As I'm just a little flat-out again, here are some previews from the very talented staff at the
Central Coast Mariners and Canberra United to read while I get my own stuff happening. Well written
and interesting, thanks both Joseph (Mariners) and Chris (Canberra).
Washington to Central Coast – Golebiowski leading Mariners causeBy Joseph CarlucciThe dream of each Australian female footballer is to play at the highest level and represent the
Matildas at a World Cup, and for the lucky few that get the chance to don the Green and Gold, the
feeling is immense.
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Sorry futbol fans as I am again a little late with the television listings again this week, but
it still is busy for us here in Buenos Aires and as long as we get the listings posted by Friday
evening, we feel we're doing pretty well and we hope that everything is here in time to do you some
good.
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So we're halfway through the season now and I think the teams that will challenge for the title,
Brisbane Roar, Sydney FC and the Central Coast Mariners, have separated themselves from the
pack.
I still think that Brisbane are the team to beat (can anyone say depth? they have it in spades),
but there are also a few variables that I think may just come into it.
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So now we are officially halfway through the season and the contenders I think have truly separated
from the pack. Namely, Brisbane Roar and Sydney FC. Within 24-hours of each other, they have both
recorded W-League record scores. It was the Central Coast Mariners that set the record for biggest
ever win in Season 1, with a 5-0 win over Adelaide.
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In his second match for the North Queensland Fury, Robbie Fowler showed that even in the twilight
of his career, he has not lost a single bit of his agility when it really mattered. What was truly
amazing about this ninja kick was that it went unpunished. I checked officially and Fowler did not
even get a yellow card.
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Less than two weeks out now, and woo hoo, another squad! So with Canberra United (who may still
have a few high profile names to come, and one that is very unexpected but exciting), the Central
Coast Mariners, Brisbane Roar and now Melbourne, we are at the halfway mark for teams.
So here is Melbourne, most back from last year including international Marlies Oostdam, who is
joined by two new international visitors, American Julianne Sitch (from women's pro soccer
champions Sky Blue FC) and Canadian Katie Thorlakson.
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SoccerLens 17 September @ 05:15 PM EST
Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory
Hindmarsh Stadium
What will be a very tough encounter, on the basis of revenge. Adelaide losing in the finals of
last season hurt, and will be out to challenge for the title this year. Adelaide so far have been
underperforming, but only just however their performances are deserving of a better placing.
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SoccerLens 17 September @ 04:16 PM EST
Adelaide United 1-0 Central Coast Mariners
Hindmarsh Stadium, 10,262
Adelaide finally won a match, their first since round 1, and in great style in front of ten
thousand fans at Hindmarsh Stadium. Travis Dodd was back from injury, making some quick zippy runs
in the midfield.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Morning y'all. Hopefully this finds you well. As some may have noticed, FP has deliberately stayed
away from posting for a couple of days after that tragic loss to the Central Coast Mariners on
Friday.
He could have throw something, choked someone or kicked anything after that game.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Central Coast 2 (Wilkinson 42, Simon 89)
Perth Glory 1 (Sterjovski 82)
Crowd: 5193
A HARROWING mistake from young goalkeeper Tando Velaphi has resulted in another loss away from home
for Perth Glory in the A-League this season.
Both teams were level on the scoreboard late in the game, when Velaphi misjudged the bounce of a
long ball into the penalty box, slipped over and watched helplessly as Central Coast Mariners
striker Dylan Macallister squared the ball for an easy tap-in for Matt Simon.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
WELL, FP is back for another day - after spending a few hours yesterday with his cousin trawling
through Perth like a couple of wizened tourists.
Though FP was playing the role of the embarrassed tour guide, his cousin was genuinely fascinated
by the city.
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Last year Brisbane Roar played Central Coast Mariners in a Round 3 match that attracted 12,185
people along. This year their round 4 fixture against Central Coast could only manage 6,433. The
low crowds in Brisbane have been focus of media attention over the last two weeks and much
conjecture about the reasons behind this.
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SoccerLens 31 August @ 07:07 AM EST
Round 4 of the Hyundai A-League wrapped up yesterday, with the round producing some mixed and
surprising results.
Adelaide United vs North Queensland Fury
Hindmarsh Stadium 10,733
3-3
10,733 people braved the rain, and the majority watched in horror as North Queensland went ahead
first after Robbie Fowler timed a run perfectly to score off a James Robinson wonder-cross, to the
delight of the captain.
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SoccerLens 27 August @ 02:35 PM EST
On the other side of the world to the eupohoria filled European Champions League, there is
another ‘Champions League'. The AFC Champions League. For those of you unaware of this league, 35
teams participate, either though direct qualification, or if you're from the UAE, Indonesia,
Singapore, Thailand or India, you have the arduous task of a playoff.
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Les Rosbifs 14 August @ 09:25 AM EST
Robbie Fowler got off the mark on his A-League debut last weekend, although his North Queensland
Fury fell to a 3-2 home defeat against Sydney FC. Fowler, formerly of Liverpool and made club
captain, converted a penalty after an hour to level the scores at 2-2. However, former Portsmouth
man John Aloisi scored a winner [.
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We're only an hour or so away from the first match of A-League ver. 5 and already it's promising to
be a cracker of a year!
Two new teams in Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury, new and "unique" kit designs, a host
of new faces from local and abroad, ex-socceroos and marquee talent the likes of Robbie Fowler,
Jason Culina, Mile Sterjovski, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns etc.
