Sydney FC 1 Auckland FC 1 A Tuesday night early 7pm kick off presented a raft of challenges for the Sydney FC faithful, but the lure of high-flying Auckland FC to Sydney’s suburban masterpiece, Leichhardt Oval, gave this crunch A-League fixture a sense of anticipation. The home side shoehorned in its two new luxury signings,Continue reading “Duty, not entertainment”
Category Archives: Sydney FC
Rudderless Sky Blues easy pickings
Sydney FC 1 Adelaide United 2 Sydney FC’s Valentines Day love-in went off the rails on Saturday night as an insipid performance welcomed two ego-signings to the club with a disastrous home defeat at Allianz Stadium. An early Tiago Quintal strike had the sparse crowd expecting a deluge of goals for the home side, butContinue reading “Rudderless Sky Blues easy pickings”
Better, even with ten.
Sydney FC Women 1 Canberra United 2 The once mighty Sydney FC welcomed Canberra United to Leichhardt Oval on Sunday and went close to snatching something from the game even when reduced in numbers. A much-changed line-up battled to reach half-time at 1-1, Madison Ayson with a slo-mo header, before a silly red card forContinue reading “Better, even with ten.”
Oh, how the mighty have fallen
Sydney FC Women 1 Brisbane Roar 3 Our girls in blue crumbled to another dismal defeat, their obvious failings exposed again for all to see at their Inner West home in Leichhardt, and this time it was Brisbane who hustled their physically weak opponents to come away with the points and send the home teamContinue reading “Oh, how the mighty have fallen”
Expelled, undone, ultimately victorious
Sydney FC 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 (Women)Sydney FC 4 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (Men) Sydney FC emerged from a tempestous derby encounter with a handsome victory against their local rivals in front of a bouncing bumper home crowd, but the day was tarnished with yet another stinking defeat for the women’s team and aContinue reading “Expelled, undone, ultimately victorious”
Uffy, what’s the score?
Sydney FC 0 Wellington Phoenix 2 The much-vaunted return to Allianz Stadium went sour for Sydney FC as a stupid sending-off and a deflected goal changed the complexion of a game that looked to be there for the taking against a patient Wellington Phoenix. Despite the numerical advantage, the home team put up a valiantContinue reading “Uffy, what’s the score?”
Death knell tolls as Sydney slump
Sydney FC Women 1 Newcastle Jets 2 On an evening that tested even the most hardened of Sydney FC fans, the Sky Blues managed to blow their slender lead, succumbing to the ultimate sucker punch from Newcastle Jets in added time to lose yet again, failing to manage the dying moments correctly. A second halfContinue reading “Death knell tolls as Sydney slump”
That’s it! Not coming any more.
Sydney FC Women 0 Adelaide United 0 The return of football to Leichhardt Oval after it was taken out of action post-Christmas presented a glorious chance for Sydney FC to build on a much-improved performance in Melbourne last week, one that they passed up with yet another blank on the scoresheet. A game interrupted byContinue reading “That’s it! Not coming any more.”
Merry f*cking Christmas
Newcastle Jets 2 Sydney FC 0 Sydney FC sent their fans away with very little cheer on Saturday following a dismal defeat in Newcastle that knocked them off their unlikely perch at the top of the A-League ladder. Second-half goals from youngster Will Dobson and Xavier Bertoncello pulled the rug from under the Sky Blues,Continue reading “Merry f*cking Christmas”
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”