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November 17, 2008

Appauling Journalism

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Over the weekend a news ltd Journalist (for want of a better description) wrote the most appalling article about our game of Football. The article tries to say that The Adelaide loss to Gamba Osaka last week 5-0 on aggregate was humiliating and virtually guaranteed the demise of Football in this country. Click to continue reading...
Hands On Football @ 05:30 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
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November 15, 2008

West Ham Captain Set For Australia return?

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By Thomas Rooney West Ham United skipper and Australian international Lucas Neill may well be earning millions of pounds playing football in the English Premier League, but he has revealed that he could return to Australia in the not too distant future.   Neill has confirmed that he will swap West Ham for Western Sydney should plans for [. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 06:54 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league

November 12, 2008

Video: Gamba Osaka 2 - Adelaide United 0 (AFC Champions League Final 2nd Leg)

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Japanese club Gamba Osaka won the Asian Champions League when they beat Adelaide United 2-0 in Adelaide on Wednesday. The J. League side tallied a 5-0 aggregate against the Australians. The Australian side's hopes of overcoming a 3-0 deficit incurred in Japan were thrashed when striker Lucas scored twice within the opening 15 [. Click to continue reading...
Football Fashion @ 08:35 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , AFC Champions League, Adelaide United, Australian A-League, Gamba Osaka, J-League, Video, Videos, a-league, gamba, sports

November 5, 2008

Video: Gamba Osaka 3 - Adelaide United 0 (AFC Champions League Final First Leg)

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TOKYO - Japanese giants Gamba Osaka brushed past Australian A-League side Adelaide United of 3-0 in the first leg of the Asian Champions League final today. Brazilian striker Lucas put the Gamba in front in the 37th minute as he sprung Adelaide United's offside trap before finding the net with a deflected shot. Click to continue reading...
Football Fashion @ 11:21 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , AFC Champions League, Adelaide United, Australian A-League, Gamba Osaka, J-League, Video, Videos, a-league, gamba, sports

November 2, 2008

Gold Coast United FC

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Gold Coast United FC I have spruiked about these guys before. Being a Coastie I am firmly in their corner for next season. Supporters Forums A couple of supporters sites have sprung up and have already begun trying to form themselves into a home end supporters group. Although this is not everyone's cup of tea. Click to continue reading...
Hands On Football @ 12:31 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
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October 28, 2008

New Gig

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You can find my latest piece on FourFourTwo here. It is just a short article on the lack of genuine wingers in the A-League. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 10:03 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league

October 24, 2008

Route One Derby

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The F3 derby could be renamed the route one derby, well at least for the most recent addition in this rivalry anyway. The rate at which the Mariners were pumping those long balls up was alarming and this kind of football is very much an acquired taste. It will also leave a foul taste in [...] Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 11:09 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league

October 23, 2008

Is Simulation Killing Our Game??

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Is Simulation Killing our Game?? John Kosminas outburst last weekend earn t him an official reprimand from the FFA but no fine. What he was all upset about was his Captain, Ian Fyfe being sent off with minutes to go for hitting the back of Adrian Trinidad's Head. In actual fact it was a slight tap  [. Click to continue reading...
Hands On Football @ 06:01 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
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October 22, 2008

Video: Adelaide United & Gamba Osaka Advance to Asian Champions League Finals (Highlights)

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In an all J-League battle, Gamba Osaka stunned defending AFC Champions League holder Urawa Reds 3-1 away to reach their first Asian Champions League final today. Gamba will face Adelaide United in next month's final after the Australian side completed a 3-1 aggregate victory over Zico's Bunyodkur in Tashkent in the other semi-final. Click to continue reading...
Football Fashion @ 11:55 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , AFC Champions League, Adelaide United, Australian A-League, FC Bunyodkor, Kuruvchi, Rivaldo, Video, Videos, a-league, sports, zico

October 18, 2008

Newcastle v Melbourne

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Man Of The Match: This probably should go to Marko Jesic for scoring the winning goal but Edmundo Zura was nothing short of outstanding, despite missing a penalty in the first half. We are still to see the spider mask come out but with performances like this, surely this is not far away. His work [.. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 08:22 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league

