Action Abroad - 20-04-04

Australian strikers Dylan Macallister and Ante Milicic kicked off their renewed overseas careers in perfect style, with both bagging two goals for respective sides. Click here to see how Dylan and Ante fared along with the ever increasing number of Aussies Abroad.

ACTION IN THE UK…   BARCLAYCARD PREMIER LEAGUE Date: 17-04-04 *          Socceroos Lucas Neill played a full game while Socceroo Brett Emerton came on in the 68th minute as Blackburn Rovers won 1-0 at home against Leicester City. *          Socceroo Harry Kewell was replaced in the 76th minute as Liverpool drew 0-0 at home with Fulham. *          Socceroo Mark Schwarzer (gk) played a full game, while Australian Under 23 Brad Jones (gk) remained on the bench as Middlesbrough lost 2-0 away to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Date: 16-04-04 *          Socceroo Mark Viduka was replaced in the 84thminute as Leeds United lost 5-0 away to Arsenal. Date: 13-04-04 *          Socceroo Mark Viduka played a full game and created the final goal of the game as Leeds United drew 1-1 at home against Everton.   NATIONWIDE DIVISION ONE Date: 17-04-04 *          Socceroo Tony Popovic played a full game and received a yellow card as Crystal Palace drew 1-1 at home against Wigan Athletic. Meanwhile, for Wigan, John Filan (gk) also played a full game. *          Andy Petterson (gk) remained on the bench as Walsall lost 5-0 away to Norwich City. *          Socceroo Tony Vidmar played a full game as Cardiff City won 2-0 at home against Burnley. *          Socceroo Tim Cahill played a full game as Millwall drew 2-2 away to Nottingham Forest. *          Australian Under 23 Gareth Edds played a full game as Bradford City lost 3-2 at home against Wimbledon. Date: 13-04-04 *          John Filan (gk) played a full game and kept a clean sheet as Wigan Athletic won 3-0 at home against Cardiff City. Meanwhile, for Cardiff, Socceroo Tony Vidmar played a full game.   NATIONWIDE DIVISION TWO Date: 17-04-04 *          Mark Robertson came on in the 45th minute as Stockport County drew 1-1 away to Queens Park Rangers. *          Les Pogliacomi (gk) played a full game as Oldham Athletic won 4-1 at home against Plymouth Argyle. *          Chris Coyne played a full game as Luton won 3-2 at home against Bristol City. Meanwhile, for Bristol, Australian Under 23 Luke Wilkshire was replaced in the 57th minute. *          Joel Porter came on in the 83rd minute as Hartlepool won 4-0 at home against Notts County. *          Paul Reid was replaced in the 85th minute and received a yellow card as Brighton & Hove Albion won 1-0 at home against Peterborough United. Date: 13-04-04 *          Australian Under 23 Luke Wilkshire was replaced in the 75th minute as Bristol won 1-0 at home against Plymouth Argyle.   NATIONWIDE DIVISION THREE Date: 17-04-04 *          Danny Allsopp was replaced in the 72nd minute as Hull City drew 1-1 away to Macclesfield Town.   NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Date: 17-04-04 *          Christian Giannangelo (gk) remained on the bench as Forest Green Rovers won 3-1 at home against Aldershot Town. *          Ian Martin (gk) played a full game as Leigh RMI lost 5-0 at home against Hereford United. *          Scott Guyett played a full game as Chester City won 1-0 at home against *          Jon Brady played a full game and received a yellow card as Stevenage Borough lost 3-1 away to Shrewsbury. Date: 13-04-04 *          Scott Guyett played a full game as Chester City drew 0-0 away to Shrewsbury Town.   SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Date: 18-04-04 *          Socceroo David Zdrilic was replaced in the 66th minute as Aberdeen lost 2-0 at home against Motherwell. *          Danny Invincibile was replaced in the 87th minute as Kilmarnock lost 1-0 at home against Celtic. Date: 16-04-04 *          Australian Under 23 Patrick Kisnorbo played a full game as Hearts drew 1-1 at home against Livingston. Meanwhile, for Livingston, Stuart Lovell also played a full game. *          Australian Under 23 Adrian Madaschi played a full game as Partick Thistle lost 2-0 away to Rangers.   SCOTTISH DIVISION TWO Date: 17-04-04 *          John Maisano was replaced in the 62nd minute as Greenock Morton won 2-1at home against Alloa. *          Scott MacNicol played a full game as Forfar lost 2-0 at home against Berwick. Date: 13-04-04 *          Scott MacNicol played a full game as Forfar Athletic won 2-0 at home against Alloa Athletic. ACTION IN EUROPE…   AUSTRIAN DIVISION ONE Date: 18-04-04 *          Joey Didulica (gk) played a full game as Austria Vienna drew 1-1 away to SV Pasching.   BELGIAN DIVISION ONE Date: 18-04-04 *          Socceroo Stephen Laybutt played a full game as Mouscron drew 1-1 away to Heusden Zolder. Mouscron is currently in fourth position with four rounds of fixtures to play and should qualify for the next season-s UEFA Cup. Date: 17-04-04 *          Andy Vlahos was replaced in the 69th minute as Cercle Brugge lost 2-1 at home against Antwerp. Cercle is in 15th position, four points above the relegation zone, with four games remaining.   BELGIAN DIVISION TWO Date: 18-04-04 *          Socceroo Paul Okon played a full game as KV Oostende won 2-0 away to Hamme. Oostende is in 2nd position, with two games remaining.   DUTCH DIVISION ONE (ERE DIVISIE) Date: 18-04-04 *          Lindsay Wilson remained on the bench as FC Volendam won 4-2 at home against NAC Breda. Despite the win Volendam remains in 17th position from 18 teams and facing relegation.   