Sydney FC won the title, Melbourne won the true game

I thought this was directed at me - and that made me think: what on Earth could I have written to elicit such an overwhelmingly positive response.

Thanks guys - that's it - Urawa. Good clip - pretty mind boggling really - that clip must be from when they won the final, whereas the game I was referring to was a knock out game, either a quarter or semi final. speaking of sociology papers - analysing the Urawa fans would require a whole uni department.

Must be Urawa...unless Sydney were placed with two J league teams. I remember they brought away support to Sydney!!!

Urawa Reds...pictures from the 2007 ACL final; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT_ErA0ew30

Don't worry TFC Man - Outside of The Cove you hear diddley squat at the SFS. Some these ungrateful Sydney people just don't want to give Melbourne credit for anything :)

Fair enough observation. Does anyone remember the ACL semi from about a couple of years back when Gamba was leading - got a mental blank - some big Japanese team - the mob that has won the whole shebang in the previous year - anyway, the home team was down, and the more desperate the situation became, the louder their singing became - and like it sounded like it was the whole stadium singing - it was repetitive, and got a bit tedious, but the fact that they got louder when their team was down was certainly noteworthy. Bloody hell - what is that name of that team??? SFC played them in the year they were in the ACL...

Axel V Mate totally agree, both are as bad as each other,i fear to the long term detrament of Aussie football! I love rivalry, i love passion and i love beating the Victory but before and after the game you are more than welcome to come to the pub with me and my mates and enjoy a beer. Personally i think this 'Tard' 'Scum' thing has gone too far and if people know of people being violent or anti-social (commiting crime) they should tell someone like the cops, it damages football and it damages the reputation of our clubs and only gives the NRL and the AFL ammo.

Maybe you should ask some of the Melbourne supporters on what Sydney supporters have done to them? On youtube this Scum supporter was bragging about how he brought up a massive golly and spat it on the shift of a passing victory fan, to the victory fan's credit he didn't fight him. 2 wrongs don't make a right, Sydney are just as feral (or more so :) ), accept it.

Axel, I guess you weren't at the Duke of Kent in December when Melbourne fans rocked up, threw computer parts to break the windows of the pub then threw flares through the broken windows before attacking Sydney fans who had merely been enjoying a pre-game drink at a Sydney fans only bar.

You failed to mention the 15 minutes where the Melbourne support was silent. It's one thing to sing when your team is winning or has just levelled, but it's another to sing when your team is a point down and really need your support. Nice to see all the Melbourne fans stick around whilst their team received their runners-up medals too...

Agreed, they they've no-one to blame but themselves, but I still can't help but feel it's unfair for them.

Derby I think more to his point is, we're both as bad as each other and stop pretending the bull that AF makes of thinking that Sydney are more chivalrous and civilized than Melbourne, Sydney is not one to preach on sportsmanship and we are both as bad as each other. I never had anything against Sydney, until 2 years ago i saw them marching down the street, many of them viciously eyeballing at me, wanting to take a swing and making provoking chants. I'm just a harmless looking casual victory fan and was with other Melbournians. I've never seen such hatred in the Australian sporting landscape. Credit to the convict cove for making me hate them so much! ;)

Axel V - Maybe these part time active supporters should just pay up and become members if that is the case. Then they can't complain about missing out on a ticket. The bays either side of the BWB were pretty much empty during the season. With the seats in rectangle mode the best seats for $50 were behind the goals. You can now see why some non-active members bought ticket for that area. The good thing was that they got involved in the last 10 minutes. I agree the Sydney chants were more focused and they did a great job. That will always be the case with away support. Only the most passionate supporters travel. The good news is non-active fans will feel more able to participate at the new stadium as they will be closer to the action. They already like doing the north-east- south- west end chants and that will sound great at the new stadium.

I was so sad and the last thing i wanted to see was Sydney lift the trophy. Imagine losing the war to Germany and staying for the inauguration of Hitler in your country? It's a little over the top of an example but you should get the picture! :) That Melbourne fans ran to the exits as Craig Foster put it, shows how much they care about their team.

Actually Art, i dsiagree in terms of the active fans. I thought that the Sydney active fans were more organised and had louder bursts of chanting, but they didn't chant anywhere near as frequently as the Melbourne fans throughout the game. Also lets not forget that the cove have been using alot of football chants that Melbourne have brought in from oversea's :) One thing that i thought was disapointing was some families that have never been to a game the whole year, incorrectly sitting in the active home section. Many part time NT and SE active supporters missed out due to not being members. I'm quite young and i've been to approximately 50 (20 victory) major sporting events over the years, i was wow'd at the levels of intensity in the stadium and EVERYONE getting involved,I have never seen anything close to this, I couldn't help but suspect that the NT and SE members that missed out were at the forefront urging the casual fans to lift our boys! What a moment. MELBOURNE MELBOURNE MELBOURNE! Still shattered about the result and I think I will never get over this, my passion for Melbourne has only run deeper.

@FUN_FACTS One other thing, i didn't see the Victory supporters cheering Corica off when he did his hamstring, no i saw them jumping about loving it. Get over it, you've already said you hate us so why expect us to be nice, it's called passion and rivalry. And we do have a lot of respect for AT he's awesome and a true pro but he's a Victory boy, end of.

@FUN_FACTS Yeah it was unsportsmanlike of The Cove to do that, just as unsportsmanlike as Kruse and Co celebrating in front of the Cove at the SFS in the major semi, deliberatly goading them. You reep what you sew, Victory players didn't respect us so we returned the favour.

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