October 12, 2008

Crowded House

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For Melbourne, Hernandez is again available for selection. It will be interesting to see if Hernandez comes straight back into the team, which will probably be the case, and if so, who will be the unlucky midfielder that will be dropped from the team that destroyed Perth. Bredner and Pondeljak are likely candidates for [. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 06:47 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league

October 8, 2008

Video: Adelaide United 3 - FC Bunyodkor Kuruvchi 0 (AFC Champions League Semi Finals)

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Adelaide United took a giant stride towards their first AFC Champions League final on Wednesday. The Australians scored three second-half goals to crush Uzbeki giants FC Bunyodkor Kuruvchi 3-0 in their semi-final first leg, ensuring a handy buffer when they travel to Tashkent for the return tie on October 22. Click to continue reading...
Football Fashion @ 01:40 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , AFC Champions League, Adelaide United, FC Bunyodkor, Kuruvchi, Rivaldo, Video, Videos, a-league, sports, zico

Adelaide United v Bunyodkor

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Result: 3-0 Attendance: 16,998 (Record attendance for Adelaide United. Congratulations!) Crowded House: Watching on TV, the atmosphere at the packed out ground looked amazing. For the 90 minutes, the drums thundered and the fan sang. It was electric. The other codes can only dream of international nights like this. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 08:16 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Olyroos, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league

October 3, 2008

Round 7: Adelaide v Central Coast

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Result: 3-3 Attendance: 9024 Man of the Match: This was very hard to pick since a lot of players had an up-and-down game. Captain reliable Travis Dodd was consistently dangerous throughout the night, running very direct at defenders which caused the Mariners all sorts of problems. He capped his game with a penalty. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 08:59 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Olyroos, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league

COMPETITIONS: Pan Pacific Championship Still On for 2009

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So says Sunil Gulati's Australian counterpart, Ben Buckley, Chief Executive of Football Federation Australia. Buckley is heading to a meeting of football top bosses at Stanford Bridge which US officials are not surprisingly absent from.

Here is an excerpt from the story:

"Buckley, meanwhile, has hosed down suggestions the Hawaii-based Pan-Pacific Championship - which involved Sydney FC early this year - has been scrapped after just one tournament.
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MLS Rumors @ 10:50 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Major League Soccer, a-league, pan pacific championship

October 2, 2008

Welcome Back Bleiberg

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Like him or loath him, there is no doubt that Miron Bleiberg is a personality and I welcome his return to the A-League, if nothing than just for entertainment value. To be honest, we don't have many personalities when it comes to the managers. Hopefully Bleiberg can spice things up a bit. He reminds me [. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 09:05 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Socceroos, a-league

October 1, 2008

Fine Form Awarded

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It's pretty hard to disagree with any of the A-League players selected by Pim as form was evidently the determining factor in selection. Shannon Cole continues his meteoric rise in Australian football and his ability to hit the ball with both feet is something few other players in the squad have. In him and [. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 11:22 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Olyroos, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league

September 30, 2008

Rethink

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In my previous match reports, I have been very critical of Jedinak. I argued that I didn't think he had much of a future in the national team. I've only recently started to watch him week to week  (and yes, paying for Foxtel is a pain and a drain) and now I understand why [...] Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 01:59 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Olyroos, Socceroos, a-league

September 29, 2008

A-League Round 6

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Player of the Week Adrian Caceres has become a real live-wire in the centre of the Mariners attack. With a goal and an assist (although there was shocking marking and positioning by Perth defenders for both goals), he provided a real classy edge in a dominant Mariners performance. When I did the preview for the [. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 05:11 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, a-league

Rethink

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In my previous match reports, I have been very critical of Jedinak. I argued that I didn't think he had much of a future in the national team. I've only recently started to watch him week to week  (and yes, paying for Foxtel is a pain and a drain) and now I understand why [...] Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 01:59 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Olyroos, Socceroos, a-league

September 28, 2008

Weekend of upsets

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Last weekend's string of unpredictable results in the English Premier League has been mirrored in Australia proving the A-League remains as competitive as ever.

