Every once in a while, when you decide to invest your time into a book, you already have a good feeling about it. This was true about The Eye of the Dragonfly, the autobiographical life and times of media figure Tracey Lee Holmes, especially after attending the launch at Gleebooks in Sydney where she hadContinue reading “Book review : The Eye of the Dragonfly”
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Sydney get away with it in derby
Western Sydney Wanderers 0 Sydney FC Women 0 If Sydney FC’s season is defined by a single point at the end of the season, this was it – a horrible performance from what should have been a dominant away team saw them come away with a draw despite leaving the door wide open during aContinue reading “Sydney get away with it in derby”
West is best but Sydney stay top
Western Sydney Wanderers 1 Sydney FC 0 I’ll level with you, Saturday’s game at CommBank Stadium came on a weekend that included the Matildas in Gosford, the Gladesville Ravens Over 45/2 end of season get together and the work Christmas party. Four epic events in one short weekend. It was big, but the Sydney derbyContinue reading “West is best but Sydney stay top”
Spend your days in the sunshine
Sydney FC Women 1 Central Coast Mariners 0 Sydney FC made it a six point weekend with a hard-fought 1-0 win over the Central Coast Mariners at a sunny Leichhardt Oval on Sunday. The third top-flight football game in three days at this venue, with conditions in total contrast to the previous evening’s win forContinue reading “Spend your days in the sunshine”
Sydney super soaker
Sydney FC 3 Melbourne Victory 0 A second-half blitz by Sydney FC gave the travelling Melbourne Victory faithful absolutely nothing to cheer about as the league’s form team dispatched their arch-enemy in handsome fashion. The skies opened on Leichhardt Oval to give the spectacle an extra edge, which the Cove harnessed to urge their heroesContinue reading “Sydney super soaker”
Sydney storm past Glory
Sydney FC Women 2 Perth Glory 0 While all eyes should have been on Tony Popovic’s experimental team playing Venezuela in Houston with the FIFA World Cup 2026 in mind, we were instead treated to an extended afternoon delight at Leichhardt Oval, Sydney FC women’s withstanding a first half siege to come out of hidingContinue reading “Sydney storm past Glory”
And I like it, I like it, I like it…
Sydney FC 2 Macarthur FC 0 Sydney’s won three in a row! And so sang the Cove after the Sky Blues eventually put Macarthur FC to the sword at a blowy Leichhardt Oval on Sunday afternoon. In the same vain as the last home game, the visitors looked to have stifled Sydney FC’s attempts toContinue reading “And I like it, I like it, I like it…”
Choosing between boys and girls
Sydney FC Women 2 Melbourne City 2 With the bus to Newcastle already departed, and those nailed-on Sydney Women’s Cove members having to decide between one of the best away days of the season for the men’s and the season opener for the women’s, it was Leichhardt Oval that got the nod. Three thousand peopleContinue reading “Choosing between boys and girls”
Hello, hello. Good to be back!
Sydney FC 2 Central Coast Mariners 0 Six months since we last cheered on our boys in blue in a league fixture in Sydney, Leichhardt Oval was the perfect scene to fall in love with football all over again. Despite a creaky showing from our new-look team, the points were secured thanks to a calamitousContinue reading “Hello, hello. Good to be back!”
Australian Championship – what’s that?
There’s just no helping some people. It absolutely amazes me that many football fans in Australia, so caught up in the English Premier League and how their Fantasy team is doing, have no idea what’s going on in their own back yard. Whilst the blame could lay in the low-key advertising of the local scene,Continue reading “Australian Championship – what’s that?”