The 2009/10 season will see Gold Coast United make their debut in the A-league as one of two new teams in the competition. Under the ownership of Queensland Billionaire Clive Palmer, the Gold Coast signed current Socceroos and PSV Eindhoven midfielder Jason Culina as the club’s marquee player. United will play their A-League games at Skilled Park – home of fellow NRL club the Gold Coast Titans.
The race for the A-League minor premiership will go down to the wire with Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory set to fight it out in next Sunday’s blockbuster match at the Sydney Football Stadium.
Sydney’s 3-2 win over Perth Glory at Parramatta Stadium on Sunday, and Gold Coast United’s 1-0 loss at home to Wellington has [...] Read article
Hardly gun-shy after running foul of Football Federation Australia all week, Gold Coast United came out firing after their A-League minor premiership chances were dashed by a 1-0 loss to Wellington Phoenix on Sunday.
Following days of off-field controversies, United coach Miron Bleiberg hinted that the FFA had sent their “best sheriff” to the tourist strip [...] Read article
Billionaire Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer is once again in hot water after accusing the Football Federation Australia of corruption.
The FFA on Friday afternoon hit Palmer with a code of conduct charge after the outspoken Coast chairman alleged the governing body had an agenda against his club.
The iron ore baron faces sanctions for a [...] Read article
Melbourne are in the box seat to claim the A-League minor premiership and Asian Champions League qualification but face an anxious wait on the availability of two key players for their remaining matches.
The Victory will enter the penultimate round of the season on top of the table despite their 1-0 loss to Gold Coast on [...] Read article
Melbourne Victory striker Archie Thompson has sheeted home the pressure to Gold Coast United ahead of their virtual final in the A-League on Friday night.
Thompson says the third-placed Coast are the ones who should be feeling any finals-like nerves ahead of the Skilled Park showdown where Melbourne can secure a top two finish with a [...] Read article
Outspoken Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer on Monday slammed the Australian government’s immigration policies as “racist” after a youngster from Ghana was denied a chance to trial with the A-League club.
The United chairman was also unhappy with the Ghanian government.
Palmer claimed all professional soccer players from Ghana wishing to play for Australian clubs were [...] Read article
This was the most important week of the A-League so far. Gold Coast are running hot, signing Charlie Miller and maybe even Adam Griffiths as the season gets serious, and now they beat Sydney in Sydney 1-0.
Sydney have lost Kofi Danning, Mark Bridge may be slower than John Aloisi, reserves in Brendan Gan, Chris Payne and [...] Read article
Gold Coast reclaimed top spot and sent a warning to their A-League title rivals with a classy 1-0 win over Sydney FC at the Sydney Football Stadium on Sunday.
Backing up from their 2-0 win over Newcastle four days ago, United produced another polished display to become the first team to breach Sydney’s defence in six [...] Read article
It couldn’t have been scripted any better. Sydney FC host Melbourne Victory in the final game of the final round this Sunday with two points separating the two biggest Australian cities. But what are they playing for – the minor premiership or Premiership? Listen to the media and you won’t get a straight answer.
Too [...]
Peruse the various A-League forums in cyberspace, and many fans are claiming that this Sunday’s minor premiership showdown between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory is the most important match in the A-League’s five-year history.
Some supporters have gone as far as suggesting that the Valentine’s Day encounter is the biggest domestic club game ever played [...]
I still don’t get it. Almost everyone feels like the integrity of the A-League has been compromised by Nik Mrdja’s pseudo-loan move to the Victory. Yet, as I wrote on Sunday, this isn’t new.
The A-League’s transfer system is a mess and always has been. Whether it’s the Jets and Song Jin-Hyung or Rostyn Griffiths [...]
Central Coast won their first match in 10 games with a 3-0 victory over a 10-man Newcastle at Bluetongue Stadium on Monday night.
The game was re-scheduled from Saturday, when heavy rain forced it to be postponed, and it was the Mariners who stole the show through goals by Nigel Boogaard, Adam Kwasnik and Matt Simon.
Boogaard [...]
Sydney FC chief executive Edwin Lugt predicts this Sunday’s A-League premiership showdown against Melbourne will be one of the biggest games in the club’s history.
With top spot on the ladder on the line, the Sky Blues are hoping for a crowd in excess of 20,000.
It would blow their season average at the Sydney Football Stadium [...]
When the A-League’s Young Footballer of the Year is announced at the annual awards night a week from today, it should be a decision between the two outstanding youngsters of season five, Tommy Oar and Mathew Leckie.
As was the case on Saturday night at Hindmarsh Stadium, I would expect the Adelaide flier to come [...]
Football Federation Australia has no plans to change the A-League’s controversial injury replacement rule despite the furore surrounding Nik Mrdja’s late-season switch from Central Coast to Melbourne Victory.
Mrdja made his first appearance for the Victory in Friday night’s 2-0 win over North Queensland after he was signed as an injury replacement for Billy Celeski, who [...]
Little more than a year after earning the boos of his own fans, striker John Aloisi was hailed a hero after his match-winning double gave Sydney a vital 3-2 A-League win over Perth Glory on Sunday.
Aloisi’s 87th-minute winner at Parramatta Stadium kept Sydney in the race for the A-League minor premiership, moving them to within [...]
The race for the A-League minor premiership will go down to the wire with Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory set to fight it out in next Sunday’s blockbuster match at the Sydney Football Stadium.
Sydney’s 3-2 win over Perth Glory at Parramatta Stadium on Sunday, and Gold Coast United’s 1-0 loss at home to Wellington has [...]
Hardly gun-shy after running foul of Football Federation Australia all week, Gold Coast United came out firing after their A-League minor premiership chances were dashed by a 1-0 loss to Wellington Phoenix on Sunday.
Following days of off-field controversies, United coach Miron Bleiberg hinted that the FFA had sent their “best sheriff” to the tourist strip [...]
