Tag Archives: Brisbane Roar

Our off-season is so ridiculously long 🙁  Hurry up, October 11th.  Hurry up. If you concentrate really hard on this teaser trailer from Fox Sports, you will see the mighty Brisbane Roar for about 0.5 seconds.  Clearly the focus will still be on the bigger clubs with their Del Pieros and Shinji Onos.

The Manchester United vs A-League All Stars game didn’t quite live up to its billing on the pitch.  Firstly, three of the A-League’s biggest marquee players (Del Piero, Heskey, Ono) all declined to play in the game.  Secondly, the rest of the best of Australian A-League talent was in Asia playing international matches against Japan and China for the Socceroos.  ...

Western Sydney Wanderers 2 Brisbane Roar 0 Central Coast Mariners 1 Melbourne Victory 0 “Shinji Ono…genius!” – Brenton Speed “If we were going to get beaten by anyone, I’m glad it was Western Sydney and I’m glad it was Shinji Ono” – my mum In the end, Western Sydney Wanderers were too good and beat us for the fourth time ...

Adelaide United 1 Brisbane Roar 2 Perth Glory 1 Melbourne Victory 2 The Red Menace It was a nervy final five minutes but Brisbane Roar have advanced to a semi final meeting with Western Sydney Wanderers after dispatching Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium.  The Roar went up 2-0 in the first half and looked comfortable for most of the game ...

Brisbane Roar 3 Sydney FC 1 Newcastle Jets 0 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 Central Coast Mariners 2 Melbourne Heart 1 Perth Glory 1 Adelaide United 1 Wanderers Win The Premiere’s Plate In Their Inaugural Season The eighth season of the Hyundai A-League has concluded in a last gasp final round that saw Western Sydney Wanderers claim the Premiere’s Plate in ...

Melbourne Victory 2 Perth Glory 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 Sydney FC 1 Brisbane Roar 2 Melbourne Heart 0 Adelaide United 0 Central Coast Mariners 2 A Fight To The Finish There is one round left in the 2012/13 season of the A-League and things are perfectly poised for a grand stand finish.  The Premiere’s Plate is not yet decided ...

Newcastle Jets 1 Perth Glory 2 Sydney FC 2 Central Coast Mariners 0 Brisbane Roar 1 Melbourne Victory 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 Wellington Phoenix 1 Melbourne Heart 0 Adelaide United 2 And The Winner Is… The A-League is heading into the final 3 rounds of the regular season.  There plenty of spots up for grabs for teams looking to ...

Melbourne Heart 2 Adelaide United 0 Sydney FC 7 (!) Wellington Phoenix 1 Central Coast Mariners 0 Newcastle Jets 0 Perth Glory 0 Melbourne Victory 1 Brisbane Roar 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 “This is pretty depressing” – Thomas Broich, post-match interview It’s not quite as bad as how things are in Wellington, but its pretty close.  Brisbane Roar lost ...

Erik Paartalu, who has appeared in 85 consecutive A-League and Asian Champions league matches for the Brisbane Roar, is leaving the club to play in the Chinese Super League. In the last two seasons he’s been an absolute beast in his defensive midfield role.  His composure and passing precision in the centre of the field meant that he was the ...

Western Sydney Wanderers 1 Brisbane Roar 0 Melbourne Victory 1 Brisbane Roar 1 Brisbane Roar 0 Perth Glory 1 Adelaide United 0 Brisbane Roar 1 Brisbane Roar 2 Wellington Phoenix 1 Melbourne Heart 3 Brisbane Roar 2 Newcastle Jets 1 Brisbane Roar 0 The photo above was taken at the Caxton Street Pub from the January 2nd game against Wellington ...