The Cavaliers, who had lost all three previous games at the venue, were finally victorious at home in round seven.

In a scrappy contest, a Steven Burton penalty in the 21st minute proved to be the difference between the two sides.

Gully was the better of the two sides early, dominating possession in the midfield and forcing the visitors to defend deep.

A corner from Andy Vargas almost brought the opening goal of the game, but striker Mathew Sanders' header flew just over the bar.

Northcote begun to settle into the game and had a glorious chance from a corner after 12 minutes.

But the header from unmarked defender Adriano Chiappetta went well wide.

Prepared to take Gully on in a counter attacking fashion, City should have been ahead after a quarter of an hour.

A long cross-field pass from lively winger Bradley Norton found right-winger Jonathan Voulgaris who easily skipped past his marker.

His inch-perfect cross found striker James Kalifatidis on the back post but his header went flying over the bar.

Minutes later, Gully hit the front.

Young gun Joshua Groenewald used his pace to motor from half way and exchange a sublime one-two with Vargas but the 19-year-old cannoned his shot off the crossbar.

Play proceeding, striker Sanders attempted to flick the ball into the area where a City defender was deemed to have played the ball with his hand.

From the spot kick, Burton went down the middle as Christopher Theodoridis-Petropoulos dived to his right to give the home side the lead.

Groenewald had a chance to double the advantage after half an hour.

Superb play from midfielder Graham Hockless on the right resulted in a cross finding Groenewald unmarked, but he headed into the turf and Theodoridis-Petropoulos tipped the ball over the bar.

Just before the break, Norton's cut back across the area, which had already beaten Gully custodian Nikola Roganovic, was cleared to safety.

Norton had a half-chance after 57 minutes with Kalifatidis playing him behind the defence but he could only force Roganovic into tipping his shot over the bar.

As Northcote pushed numbers forward, the Cavaliers were finding acres of space in the attacking third.

Sanders almost capitalised after a strong run and cut back from solid midfielder Jeffrey Fleming, but his shot was blocked from close range.

It would be the visitors who would have a couple of late chances for an equaliser.

Midfielder Eduardo Soares had two opportunities, the first going safely to Roganovic without enough venom and the second going wide after Norton laid it back.

It was not to be for Northcote, leaving empty-handed as Green Gully won at home for the first time this season.