HARBOURSPORT |
NEWCASTLE JETS v SYDNEY FC Energy Australia Stadium, Saturday 3rd November 2007. |
Photos by Michael Shillito |
The players warm up |
Entering the field for the match |
Game on |
Ooooooo We love you, we follow |
Newcastle make an early attacking move but are blocked |
Juninho & his Novacastrian opponent play twister |
Newcastle steady in defence |
Corica has no room to move on the forward line |
Sydney set the wall |
Bridges keeps the ball in play |
Alex Brosque traps the ball |
Sydney Till I Die |
Joel Griffiths hits the deck |
The away Cove |
Bolton to Talay |
Newcastle have a long range shot, but Clint Bolton has it covered |
The old western grandstand, its shape revealing the ground was once an oval |
The top deck on the eastern grandstand was closed, but ground level was well populated |
The Cove in voice |
Looking down the pitch from the northern end |
Ante Covic positions himself for a save |
Ball in play on the eastern side |
Middleby cops a bump |
Clint Bolton goal kick |
Jets trap the ball in the centre circle |
A bunch of bogans |
Looking down the ground from the southern end |
The eastern grandstand, with The Away Cove in sky blue standing out |
Clearing the ball out of trouble |
Come on Sydney, come on Sydney |
The SCC banner |
From the Home for Misfit Mascots |
Into the second half |
Corica splits the gap |
Marching in |
Corica wrong-foots his opponent |
Bridges shoots |
He scores!!!!!! |
Sydney FC 1-0 up and in the box seat |
A healthy crowd of over 16,000 |
Newcastle corner |
Newcastle set the wall |
A nervous moment late with a near equaliser |
A late substitution for Sydney |
3 minutes to be added on |
It wasn't enough for Newcastle, and Sydney took a welcome 1-0 win |
Handshakes for the players after the game |
Then over to celebrate with the fans |
The Cove continues to sing after the game |
Continuing to sing in the tunnel under the eastern stand: |
A night to remember for Sydney FC supporters |