2003–04 Northern Spirit FC season

Northern Spirit
2003–04 season
Manager	Lawrie McKinna
Stadium	Pittwater Park; Gabbie Stadium
National Soccer League	6th
Top goalscorer	Stewart Petrie (7)
Highest home attendance	2,971 vs. Brisbane Strikers; (21 September 2003); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,061 vs. Football Kingz; (20 February 2004); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	1,999
Biggest win	4–0; vs. Sydney Olympic; (4 October 2003); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–3; vs. Parramatta Power; (29 November 2003); National Soccer League; 1–4; vs. Wollongong Wolves; (16 January 2004); National Soccer League
	← 2002–03

The 2003–04 season was the sixth season in the history of Northern Spirit (now North West Sydney Spirit). It was also the sixth and final season in the National Soccer League. Northern Spirit finished 7th in their National Soccer League season.

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	AUS	Paul Henderson
2	DF	ENG	Julian Watts
3	MF	IRL	Wayne O'Sullivan
4	MF	AUS	Noel Spencer
5	DF	AUS	Alex Tobin
6	DF	AUS	Vuko Tomasevic
8	MF	SCO	Ian Ferguson
9	FW	AUS	Adam Kwasnik
10	FW	AUS	Dylan Macallister
11	MF	AUS	Jonti Richter
12	MF	MLT	John Hutchinson
14	MF	AUS	Bradley Groves
16	FW	NZL	Brent Fisher
18	DF	AUS	Alex Wilkinson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	AUS	Erik Paartalu
20	GK	AUS	Stuart Page
22	MF	AUS	Matthew Osman
23	MF	AUS	Steven Baveas
24	MF	AUS	Oliver Skelding
25	MF	AUS	Omar Obeid
26	MF	AUS	Andrew Mailer
28	MF	AUS	Matthew Hunter
29	DF	AUS	Michael Moulis
30	GK	AUS	Jacob Rex
31	MF	BRA	Caetano Lima
33	DF	AUS	Mark Milligan
—	FW	AUS	Paul Connell

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Date	Ref
3	DF	Wayne O'Sullivan	Parramatta Power	July 2003	^[1]
23	MF	Steven Baveas	Ryde City		^[1]
–	GK	Nathan Hughes	Sutherland Sharks		^[1]
9	FW	Adam Kwasnik	Manly Warringah Dolphins	September 2003	^[1]
22	MF	Matthew Osman	Manly Warringah Dolphins		^[1]
25	MF	Omar Obeid	Manly Warringah Dolphins		^[1]
30	GK	Jacob Rex	Manly Warringah Dolphins		^[1]
31	MF	Caetano Lima	Ryde City	January 2004	^[1]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	21 September 2003	29 February 2004	Matchday 1	7th	24	9	3	12	31	33	−2	037.50
Total					24	9	3	12	31	33	−2	037.50

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	South Melbourne	24	11	4	9	39	21	+18	37	Qualification to Finals series
6	Brisbane Strikers	24	9	5	10	28	33	−5	32	Qualification to Finals series
7	Northern Spirit	24	9	3	12	31	33	−2	30
8	Sydney Olympic	24	7	8	9	26	31	−5	29
9	Wollongong Wolves	24	8	5	11	34	41	−7	29

Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;

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
24	9	3	12	31	33	−2	30	6	2	4	20	13	+7	3	1	8	11	20	−9

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	B	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	B	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	✖	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	✖	D	L	W	W
Position	13	13	9	10	11	9	7	3	5	7	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	7

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

Matches

21 September 2003 1	Northern Spirit	1–3	Brisbane Strikers	Sydney
	Hutchinson 53'	Report	Morley 15', 45' Rose 62'	Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,971 Referee: Con Diomis

26 September 2003 2	Newcastle United	2–1	Northern Spirit	Newcastle
	Wheelhouse 2' (pen.), 77' (pen.)	Report	Macallister 28'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,673 Referee: James Lewis

4 October 2003 3	Northern Spirit	4–0	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
	Richter 47' Ferguson 57' Macallister 68' Petrie 81'	Report		Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,819 Referee: Matthew Breeze

12 October 2003 4	Marconi Fairfield	2–1	Northern Spirit	Sydney
	Harris 21' Spiteri 54'	Report	Petrie 40'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,255 Referee: Angelo Nardi

19 October 2003 5	Northern Spirit	3–5	Perth Glory	Sydney
	O'Sullivan 6', 34' Osman 38'	Report	Pondeljak 11' Mori 12' Despotovski 14' Hassell 43', 48'	Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,867 Referee: Matthew Breeze

26 October 2003 6	Melbourne Knights	0–1	Northern Spirit	Melbourne
		Report	Macallister 2'	Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Ben Williams

2 November 2003 7	Northern Spirit	3–0	Wollongong Wolves	Sydney
	Petrie 35', 64', 80'	Report		Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,388 Referee: Eddie Lennie

