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 PAOK THESSALONIKI FC AUSTRALIAN TOUR 1989 

PAOK Thessaloniki FC Arrived in Australia on Saturday 27th May 1989 on Flight 471 Olympic Airways for a four match tour.



A historic picture of PAOK's tour of Australia. PAOK great Yiorgos Skartados is greeted by the Greek Consul to Melbourne. The tour provided PAOK's thousands of fanatical fans an opportunity to see their idols in person.


Four matches played in Australia. The results of the these famous matches are as follows.

FIRST MATCH: in Adelaide, South Australia
West Adelaide Hellas SC
vs
PAOK Thessaloniki FC
  Date: Sunday 28th May 1989
Score: 1 - 2
Goal Scorers:
Kostas Lagonidis 5' (PAOK)
Brenton Hiern 63'
Stathis Voutsias 91' (PAOK)
Venue: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
SECOND MATCH: in Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney Olympic SC
vs
PAOK Thessaloniki FC
  Date: Wednesday 31st May 1989
Score: 1 - 1
Goal Scorers:
Michael McGarry 32'
Yiorgos Skartados 51' (PAOK)
Venue: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
THIRD MATCH: in Melbourne, Victoria
Greek Select XI
vs
PAOK Thessaloniki FC
  Date: Friday 2nd June 1989
Score: 1 - 4
Goal Scorers:
John Anastasiadis 7' (PAOK)
John Anastasiadis 28' (PAOK)
Peter Kotamanidis 42'
John Anastasiadis 49' (PAOK)
Yiorgos Skartados 74' (PAOK)
Venue: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
FOURTH MATCH: in Melbourne, Victoria
Victoria XI
vs
PAOK Thessaloniki FC
  Date: Wednesday 7th June 1989
Score: 4 - 2
Goal Scorers:
Steve Tasios 11'
Paul Trimboli 35', 47'
Angie Postecoglou 57'(pen)
Dimitris Karalidis 87' (PAOK)
Nikos Karageorgiou 90' (pen) (PAOK)
Venue: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
PAE PAOK Official:
Yiorgos Hatzioannou
Tour Manager:
Kostas Grammatopoulos
Team Manager:
Yiorgos Hasiotis
Coach:
Rob Jacobs
Assistant Coach:
Stavros "Caesar" Sarafis
Captain:
Kyriakos Alexandridis

Squad in 1989 tour:
Nikos Alavandas
Kyriakos Alexandridis
John Anastasiadis
Panagiotis Argyropoulos
Yiannis Gitsioudis
Stathis Karalidis
Dimitris Karavasilis
Nikos Karageorgiou
Kostas Lagonidis
Nikos Lithoxopoulos
Kostas Malioufas
Anntonis Mayreas
Dimitris Mitoglou
Stavros Moraitis
Dimitris Palaskas
Dimitris Paraskevas
Nikos Plitsis
Yiorgos Skartados
Yiorgos Toursounidis
Yiannis Tsiplakis
Stathis Voutsias
Unfortunately PAOK Thessaloniki FC left behind many First team players in Thessaloniki Greece.

Squad members not in tour:
Louis Fernando (Brazil)
Mike Small (England)
Ketsel Osvald (Norway)
Charlie Yankos (Australia)
Stefanos Borborkis
Aris Karasavvidis
Apostolos Tsourelas



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