Action Abroad - 30-03-04

Four Socceroos managed to get their name of the scoresheet over the week, but the highlight performance came from Stan Lazaridis, who set up two goals in Birmingham City's big win over Leeds United. Click here to see how Stan and the rest of the Aussies Abroad fared over the past week.

ACTION IN THE UK…    BARCLAYCARD PREMIER LEAGUE Date: 28-03-04 *         Socceroo Harry Kewell played a full game as Liverpool drew 0-0 away to Leicester City. Date: 27-03-04 *         Socceroo Mark Schwarzer (gk) played a full game while Australian Under 23 Brad Jones (gk) remained on the bench as Middlesbrough drew 1-1 away to Everton. *         Socceroo Stan Lazaridis (pictured above) played a full game and created two goals as Birmingham City won 4-1 at home against Leeds United. Meanwhile, for Leeds, Socceroo Mark Viduka played a full game and scored the opening goal in the 3rd minute. *         Socceroos Brett Emerton and Lucas Neill both played full games with Emerton creating his sides goal as Blackburn Rovers lost 2-1 at home against Portsmouth. NATIONWIDE DIVISION ONE Date: 27-03-04 *         Socceroo Tony Popovic played a full game as Crystal Palace lost 2-0 away to West Bromwich Albion. *         Socceroo Tony Vidmar played a full game as Cardiff City won 2-1 at home against Sheffield United. *         Andy Petterson (gk) remained on the bench as Walsall drew 1-1 at home against Millwall. Meanwhile, for Millwall, Socceroo Kevin Muscat and Tim Cahill both played full games with Cahill also receiving a yellow card. *         Australian Under 23 Gareth Edds came on in the 58th minute as Bradford City lost 2-1 at home against Burnley *         John Filan (gk) played a full game as Wigan Athletic drew 1-1 away to Watford. Date: 24-03-04 *         Socceroo Kevin Muscat and Tim Cahill both played full games with Muscat creating the winning goal in the 43rd minute, which was scored by new Socceroo squad member Cahill, as Millwall won 1-0 away at Wimbledon. Cahill-s fourth in three games took his tally for this season to eleven goals. NATIONWIDE DIVISION TWO Date: 27-03-04 *         Australian Under 23 Luke Wilkshire was replaced in the 57th minute as Bristol City lost 2-1 away to Port Vale. *         Les Pogliacomi (gk) played a full game as Oldham Athletic lost 3-2 at home against Wycombe Wanderers. *         Jacob Burns played a full game and received a yellow card as Barnsley drew 1-1 away to Swindon Town. *         Paul Reid remained on the bench as Brighton and Hove Albion lost 2-1 away to Sheffield Wednesday. *         Richard Johnson played a full game as Queens Park Rangers drew 1-1 at home against Luton Town. *         Joel Porter played a full game and created the final goal of the game as Hartlepool United lost 2-1 at home against Brentford. Date: 24-03-04 *         Australian Under 23 Luke Wilkshire played a full game as Bristol City lost 1-0 away to Tranmere Rovers. NATIONWIDE DIVISION THREE Date: 27-03-04 *         Danny Allsopp was replaced in the 70th minute as Hull City won 1-0 at home against Rochdale. NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Date: 27-03-04 *         Christian Giannangelo (gk) remained on the bench as Forest Green Rovers drew 1-1 at home against Barnet. *         Ian Martin (gk) played a full game as Leigh RMI lost 3-2 away to Exeter City. *         Jon Brady came on in the 72nd minute as Stevenage Borough lost 1-0 at home against Morecambe. Date: 23-03-04 *         Christian Giannangelo (gk) remained on the bench as Forest Green Rovers won 2-0 away to Telford. SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Date: 28-03-04 *         Socceroo captain Craig Moore played a full game and received a yellow card as Rangers lost 2-1 at home against Celtic. Date: 27-03-04 *         Socceroo David Zdrilic remained on the bench as Aberdeen lost 3-1 away to Kilmarnock. *         Australian Under 23 Patrick Kisnorbo played a full game as Hearts won 3-1 at home against Dundee. *         Australian Under 23 Scott McDonald played a full game as Motherwell lost 1-0 away to Dundee United. *         Australian Under 23 Adrian Madaschi remained on the bench as Partick Thistle drew 1-1 at home against Hibernian. Date: 24-03-04 *         Australian Under 23 Scott McDonald played a full game as Motherwell drew 3-3 away to Hibernian. McDonald featured heavily in the game as he won the penalty for Motherwell-s second goal, while his deflected shot, which was credited as an own goal, was the final goal of the game. *         Stuart Lovell was replaced in the 66th minute as Livingston lost 3-2 at home against Dundee United.  