Canberra United 1 Sydney FC 0 The best ever scheduling of a rearranged A-League game gave us a 4pm Wednesday kick off at McKellar Park for a potential crowning of Sydney FC as unlikely premiers of the A-League Women’s 23/34 season. Tacked on to the Socceroos’ Tuesday night in Canberra, this timing allowed us toContinue reading “APL Conspiracy ensures final day drama”
Category Archives: A League
Half a game better than no game at all
Sydney FC 3 Adelaide United 0 So, have you ever seen only half a game? I’m not talking on the telly, or rocking up early to your game early and seeing half of the game before, this is about the one game that you wanted to see, and you only caught a part of it.Continue reading “Half a game better than no game at all”
Ten-man Sydney denied
Sydney FC 1 Brisbane Roar 1 A superb performance from Sydney FC after going down to ten men due to the contentious sending off of Jake Girdwood-Reich gave the fans plenty of cheer to round off the weekend at Allianz Stadium. When Robbie Mak netted for the home team in front of the Cove, anContinue reading “Ten-man Sydney denied”
Pride of Sydney closes the gap
Sydney FC Women 3 Western United 1 A splash of colour, a beautiful sunset and almost 3,500 fans flocked to Leichhardt Oval for Pride Round on a wonderful evening in the Inner West of Sydney. Abbey Lemon gave Sydney a deserved early lead as they started strongly, Cortnee Vine extended the lead in the secondContinue reading “Pride of Sydney closes the gap”
Six point Saturday as Sydney is confirmed as Sky Blue.
Western Sydney Wanderers 0 Sydney FC 2 (Women)Western Sydney Wanderers 1 Sydney FC 4 (Men) If you ever wanted to experience what is good and what is bad about football in Australia, Saturday’s double-header at Commbank Stadium was the place to be. The unbelievably poor treatment of football fans, the assumption of guilt, the expectationContinue reading “Six point Saturday as Sydney is confirmed as Sky Blue.”
Some people are on the pitch
Sydney FC 1 Melbourne City 1 The evening’s hors d’oeuvre to the main meal in Uzbekistan on this day of Saint Taylor took us to Allianz Stadium for a real test for Sydney FC’s growing credentials as a top six side. A superb first half that saw the reborn Jordan Courtney-Perkins rifle in a contenderContinue reading “Some people are on the pitch”
Sing or f*ck off
Sydney FC 2 Adelaide United 1 What is it with English geezers that they think they can come into a busy A-League home end and try to call the shots? This is Australia lads, no one gives a shit about how your faraway team’s stadium is sold out every week and how you think youContinue reading “Sing or f*ck off”
Costa Centrico is Sky Blue
Central Coast Mariners 1 Sydney FC 3 A day out under he palm trees at Central Coast Stadium is one that we look forward to each season, and this year we were treated to an absolute corker. Sydney FC, hardly firing on all cylinders recently, were simply unstoppable as they raced to a three-goal lead,Continue reading “Costa Centrico is Sky Blue”
Sydney’s rabid second-half siege
Sydney FC Women 3 Perth Glory 1 A game that appeared to be adhering to a familiar pattern burst into life in the second half as Sydney FC asserted their dominance and swept visitors Perth Glory aside with a fabulous display of relentless attacking. After conceding a ridiculous goal to cancel out Maddie Caspers’ classyContinue reading “Sydney’s rabid second-half siege”
Sydney repay the faith
Sydney FC Women 2 Newcastle Jets 1 The faithful fans of Sydney FC’s women’s team didn’t have to wait long for redemption following Wednesday night’s horror defeat at Leichhardt Oval as the Sky Blues served up their own dramatic win to sink the Newcastle Jets in a thrilling finish. The visitors had scored in theContinue reading “Sydney repay the faith”