Tag Archives: A-League

Erik Paartalu, who has appeared in 85 consecutive A-League and Asian Champions league matches for the Brisbane Roar, is leaving the club to play in the Chinese Super League. In the last two seasons he’s been an absolute beast in his defensive midfield role.  His composure and passing precision in the centre of the field meant that he was the ...

Western Sydney Wanderers 1 Brisbane Roar 0 Melbourne Victory 1 Brisbane Roar 1 Brisbane Roar 0 Perth Glory 1 Adelaide United 0 Brisbane Roar 1 Brisbane Roar 2 Wellington Phoenix 1 Melbourne Heart 3 Brisbane Roar 2 Newcastle Jets 1 Brisbane Roar 0 The photo above was taken at the Caxton Street Pub from the January 2nd game against Wellington ...

SYDNEY FC 1 ADELAIDE UNITED 2 MELBOURNE HEART 3 NEWCASTLE JETS 3 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 0 MELBOURNE VICTORY 1 PERTH GLORY 1 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 2 – BRISBANE ROAR 1 Jurman the Sherman Matt Jurman is a former Sydney FC defender who joined the Roar two years ago.  He was soundly eclipsed on the field by the ...

BRISBANE ROAR 4 – SYDNEY FC 2 ADELAIDE UNITED 1 – MELBOURNE HEART 0 MELBOURNE VICTORY 2 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 2 NEWCASTLE JETS 0 – WELLINGTON PHOENIX 3 PERTH GLORY 0 – WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 Del Piero’s Roar Deal After a dismal three losses in a row saw Brisbane Roar slump to the bottom of the table for the ...

WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 2 – MELBOURNE HEART 1 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 7 – SYDNEY FC 2 PERTH GLORY 3 – NEWCASTLE JETS 2 BRISBANE ROAR 0 – ADELAIDE UNITED 1 SYDNEY FC 2 – PERTH GLORY 1 Notes From Round 5 Well, Sydney FC finally came undone after playing like crap for the first four rounds but inexplicably ending up ...

NEWCASTLE JETS 2 – MELBOURNE VICTORY 1 ADELAIDE UNITED 3 – WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1 BRISBANE ROAR 0 – WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 MELBOURNE HEART 0 – CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 1 SYDNEY FC 2 – PERTH GLORY 1 Notes From Round Four It’s been a weird start to the A-League this year.  I guess football is a game about making the ...

MELBOURNE VICTORY 2 – ADELAIDE UNITED 1 NEWCASTLE JETS 2 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 1 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 0 – SYDNEY FC 1 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1 – BRISBANE ROAR 1 PERTH GLORY 2 – MELBOURNE HEART 0 Notes From Round Three I don’t have a lot of love for Graham Arnold or the Central Coast Mariners but even I felt bad ...

ADELAIDE UNITED 1 – WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 0 SYDNEY FC 2 – NEWCASTLE JETS 3 BRISBANE ROAR 5 – MELBOURNE VICTORY 0 MELBOURNE HEART 1 – WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 1 – PERTH GLORY 0 The Marquee Match Up Sydney FC‘s first home game of the season against Newcastle Jets was a fixture that I think everyone in ...

MELBOURNE VICTORY 1 – MELBOURNE HEART 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 2 – SYDNEY FC 0 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 0 – CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 0 NEWCASTLE JETS 0 – ADELAIDE UNITED 2 PERTH GLORY 1 – BRISBANE ROAR 0 The eighth season of the A-League got under way this weekend and wouldn’t you know it, none of the teams that signed big ...

A-League Season Eight Five months is a long time in Australian football.  The 2011/12 season of the Hyundai A-League probably won’t be remembered as one of the better seasons for the game.  Although I’m happy my team Brisbane Roar successfully defended their title, the season was beset by administrative problems.  Gold Coast United became the second team in successive seasons ...