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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: 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 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
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
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
Did You Catch It? 3-5 Sept. 2010
The international weekend in review! Continue reading
Catch Them If You Can — 3-5 Sept. 2010
Between oddly scheduled Euro qualifiers and a holiday Monday in America, it’s a really long weekend of footy. 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
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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