 Funds for humanitarian appeal in Macedonia raised while
Magic win over second string Lions squad
Monday 16 January 2006
Even
though a second string Preston Lions squad lost to Altona
Magic, a charity organisation was the real winner with
funds raised from the sale of entry tickets donated to
Australian Humanitarian Aid for Macedonia (AHAM) /
Macedonian Horizons.
A total of
$4,770 raised will go towards the purchase of new
equipment for handicapped persons in aged care homes and
institutions in the Republic of Macedonia.
The Lions
fielded a squad without FFV 2005 Gold Medal winner Anthony
Magnacca, Zaya Younan, Tayfun Devrimol, Les Anastasiou,
Goce Gruevski, Steven Manceski and Steven Soleski to take
on a reasonably strong Magic squad. With seven senior
players not playing, the in-experience of the Lions
players was evident as they had limited opportunities in
front of goal, and only started to threaten in the last
thirty minutes, while the Magic seized their opportunities
and scored a goal in each half to hand them the victory.
 The
second game will be played on Sunday 22nd January at the
home of Altona Magic (Paisley Reserve, Altona North).
Funds raised from this match will also be donated to
Australian Humanitarian Aid for Macedonia (AHAM) /
Macedonian Horizons. Kick off is at 6:00pm and entry is
$10 for everyone over 16 years of age with children
admitted free.
MEANWHILE,
the Preston Lions Football Club are looking at signing a
striker in the next couple of weeks from the Republic of
Macedonia who plays for a club in the Macedonian First
Division (Makedonska Prva Liga). If the striker signs for
the club, he should be ready for the Lions first Victorian
Premier League match in 2006 against the Melbourne Knights
at B.T. Connor Reserve.
Score:
Preston Lions FC 0 - Altona Magic 2
Venue: B.T. Connor Reserve
Crowd: 550 (unofficial)
Preston
Lions FC
20. D. Zilic, 23. S. Masalkovski, 6. P. Dimovski (c), 8.
N. Kalmar, 26. E. Karahan, 16. D. Prodarovic, 12. D.
Miller, 13. A. Filip, 21. D. Gecic, 22. Y. Galanos, 7. P.
Richie
Substitutes: 1. S. Ozdimir, 18. R. Dolevski, 10. S.
Oksuz, 15. A. Jankovski, 4. H. Vrbovac, 17. S. Pace
Altona
Magic
1. B. Jevdjevic, 14. P. Cersovski, 4. L. Osman, 6. K.
Delev, 11. A. Sheriaovski, 16. I. Razov, 5. D. Mladenovic,
8. A. Opazo, 15. T. Razov, 10. I. Kolevski, 7. K. Delev
Substitutes: 9. V. Trpcevski, 18. D. Lewis, 3. T.
Grozdanovski, 19. J. Dimitrievski, 12. D. Vasilevski, 20.
M. Alibehi, 2. S. Mrkela, J. Cvetkovski |
