The night had so much promise but ended up yielding only one of the biggest sporting downers I’ve experienced in a long time. It was truly quite cruel in the end - after fighting back to level the tie at 3-3 (2-1 on the night) and forcing extra time, to lose to a poor call [...]

I would have liked to have published this earlier, but due to the previously mentioned site downtime that was impossible. It certainly was a tremendous night and I’d go as far as to say it’s the most I’ve ever enjoyed myself at a football match. Standing and singing with the Cove as the boys in [...]

Melbourne’s Asian Champions League commitments have forced the FFA to make an early decision on the first leg of the Major Semi Final (Teams finishing 1st and 2nd in the league). With the Victory due in Beijing on February 21st for their match on the 23rd -ACL rules require the visiting team to be [...]

Sydney FC captain Steve Corica today announced that this will be his final year as a player, moving smoothly into a coaching role at the club. With the big match against Melbourne this Sunday to decide the Premiership, it adds just a little more spice to an already thrilling end of season.
Personally, I’ve loved watching [...]

They couldn’t have scripted it better - the final game of the season will decide top spot, the first ACL spot, settle the top two positions for the finals and add another more fuel to the already fiery rivalry between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory.
Going into the final round, the current standings look like this:

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1

Melbourne [...]

With all the criticism of the A-League’s Top 6 playoff format rewarding mediocrity, I thought a closer inspection was warranted.
The first point to clear up is the notion that the league phase of the competition only exists to provide the 6 teams for the playoff series. Not true - the league exists to determine the [...]

Sydney FC 3-1 Wellington Phoenix

BELOW: Players celebrate with the Cove after the match

The poor quality emergency toilet paper masquerading as a newspaper, Sydney’s trashy Daily Telegraph, has managed to hit a new low. According to the article, Sydney FC’s crowd last weekend was inflated by approximately 2000. They’ve actually sat down and attempted to do a head count from video footage of the stadium - are these [...]

After being able to throw a handkerchief over the field for much of the opening rounds, it appears there’s finally a bit of a break on at the top of the A-League ladder. Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast have established a little bit of a buffer at the top with Perth and Central Coast perhaps [...]

Pretty decent win by Sydney today to go back to the top of the ladder (with a little help from Wellington - who somehow knocked off Gold Coast to the tune of 6-0!). Bit of a shocking start with the team struggling to get forward at all but after 20 minutes or so it really [...]