The North Queensland Fury are one of two new teams who will make their A-League debut in season 2009/10. The Fury have already made some headlines, signing former Liverpool and England forward Robbie Fowler as its marquee player. No doubt a player of Fowler’s calibre will see Nth Qld Fury fans demand positive results from the very outset.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the sudden collapse of Womens Pro Soccer side, the Los Angelas Sol, after just one season. The inaugural regular season champions paid the price for taking a “big spender” approach.
The WPS’ administrators had the option to fund the Sol out of their own pocket for another season, but [...] Read article
Football Federation Australia have entered talks with business and community leaders in Townsville in a bid to help save embattled A-League club North Queensland Fury.
The club’s future is under threat after reportedly losing almost $5 million in its inaugural season and chairman Don Matheson having to scale back his investment in the club.
FFA officials arrived [...] Read article
At the end of their first season as an A-League club, we cannot say with any great certainty that Gold Coast United is a sustainable franchise. It was a tumultuous debut season of off-field debacles that blighted on-field achievement, culminating in penalty shootout heartache and another deplorable crowd figure.
On the park, Gold Coast were exactly [...] Read article
Gold Coast United have missed their chance to finish in the top two on the A-League ladder after being defeated by the North Queensland Fury 2-1 at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday night.
A home crowd of 8,517 got to see the Fury have a win in their last game of the season with David Williams [...] Read article
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
North Queensland coach Ian Ferguson has flagged big personnel changes to his squad ahead of their second A-League season – none of which involve himself or star striker Robbie Fowler.
Ferguson’s side bowed out of finals contention with a spirited 2-0 loss to Melbourne Victory at Etihad Stadium on Friday night.
Now the Fury’s attention turns to [...] Read article
North Queensland Fury have overcome off field dramas to keep their slim finals hopes alive after defeating Newcastle Jets 2-1 at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Tuesday night.
A rescheduled game due to weather conditions saw a small crowd of 4,156 watch a deadlock created by goals from the Jets Matthew Thompson and the Fury’s Chris Grossman [...] Read article
The postponed A-League match between North Queensland and the Newcastle Jets will now be played on Tuesday at Dairy Farmers Stadium.
The match, originally scheduled to be played on Saturday night, was postponed due to heavy rain caused by tropical cyclone Olga.
The Weather Bureau is predicting more heavy showers at the venue over the next 24 [...] Read article
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 [...]
