It wos in late December 2002 and not february, so it wos about 4 years ago Vardar wos in Australia..
http://www.vest.com.mk/default.asp?id=54137&idg=3&idb=733&rubrika=Sport
Понеделник 12/16/2002
Вардар, турнеја во Австралија
Висока победа на Вардар над Македонија Престон
Екипата на нашиот шампион Вардар во Мелбурн го одигра и вториот натпревар во рамките на турнејата во Австралија на кој го совлада тимот на Македонија Престон со 5:3 (на полувреме 4:2). Бугаринот Петков беше главниот играч на натпреварот постигнувајќи три гола. Тој имаше помош од Спасовски и Ристовски кои постигнаа по еден гол. Македонија Престон е најквалитетната екипа која е составена во главно од наши иселеници. До крајот на турнејата "вардарци" ќе одиграат уште три натпревари и тоа со Маркони, Волонганг Вулфс и Илинден Рокдејлс. Во првиот натпревар од оваа турнеја тимот на Вардар ја победи екипата на Македонија Џајантс со 6:2.
Вардар - Престон 5-3
Вардар - Македонија Џајантс 6-2
Вардар - Илинден Рокдејлс 1-0
Вардар - Маркони 1-1
Вардар - Волонганг Вулфс 3-1
http://www.vest.com.mk/default.asp?id=54190&idg=3&idb=734&rubrika=Sport
ТРЕТА ПОБЕДА НА ВАРДАР НА ТУРНЕЈАТА ВО АВСТРАЛИЈА
Минимална победа над Илинден Рокдејл
Во неделата играчите на Вардар во третиот натпревар на турнејата во Австралија го совладаа Илинден Рокдејл со минимални 1:0. Во интересен натпревар "вардарци" успеале да ја совладаат екипата на нашите исленици со голот со глава на Драган Начевски. Екипата на Илинден Рокдејл е послаба по квалитет од Македонија Престон, но "вардарци" минимално победиле најверојатно поради заморот од одигрување два натпревари за два дена. Од завчера нашиот шампион се наоѓа во Сиднеј каде ќе ги одигра двата последните два натпревари, со Вулонганг Волвс во среда и со Маркони во сабота, по што ќе се вратат во Македонија.
Did not faind the rest of the results in the arkive since they did not report more but i think the results where 1-1 and 3-1..
Some lions fans did comment the Lions-Vardar game..
http://p211.ezboard.com/Preston-Lions-3--5-FK-Vardar/fprestonlionsfrm1.showMessage?topicID=389.topic
Preston Lions 3 - 5 FK Vardar
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Ch0jEkS
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(12/15/02 9:44 pm)
Reply COME ON PRESTON
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disappointing turnout guys, but an excellant performance shown by the preston squad. In terms of fitness, jonsy has to work the guys hard, but they still have till the 8th of February until they play their first match. Also the disipline has to be worked on. If Vardar played in the VPL they would need a new starting 11 each week, just proves that the VPL is one of the toughest leagues in the country. This is the squad that we should stick with next season, although Pasi looked a little shaky in goals, but apart from that it's all good. Mancevski looks like he's going to play a vital role up front with sapa. Well it was worth the drive from dandy
ACKO mod
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Posts: 165
(12/14/02 11:05 pm)
Reply unprofesional..
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How unprofesional was the Vardar team today. They argued about every decision made by the referee, their coach Djoko Hagievski camo on the ground arguing with the players. I mean come on they are a team that has competed in Europe.
I was very dissapointed the way the conducted themselves.
About the game well we put 3 goals past them at least.
ACKO
Provod
Unregistered User
(12/14/02 11:33 pm)
Reply Vardar e Shampion!!
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Vardar showed that they are a class above Preston with some fine skills and some good goals i thought the Tupan Slavcho Georgievski played realy well and Petkov with the Hatrick came in handy.
As for Preston they put up a good fight but their discipline was terrible some of the challanges where shocking especialy that penalty at the end when he took the players legs out i can see now why Vardar didnt wanna play with a full team when a challange like that could injure a player so its best to give the youngsters a run and they played realy well.
