Posts Tagged "A-League grand final"

There is little doubting the spectacle that was Sunday’s A-League grand final.

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It was a gigantic victory for football off the pitch yesterday as the A-League Grand Final shattered the ratings for the past three years by nearly 50%.

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Graham Arnold is an oft-quoted believer that the premiership should be held in higher esteem than the grand final.

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Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic declared his Wanderers would return even bigger and better next season after stumbling at the final hurdle in their stunning entry to the A-League.

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The 2013 A-League grand final proved you can have two fairytale stories concurrently.

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Played in front of 42,102 at Sydney FC’s home ground of Allianz Stadium, a battle was waged between the two best teams of the season.

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After three failed attempts Central Coast finally won their maiden A-League championship, ending Western Sydney’s remarkable debut season with a 2-0 win in Sunday’s Allianz Stadium decider.

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The Central Coast Mariners have won their first A-League Grand Final, beating the Western Sydney Wanderers 2-0.

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The Central Coast Mariners lead this evening’s 2013 A-League Grand Final 1-0 over the Western Sydney Wanderers at half-time, courtesy of Patrck Zwaanswijk header in the final minutes before the whistle.

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The 2012/13 A-League season saw a number of coaches promise to try and play “attack based, possession based football”, but two teams remain – the two that have consistently played structured, organised, counter-attacking football.

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The two benchmark clubs of the 2012/13 A-League season, who face off in the grand final, Western Sydney Wanderers and Central Coast Mariners, are polar opposites in the A-League spectrum.

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Teams coached by two great friends and former teammates will clash amid a flurry of subplots in Sunday’s A-League grand final.

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A-League administrators have been the subject of some deserved criticism over the years, but as we approach the most anticipated final in the competition’s history, credit needs to be given where it is due.

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As many A-League fans will be well aware, this season’s finals series has been given a face lift.

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Forget last season’s grand final win, forget the dominant 2010-2011 side which came back from the jaws of defeat to clinch what many believe to be the greatest A-League grand final in its short history.

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The FFA’s decision to scrap the major and minor semi-final ties in the A-League finals revamp will create a much-needed element of surprise come grand final day.

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The time has come for the A-League to embrace an existence as a pure football competition by doing away with its finals system, and adopting a ‘first past the post’ system of determining its champion.

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This time it was an on-field controversy, as a contentious penalty decision marred the nation’s football finale, only adding to the recent off-field dramas that have rocked the A-League.

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11 years ago, in the 2000/2001 NSL grand final, a then-27 year old Mark Shield was on the sideline as the experienced Eddie Lennie took charge of the decider which saw the Wollongong Wolves beat South Melbourne 2-1.

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In the wake of Chelsea’s victory over Tottenham in the semi finals of the FA Cup, the ongoing debate surrounding goal-line technology in football has again reared its ugly head.

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