1995–96 NSL Cup

1995–96 NSL Cup

Country	Australia
Teams	12
Matches played	17
Goals scored	49 (2.88 per match)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 NSL Cup (known as the Johnnie Walker Cup under a sponsorship arrangement) was the twentieth season of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The 12 teams that competed in the 1995–96 National Soccer League competed in the cup.

Bracket

	First Round						Quarter Finals						Semi Finals						Final
	Adelaide City	1	2	3
	Morwell Falcons	0	0	0
													Adelaide City			1
													Newcastle Breakers			3
	Newcastle Breakers	1	1	2
	Brisbane Strikers	1	0	1
							Newcastle Breakers			3
							Sydney Olympic			1
	Sydney Olympic	2	3	5
	Wollongong City	3	0	3
																			Newcastle Breakers			1
																			South Melbourne			3
	South Melbourne	4	0	4
	Melbourne Knights	2	1	3
							South Melbourne			3
							Marconi Fairfield			2
	Marconi Fairfield	1	2	3
	Sydney United	1	0	1
													South Melbourne			3
													Canberra Cosmos			1
	West Adelaide	1	0	1
	Canberra Cosmos	1	1	2

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Adelaide City	3–0	Morwell Falcons	1–0	2–0
Newcastle Breakers	2–1	Brisbane Strikers	1–0	1–1
Sydney Olympic	5–3	Wollongong City	2–3	3–0
South Melbourne	4–3	Melbourne Knights	4–2	0–1
Marconi Fairfield	3–1	Sydney United	1–1	2–0
West Adelaide	1–2	Canberra Cosmos	1–1	0–1

First leg

West Adelaide v Canberra Cosmos

3 January 1996

West Adelaide	1–1	Canberra Cosmos
Day  73'		Dunn  53'

Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: John Papanicolas

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Adelaide City v Morwell Falcons

10 January 1996

Adelaide City	1–0	Morwell Falcons
Mullen  87'

Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Wayne Dade

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Newcastle Breakers v Brisbane Strikers

12 January 1996

Newcastle Breakers	1–0	Brisbane Strikers
Sprod  53'

Austral Park Attendance: 1,310 Referee: Con Diomis

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South Melbourne v Melbourne Knights

14 January 1996

South Melbourne	4–2	Melbourne Knights
Panopoulos  21' Coveny  25', 30', 71'		Bacak  65' Pondeljak  79'

Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Gerry Connelly

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Sydney Olympic v Wollongong City

14 January 1996

Sydney Olympic	2–3	Wollongong City
Meredith  43' Trajanovski  55' (pen.)		Perinich  8', 23' Luff  68'

Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,624 Referee: Simon Micallef

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Marconi Fairfield v Sydney United

14 January 1996

Marconi Fairfield	1–1	Sydney United
Maloney  38'		Babic  24'

Marconi Stadium Attendance: 5,012 Referee: John Fraser

Second leg

Canberra Cosmos v West Adelaide

20 January 1996

Canberra Cosmos	1–0	West Adelaide
Perinovic  64'

Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,592 Referee: Gerry Connelly

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Morwell Falcons v Adelaide City

20 January 1996

Morwell Falcons	0–2	Adelaide City
		Armour  3' Hassell  51'

Falcons Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Ljupco Naumovski

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Brisbane Strikers v Newcastle Breakers

20 January 1996

Brisbane Strikers	1–1	Newcastle Breakers
Cranney  14'		James  73'

Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 3,149 Referee: Derek Crawford

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Melbourne Knights v South Melbourne

20 January 1996

Melbourne Knights	1–0	South Melbourne
Pondeljak  47'

Knights Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: John Fraser

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Wollongong City v Sydney Olympic

20 January 1996

Wollongong City	0–3	Sydney Olympic
		Slater  31' Ardone  38' Ironside  82'

Brandon Park Attendance: 2,604 Referee: Brett Hugo

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Sydney United v Marconi Fairfield

20 January 1996

Sydney United	0–2	Marconi Fairfield
		Awaritefe  19' Stanton  59'

Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 1,836 Referee: Simon Micallef

Quarter Finals

Marconi Fairfield v Newcastle Breakers

23 January 1996

Marconi Fairfield	3–1	Newcastle Breakers
Moore  35' Thomas  39' Halpin  63'		Taliadoros  35' (pen.)

Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,267 Referee: Gerry Connelly

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South Melbourne v Marconi Fairfield

23 January 1996

South Melbourne	3–2	Marconi Fairfield
Trimboli  40' Coveny  68' Allsopp  45'		Awaritefe  9' Maloney  82'

Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Simon Micallef

Semi Finals

Newcastle Breakers v Adelaide City

25 January 1996

Newcastle Breakers	3–1	Adelaide City
Hickman  40' (pen.) Thomas  41' James  73'		Hassell  80'

Breakers Stadium Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Con Diomis

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South Melbourne v Canberra Cosmos

25 January 1996

South Melbourne	3–1	Canberra Cosmos
Allsopp  45' Damianos  68' Trimboli  79'		Lemezina  87'

Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 2,360 Referee: Brett Hugo

Final

South Melbourne v Newcastle Breakers

27 January 1996

South Melbourne	3–1	Newcastle Breakers
Coveny  22', 74' Panopoulos  35' (pen.)		Hickman  49'

Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Simon Micallef