I think Preston should work more on their fitness because they where realy tired towards the end even though they played a good opponent still they should use this pre season to get back into fitness because we still got a good side Manchevski again looked sharp at the front so lets see how it goes.
LionsFanSince1972
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(12/15/02 9:45 am)
Reply unprofessional
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Acko,
Though we lost 5-3 there are many positive pionts we can take from this game, from what I saw we will do very well this season if the team applies itself like it did in the first 25 minutes, but having said that we must improve the midfield, it is impossible for our forwards nad defence to be involved in the game if the midfield doesn't help out, sure we conceded 5 goals, but how many of them were th e result from lack of pressure from our midfield.
As I said apart from that I am very pleased with the BOY's considering that it is still Pre Season. Another point to make is this, realistically at this stage in our Pre Season Vardar should be able to beat us comfortably as they are all match fit and most important of all they are professionals (though watching the game and seeing how they all acted it didn't show) and I for one would not mind having a couple of their reserve players staying behind.
All in All I enjoyed the game and the performance by the Lions, though I was very dissapointed by the turnout.
.........LIONS FORWARD.......
StentoriaN
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Posts: 21
(12/15/02 12:04 pm)
Reply division
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It was a great game, worth the admission rate without doubt...
Only one thing dissapointed me and that was the internal fighting between Macedonians...
chants such as "celo Skopje shiptari" among others, although perhaps in good fun drawing from the rivalries overseas, are something that we really dont need.
Im not attacking the people who did it, im simply referring to the element which does exist within the Macedonian community (which caused such behaviour) that shouldn't be there.
Our country, and subsequently, our club are being attacked left, right and centre and it is Macedonian Unity which must be stressed above all else. Internal bickering, be it serious, or otherwise still reflects on us in a negative way.
Other than that, 8 goals...with Sapa proving he's still got the touch!
Another thing which caught my eye was those kickarse custom made "no one likes us and no one cares" shirts. Anybody know where those were made?!
Should be a successful season on the way for the Reds!
Provod
Unregistered User
(12/15/02 12:27 pm)
Reply Vardar e eden!
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well said i thought it was a great game at times i was realy impressed by the tupan he was excellent its good that Vardar has the youngsters cumming up and doing well and its good to see Preston put up a good fight i thought they did realy well but their discipline at times was very poor and they need to understand that its cruitial that they dont injure any players in the game but Vardar looked so good out on the counter attack it was great to see also the passing of the ball was very good and the controlling of it so Preston did realy well considering the fact that Vardar had at least 70% of the ball Preston took their chances wich was suprising and positive if we play like this during the season i cant realy see any team beating us unless they do realy well we just need to get our fitness back into gear.
As for the goals it doesnt matter Preston is a professional and a good club so they shouldnt be supprised about that you see weak teams in europe beating clubs like Man Utd look at Brescia for example they are in relogation status and they beat Juve 2-0 and handed them their first loss of the season so anything is possible in soccer the worst team has the ability to beat the best team its not how good you are its how good you play on the day and in my opinion Preston did very well considering the chances they had it was great to see.
As for those shirts they look sick but how did the adidas logo come into it???? i reacon Preston should be sponsored by adidas they would at least make the shirts look good.
Ch0jEks
Unregistered User
(12/15/02 9:48 pm)
Reply MISTAKE
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johnnya
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(12/15/02 11:22 pm)
Reply how many?!
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how many supporters were there and was there any atmosphere!?
ACKO mod
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Posts: 167
(12/16/02 7:19 pm)
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Hey boys. Just to say that the webmaster should send the report about the game to the soccervenues website. It would be good to get some exposure for both of the teams.
As for the fighting between supporters thats not fighting its just alittle piss taking. Nobody takes it seriously but a little fun.
ACKO
Provod
Unregistered User
(12/16/02 9:22 pm)
Reply Vesti od Makedonija
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