1992–93 Newcastle Breakers FC season

Newcastle Breakers
1992–93 season
Stadium	Breakers Stadium
National Soccer League	8th
NSL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Warren Spink (15); All: Warren Spink (15)
Highest home attendance	6,527 vs. Marconi Fairfield; (12 February 1993); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,333 vs. Parramatta Eagles; (11 November 1992); NSL Cup
Average home league attendance	3,679
Biggest win	5–0; vs. Brisbane United; (26 December 1992); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–2; vs. South Melbourne; (30 October 1992); National Soccer League; 1–3; vs. Marconi Fairfield; (12 February 1993); National Soccer League
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

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The 1992–93 season was the second season in the history of Newcastle Breakers. It was also the second season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Newcastle Breakers finished 8th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup first round by Parramatta Eagles.

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
—	FW	AUS	Rod Brown
—	GK	AUS	Mike Gibson
—	MF	AUS	Troy Halpin
—	DF	AUS	John Koch
—	MF	AUS	Andrew Koczka
—	DF	AUS	Ralph Maier
—	MF	AUS	Brad Maloney
—	MF	AUS	Nick Meredith
—	DF	AUS	Craig Moffitt


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AUS	Bobby Naumov
—	DF	AUS	Darren Northam
—	MF	AUS	Jason Polak
—	DF	AUS	Andy Roberts
—	FW	AUS	Warren Spink
—	MF	AUS	Glenn Sprod
—	DF	AUS	Darren Stewart
—	MF	AUS	Mark Wilson

Competitions

Übersicht

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	2 October 1992	4 April 1993	Matchday 1	8th	26	10	8	8	38	29	+9	038.46
NSL Cup	11 November 1992	9 December 1992	First round	First round	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					28	10	9	9	41	33	+8	035.71

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne	26	18	4	4	51	23	+28	58	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	17	2	7	57	31	+26	53
3	Adelaide City	26	12	5	9	37	34	+3	41
4	Wollongong City	26	11	6	9	33	27	+6	39
5	West Adelaide	26	12	3	11	43	39	+4	39
6	Parramatta Eagles	26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	39
7	Sydney CSC	26	12	3	11	36	41	−5	39
8	Newcastle Breakers	26	10	8	8	38	29	+9	38
9	Sydney Olympic	26	10	4	12	36	31	+5	34
10	Melbourne Croatia	26	10	4	12	38	39	−1	34
11	Heidelberg United	26	7	9	10	30	40	−10	30
12	Morwell Falcons	26	7	7	12	29	43	−14	28
13	Preston Makedonia (R)	26	6	4	16	28	45	−17	18^[a]	Relegation to the Victorian Premier League
14	Brisbane United	26	5	3	18	32	64	−32	18

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
Notes:

^ Preston Makedonia deducted 4 points for crowd disturbances.

Results summary


Overall								Startseite						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	10	8	8	38	29	+9	38	5	5	3	20	16	+4	5	3	5	18	13	+5

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

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

Matches

2 October 1992 1	Newcastle Breakers	0–0	Wollongong City	Newcastle
		Bericht		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 3,678

11 October 1992 2	Sydney Olympic	1–0	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Katholos ?'	Bericht		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 4,250

16 October 1992 3	Newcastle Breakers	1–1	West Adelaide	Newcastle
	Spink ?'	Bericht	Iriarte ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,752

23 October 1992 4	Sydney CSC	1–2	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Gibson ?'	Bericht	Stewart ?' Spink ?'	Stadium: Edensor Park Attendance: 1,859

30 October 1992 5	Newcastle Breakers	0–2	South Melbourne	Newcastle
		Bericht	Boutsianis ?' Awaritefe ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 3,891

8 November 1992 6	Preston Makedonia	0–0	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
		Bericht		Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 2,968

14 November 1992 7	Marconi Fairfield	1–0	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Harper ?'	Bericht		Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,657

20 November 1992 8	Newcastle Breakers	0–0	Morwell Falcons	Newcastle
		Bericht		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 3,280

29 November 1992 9	Parramatta Eagles	1–0	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Genc ?'	Bericht		Stadium: Melita Stadium Attendance: 2,324

6 December 1992 10	Newcastle Breakers	1–2	Adelaide City	Newcastle
	Spink ?'	Bericht	Melta ?' Mullen ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,880

13 December 1992 11	Heidelberg United	1–1	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	Hunter ?'	Bericht	Maloney ?'	Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 2,450

23 December 1992 12	Newcastle Breakers	3–2	Melbourne Croatia	Newcastle
	Maloney ?' Spink ?', ?'	Bericht	Marth ?' Vanis ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,996

