As Muscat's glorious reign ends, Victory must set sights on Asia
It is somewhat fitting that Kevin Muscat’s final game in an official capacity with Melbourne Victory is on the Asian stage.
It is somewhat fitting that Kevin Muscat’s final game in an official capacity with Melbourne Victory is on the Asian stage.
The A-League season came to a close on Sunday night, with Sydney FC claiming the championship with a penalty shootout victory over Perth Glory.
As the confetti is swept from the surface of Optus Stadium, fans of Sydney FC revel in the knowledge that they are the champions of Australia for the fourth time.
As one of the most dramatic finals series in A-League history approaches its conclusion, Perth Glory and Sydney FC will meet on Sunday at Optus Stadium to decide who will be crowned champion.
With Western Melbourne FC set to join the A-League next season and Macarthur FC to follow in 2020, the A-League will soon be contested by 12 teams from around Australia.
Few have contributed as much to football in Australia as Archie Thompson.
After 27 rounds of home-and-away action and a gripping finals series that produced the unthinkable, Perth Glory and Sydney FC will contest the A-League grand final.
What started with such fanfare will end with little more than a whimper.
The Game of Codes podcast is back to its normal schedule this week, which means today marks a new episode packed with the biggest talking points in Australian sport.
Was it just an illusion or has this European football season had more upstart teams and closer league ladders?
I wish I was writing about the on-field battle that will take place between Perth Glory and Sydney FC this Sunday, but this constant talk about how Optus Stadium will be full of 45,000 ‘bandwagoners’ is really bugging me.
From the very first act against Manchester United in 2012, to possibly the final act against Leicester City in 2019, the sight of Manchester City’s iconic leader striding away and leaping for glory has been a familiar sight.
With the grand finalists set and the season almost complete, we head straight into the talking points from the second week of the A-League finals.
What an effort from Sydney FC’s Reza Ghoochannejhad!
It briefly halted the Ulster Senior Football Championship match between Cavan and Monaghan
Raheem Sterling scored a hat-trick in the 6-0 thrashing.
Perucchini tried to dribble away from the opposition attacker in his own area. but unfortunately lost control of the ball
From the Kent Women’s Plate in the match between Maidenstone United Women and Prince of Wales, comes a goal so bad it has to be seen to be believed
The Matildas will go into the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France full of confidence. Currently (August 2018) ranked eighth in the world, they showed at the 2018 Tournament of Nations what a class act they are.
The Matildas will go into the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France full of confidence. Currently (August 2018) ranked eighth in the world, they showed at the 2018 Tournament of Nations what a class act they are.
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Will be great to see a grand final which delivers. But the rest of the season had been a yawn. I goes on and on and on.t…(more)