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5 years ago

The agony and ecstasy of playing in a grand final

SOMETIMES when I go down to an oval near where I live just to kick a ball around, I retake the penalty I missed in a grand final. It was the one that meant we lost to Sydney FC in...

5 years ago

A-League 2021 Finals Series Launched

AFTER 23 weeks and 156 games, it’s time to get down to business. The A-League 2021 Finals Series kicks off this week, five games to crown the champions and give the stage to some of Australia’s brightest young football talent....

5 years ago

Melbourne Derby: Brooks scores at the death to earn Victory a point against City

Melbourne Victory substitute Lleyton Brooks struck deep into stoppage time to earn his side an important point in a 1-1 Melbourne Derby draw with Melbourne City at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon. Victory were facing the prospect of a club-first wooden...

5 years ago

Confidence, belief, leadership, unity – Stajcic asks finals-bound Mariners to let best qualities shine

Central Coast Mariners head coach Alen Stajcic says his side will need to call on all of their best assets, which helped end the club’s six-season absence from the A-League Finals Series, if they hope to make a deep run into the...

5 years ago

Jets fight back to take a point from Perth in entertaining 1-1 draw

Perth Glory will end the 2020/21 A-League campaign in ninth spot on the A-League table after giving up a one-goal lead to draw 1-1 against Newcastle Jets at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday night. The away side took the lead...

5 years ago

A-League 2021 Elimination Finals confirmed

The stage is set for the A-League 2021 Finals Series, after it was confirmed that the Central Coast Mariners and Brisbane Roar FC will host Elimination Finals next weekend. The Mariners will take on A-League entrants Macarthur FC in an...

5 years ago

Job done in Gosford: Mariners finish third after 2-0 win over Western United

Central Coast Mariners will attack the 2020/21 Finals Series with genuine momentum after beating Western United 2-0 to seal third spot on the table and book a home Elimination Final against sixth-placed Macarthur FC in Gosford.  Brisbane Roar left the door...

5 years ago

Late Van der Saag strike seals 2-0 win for Sky Blues over Roar

Sydney FC scored once on either side of half-time to end the regular season on a high with a 2-0 win over Brisbane Roar at Moreton Daily Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Roar needed a three-point effort to seal third...

5 years ago

Sunday football preview: Melbourne Derby, June 6

A key duo return for Melbourne Victory as Steve Kean’s side look to leave their recent Melbourne Derby horrors behind with a win over Melbourne City at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon. The Premiers have torn Victory apart in a...

5 years ago

City’s Leckie coup is a statement of intent

TALK about throwing down the gauntlet. The other A-League clubs now know that Melbourne City’s attack next season will include Mathew Leckie, as well as Jamie Maclaren and Andrew Nabbout. The polish on the Premier’s Plate won this season has...

5 years ago

Melbourne City FC signs Socceroos attacker Mathew Leckie

Leckie joins the Club on a three-year deal He returns home to Melbourne after spending the last 10 years of his career in Germany Leckie has been capped 64 times by the Socceroos and has scored 12 goals Melbourne City...

5 years ago

‘A tribute to the character of this team’ – Phoenix lauded for sparkling end to testing campaign

FOX Sports analyst Mark Bosnich says the past three seasons have shown Wellington Phoenix are on an upward trajectory after the seventh-placed finishers ended their 2020/21 A-League campaign with an emphatic 3-0 win over Macarthur FC on Friday night. The Phoenix may...