By Liam FitzGibbon
November 27th 2009 @ 12:37am
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Round 16 match-by-match A-League preview
Preview of round 16 of the A-League (all times AEDT):
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CENTRAL COAST MARINERS v PERTH GLORY at Bluetongue Stadium, 8pm
Head to head: Central Coast 9, Perth 1, drawn 3
Last meeting: Central Coast 2 bt Perth Glory 1 at Canberra Stadium, September 2009
TAB Sportsbet: Central Coast $1.88, Draw $3.30, Perth $4
If there were any of Central Coast’s [...]
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pete said | November 27th 2009 @ 4:31pm | Report comment
My tips: CCM, Melbourne, Fury, Sydney, Phoenix
Pippinu said | November 27th 2009 @ 9:38pm | Report comment
Watching CCM tonight, I’m thinking to myself: how on Earth did this rabble beat us by an aggregate of 6-0 at our last two games at the Dome?