300 not out: Melbourne City captain set for his milestone ALM appearance

Scott Jamieson reckons he’s known in the A-League Men as a trash talker, but on achieving his rare 300-game milestone hopes he will be remembered for much more.

The antagonistic, passionate Melbourne City captain will make his 300th appearance in Friday’s Grand Final rematch against champions Western United at AAMI Park.

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“I’m pretty sure the first thing that people think of me as is a shit-talker or chats shit or whinges,” Jamieson said.

“But on the flip side of that, I accepted that a long time ago that some people that don’t know me are going to think that. 

“But what I do take a lot of comfort (from) and I’m proud of is the people I’ve played with and the people I work with know the real me and they know first and foremost I’m a pretty good person but I’m also a competitive person on the field. 

“Yeah, they will say I do like to push people’s buttons, and that’s the case, and annoy people. 

“But ultimately, I understand when it comes to a bit of a football fraternity, they might say I tend to talk a lot. 

“But I think they’ll say I’m a good player, wasn’t the greatest, wasn’t certainly the worst, but I was a good player.”

Jamieson speaks before Friday’s showdown with Western in Melbourne.

Jamieson, 33, was particularly cheeky when asked what were his career highlights, beyond doing the Premiership-Championship double in 2020-21.

He cited his debut for Adelaide United, Western Sydney’s famous 5-4 win over Brisbane Roar, sealing the 2020-21 Premiership amid a controversial non-penalty call against Central Coast Mariners and having Melbourne Victory fans watch on as City sealed last season’s premiers’ plate.

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Only Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Leigh Broxham, Andrew Durante (retired), Alex Wilkinson and Liam Reddy have played more ALM games than Jamieson.

“I don’t think my dad was trying to be disrespectful but I remember him saying to me when I told him (about the milestone) that he said to me ‘you said you’d leave after your first year at Adelaide and you’re 300 games now’,” Jamieson said with a laugh.

The left-back has four Socceroos caps and led City to their breakthrough Premiership and Championship in 2020-21 plus the plate in 2021-22.

The hunger still burns as City attempt to rebound from losing last season’s grand final.

“Take nothing away from Western United but the opportunity that we missed was a massive one,” Jamieson said. 

“You see the hurt on people’s faces, but it’s 10 times worse underneath the skin. 

“So it’s a massive game.”