Unashamed Football Novels

  • Lucky 31 experiment Round 4 : From riches to rags

    November 6, 2026 by

    If you came hoping for the A-League Tips and Predictions, it’s no longer here. Click on the Football360 website, and see just how badly our panel of experts is fairing with this totally bonkers opening of the 2026/27 season. But while you’re here, we’re in Round 4 of our Lucky 31 experiment, where our panel… Read more

  • Lucky 31 experiment Round 3 : Betting is stressful

    October 30, 2026 by

    If you came looking for the A-League Tips and Predictions, you’re a little lost. It left for pastures new last week and you can find it on the Football360 website, where the panel of experts is busy disgracing itself on a bigger stage. If you came looking for the next instalment in the Lucky31 experiment,… Read more

  • Adelaide get the bird as City fly

    October 26, 2026 by

    Sydney FC Men’s 2 Adelaide United 1Sydney FC Women’s 0 Melbourne City 5 It was a day of fluctuating emotions at Allianz Stadium on Sunday as goals from Sydney FC’s Rhys Youlley and Oriola Sunday cancelled out a comedy opener from Adelaide United and sent the Sky Blues on their way to a vital three… Read more

  • Free-scoring Mariners announce their arrival in style

    October 25, 2026 by

    Central Coast Mariners Women 5 Canberra United 1 The new-look Central Coast Mariners topped off an afternoon of celebrations in Gosford with an outstanding display of pressing football to crush a stunned Canberra United at polytec Stadium on Saturday afternoon. An early goal from in-form Skye Halmarick set the scene, and by half-time, the home… Read more

  • Lucky 31 experiment Round 2 : We’ve moved!

    October 23, 2026 by

    You came here looking for the Round 2 tips and predictions, didn’t you? Well, you’re too late! We’ve been picked up and placed on the Football360 website, where we hope to build up the following that we enjoyed on The Roar. Why are you still reading? You should have already clicked on the link and… Read more

  • Brimful of Asha as Sydney dive

    October 18, 2026 by

    Sydney FC Women 2 Adelaide United 2 A late Olimpico goal from India Breier rescued a point for Adelaide United at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday afternoon as the demons of the last two seasons came back to haunt the Sky Blues after doing more than enough to win. Asha Sutton gave the goal-deprived Sydney… Read more

  • The day that football died

    October 17, 2026 by

    Sydney FC 0 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 A preface to this : every fixture this season will now be tested against the yardstick of the Australia Cup final. The opening fixture of the eagerly-anticipated 2026/27 A-League season was billed as a blockbuster, the Sydney derby, the fierce cross-town rivalry, but by the end of the… Read more

  • A-League tipping Round 1 : We’re back!

    October 16, 2026 by

    Well, all of a sudden, the football gods aligned and we got everyone’s tips in just in time for the opening fixture of the season. We’re back up and running. The motely crew of Stuart Thomas, Andrew Prentice and Texi Smith, refreshed after the longest off-season in the world, are here to guide you through… Read more

  • Football is alive and well in Australia

    October 13, 2026 by

    South Melbourne 1 (4) Melbourne Victory (3) South Melbourne staged a remarkable comeback in extra time to send the Australia Cup final to penalties and create one of the most dramatic scenes in domestic football history at AAMI Park on Saturday night. Trailing to a contentious Denis Genreau strike and seeing their hopes fade, it… Read more

  • Book review : The Coping Stone

    October 5, 2026 by

    When I picked up a copy of The Coping Stone at author Paul Nicholls’ maiden book launch at Gleebooks in Sydney, despite having been told all about it in the fascinating discussion with Dr Ian Syson, I still didn’t really have a grasp of what I was getting myself into. The book, a magnificent square… Read more

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