1993–94 Newcastle Breakers FC season

The 1993–94 season was the third season in the history of Newcastle Breakers. It was also the third season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Newcastle Breakers finished 12th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup first round by Marconi Fairfield.

Newcastle Breakers

1993–94 season
National Soccer League	12th
NSL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Warren Spink (13) All: Warren Spink (13)
Highest home attendance	4,381 vs. Sydney Olympic (29 October 1993) National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,477 vs. Marconi Fairfield (6 October 1993) NSL Cup
Average home league attendance	2,810
Biggest win	6–0 vs. Heidelberg United (26 December 1993) National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs. Parramatta Eagles (5 December 1993) 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
1	GK	NZL	Clint Gosling
2	DF	AUS	Ralph Maier
3	DF	AUS	Andy Roberts
4	FW	SCO	Lawrie McKinna
5	DF	AUS	Mark Jones
6	DF	AUS	Graham Jennings
7	DF	AUS	Bobby Naumov
8	MF	AUS	John McQuarrie
9	FW	AUS	Rod Brown
10	FW	AUS	Warren Spink
11	MF	AUS	David Lowe
12	DF	AUS	Neil Owens

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	AUS	Darren Stewart
14	FW	AUS	Howard Tredinnick
15	MF	AUS	Troy Halpin
16	MF	AUS	Nick Meredith
17	MF	AUS	Scott Wells
18	MF	AUS	Mark Wilson
19	DF	AUS	Darren Northam
20		AUS	Troy Bellamy
—	FW	AUS	Harry James
—	MF	AUS	Robbie Middleby
—	MF	AUS	Gary Wilson

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	22 October 1993	27 March 1994	Matchday 1	12th	26	5	8	13	30	47	−17	019.23
NSL Cup	2 October 1993	6 October 1993	First round	First round	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					28	5	9	14	32	50	−18	017.86

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Knights	26	16	5	5	59	24	+35	53	Qualification for the Finals series
2	South Melbourne	26	13	8	5	39	20	+19	47
3	Sydney United	26	13	7	6	31	29	+2	46
4	Marconi Fairfield	26	11	9	6	52	33	+19	42
5	Adelaide City (C)	26	11	8	7	48	27	+21	41
6	Sydney Olympic	26	11	8	7	40	37	+3	41
7	Morwell Falcons	26	11	7	8	31	30	+1	40
8	Brisbane Strikers	26	10	6	10	28	25	+3	36
9	West Adelaide	26	10	5	11	41	34	+7	35
10	Parramatta Eagles	26	8	9	9	27	29	−2	33
11	Wollongong City	26	6	9	11	24	32	−8	27
12	Newcastle Breakers	26	5	8	13	30	47	−17	23
13	Brunswick Pumas	26	5	4	17	22	57	−35	19
14	Heidelberg United	26	3	5	18	19	67	−48	14

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	5	8	13	30	47	−17	23	3	6	4	21	21	0	2	2	9	9	26	−17

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L
Position	12	7	10	10	8	5	8	8	10	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Matches

Wollongong City v Newcastle Breakers

22 October 1993 1	Wollongong City	3–1	Newcastle Breakers	Wollongong
	McFadden ?' White ?' Ollerenshaw ?'	Report	Spink ?'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 2,868

Newcastle Breakers v Sydney Olympic

29 October 1993 2	Newcastle Breakers	3–2	Sydney Olympic	Newcastle
	Lowe ?', ?' Spink ?'	Report		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 4,381

West Adelaide v Newcastle Breakers

7 November 1993 3	West Adelaide	0–0	Newcastle Breakers	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,812

Brunswick Pumas v Newcastle Breakers

14 November 1993 5	Brunswick Pumas	0–2	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
		Report	Spink ?' Brown ?'	Stadium: Western Oval Attendance: 1,928

Newcastle Breakers v Sydney United

20 November 1993 6	Newcastle Breakers	3–1	Sydney United	Newcastle
	Spink ?' Brown ?', ?'	Report	Lamond ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,338

Newcastle Breakers v Morwell Falcons

27 November 1993 7	Newcastle Breakers	0–0	Morwell Falcons	Newcastle
		Report		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 3,724

Parramatta Eagles v Newcastle Breakers

5 December 1993 8	Parramatta Eagles	4–0	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Soper ?', ?', ?' Spiteri ?'	Report		Stadium: Melita Stadium Attendance: 3,116

Newcastle Breakers v Adelaide City

10 December 1993 9	Newcastle Breakers	1–3	Adelaide City	Newcastle
	Spink ?'	Report	Vidmar ?' Mullen ?' Veart ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 3,170

Newcastle Breakers v South Melbourne

15 December 1993 4	Newcastle Breakers	1–4	South Melbourne	Newcastle
	Naumov ?'	Report	Muscat ?' Tasios ?' Boutsianis ?' Awaritefe ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,984

Marconi Fairfield v Newcastle Breakers

18 December 1993 10	Marconi Fairfield	3–1	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Johnson ?', ?', ?'	Report	Brown ?'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,980

