The much-anticipated addition of a second Sydney team was realised in 2012, with the FFA announcing that Western Sydney Wanderers would enter the A-League in the 2012/13 season. Western Sydney Wanderers will play out of Parramatta Stadium, and adopted the ‘Wanderers’ nickname with historical reference to the Wanderers team who played King’s School team at Parramatta Common in 1888, the first recorded match of Association Football in Australia. The Wanderers’ inaugural squad, comprised of a mix of former A-League players, local junior talent and overseas professionals, will be coached by Socceroo legend and former Sydney FC defender Tony Popovic. The team’s home playing colours are comprised of red, black and white colours.
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A-League clubs must make their mark in Asia
by Mike Tuckerman, 6 May 2013
One club in Australia has the potential to put the A-League on the map more than any other. Sadly for Gosford-based fans, it is not the Central Coast Mariners. The Mariners will of course play Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande in their two-legged AFC Champions League round of 16 clash this month. Graham Arnold’s battle-hardened outfit [...]
The Wanderers: looking ahead
by Justin Cormick, 4 May 2013
The grand final may have been a disappointing one for the Wanderers, but the 2012-13 A-League season was a still a fairy-tale for Western Sydney. Tony Popovic and co. have a number of positive they can take from the Wanderers inaugural season. Firstly, by winning the league they proved to be the most consistent team [...]
Wanderers release four A-League players
by AAP, 1 May 2013
Western Sydney Wanderers have released three players from their losing grand final side as they look ahead to next season’s A-League and Asian Champions League campaigns. Coach Tony Popovic has repeatedly stressed the Wanderers need to continue to improve next season. The former Socceroo showed on Tuesday he would not shy away from making the [...]
From Highbury to Parramatta: a Wanderers’ fan’s journey
by West, 29 Apr 2013
The criticism of loyalty in sports has usually been about players not honouring the full term of their contract, usually because they are enticed to another club for more money, more prestige or greater chances of success and winning trophies. Nowadays, a football player will rarely stay with the same team all their professional life, [...]
I’m going to miss the A-League this winter
by peter budd, 28 Apr 2013
The Mariners and Wanderers have completed their respective parades; the argument over league and grand final formats is beginning to die down and the summer haunts of record numbers of spectators now contain new pitch markings, posts and the advertising that goes with the three major winter codes in Australia. Many followers of the A-League [...]
Four Wanderers in A-League team of year
by AAP, 27 Apr 2013
Western Sydney Wanderers have been rewarded for their impressive debut season with four players earning spots in the A-League team of the year selected by their peers. Marquee star Shinji Ono, goalkeeper Ante Covic and defenders Nikolai Topor-Stanley and Jerome Polenz all won spots in the Professional Football Australia (PFA) team of the season. The [...]
Who were the real winners from the 2012-13 A-League season?
by Rusty Woodger, 25 Apr 2013
There is little doubting the spectacle that was Sunday’s A-League grand final. A sell-out crowd; an absorbing, European-like atmosphere that was spoken about across the media for days; and a tight battle between the two top teams from the season that was. But, as Central Coast took out the Championship title with a 2-0 upset [...]
Mariners win, but did penalty decisions cost the Wanderers?
by Mike Tuckerman, 22 Apr 2013
A fairytale came true at Allianz Stadium yesterday, though perhaps not the one the media had scripted. The Central Coast Mariners are the new A-League champions and deservedly so. At the fourth time of asking, the Gosford outfit finally achieved what they had earlier failed to do in grand final defeats to Sydney FC, Newcastle [...]
Mariners rain on Wanderers parade and claim first championship
by Caleb Shepherd, 22 Apr 2013
Graham Arnold is an oft-quoted believer that the premiership should be held in higher esteem than the grand final. But the scenes of jubilation on the Mariners bench come fulltime this afternoon show that this win means a great deal to a team that has experienced grand final heartbreak three times in eight seasons. For [...]
Popovic selection blunder of the year hurt WSW
by Beardan, 22 Apr 2013
The Central Coast Mariners won their first A-League title in their fourth Grand Final with a convincing 2-0 win over the Western Sydney Wanderers. It was an excellent display from the Central Coast, who created the better chances throughout the match and deserved the win. Although the Central Coast were worthy winners on the day, [...]
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