26 December 1992 13	Brisbane United	0–5	Newcastle Breakers	Brisbane
		Bericht	Koczka ?' Polak ?', ?' Spink ?' Koch ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 1,938

1 January 1993 14	Newcastle Breakers	1–1	Sydney Olympic	Newcastle
	Spink ?'	Bericht	Arambasic ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 6,036

8 January 1993 15	Wollongong City	2–1	Newcastle Breakers	Wollongong
	Laus ?' (unknown) ?' (o.g.)	Bericht	Maloney ?'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 2,448

17 January 1993 16	West Adelaide	1–2	Newcastle Breakers	Adelaide
	Hooker ?'	Bericht	Sprod ?' (unknown) ?' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,100

22 January 1993 17	Newcastle Breakers	3–1	Sydney CSC	Newcastle
	Stewart ?' Meredith ?' Brown ?'	Bericht	Krslovic ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,425

1 February 1993 18	South Melbourne	1–1	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	Awaritefe ?'	Bericht	Spink ?'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 3,196

5 February 1993 19	Newcastle Breakers	4–1	Preston Makedonia	Newcastle
	Stewart ?' Spink ?', ?' Brown ?'	Bericht	Trajanovski ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 4,246

12 February 1993 20	Newcastle Breakers	1–3	Marconi Fairfield	Newcastle
	Polak ?'	Bericht	Jolevski ?' Taliadoros ?' Harper ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 6,527

21 February 1993 21	Morwell Falcons	1–2	Newcastle Breakers	Morwell
	Becvinovski ?'	Bericht	Brown ?', ?'	Stadium: Falcons Park Attendance: 2,142

26 February 1993 22	Newcastle Breakers	2–2	Parramatta Eagles	Newcastle
	Stewart ?' Meredith ?'	Bericht	Gunning ?' Foster ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 4,019

7 March 1993 23	Adelaide City	2–1	Newcastle Breakers	Adelaide
	Veart ?' Barbaro ?'	Bericht	Spink ?'	Stadium: Norwood Oval Attendance: 1,708

12 March 1993 24	Newcastle Breakers	2–0	Heidelberg United	Newcastle
	Spink ?', ?'	Bericht		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,389

21 March 1993 25	Melbourne Croatia	1–3	Newcastle Breakers	Melbourne
	Marth ?'	Bericht	Meredith ?' Maloney ?' Polak ?'	Stadium: Somers St Stadium Attendance: 2,897

4 April 1993 26	Newcastle Breakers	2–1	Brisbane United	Newcastle
	Spink ?', ?'	Bericht	Slater ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,710

NSL Cup

11 November 1992 First round 1st Leg	Newcastle Breakers	2–2	Parramatta Eagles	Newcastle
	Brown 43' Stewart 52'	Bericht	Gomez 81' Mendez 90+1'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 1,333 Referee: Peter Spiers

9 December 1992 First round 2nd Leg	Parramatta Eagles	2–1	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Genc 44' Mendez ?'	Bericht	Naumov ?'	Stadium: Melita Stadium Referee: Richard Lorenc

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
—	FW		Rod Brown	20	4	1	1	21	5
—	GK		Mike Gibson	26	0	2	0	28	0
—	MF		Troy Halpin	3	0	0	0	3	0
—	DF		John Koch	17(2)	1	2	0	21	1
—	MF		Andrew Koczka	15	1	1	0	16	1
—	DF		Ralph Maier	26	0	2	0	28	0
—	MF		Brad Maloney	14	4	1	0	15	4
—	MF		Nick Meredith	21(1)	3	0	0	22	3
—	DF		Craig Moffitt	25	0	1	0	26	0
—	DF		Bobby Naumov	9(16)	0	2	1	27	1
—	DF		Darren Northam	1	0	1	0	2	0
—	MF		Jason Polak	25	4	2	0	27	4
—	DF		Andy Roberts	19(7)	0	2	0	28	0
—	FW		Warren Spink	23	15	2	0	25	15
—	MF		Glenn Sprod	19(2)	1	1(1)	0	23	1
—	DF		Darren Stewart	23	4	2	1	25	5
—	MF		Mark Wilson	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0

Clean sheets

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

References

^ "The 1992/93 Season". ozfootball.net.
^ "1992/3 National League Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

[table_hth_PRE0.2826532033657-1] Preston Makedonia deducted 4 points for crowd disturbances.

[2] "The 1992/93 Season". ozfootball.net.

[3] "1992/3 National League Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

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