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If you cross back over to the Italian mainland from Venice and then take the freeway northeast for about half an hour, you’ll eventually arrive at Portogruaro.
The Stadio Piergiovanni Mecchia, home of local side Portogruaro-Summaga, stands as one of the first main sights you’ll see as you enter the town. However very few in [...]

Sydney FC’s penalty shootout hero Clint Bolton has admitted the difficulty of maintaining the focus which won his side the A-League grand final as the club ushered him to the exit door.
Bolton broke down in tears after playing his part in the shootout win over Melbourne Victory which secured the championship – admitting it was [...]

With an A-League championship and man-of-the-match honours secured hours before, Sydney FC grand final hero Simon Colosimo jetted off on Sunday to make the biggest dream of his footballing life a reality.
Colosimo, outstanding in Sydney FC’s gripping penalty shootout grand final win over Melbourne Victory at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night, had no time to [...]

Sometimes the best nights turn out nothing like you’d planned. A chance happening, a change of circumstances, an unscripted turn of events can make what was going to be a quiet one into a belter – destined to be remembered for years and years.
And so it was for the A-League on Saturday night – the competition [...]

Melbourne Victory may be tempted into making a play for Socceroos striker Mark Viduka after their worst fears were confirmed with Archie Thompson’s A-League grand final knee injury.
Thompson is facing a full knee reconstruction and up to 12 months on the sidelines after scans on Sunday confirmed he had ruptured the anterior cruciate and medial [...]

Many of you will read the above title and think “what is this author saying?” It’s OK guys, I’ll explain it to you.
Sitting inside Etihad Stadium on Saturday night, an amazing sensation came over me. Whilst it took 80 minutes to happen, the “sensation” bit me quicker than you could say “Archie Thompson ACL Joint”.
The [...]

The A-League is ready to introduce a Supercup. The winner of the league the season before (home), versus the the winner of the grand final (away). If a team wins the double, then the losing grand final team would play.
It would be a great way to kick-off the season.
The game to be played one week before [...]

Given very little separated Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory throughout the regular and post seasons, it was perhaps fitting last night’s A-League championship decider went to penalties, and perhaps even more fitting it went to the team that finished first past the post.
A hundred and twenty minutes of attritional, confrontational, energy sapping football ultimately couldn’t [...]

Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick was left frustrated that Sydney FC were not penalised more heavily for a string of “blatant professional fouls” in Saturday night’s A-League grand final.
The Sky Blues won a epic match 4-2 in a penalty shootout at Etihad Stadium after the teams were locked 1-1 at the end of extra time.
Merrick [...]

Melbourne Victory’s star striker Archie Thompson is facing up to 12 months on the sidelines after a serious knee injury destroyed his, and the club’s, A-League grand final.
Thompson was stretchered off after 12 minutes following a challenge from Sydney FC defender Simon Colosimo – a strong but fair tackle after which the striker landed awkwardly [...]