While Hull City were shocking Arsenal and Wigan upsetting big spending Manchester City, closer to home joint league leaders Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory both lost matches they were widely anticipated to win. Click to continue reading...
Soccerphile World Cup Blog @ 07:47 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, English Premier League, Hull City, Melbourne Victory, Michael Zullo, Queensland Roar, Rugby League, Sydney FC, Tournaments, a-league, australian soccer, central defenders

September 25, 2008

'Cornflake' banishes demons

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It's been an emotional couple of weeks of Adelaide's Robbie Cornthwaite.

The club's foundation defender has not only found himself unwittingly dragged into a spitting storm but he's also been the target of abuse from his own supporters for scoring a horror own goal in the away leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-final against Kashima Antlers

But on Wednesday night in Adelaide, Cornthwaite banished all those demons with a tie-winning headed goal which secured a 2-1 aggregate win over the 10-time Japanese champions and a passage into the final four. Click to continue reading...
Soccerphile World Cup Blog @ 07:56 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: ACL, AFC Champions League, Asia, Aurelio, Australia, Final Four, Graham Arnold, Tournaments, a-league, australian soccer, demons, heartbreak, reds, teamer

September 18, 2008

GRAND FINAL 2008: Central Coast v Newcastle Jets - Goal

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Soccerphile World Cup Blog @ 10:38 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Tournaments, World Soccer, a-league, bet

September 12, 2008

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

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Melbourne continued their very impressive start to the season with a 1-0 victory after going down to 10 men after Ney Fabiano being sent off for a spitting incident. This performance was probably more impressive than the 5-0 demolition of Newcastle given the way Melbourne controlled the game and limited Adelaide to only a [. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 09:26 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Newcastle United, Olyroos, Socceroos, a-league, fabiano, victory

September 10, 2008

A-League Round 4 Preview: Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

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By Bobby Freakout In what shapes as the match of the season thus far, United travel to the Telstra Dome on Friday night to take on the A-League's early pacesetters. Form Guide Both teams sit on 7 points with two wins and a draw, though Melbourne's positive goal difference of 7 has them leading the league [. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 11:37 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Socceroos, Telstra Dome, a-league, friday night

September 9, 2008

Nearpost Podcasts: Oz Under 20 Coach Jan Versleijen

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This weeks poddies.





National Show Download

Includes David Hall Editor of Australia's newest Football Magazine Australian Football Weekly.

Also AIS Coach Jan Versleijen talks about his role as Under 20's Coach.

And our very own "Not Setanta Australia segment with Guus Hiddink, Charlie Tim Tam Miller, Ricky Herbert and We've found Arnie. Click to continue reading...
Football in the Capital @ 06:10 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , AIS, Australia, Australian Football Weekly, Australian football, Capital Football, David Hall, Guus Hiddink, Jan Versliejen, Sam Munro, Scott Conlon, Socceroos, Sydney FC, Tuggeranong United, a-league, ricky

September 7, 2008

SBS shoot down South Melbourne A-League bid.

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Southern Cross FC are bidding to be an A-League team in 2010. Same as Canberra. And Les Murray from SBS is an Ambassador for the bid.

Biased? Hardly...couldn't be more Canberra friendly....

SBS reported today on Les' show that Les Murray was with the bid team when they presented to the FFA last week. Click to continue reading...
Football in the Capital @ 04:00 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Canberra, FFA, Ivan, SBS, South Melbourne, a-league, media

September 4, 2008

Daily Dose: 09.04.08

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Stuff to read while you get an elephant addicted to heroin.... A ref banned for being garbage to ref this weekend's Scotland-Macedonia qualifier. (Guardian) How not to treat a pitch invader. (Dave's Football Blog) Sky Sports reads an email on air insulting Geordies. (The Spoiler) More thoughts on Man City ownership. Click to continue reading...
The Offside @ 09:00 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Australia, Barcelona, Bundesliga, Daily Dose, Hoffenheim, Macedonia, Man City, Manchester City, Scotland, Sydney FC, Thierry Henry, World Cup qualifying, a-league, barca, blog, email, guardian, nick hornby, offside, referee, sky sports, spoiler

