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- Member Since:
- March 2009
- Based In:
- Melbourne
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Newcastle United/Melbourne Victory
- Favourite Sports:
- Football,
Latest Articles
Can the Victory reach 50,000 and beyond?
6 days agoAn interesting article by Mathew Windley in the Herald Sun caught my eye today, regarding Melbourne Victory’s plans to grow their support. Windley was interviewing Melbourne Victory CEO Richard Wilson about Melbourne’s ambitions for the future, Wilson asserts an intention to grow the existing 18,432 strong membership (season ticket holders) by over 30 percent over [...]
An All-Star tug of war for star A-League players
14 May 2013In what is turning out to be an intriguing twist to the A-League All-Stars match on July 20, a potentially bitter tug of war is looming of the availability of a number of players. Most significant of these is Alessandro Del Piero. As Tom Smithies writes in the Sydney Morning Herald Del Piero’s current club [...]
Melbourne football facing its demons
9 May 2013Unless you’ve been living under a rock, any followers of the A-League will not have failed to notice the controversial issue of the day – the concept of a consortium representing former NSL powerhouse South Melbourne FC making a $3.5 million bid to at least buy into (if not all of) Melbourne Hearts’ shares, with [...]
Replace A-League finals with FFA Cup
22 Feb 2013In 2011 the FFA made a decision to begin the A-League season later in the year – in October instead of August – which meant finishing the season in April instead of February or March. While this meant there were good television ratings and attendances for the seasons early rounds, the decision is having ramifications [...]
Defining the Melbourne vs Western Sydney rivalry
22 Feb 2013“Welcome to a heaving AAMI Park, don’t doubt it, this is a pivotal game.” These are the words of a certain Mike Cockerill as he began his broadcast of last weekends Melbourne Victory versus Western Sydney match, and indeed the stadium was heaving in front of what was technically a sellout crowd, which sadly still [...]
Bad headlines a sign of football's progress
5 Feb 2013“Soccer’s shame” was the headline adorning the Herald Sun the Monday after a fantastic derby spectacle in front of 41,200 fans at Etihad between Melbourne Victory and Heart the preceding Saturday. The game at Etihad was slightly marred by the childish scene of away fans ripping up seats and throwing some onto the pitch, which [...]
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