Newcastle Jets 2
Central Coast Mariners 0

A-League Major Semi Final - First Leg
@ EAS, Newcastle
Crowd: 22,960
Date: 2008-02-27

Newcastle have almost secured a maiden Grand Final berth after defeating their nearest rivals 2-0 tonight. Central Coast will face an uphill struggle to overcome the Jets, needing to score goals without conceding — the away goals rule will be [...]

Sydney FC 0
Queensland Roar 0

A-League Minor Semi Final - First Leg
@ SFS, Sydney
Crowd: ~23,500
Date: 2008-02-25

It’d be remiss of me to not write anything about the Packers’ sad exit in OT from the NFC Championship game, but it’s a damn struggle to come up with anything apart from expletives. Such a shame the way it went down too — a Favre pick after starting with possession in OT and a [...]

Due to Queensland Roar’s home venue - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane - hosting a concert on Tuesday, Sydney FC have been forced to play the first leg of their semi-final series at the SFS, thereby losing any advantage from finishing above the Roar in the A-League. This is rubbish, pure and simple. If the Roar have [...]

The match-ups as the teams fight it out for the Championship are as follows:
Minor Semi-Final (2 Legs): Sydney vs Queensland
1st Leg @ Sydney on Fri, 2008-01-25
2nd Leg @ Brisbane on Fri, 2008-02-08
Major Semi-Final (2 Legs): Central Coast vs Newcastle
1st Leg @ Newcastle on Sun, 2008-01-27
2nd Leg @ Gosford on Sun, 2008-02-10
Preliminary Final: Loser Major Semi [...]

Adelaide shocked Queensland Roar 2-0 to complete the final round of the home-and-away season and, in doing so, have handed Central Coast Mariners the Premiers Place. Congratulations to the Coasters, they’ve really done a good job up there and - to be fair - they’ve been the best side all season. The final standings are [...]

Sydney FC 2
Melbourne Victory 2

@ SFS, Sydney
Crowd: 33,458 (Season High)
Date: 2008-01-20

Just two more games to go before the A-League Premiers Plate (along with a spot in the ACL 2009) is handed to the top team in the league. Going into the Sunday fixtures of the final round, Central Coast sit on top of the ladder, equal on points with Newcastle but ahead on goal difference. [...]

Right, I have a new (-ish) camera to play around with, so I’ve decided to re-do the shots of my various collections. First cab off the rank (and hopefully not the last) is my Japanese (Region 2) Anime DVD collection, now housed snugly in the protective confines of this freshly fixed-up cabinet (I still have [...]

Queensland Roar (8-7-5) 0
Sydney FC (8-7-5) 0
@ Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Qld.
Crowd: 31,933
Despite the attendance of a season high Brisbane crowd of almost 32,000, neither side could settle into a decent rhythm and as a result the match never became much of a spectacle. Following this result, all the top 4 A-League sides go into the [...]