DUTCH DIVISION TWO (GOUDEN GIDS DIVISIE) Date: 16-04-04 *          Australian Under 23 Brett Holman came on in the 12th minute as Excelsior drew 2-2 away to Den Bosch. Excelsior is in 1st position, two points clear of Den Bosch, with four games remaining.   GERMAN DIVISION ONE (BUNDESLIGA) Date: 17-04-04 *          Socceroo Paul Agostino played a full game and scored in the 87th minute, as 1860 Munich lost 2-1 at home against Hamburg SV. 1860 has slipped to 15th place from 18 teams on the table and is only a point and one place above the relegation zone. *          Frank Juric (gk) remained on the bench as Bayer Leverkusen won 3-2 away at Schalke 04. Leverkusen is currently 4th and needs to finish 3rd to claim a place in the European Champions League for next season.   GERMAN DIVISION TWO (2.BUNDESLIGA) Date: 18-04-04 *          Christoph Teinert came on at half time as FSV Mainz lost 3-1 away at Greuther Furth and leaving their hopes of promotion in tatters with just five games to go. They lie in 8th spot, six points behind 3rd place. Date: 16-04-04 *          Sasa Radulovic was replaced in the 85th minute but not before receiving a yellow card as RW Oberhausen drew 1-1 away at Jahn Regensburg. Oberhausen is in 5th spot, just one point behind 3rd place Energie Cottbus.   ITALIAN DIVISION ONE (SERIE A) Date: 18-04-04 *          Socceroo Zeljko Kalac played a full game as Perugia lost 3-2 away at Sampdoria. Perugia is 17th of 18 teams and would need to win all four of its remaining games to avoid relegation to the Serie B. *          Socceroo Marco Bresciano played a full game as Parma drew 2-2 at home with Juventus. Parma is currently in 5th spot, one point behind 4th placed Inter Milan and with a good chance of claiming a place in the European Champions League next season. *          Socceroo Vince Grella was replaced in the 60th minute and received a yellow card as Empoli drew 1-1 at home with Brescia. Empoli lies in 16th position with four games to go and is staring at relegation back to the Serie B.   ITALIAN DIVISION TWO (SERIE B) Date: 17-04-04 *          Max Vieri was replaced in the 77th minute as Napoli drew 0-0 away to Ternana.   MALTESE DIVISION ONE Date: 18-04-04 *          Peter Pullicino played a full game as Hibernians lost 1-0 at home against Birkirkara.   NORWEGIAN DIVISION ONE (TIPPELIGAEN) Date: 18-04-04 *          Australian Under 23 Dylan MacAllister was replaced in the 86th minute but not before scoring in the 4th and 10th minute as Brann Bergen won 3-0 at home against Molde. MacAllister was also named man of the match on dagbladet.no.   ROMANIAN DIVISION ONE Date: 14-04-04 *            Daniel McBreen came in the 46th minute as Universitatea Craiova won 3-2 away to FC Brasov. *            Australian Under 23 Jon McKain played a full game as National Bucharesti drew 0-0 at home against Poli AEK Timisoara.   SPANISH DIVISION ONE (PRIMERA LIGA) Date: 18-04-04 *          Socceroo John Aloisi was replaced in the 78th minute as Osasuna lost 3-1 at home against Espanyol. The defeat leaves Osasuna in 6th spot with five games to go as they chase a UEFA Cup spot for next season.   SWEDISH DIVISION ONE (ALLSVENSKAN) Date: 12-04-04 *          Ante Covic (gk) played a full game as Hammarby drew 0-0 away to Orgryte.   SWISS DIVISION ONE (SUPER LEAGUE) Date: 18-04-04 *          Socceroo Scott Chipperfield was replaced in the 78th minute as FC Basel lost 3-0 away at Aarau. With six games remaining Basel is 1st, 15 points clear of second place Young Boys. *          Joel Griffiths played a full game and received a yellow card as Neuchetel Xamax won 3-2 away at FC Thun. Neuchetel is currently 9th of 10 teams and is just one point above automatic relegation and 7 points behind to avoid a relegation play-off. Date: 15-04-04 *          Socceroo Scott Chipperfield was replaced in the 82nd minute but not before scoring in the 1st minute as FC Basel won 2-0 at home against FC Wil. *          Joel Griffiths played a full game and created the fifth goal of the game as Neuchatel Xamax won 4-2 at home against Zurich.   TURKISH DIVISION ONE (SUPER LIG) Date: 17-04-04 *          Socceroo Josip Skoko played a full game and received a yellow card as Genclerbirligi lost 2-1 at home against local rivals Ankaragucu. Genclerbirligi is currently 12th of 18 teams and it looks like they will qualify for Europe next season no matter what happens in the Turkish Cup final against Trabzonspor. *          Socceroo Michael Petkovic (gk) played a full game as Trabzonspor won 3-0 away at Elazigspor. Trabzonspor is currently in 2nd position and only 2 points behind leaders Fenerbahce with four games to go.   ACTION IN ASIA…   MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Date: 17-04-04 *          Ante Milicic played a full game in his debut and scored two goals as Pahang drew 2-2 with Perlis. *          Boris Ovcin was replaced at half time as Penang beat Sabah 3-0 at home.   SINGAPORE CUP (BIG TRUMPET SINGAPORE CUP) First Round Date: 17-04-04 *          Jon Angelucci was replaced in the 63rd minute, as Singapore Armed Forces won 4-0 away to Tanjong Pagar United.   SINGAPORE DIVISION ONE (S-LEAGUE) Date: 15-04-04 *          Jon Angelucci played a full game and scored a hat-trick and was named Man of the Match, as Singapore Armed Forces drew 6-6 at home with the Young Lions. *          Alex Duric played a full game, as Geylang United won 1-0 at home to Balestier Khalsa