Newcastle Breakers v Heidelberg United

26 December 1993 11	Newcastle Breakers	6–0	Heidelberg United	Newcastle
	Jennings ?' McQuarrie ?' Spink ?', ?' Brown ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,688

Melbourne Knights v Newcastle Breakers

29 December 1993 12	Melbourne Knights	4–1	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	Marth ?' Trajcevski ?' Vojtek ?' Viduka ?'	Report	Tredinnick ?'	Stadium: Somers St Stadium Attendance: 1,987

Newcastle Breakers v Brisbane Strikers

3 January 1994 13	Newcastle Breakers	0–0	Brisbane Strikers	Newcastle
		Report		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 3,121

Sydney Olympic v Newcastle Breakers

11 January 1994 14	Sydney Olympic	2–1	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Maloney ?' Kelic ?'	Report	Meredith ?'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 4,201

Newcastle Breakers v Wollongong City

14 January 1994 15	Newcastle Breakers	2–2	Wollongong City	Newcastle
	Spink ?' Brown ?'	Report	Ollerenshaw ?' Horsley ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,133

Newcastle Breakers v West Adelaide

21 January 1994 16	Newcastle Breakers	1–4	West Adelaide	Newcastle
	Spink ?'	Report	Cardozo ?', ?' Blair ?' Brazzale ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,371

South Melbourne v Newcastle Breakers

26 January 1994 17	South Melbourne	4–1	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	Muscat ?' Durakovic ?' Goutzioulis ?' Tsolakis ?'	Report	Spink ?'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,453

Newcastle Breakers v Brunswick Pumas

28 January 1994 18	Newcastle Breakers	1–1	Brunswick Pumas	Newcastle
	Spink ?'	Report	Zinni ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,227

Sydney United v Newcastle Breakers

6 February 1994 19	Sydney United	1–0	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Gibson ?'	Report		Stadium: Edensor Park Attendance: 3,239

Morwell Falcons v Newcastle Breakers

12 February 1994 20	Morwell Falcons	0–1	Newcastle Breakers	Morwell
		Report	Brown ?'	Stadium: Falcons Park Attendance: 3,123

Newcastle Breakers v Parramatta Eagles

18 February 1994 21	Newcastle Breakers	1–1	Parramatta Eagles	Newcastle
	Maier ?'	Report	Naumovski ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,724

Adelaide City v Newcastle Breakers

27 February 1994 22	Adelaide City	3–0	Newcastle Breakers	Adelaide
	Veart ?' Mori ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,259

Newcastle Breakers v Marconi Fairfield

4 March 1994 23	Newcastle Breakers	2–2	Marconi Fairfield	Newcastle
	Naumov ?' Spink ?'	Report	Taliadoros ?' Harper ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,413

Heidelberg United v Newcastle Breakers

13 March 1994 24	Heidelberg United	1–1	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	MacNicol ?'	Report	Roberts ?'	Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 1,170

Newcastle Breakers v Melbourne Knights

18 March 1994 25	Newcastle Breakers	0–1	Melbourne Knights	Newcastle
		Report	Cervinski ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,256

Brisbane Strikers v Newcastle Breakers

27 March 1994 26	Brisbane Strikers	1–0	Newcastle Breakers	Brisbane
	Wright ?'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 1,615

NSL Cup

Marconi Fairfield v Newcastle Breakers

2 October 1993 First round 1st Leg	Marconi Fairfield	1–1	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Casserly 70'	Report	Lowe 59'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 685

Newcastle Breakers v Marconi Fairfield

6 October 1993 First round 2nd Leg	Newcastle Breakers	1–2	Marconi Fairfield	Newcastle
	Jennings 14'	Report	Bingley 61' Angelucci 71'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 1,477

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
1	GK		Clint Gosling	26	0	2	0	28	0
2	DF		Ralph Maier	26	1	2	0	28	1
3	DF		Andy Roberts	16(2)	1	2	0	20	1
4	FW		Lawrie McKinna	1(7)	0	0	0	8	0
5	DF		Mark Jones	23(1)	0	0	0	24	0
6	DF		Graham Jennings	25	1	2	1	27	2
7	DF		Bobby Naumov	16(7)	2	2	0	25	2
8	MF		John McQuarrie	16(2)	1	1	0	19	1
9	FW		Rod Brown	25	8	1	0	26	8
10	FW		Warren Spink	22	13	2	0	24	13
11	MF		David Lowe	22(1)	1	2	1	25	2
12	DF		Neil Owens	19(4)	0	2	0	25	0
13	DF		Darren Stewart	11	0	0	0	11	0
14	FW		Howard Tredinnick	17	1	0	0	17	1
15	MF		Troy Halpin	3(8)	0	0	0	11	0
16	MF		Nick Meredith	11(1)	1	2	0	14	1
17	MF		Scott Wells	1(2)	0	2	0	5	0
18	MF		Mark Wilson	0(3)	0	0	0	3	0
—	FW		Harry James	1	0	0	0	1	0
—	MF		Robbie Middleby	1(3)	0	0(1)	0	5	0
—	MF		Gary Wilson	4(1)	0	0(2)	0	7	0

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	National Soccer League	NSL Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Clint Gosling	6	0	6
Total					6	0	6