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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 [...]

Congrats to Norwich City

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

(Out of date, but there we are) Congratulations to Norwich City, who have not only secured promotion to the Championship next year, but also won the League 1 title. Here’s hoping they can build on the momentum of this season and push for Premier League promotion.

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, [...]

Sydney heading to Grand Final after overcoming Phoenix

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

After a roller-coaster final series, Sydney secured their place in the Grand Final next Saturday night by knocking off Wellington 4-2.
It was a good night in the Cove, with most in full voice - particularly in the Cove Bar after full-time - and it was nice to see the side hit the back of the [...]

Last home game of the season for Sydney

Friday, March 12th, 2010

After a near interminable wait between the first and second legs of the major semi final, it’s a nice change to have only six days between matches in the lead-up to the preliminary final. Saturday night represents the last time Sydneysiders will be able to see their team at home this season, with the winner [...]