September 1, 2008

Daily Dose 09.01.08

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Something to read while you file for 82 divorces... David Bentley dancing around like a fool (The Beautiful Game) Terrible season for Cobh Ramblers (Pitch Invasion) Round 3 round up from Australia (A-League Offside) Joey Barton states the obvious (NUFC Blog) Don't show up late for a match in Uruguay (FCL) Gabby Agbonlahor has been busy (Unprofessional Foul) The mystery behind the [. Click to continue reading...
The Offside @ 08:19 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Australia, Bentley, Cobh Ramblers, Daily Dose, David Bentley, Irelannd, Joey Barton, Newcastle United, a-league, agbonlahor, beautiful game, fool, gabby agbonlahor, meat, mystery, offside, pitch invasion, uruguay

August 26, 2008

A-League Round 2 Wrap

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Was that the most entertaining and exciting round of A-League ever? With an average of 4.5 goals a game, it probably was. And it was a round that was all about the foreigners, as well as some established local stars. Queensland v Adelaide For the Roar, the three foreigners combined to score an exquisite, and highly technical, [. Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 06:37 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Olyroos, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league, queensland, roar

Podcast: Gary Phillips, Paul Hansford and all the A-League wrap

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Nationally we have W-League Jets Coach and Under 17 Australian Women's Coach Gary Phillips, 442Editor Paul Hansford on why they want to talk to Graham Arnold.










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Locally we go in-depth with Woden Valley and ACT Rockets star Marcin Zygmunt. Click to continue reading...
Football in the Capital @ 06:23 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , FourFourTwo, Gary Phillips, Graham Arnold, Marcin Zygmunt, Nearpost radio, Newcastle Jets, Paul Hansford, Podcast, W-League, Woden Valley, a-league, coach

August 22, 2008

Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets

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If you can get your hands on this game or view a replay, do it as this 3-3 draw was the most entertaining A-League game I have ever seen. It was really all about the foreigners who all played a significant part in the goals and the game overall. There is often a lot of [...] Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 09:42 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australia, Australian football, Football, Olyroos, Soccer, Socceroos, a-league, foreigners, replay, youth football

I Fink he's talking Turkey. Did you gobble it up?

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Jesse not finking this week

The thing about blogging is you can write some good stuff, some true stuff, some stuff you make up, and some stuff no-one will believe or think is any good because it probably isn't.

But when you write for a Professional Football site in Australia like our Jesse, "I want Nicky Carle, and Arnie must go", Fink. Click to continue reading...
Football in the Capital @ 04:33 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , English Premier League, Jesse Fink, Melbourne Victory, Patrick Kluivert, Professional Football, Romario, Sydney FC, World Cup, a-league, dwight yorke, midfield, misses, striker, suker

August 19, 2008

Future Socceroos - Part 2

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The Maybes The following players should earn caps during the course of the career. The question is more how many and how significant their contribution to the Socceroos will be. Mark Milligan - Did Mark Milligan's Socceroo career reach its peak with his selection for the 2006 World Cup and his involvement in the 2007 Asian Cup? Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 06:21 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Asian Cup, Australia, Australian football, Football, Mark Milligan, Olympics, Olyroos, Soccer, Socceroos, World Cup, a-league, caps

July 30, 2008

Mark Bosnich is Back!

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If you're overweight and bankrupt, then what better solution than a return to professional football? You get lots of exercise, and the money's pretty damn good. Even in the A-League. Ex-Villa, Man Utd and Chelsea keeper (and, we might add, ex-cocaine fiend) Mark Bosnich tried the big comeback last season at 35 years old, but his [. Click to continue reading...
The Offside @ 11:00 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Australia, Central Coast Mariners, Chelsea, Danny Vukovic, Manchester United, Mark Bosnich, Professional Football, Queen's Park Rangers, a-league, aston villa, cocaine, exercise, money
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