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Sydney Start Season Against Victory

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

 Sydney’s first game of Season 6 of the A-League kicks off in under 6 hours, when the Boys in Blue meet the terror tards from the south, the Melbourne Victory. Should be a top match, first meeting between the two since the dramatic penalty goal decided Grand Final that concluded the last season.

Victory have Thompson [...]

A-League Season 6 Kicks Off Tonight

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

 Season 6 of the Hyundai A-League begins tonight with new boys the Melbourne Heart at home to Central Coast Mariners. The addition of the new side means that everyone now plays 30 games over the course of the season: more football for everyone, always a good thing.

Sydney’s title defense gets under way on Saturday night [...]

Heart to play first match tonight

Friday, June 25th, 2010

New club Melbourne Heart will play its first match against A-League opposition tonight when they play Brisbane in Toowoomba. I’m interested to see (well, read) how they go as they seem to have surpassed all expectations when putting together their initial squad. I’m actually kind of staggered when I think about it - I was [...]

Boca Juniors add Phoenix date

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Having already confirmed a match-up with Melbourne Victory, Boca Juniors will also play Wellington Phoenix on their upcoming Australasian tour. Boca are currently in the USA, where they today (AEST) lost to Seattle 3-0.
This current pre-season is already shaping up to be one of the more eventful and exciting, hopefully a few more announcements will [...]

Nicky Carle signs with Sydney

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

After all the rumor and speculation, it’s finally official - Nicky Carle will be Sydney FC’s Marquee player this upcoming season, committing to a 3-year deal at 16:00 today.
Photo #1 from Sydney FC’s twitter feed
Photo #1 from Sydney FC’s twitter feed
This is tremendous news IMHO, as it gives us a creative midfield presence the [...]

A-League Pre-Season Rumblings

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

While we’re still waiting for confirmation of the rumored four team tournament featuring Sydney, Boca Juniors, Rangers and Blackburn, there have been some encouraging signs lately.
The Rangers website has confirmed that the team will be in Australia for 3 matches in July. Boca Juniors have also been confirmed as playing Melbourne Victory on the 16th [...]

A-League 2010-11 Season Draw

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

The A-League draw for the upcoming season was finally released yesterday, giving anxious fans something to pore over while ticking off the days of the off-season. Some interesting features:
- a double-header at the SFS with the Mariners/Perth match played in front of the Sydney/Brisbane game
- Adelaide United to return to Adelaide Oval for a couple [...]

Sydney FC to host four team tournament

Monday, May 10th, 2010

According to the Herald, Sydney FC will host a tournament featuring Rangers, Boca Juniors and Blackburn Rovers. Given the number of stories run by the Herald that turn out to be utter bollocks, I’m not getting excited yet, but this story does at least have a quote from the Sydney CEO confirming negotiations are taking [...]

Sydney FC to play opening pre-season friendly against Macarthur

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Sydney FC will open their pre-season campaign for the 2010/11 season by playing Macarthur Rams at Campbelltown Stadium on June 22nd. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the club and the Macarthur District association

Everton to tour Down Under, will play Sydney FC

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

England Premier League side Everton FC will will be touring Australia in July this year, playing matches against Brisbane, Melbourne Heart and A-League Premiers/Champions Sydney FC. Pretty exciting news for the local scene, following on from last years pre-season tours by Fulham and Wolves, but there is a bit of doubt about what sort of [...]

Photos from the Grand Final

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Been meaning to put these up for a while, was going to post all sorts of things when I got back from Melbourne but Real Life has been getting in the way lately and haven’t really been in the mood. It was an amazing night though, here’s a gallery of photos that sums it up. [...]

Heading to Melbourne

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Absolutely pumped up for the Grand Final this Saturday night - organized Planes and Hotel on Sunday then waited patiently for 09:00 on Monday to secure seats in the Away End. Spent the night having weird-arse nightmares about missing part of the game, running down streets and so on. Odd. All part of the fun, [...]