Central Coast Mariners 3 Sydney FC 1 If anyone thought that champions Sydney FC would coast to victory in a one-sided demolition in Gosford, they have a short memory. A dreary day in the jewel of the Central Coast’s crown saw the Sky Blues outmanoeuvred in a clever display of patient football from the homeContinue reading “Sydney champions all at sea”
Category Archives: A League
Fiery Sydney tease Wanderers
Western Sydney Wanderers 1 Sydney FC 2 Game management usually means taking the ball in the corner, shielding the ball and waiting for the foul. Sydney FC, leading by the single goal, took it to a new level by simply keeping the ball, the intricate passing and close control of their silky-footed squad making itContinue reading “Fiery Sydney tease Wanderers”
Wanderers’ bold NPL move
Football NSW will announce the new structure of their female competitions with the much awaited Declaration of Leagues on September 26th, and now that the successful Institute program is no more, Western Sydney Wanderers have made their move. Expectations of a straight swap with the former Institute entity in the top tier NPL1 league haveContinue reading “Wanderers’ bold NPL move”
This is the best trip… Global Football Week, Melbourne 2024
With the Sydney FC season over and done with, only the Grand Final remaining in the A-League men’s season, Global Football Week came around quickly to keep the football diary pumping at a furious pace. As a lifelong Newcastle fan, born in the same town as Bobby and Jackie Charlton and hailing from a smallContinue reading “This is the best trip… Global Football Week, Melbourne 2024”
Gosford lock-in as Sydney exit
Central Coast Mariners 0 Sydney FC 0 Sydney FC fans enjoyed a fabulous season-ending party at Central Coast Stadium as the the Sky Blues besieged the Mariners goal and went down with a fight to the premiers on a cold, wet, breezy but magical A-League evening. There was drama and excitement in spades to makeContinue reading “Gosford lock-in as Sydney exit”
Damage limitation as women steal the show
Sydney FC 1 Central Coast Mariners 2 Sydney FC lived to fight another day as their nine remaining players battled to the end to keep the scoreline down, setting up a classic finals encounter in Gosford next weekend. A miserable evening burst to life when Joel King somehow finished midway through the first half, butContinue reading “Damage limitation as women steal the show”
Sparse crowd enjoy VAR nonsense
Sydney FC 4 Macarthur FC 0 The Sydney conspiracy was in full swing on Saturday night as Macarthur FC fell foul once again to the spectre of the dreaded VAR. Playing against a ten-man Bulls is nothing new, and indeed last time these two teams met, the Sky Blues were hapless in finding a wayContinue reading “Sparse crowd enjoy VAR nonsense”
Tony Tiger and Special K serve up a cold dish to visitors
Sydney FC 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 An incredible evening of A-League entertainment came down to the final minute of additional time when Jaiden Kucharski’s volley looped into the net to seal a great win for Sydney FC against the auld enemy at Allianz Stadium. A game that had the fans rapt from the openingContinue reading “Tony Tiger and Special K serve up a cold dish to visitors”
What a Cancar as Sydney crumble
Newcastle Jets 3 Sydney FC 1 Happy birthday to me. Bah! After half an hour we were wondering what had gone wrong as the Sydney FC defence left the right back spot completely unguarded on multiple occasions and succumbed twice to relatively soft Jets goals. With Robbie Mak sent off for a ridiculous moment soonContinue reading “What a Cancar as Sydney crumble”
Sydney serve up rotten eggs in Victory collapse
Sydney FC 0 Melbourne Victory 4 The Canberra hangover continued at a beautiful sunny Leichhardt Oval on Easter Sunday as Sydney FC managed to throw away what was left of their premiership crown with an insipid performance against their biggest rivals Melbourne Victory. The consolation of Western Sydney missing out, the thoughts of what aContinue reading “Sydney serve up rotten eggs in Victory collapse”