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Elimination Final Preview: Central Coast Mariners v Macarthur FC, June 12
Central Coast Mariners captain Oliver Bozanic will miss his side’s Elimination Final bout with Macarthur FC as the 2020/21 Finals Series gets underway on Saturday, June 12. The Mariners skipper succumbed to injury in his side’s warmup before facing Western...
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Boogaard’s exit is the end for another of the A-League’s stoics
THE fact that Nigel Boogaard once walked off the pitch with a broken leg rather sums up the nature of one of the A-League’s original hard men. The fact that Boogaard then turbocharged his recovery from said broken leg, to...
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Call me what you want – it’s never shaken my finals focus
I had never experienced finals until I came to Australia and since I have fallen in love with them. This is the first season in my A-League career I am not playing finals and I am devastated. I realise you...
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From failures to finalists: How Stajcic hothoused Mariners’ recovery
THE way Gianni Stensness tells it, Mariners boss Alen Stajcic has been gardening for the past 12 months. Digging out what Stensness calls “a few weeds”, and planting some exotic new varieties in the Central Coast soil, the results have...
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A-League Goal of Matchweek 24 – Archie Goodwin
16-year-old Newcastle Jets forward Archie Goodwin scored his first professional goal in style in the very last game of the 2020/21 A-League regular season. Goodwin helped his side come from behind to secure a 2-1 win over Premiers Melbourne City...
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A-League Save of Matchweek 24 – Daniel Margush
Western Sydney Wanderers goalkeeper Daniel Margush’s save on a dipping, swerving shot from Adelaide United forward Craig Goodwin has been awarded Save of the Week for Matchweek 24. The Wanderers were ahead of Adelaide 2-1 in the 51st minute of...
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Team of the Week, presented by Bunnings Warehouse – Matchweek 24
A pair of teenagers played starring roles in Matchweek 24, helping to haul Newcastle Jets off the foot of the A-League table in an entertaining final Matchweek of the 2020/21 A-League season. Archie Goodwin (16) and Lucas Mauragis (19) excelled in...
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Nigel Boogaard announces retirement
Newcastle Jets captain Nigel Boogaard has called time on his career. After 16 seasons in the A-League, the 34-year-old has decided this season will be his last. “When the season started, I had in my mind that this would probably...
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City play down injury concerns after Nabbout and Griffiths subbed in last game before Finals Series
A-League Premiers Melbourne City are not worried about potential injuries to Andrew Nabbout and Rostyn Griffiths ahead of the Finals Series, according to assistant coach Des Buckingham. Experienced centre-half Griffiths was substituted in the 17th minute of City’s 2-1 defeat against...
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Jets’ last-gasp win over Premiers City condemns Victory to wooden spoon
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos’ late winner helped lift the Newcastle Jets out of the A-League basement as their 2-1 triumph over Melbourne City left Melbourne Victory to collect their first ever wooden spoon. City looked set to finish their historic first trophy-winning season in style when...
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