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The Oz Files: Will 2011-12 Be A Perfect Ten For The A-League?
While you were sleeping, the A-League kicked off in Oz. Continue reading
The Oz Files: The Matildas & A-League Close Season News
It’s a long winter in Oz, with the A-League delayed a month until October but Tom Pollock notes that there has still been plenty of footy news coming out of Australia. Continue reading
The Oz Files: A-League Playoff Thrillers
Brisbane Roar continue to be kings of the A-League jungle after a stirring fight back in the second leg of their semi-final match. Only two other teams remain and will battle it out this weekend for the opportunity to journey to Brisbane for the Grand Final. Continue reading
The Oz Files: The A-League Finals
The first matches of the A-League playoffs have been played and, as expected, Brisbane have continued their unbeaten run, topping their rivals to host the Grand Final, Central Coast in the away leg of their tie. Meanwhile, two of the four lower seeds have been sent packing. To see who and catch some match highlights, read on… Continue reading
The Oz Files: A-League Finalists Decided, Jets Crash, Phoenix Soar
With the conclusion of the regular season this weekend, the line up for the first week of the finals has been decided and boy, are football fans in for a treat. This season has been the best in the A-League’s short history with a new pace-setter, in the Brisbane Roar, playing an attractive brand of … Continue reading
The Oz Files: The King Is Dead, Long Live The King — Sydney Fall, Brisbane Roar
This week saw the Brisbane Roar officially crowned the premiers of the 2010/11 A-League season. Adelaide’s shock loss to the Wellington Phoenix and the Central Coast Mariners draw with Melbourne Heart means the title of best team during the regular season goes to the impressive Roar for the first time. The dominant Brisbane outfit joins … Continue reading
The Oz Files: Socceroos Heartbreak
Asian Cup Final: Australia 0-1 Japan The Socceroos’ Asian Cup campaign has ended in heartbreak thanks to a fine strike in the 109th minute by Tadanari Lee. The momentary lapse in concentration by the Aussie defence gifted the trophy to Japan who secured their fourth title. It could be argued that Australia had the better of … Continue reading
The Oz Files: A Record-Breaking Week In Australia
Australian football has seen all sorts of new records set in a memorable week. The Socceroos have progressed to the Asian Cup semi-finals for the first time after eliminating Iraq in the 118th minute. Back in the A-League, Adelaide United recorded the highest score in the league’s history, along with its largest margin of victory, demolishing … Continue reading
The Weekend Catch For 22-23 January, 2011
If you don’t think there’s much good footy to watch this weekend, well crank up the TiVo and fasten your seatbelt because we’ve got more than you can handle. No less than seven WFC writers have selected 16 club matches from across the globe. There has to be something in there to tickle your fancy. … Continue reading
The Oz Files: Coast Mariners and Brisbane Roar Share Points In a Thriller
It’s all happening in Australian football. Week 23 of the A-League gave us plenty of great games and great goals. The Socceroos set their Asian Cup campaign off on a good note while if you read my previous article, you’d have seen the great lengths Australian players and clubs are going too to help Queensland’s flood … Continue reading
The Oz Files: Adelaide United Shake Off The Melbourne Monkey
January is a hectic month in the A-League with a ton of matches. The race for the last remaining playoff positions is on and all games are being hotly contested. January also means transfers, giving A-League clubs the opportunity to sign the talent they need to bolster their chances of winning the title. On top … Continue reading
Interesting Socceroos Squad Announced
Holger Osieck’s final 23 man squad for the 2011 Asian Cup next month was recently announced and while there were a few surprises, the general feeling in Australia is there is enough quality for the Socceroos to go all the way. Captain Lucas Neill, Harry Kewell, Tim Cahill and Mark Schwarzer found their way into the squad as was expected, … Continue reading
Hyundai A-League: The Unique Football League
For Australian sport, 2005 was a landmark year. The new Hyundai A-League was launched, promising to ignite Australian interest in football, a game which traditionally played second fiddle to the likes of Aussie Rules, cricket and both forms of rugby. It replaced the old National Soccer League (NSL) which had fallen from grace thanks to the loss … Continue reading
WFC’s Tenth Day Of Christmas: Ten Matches Amazing
Written by Martin Palazzotto, Mohamed Moallim, Thomas G. Clark, Tom Pollock, Matt Dalton, Tapesh Patel & Jeff Cann On the Tenth Day of Christmas, FIFA gave to me Ten Matches Amazing, Nine Wags Enchanting, Eight Landons Leading, Seven Studs-a-Stomping, Six Meals-a-Making, Five Golden Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaalllss!! Four Failing Clubs, Three French Men, Two Keeper’s Gloves and A … Continue reading
Have Melbourne Victory Permanently Ceded Their A-League Throne To Brisbane Roar?
Melbourne Victory, for so long, have been the power club of Australian football. The 2006-7 and 2008-9 champion have been the most consistent club since the inception of the A-League, in 2005. Memories of a disappointing first season when Victory were the worst Australian club in the league were quickly erased in the second season. … Continue reading
All this fuss about Nik Mrdja?!?
Who’s Nik Mrdja? Good question. He’s the player at the centre of the A-Leagues latest and most exciting scandal. Name calling, corruption charges, possible fines, moral panic, outrage, we have it all but before trying o explain who Nik Mrdja is, let’s take a step back and look at the context. Continue reading
What is wrong with Ange Postecoglu?
A league review news round 22 Continue reading
Sydney FC : Back to their Best
Having supported this club since they came in to existence I think it’s fair to say that I’m a little bit biased. Put simply, I’d come to loathe them. Continue reading
Becoming More than Just a League
Robbie Fowler seems to be getting up a full head of goal-scoring steam and Shane Smeltz is continuing to smash them in like he was getting paid for it, which he is, not to mention having a pretty good chance of super sharp shooting New Zealand all the way to the world cup finals if … Continue reading
A-League Season 5: Now Including God
The fifth season of the A-League looks set to be the best yet with new teams, exciting players and a sense of anticipation that there might even be some quality football on show. Continue reading
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