8 November 2003 8	Football Kingz	0–2	Northern Spirit	Auckland
		Report	Macallister 55' Ferguson 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 1,662 Referee: Brett Hugo

23 November 2003 10	Northern Spirit	0–1	Sydney United	Sydney
		Report	Santalab 4'	Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,371 Referee: Brett Hugo

29 November 2003 11	Parramatta Power	3–0	Northern Spirit	Sydney
	Milicic 19', 47' Elrich 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Ben Williams

7 December 2003 12	Northern Spirit	3–1	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Petrie 45', 56' Fisher 88'	Report	Curcija 54'	Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,859 Referee: Angelo Nardi

10 December 2003 13	Adelaide United	1–0	Northern Spirit	Adelaide
	Saric 8'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,159 Referee: Craig Zetter

13 December 2003 14	Brisbane Strikers	3–1	Northern Spirit	Brisbane
	Morley 56' Brownlie 82' Pilic 87'	Report	Kwasnik 46'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 2,137 Referee: Angelo Nardi

21 December 2003 15	Northern Spirit	1–1	Newcastle United	Sydney
	Thomas 62' (o.g.)	Report	Masi 34'	Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,935 Referee: Eddie Lennie

28 December 2003 16	Sydney Olympic	1–0	Northern Spirit	Sydney
	Baird 47' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 2,484 Referee: Mark Shield

4 January 2004 17	Northern Spirit	0–0	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,115 Referee: Simon Przydacz

21 January 2004 18	Perth Glory	3–2	Northern Spirit	Perth
	Murphy 9' Pondeljak 42' Despotovski 85'	Report	Richter 25' Tomasevic 90+2'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,996 Referee: Eddie Lennie

11 January 2004 19	Northern Spirit	2–0	Melbourne Knights	Sydney
	Hutchinson 21' Milligan 58'	Report		Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,495 Referee: James Lewis

16 January 2004 20	Wollongong Wolves	4–1	Northern Spirit	Wollongong
	Hughes 35' Young 38', 65' Nwaogazi 64'	Report	Richter 84'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,855 Referee: James Lewis

20 February 2004 21	Northern Spirit	1–0	Football Kingz	Sydney
	Richter 60'	Report		Stadium: Gabbie Stadium Attendance: 1,061 Referee: Craig Zetter

8 February 2004 23	Sydney United	0–0	Northern Spirit	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 1,964 Referee: Simon Micallef

15 February 2004 24	Northern Spirit	0–1	Parramatta Power	Sydney
		Report	Petrovski 23'	Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,106 Referee: James Lewis

22 February 2004 25	South Melbourne	1–2	Northern Spirit	Melbourne
	Coveny 71'	Report	Kwasnik 52' Richter 68'	Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Ben Williams

29 February 2004 26	Northern Spirit	2–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
	Kwasnik 27', 69'	Report	Vidmar 45'	Stadium: Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,009 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[2]^[3]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	National Soccer League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Paul Henderson	23	0	23	0
2	DF		Julian Watts	15(1)	0	16	0
3	MF		Wayne O'Sullivan	24	2	24	2
4	MF		Noel Spencer	20	0	20	0
5	DF		Alex Tobin	4(2)	0	6	0
6	DF		Vuko Tomasevic	19(3)	1	22	1
8	MF		Ian Ferguson	18	2	18	2
9	FW		Adam Kwasnik	8(14)	4	22	4
10	FW		Dylan Macallister	13	4	13	4
11	MF		Jonti Richter	14(1)	5	15	5
12	MF		John Hutchinson	23	2	23	2
14	MF		Bradley Groves	7(1)	0	8	0
16	FW		Brent Fisher	4(8)	1	12	1
18	DF		Alex Wilkinson	15	0	15	0
19	MF		Erik Paartalu	0(1)	0	1	0
20	GK		Stuart Page	1(1)	0	2	0
22	MF		Matthew Osman	11(4)	1	15	1
23	MF		Steven Baveas	2(8)	0	10	0
25	MF		Omar Obeid	0(2)	0	2	0
26	MF		Andrew Mailer	0(6)	0	6	0
28	MF		Matthew Hunter	9(3)	0	12	0
29	DF		Michael Moulis	0(1)	0	1	0
31	MF		Caetano Lima	0(3)	0	3	0
33	DF		Mark Milligan	14	1	14	1

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	National Soccer League	Total
1	1	GK		Paul Henderson	8	8
Total					8	8

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NWS Spirit FC » Transfers 2003/2004". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^ "NWS Spirit FC » Appearances A-League 2003/2004". aus.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^ "Northern Spirit roster for 2003/2004". OzFootball.net.

[transfers-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NWS Spirit FC » Transfers 2003/2004". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

[2] "NWS Spirit FC » Appearances A-League 2003/2004". aus.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

[3] "Northern Spirit roster for 2003/2004". OzFootball.net.

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