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We're only an hour or so away from the first match of A-League ver. 5 and already it's promising to
be a cracker of a year!
Two new teams in Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury, new and "unique" kit designs, a host
of new faces from local and abroad, ex-socceroos and marquee talent the likes of Robbie Fowler,
Jason Culina, Mile Sterjovski, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns etc.
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Les Rosbifs 22 July @ 10:11 AM EST
A special edition of the New Additions feature here on Les Rosbifs. Thanks to the wonderful people
on the SI Games forums, most notably their Australian researcher 'Roger', a whole host of
Englishmen have been dredged up and not just in the A-League. A whole host of English footballers
are kicking about in the [.
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Qantas Young Socceroos Head Coach Jan Versleijen has selected a squad of 20 players to participate
in the Copa Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina as part of his team's preparations for the 2009 FIFA
U-20 World Cup to be held in Egypt starting in two months time. The Qantas Young Socceroos will
face fellow FIFA U-20 World Cup finalists Uruguay and the United States of America as well as
Argentinean Youth team C.
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Les Rosbifs 19 July @ 05:34 PM EST
There's been a clear out of Les Rosbifs in recent days, what with the transfer silly season in full
swing and approximately six weeks of the transfer window still to run. Even though a number of
Englishmen abroad are contracted to their clubs, it gives their owners the prospect of a payday if
they can [.
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Lyall Gorman, Mariners Chairman said,
"It also gives the A-League for Canberra bid supporters the perfect chance to get
behind the game, and further strengthen our support of a truly national competition, with the
imminent announcement of the Hyundai A-League's successful 12th franchise.
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ACT Association for Advancing Disabled Sport and Recreation Inc
Invites you to be entertained by:
Guest Speaker
Lawrie McKinna
Manager – A League Champions - Central Coast Mariners
Master of Ceremonies
Tim Gavel
ABC Celebrity Sportscaster
More details below.
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Les Rosbifs 10 June @ 01:08 PM EST
An update on matters here at Les Rosbifs. Transfer Gossip: In amongst all the megabucks deals for
Kaka, Gareth Barry and, um, Nathan Dyer, there have been plenty of rumours flying about too. One of
interest to Les Rosbifs is the possibility of Byron Webster, currently of FK Most in the Czech
Republic, moving back to the [.
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Socceroos win 2-0 with a comfortable victory over the ninety minutes.
David Carney scored, and the old faithful Mile Sterjovski popped one in.
We have maybe 50 plus players fighting to get on that plane, over the next twelve months, and
Australian players will be doing their utmost to get in the 23.
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In recent years, Turkish Superleague teams have signed numerous players from Australia. Especially,
Genclerbirligi (located in the country's capital Ankara) has signed threes Australian youngsters,
who have been doing quite well in the league: Bruce Djite (from Adelaide United, James Troisi
(Newcastle United), and Mile Jedinak (Central Coast Mariners).
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Dirty Tackle beat us to this by about three days, but it's too good not to post. It's from the May
19th Asian Champions League game between China's Tianjin Teda and Australia's Central Coast
Mariners. Very nice PDF match report here (maybe the future really is Asia?) Tianjin are 1-0 up and
CCM have a corner [.
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The Central Coast Mariners will not advance to the knockout stages of the Asian Champions League
after losing to the Pohang Steelers, 3-2, in Korea -- Read On -- ACL: Pohang Steelers End Central
Coast Mariners' Asian Campaign
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Lawrie McKinna took his two goal hero Adam Kwasnik off after he'd given them a 2-1 lead early in
the second half.
On came Dylan MaCallister who dislocated his shoulder and got substituted.
Of course the Mariners defended like..Mariners, leaking goals at will.
Mariners who always came home with a Wet Sail in the A-League.
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Mariners and Jets both needed wins in matchday 4 and despite some notable performances they both
flopped badly to Japanese sides.
Yes that's right the "technically better Japanese sides".
But maybe it's not the technical difference between the players that is so crucial to results
against Japanese sides.
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Stephen Lustica signed for Gold Coast United first-team this week.
What young Canberran wouldn't want to swap places with Canberra's Andrew Baresic and Lustica as
they start their first A-League contracts onlongside Jason Culina and the richest team in the
league..supposedly.
And Central Coast Mariners are increasingly likely to bring an A-League game to Canberra.
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Twelve games played. Seven defeats. Four draws. One win.
That's the record A-League clubs currently hold against their Japanese counterparts in the Asian
Champions League, with Australian teams struggling to hold their own against the might of the
Japanese game.
The trend continued this week when Central Coast Mariners lost for the second straight time to
Kawasaki Frontale, while Newcastle Jets missed a penalty in succumbing to Nagoya Grampus at home.
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Meanwhile, Central Coast Mariners are investigating taking two home games away from
Gosford, with Canberra Stadium likely to be one of the venues.
SMH journalist Mike Cockerill thought Wollongong were a cashed up shoe-in back in October..well now
he thinks the Mariners may play an A-League game in Canberra.
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Thursday 6 August - Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners.
Friday 7 August - Adelaide United v Perth Glory
Saturday 8 August - 'Brisbane-based Roar' v Gold Coast
North Queensland Fury v Sydney FC (Fowler v Aloisi)
Sunday 9 August - Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix
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An early start, (Aug 6th) and much later finish (March 20). Which extends the season by about 6 or
7 weeks.
We're getting closer to a real football season. 27 games plus finals...in A World Cup Year...it's
only going to get better and better for Aussie football fans.
New teams, new players, more games.
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