Yankos ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 3,057

Adelaide City v Newcastle Breakers

29 December 1991 14	Adelaide City	1–1	Newcastle Breakers	Adelaide
	Mullen ?'	Report	Maloney ?'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 7,028

South Melbourne v Newcastle Breakers

8 January 1992 15	South Melbourne	1–1	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	Wade ?'	Report	Tuaa ?'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 3,000

Newcastle Breakers v Preston Makedonia

12 January 1992 16	Newcastle Breakers	0–0	Preston Makedonia	Newcastle
		Report		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 5,127

Sydney CSC v Newcastle Breakers

19 January 1992 17	Sydney CSC	1–0	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Caleta ?'	Report		Stadium: Edensor Park Attendance: 2,023

APIA Leichhardt v Newcastle Breakers

26 January 1992 18	APIA Leichhardt	3–1	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Bennett ?' Gibson ?', ?'	Report	Koczka ?'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,299

Newcastle Breakers v Parramatta Eagles

7 February 1992 19	Newcastle Breakers	0–2	Parramatta Eagles	Newcastle
		Report	Soper ?' Brown ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 1,924

West Adelaide v Newcastle Breakers

16 February 1992 20	West Adelaide	1–2	Newcastle Breakers	Adelaide
	Briscoe ?'	Report	Koczka ?', ?'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 1,476

Newcastle Breakers v Marconi Fairfield

21 February 1992 21	Newcastle Breakers	1–0	Marconi Fairfield	Newcastle
	Maloney ?'	Report		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 3,320

Heidelberg United v Newcastle Breakers

1 March 1992 22	Heidelberg United	2–0	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	Hunter ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 1,000

Newcastle Breakers v Melbourne Croatia

6 March 1992 23	Newcastle Breakers	4–1	Melbourne Croatia	Newcastle
	Koch ?' Moffitt ?' Maloney ?', ?'	Report	Awaritefe ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 4,120

Brisbane United v Newcastle Breakers

14 March 1992 24	Brisbane United	3–5	Newcastle Breakers	Brisbane
	Markovac ?' Slater ?', ?'	Report	Koch ?', ?' Moffitt ?' Meredith ?', ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 1,600

Newcastle Breakers v Sydney Olympic

22 March 1992 25	Newcastle Breakers	1–4	Sydney Olympic	Newcastle
	Meredith ?'	Report	Lee ?' Ironside ?' Bredbury ?', ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 6,759

Wollogong Wolves v Newcastle Breakers

29 March 1992 26	Wollogong Wolves	1–1	Newcastle Breakers	Wollongong
	Smith ?'	Report	Maier ?'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 3,257

NSL Cup

Newcastle Breakers v Marconi Fairfield

20 November 1991 First round	Newcastle Breakers	0–3	Marconi Fairfield	Newcastle
		Report	van Egmond 25' Seal 50' Markovski 87'	Stadium: Austral Park Attendance: 1,024 Referee: Peter Spiers

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
—	—		Dean Adamson	0	0	1	0	1	0
—	FW		Noel Barkley	8	3	0	0	8	3
—	FW		Piere Essers	1	0	0	0	1	0
—	GK		Mike Gibson	16	0	0	0	16	0
—	MF		Troy Halpin	0(3)	0	0	0	3	0
—	MF		Ian Heddle	26	0	0	0	26	0
—	MF		Darren Hillier	12(2)	0	1	0	15	0
—	DF		John Koch	24(2)	7	0	0	26	7
—	MF		Andrew Koczka	25	4	0	0	25	4
—	GK		Sean Lahiff	5	0	0	0	5	0
—	DF		Dominic Longo	20	0	0	0	20	0
—	DF		Ralph Maier	21(1)	1	1	0	23	1
—	MF		Brad Maloney	21(5)	4	1	0	27	4
—	MF		Nick Meredith	20(3)	4	1	0	24	4
—	DF		Craig Moffitt	25	2	1	0	26	2
—	DF		Bobby Naumov	12(10)	0	1	0	23	0
—	DF		Darren Northam	16(2)	1	1	0	19	1
—	MF		Andy Roberts	22(3)	0	1	0	26	0
—	MF		John Russell	5	0	1	0	6	0
—	DF		Andrew Stowell	3(1)	0	0	0	4	0
—	MF		Colin Tuaa	4(3)	1	1	0	8	1

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	National Soccer League	NSL Cup	Total
1	—	GK		Mike Gibson	3	0	3
2	—	GK		John Russell	2	0	2
Total					5	0	5