A-League 2014/15 Season Preview
The excellent Rogier Waalder presents this extensive guide to the new A-League season with his predictions attached… enjoy! ADELAIDE UTD Adelaide Utd was the entertainers of the league last season under new […]
News from the A-League
The excellent Rogier Waalder presents this extensive guide to the new A-League season with his predictions attached… enjoy! ADELAIDE UTD Adelaide Utd was the entertainers of the league last season under new […]
Australian football history could well be re-written soon. Melbourne Heart have changed their name to Melbourne City. As insignificant a factor to the changes that will be wrought with the […]
Most football fans in Australia when you ask about their earliest memory of watching a game will inevitably mention an FA Cup Final writes Rogier Waalder. Going back some years, […]
GROUP B AUSTRALIA 0-3 SPAIN MONDAY 23RD JUNE – CURITIBA Spain exited the tournament with a straight forward 3-0 victory against a tired and outgunned Australia side in this Group […]
GROUP B AUSTRALIA 2-3 NETHERLANDS WEDNESDAY 18TH JUNE – PORTO ALEGRE Porto Alegre was the venue for a truly stunning game between Australia and the Netherlands that ended up in […]
GROUP B CHILE 3-1 AUSTRALIA FRIDAY 13TH JUNE – CUIABÁ Chile defeated a gallant Australia today 3-1 in an open and entertaining Group B encounter in Cuiaba. The Chileans showed greater […]
AUSSIE APATHY So the FIFA World Cup is almost upon us and as excitement levels across the globe build to crescendo levels, here in Australia its strangely muted. Sure there […]
This weekend saw the final round of a thrilling A-League season and it was all to play for with 9 out of the ladder positions in doubt. Premiers Brisbane Roar […]
With 2 rounds to go in the regular season and the Premiership all sewn up its time to have a look at the best and worst signings of the season. […]
Adelaide 3-1 Sydney FC This intriguing match-up of playing styles started us off this week with swash-buckling Adelaide proving to be far superior than the pragmatic Sydney. Both teams are […]
This week saw a spicy derby encounter plus the runaway leaders pull even further clear writes Rogier Waalder. Melbourne Victory 3 (J Jeggo, J Troisi, K Barbarouses) Central Coast Mariners […]
AUSTRALIA 3-4 ECUADOR There were certainly more high quality clashes in this mid-week round of International friendlies but none will match this game for pure entertainment. Two of the lightweights […]
Loathing players from other national teams is nothing new for football supporters with the likes of Mark van Bommel and Wayne Rooney not really loved outside their own nations. What […]
The A-League was back this week to its unpredictable best with upsets galore plus a game of the season contender. Central Coast Mariners 1 (B Ibini) Wellington Phoenix 4 (K […]
There was only 4 games this weekend but no lack of drama. Adelaide United 2-0 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide’s surge up the ladder continued this weekend with a fairly comfortable […]
We wrap up an intriguing week of the A-League where were saw 1 v 2, 3 v 4 and 5 v 6 all play each other but it was events […]
Melbourne Heart 2-1 Sydney FC J. Germano 52’ C Gameiro 39’ D Williams 89’ […]
ON THE FIELD We are more than half way through the season now and this provides the perfect chance for a summary of how each team is faring thus far: […]
ADELAIDE UNITED Predicted position: 9 X-factor: jugadores españoles Adelaide’s start to the previous season rescued them from dropping out of finals contention, after a horrible dip in form and the […]
South Korea 1-2 Japan Olympic Stadium, Seoul – Attendance – 47, 258 Yoichiro Kakitani scored twice on Sunday to defeat hosts South Korea and claim the East Asian Cup for Japan. […]
For the second match in succession Japan’s promising young forwards scored three times against regional rivals, this time emerging victorious by the odd goal in five against Holger Osieck’s Australian […]
There has been much discussion recently in Australia regarding the Style v Performance debate. What is more important at youth level? To play beautiful and technical football or grind out […]
As the group games come close, teams are progressing as teams are packing their bags and booking their flights home. Will Burns has a review of Matchday eight’s action. AUSTRALIA […]
A huge win for El Salvador, a big win for Colombia, a good win for Paraguay and the first goalless draw of the tournament made the headlines in day five […]
Tournament favourites Colombia and Mexico failed to find winning starts on Saturday afternoon as hosts Turkey got their campaign underway with a great 3-0 victory over underdogs El Salavdor later. […]
After two years of matches in the Asian qualifying tournament, Japan, Australia, Iran and Korea Republic can now book their flights to Brazil for the summer of 2014. Will Burns presents […]
Japan became the first country to qualify for next summer’s World Cup in Brazil with a 1-1 draw against a plucky Australian side on Tuesday. A last minute penalty converted […]
———— Korea Republic 2 (Keun-Ho Lee 60, Heung-Min Son 90) Qatar 1 (Ibrahim 64) Heung-Min Son scored in the sixth minute of injury time for Korea Republic to beat Qatar […]