The 2000 National Soccer League Grand Final was held on 11 June 2000 between Perth Glory and Wollongong Wolves at Subiaco Oval. Perth Glory had gained home-ground advantage as they were the higher ranked team from the regular season, finishing first to the Wolves's third. Perth started the match strong, going 3–0 up in the first half, however Wollongong came back with three second half goals. The scores remained level after extra time, before Wollongong won in a tense penalty shootout. Scott Chipperfield was awarded the Joe Marston Medal. It has been regarded as one of the greatest grand finals of all time.
Route to the final
League Standings
Finals Bracket
Match
Details
GK 23 Jason PetkovicDF 2 Rob TrajkovskiDF 3 Jamie HarnwellMF 7 Scott Miller MF 8 Troy HalpinFW 9 Alistair Edwards (c) FW 10 Bobby Despotovski MF 11 Kasey Wehrman MF 15 Edgar AldrighiMF 21 Ivan Ergić DF 22 Ljubo Miličević Substitutes:GK 20 Tony FrankenFW 4 Aurelio Schwertz DF 6 Gareth Naven MF 13 James Afkos DF 14 Dion ValleManager: Bernd StangeJoe Marston MedalScott Chipperfield (Wollongong Wolves)
GK 1 Les PogliacomiDF 3 Alvin Ceccoli DF 4 Robert Stanton DF 5 David Cervinski MF 6 Matt Horsley (c) MF7 Paul ReidFW 10 Stuart YoungDF 11 Scott Chipperfield MF 13 Noel Spencer FW 17 Esala Masi MF 23 Dino Mennillo Substitutes:GK 20 Daniel BeltrameDF 2 George Sounis FW 14 Sasho Petrovski MF 15 David HuxleyDF 21 Mark Robertson Manager: Nick Theodorakopoulos
Assistant referees: Fourth official:Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
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