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?”

Trials, retentions, resilience and goodbyes

There’s nothing quite like representative football to stir emotions as the end of the season gives way to the official trials period and those young players who have not secured a position for 2026 are put through the ringer in the hope of securing another year of top flight football in their region. Football NSWContinue reading “Trials, retentions, resilience and goodbyes”

Final day agony after City hit six

Blacktown City 6 Camden Tigers 1 An incredible scenario played out on the final day as the Football NSW Girls Youth League 2 Under 18s reached its crescendo on the first sunny weekend of August. With Camden Tigers putting up a fight and SD Raiders unable to break the deadlock in the other key gameContinue reading “Final day agony after City hit six”