SCOTTISH DIVISION TWO Date: 27-03-04 *         Marco Maisano played a full game as Greenock Morton lost 1-0 away to East Fife. Date: 23-03-04 *         Marco Maisano played a full game while John Maisano was replaced in the 23rd minute as Greenock Morton won 2-1 at home against Berwick. ACTION IN EUROPE… UEFA CUP Fourth Round - Second Leg Date: 27-03-04 *         Socceroo Harry Kewell was replaced in the 82nd minute as Liverpool lost 2-1 away to Marseille. Liverpool was eliminated from the competition 3-2 on aggregate. *         Socceroo Josip Skoko played a full game as Genclerbirligi lost 2-0 away to Valencia. Genclerbirligi was eliminated from the competition on the Silver Goal Rule (2-1 on aggregate) after conceding in the 94th minute. AUSTRIAN DIVISION ONE Date: 27-03-04 *         Eddy Bosnar played a full game as Sturm Graz lost 5-1 away to FK Austria. BELGIAN CUP (BEKER VAN BELGIE) Semi Final - Second Leg Date: 28-03-04 *         Socceroo Steven Laybutt played a full game as Mouscron lost 1-0 away to Club Brugges. Mouscron was eliminated from the competition after losing 3-2 on aggregate.   BELGIAN DIVISION ONE Date: 24-03-04 *         Socceroo Steve Laybutt played a full game as Mouscron lost 3-1 away to Antwerp. CROATIAN DIVISION ONE Date: 27-03-04 *         Goran Talevski came on in the 46th minute and received a red card in the 80th minute as Hajduk Split won 5-1 at home against NK Zadar. DUTCH DIVISION ONE (ERE DIVISIE) Date: 28-03-04 *         Peter Zois (gk) remained on the bench as Willem II won 3-1 at home against PSV Eindhoven. *         Lindsay Wilson remained on the bench as FC Volendam lost 2-1 at home against FC Utrecht. DUTCH DIVISION TWO (GOUDEN GIDS DIVISIE) Date: 26-03-04 *         Australian Under 23 Brett Holman was replaced in the 78th minute as Excelsior won 4-1 away to BV Veendam. GERMAN DIVISION ONE (BUNDESLIGA) Date: 27-03-04 *         Socceroo Paul Agostino played a full game and scored the final goal of the game in the 60th minute as 1860 Munich won 3-0 away to Eintracht Frankfurt. *         Frank Juric (gk) remained on the bench as Bayer Leverkusen won 4-1 at home against Hertha Berlin. GERMAN DIVISION TWO (2.BUNDESLIGA) Date: 29-03-04 *         Christophe Teinert came on in the 67th minute as FSV Mainz 05 lost 2-0 at home against Arminia Bielefield. Date: 26-03-04 *         Saso Radulovic was replaced in the 86th minute as RW Oberhausen lost 3-0 at home against Duisberg.  GERMAN OBERLIGA Date: 27-03-04 *         Sash Tirovski was replaced in the 70th minute as SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg lost 5-1 away to TSV Crailsheim. ITALIAN DIVISION ONE (SERIE A) Date: 28-03-04 *         Socceroo Marco Bresciano played a full game and scored the final goal of the game in the 79th minute as Parma won 4-0 at home against Empoli. Meanwhile, for Empoli, Socceroo Vince Grella was replaced in the 83rd minute. *         Socceroo Zeljko Kalac (gk) played a full game as Perugia lost 2-1 at home against Lazio. MALTESE DIVISION ONE Date: 26-03-04 *         Peter Pullicino played a full game as Hibernians lost 3-0 at home against Marsaxlokk. ROMANIAN DIVISION ONE Date: 28-03-04 *           Australian Under 23 Jon McKain played a full game as National Bucharesti won 1-0 away to Rapid Bucharesti. Date: 27-03-04 *           Daniel McBreen came on in the 56th minute as Universitatea Craiova lost 1-0 away to Gloria Bistrita.  SPANISH DIVISION ONE (PRIMERA LIGA) Date: 28-03-04 *         Socceroo John Aloisi played a full game as Athletico Osasuna won drew 1-1 away to Valladolid.  SWISS DIVISION ONE (SUPER LEAGUE) Date: 28-03-04 *         Socceroo Scott Chipperfield played a full game and created the opening goal of the game as FC Basel drew 1-1 away to FC Wil.  TURKISH DIVISION ONE (SUPER LIG) Date: 27-03-04 *         Socceroo Michael Petkovic (gk) played a full game as Trabzonspor won 3-2 away to Malatyaspor.  ACTION IN ASIA… SINGAPORE DIVISION ONE (S-LEAGUE) Date: 24-03-04 *         Alex Duric played a full game and scored the opening goal in the 9th minute as Geylang United lost 2-1 at home against Woodlands Wellington.