Tag Archives: A-League

The seventh season of the Hyundai A-League kicked off this weekend.  It’s been a long wait for football fans – the FFA decided to push back the start of the season to avoid clashing with the finals of the NRL and AFL.  Thankfully that wait is finally over. The Pre-Season The A-League hasn’t had a particularly smooth ride in its ...

The A-League starts this weekend. Will Harry Kewell and the Melbourne Victory dominate the competition? Can the Brisbane Roar be the first team to retain the title? How much longer can the Roar’s 28 game undefeated streak run for? How much worse can Newcastle’s season get? We’re about to find out. Starting tomorrow. Have a good weekend.

Adelaide United announced today that star midfielder Marcos Flores would be leaving the club.  Flores made a huge impact in his single season at AUFC, deservedly winning the Johnny Warren Player of the Year award.  In its infancy, the A-League sure had its share of shitty import players that were overpaid and either put in a half-arsed effort or weren’t ...

This whole thing started seven months ago when my mate Rich lent me a book called A Season With Verona by Tim Parks.  On its own terms it is a wonderfully insightful book into Italian footballing culture but it also resonated with me on another level that relates directly to this blog.  I really enjoyed sharing Park’s highly personal and ...

You never want to get complacent in football at the best of times.  You certainly don’t want to do it during the Finals no matter how certain a result appears to be.  Just ask the West Ham squad who played Liverpool in the 2006 FA Cup Final. Coming into the second leg of the major semi final with a record ...

I can already imagine Mike snickering at the headline about a “major semi”. It’s Finals Football time in the A-League and there’s been plenty of talk this week amongst A-League football fans but unfortunately, most of it hasn’t been about the action on the field.  The controversy that has everyone buzzing started when a Victorian police superintendant Rod Wilson stated ...

Saturday night was a big homecoming for the Brisbane Roar. It was the first home game back at Suncorp Stadium since the Queensland Floods six weeks ago.  It was also the final game of the regular season, an M1 Derby against the Gold Coast, and the night in which they would be presented with the Premiere’s Plate for finishing top ...

I didn’t actually get to see this game because I was down in Sydney for the Conference.  The game was supposed to be played at Dairy Farmer Stadium but because of Cyclone Yasi, it had to be moved to Skilled Park.  This game attracted a record low attendance which is probably what you get when the top team plays the ...

Brisbane played their second home game at Skilled Park on Saturday against the Melbourne Heart.  Having tied the 22 game undefeated streak of Apia-Leichardt from 1987, this would be the game to break the record.  For Melbourne Heart, they currently sit in 6th position in the A-League standings and would be desperate to secure some points to ensure they qualify ...

On a two week break that was imposed by the recent floods in Queensland, the Brisbane Roar got their season back underway at Skilled Park in the Gold Coast on Australia Day.  The Roar’s usual homeground, Suncorp Stadium, will still be in recovery mode until possibly the final game of the season. It was my first trip to Skilled Park.  ...