A-League
The A-League is Australia’s premier national football competition, having replaced the defunct NSL in 2004. Kicking off its inaugural season in 2005-06, the A-League currently features nine teams from Australia and one from New Zealand.
The A-League will commence its seventh season in October 2011, with the league scaled back to ten teams after the removal of North Queensland Fury, two years after expansion saw both the Fury and Gold Coast United enter the A-League, and Melbourne Heart following the year after. Previous winners of the A-League include Sydney (twice), Melbourne Victory (twice), Newcastle Jets and Brisbane Roar. Currently, the two highest-ranked teams gain entry into the group phase of the Asian Champions League.
A-League Articles
by Justin Chadwick - February 8th 2012 @ 5:29am
by Wayne Heming - February 8th 2012 @ 5:21am
by Beau Busch - February 8th 2012 @ 3:17am
Talk of A-League growth to Tasmania has raised the issue of expansion for the sport into new markets, with opinions divided on the wisdom of doing so. With the death of the North Queensland Fury and the struggles of Gold Coast United off the pitch, the difficulties in expanding the competition have been clearly demonstrated. [...]
by anthcol - February 7th 2012 @ 7:41am
Whether it be through tactical ineptitude or players not following instructions, Melbourne Victory play their football with not enough emphasis on the most dangerous position on the park. The central attacking midfield position has been criminally ignored all season by the A League’s most disappointing team. Carlos Hernandez and before him Fred played this role [...]
by Guy Hand - February 7th 2012 @ 3:52am
by Justin Chadwick - February 7th 2012 @ 3:47am
by John Davidson - February 7th 2012 @ 3:41am
With Viteslav Lavicka gone at the end of the season, it’s time for Sydney FC to ready itself for a player clean out. While things have improved off the field for the Sky Blues, it hasn’t gone to plan on the field this season. I wrote the other day that Lavicka leaving was the right [...]
by Tony Tannous - February 7th 2012 @ 3:00am
Jim Magilton, in his post-match press conference for Saturday’s scoreless Melbourne Derby, defiantly argued he’d found a couple of positives he can build on, including a first clean sheet in 13 games and seeing out the last 15 minutes with a man down. But on the evidence of his work so far for the Melbourne [...]
by jcinque - February 6th 2012 @ 5:51pm
Perth Glory will be shooting for their fifth win in six matches and the opportunity to consolidate their position in the A-League’s top four when they play Gold Coast United at NIB Stadium tonight. Join us for live scores and a detailed description from 10:00pm AEDT. Perth (fourth 28 points) is the form team in [...]
by Liam FitzGibbon - February 6th 2012 @ 7:42am
THE ROAR ON