Liverpool will visit Australia for the first time in their history for a summer pre-season tour, as well as announcing that the club will play in Thailand.
On July 24, Liverpool will play A-League side Melbourne Victory at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, which has a capacity of 100,018.
I know I've said it a few times now, along with everyone in the media, but it's true. The sign of a good team is one that can grind out results and get it done against the odds. Melbourne Victory are now one of those teams and you only need to look at last night's
I mentioned on the blog yesterday and then again on Twitter last night that in recent times, Melbourne Victory has struggled to turn up for the big games. For much of the first half against Sydney, that trend looked to continue. Then came the turnaround. Thirty minutes into the game and things were looking rather
Following the biggest loss in Melbourne Victory's history, the last thing I want to be doing right now is writing about it, to be perfectly honest with you. But, there's no point in shying away from it so here goes. I'm not going to dwell on the specifics of the match. We all saw it
Ange Postecoglou's return to Brisbane was everything the former Roar head coach would have dreaded, as the defending A-League champions tore his Melbourne Victory side apart, much to the chagrin of fans betting on soccer.
The size of the job in hand for Postecoglou was made clear for all to see as the Roar made relatively easy work of inflicting the Victory's second defeat in the new season, as the hosts ran out 5-0 winners to send their former boss back to Melbourne with his tail between his legs.
Liverpool and Juventus are set to send scouts to watch Melbourne Victory star Marco Rojas this weekend, according to Sky Sports. The 21-year-old forward is the Australian A-League's most exciting talent, and local reports claim Liverpool and Juventus scouts will be in attendance for Melbourne Victory's match against Sydney FC this Saturday.
It appears that not only Sydney FC fans are excited by the arrival of Italy superstar Alessandro del Piero because now Melbourne Victory managing director, Richard Wilson, has argued on news soccer networks for a rethink on the number of visa players A-League clubs can sign.
Football Federation Australia and its technical director, Han Berger, have stuck steadfastly to the principal that the quota of foreigners allowed to play Down Under should be cut.
Melbourne Victory have confirmed the signing of Mark Milligan on a three-year deal, following his
release from Japan's JEF United. Milligan returns to Melbourne after a ten-match loan spell last
season but has previously represented Sydney FC (2005-08) and Newcastle Jets (2008/09) in the
A-League before heading to Chinese club, Shanghai Shenhua, followed by JEF
Emile Heskey put's the Jets 1-0 up with this volley before grabbing his second with a bi-cycle kick a few minutes later in their 2-1 win over Melbourne Victory this morning.
Ok so I've just about unlodged my foot from my mouth so here's a look at Emile Heskey's very own bi-cycle kick which gave the Jets a 2-0 lead having also grabbed the opener against Melbourne victory about a half an hour ago!
Emile has just scored a brace for the Jets in their against Melbourne Victory! That's three in two games for the Heskalump, and all captured live on the Heskeycam no less...
Good morning and a very happy Melbourne Derby Day to you! After another very long off-season the A-League is finally back and it all kicks off in just a matter of hours. The changes at Melbourne Victory over the past seven months have been fascinating to observe and we're now on the brink of a
After a long off-season VictoryCast finally returns! On the show today I'm joined by Tom Pollock from MFootball, Neil Zimmerman of victoryinmelbourne.com and asianfootballfeast.com's Paul Williams to preview Melbourne Victory's 2012/13 A-League season. You can listen to the pod right here in your browser via the media player below or download directly by clicking here.
Once a veritable bright young thing of the Premier League, former Leeds United star Harry Kewell
has seen his career not quite live up to its initial potential. Now, after leaving Aussie side the
Melbourne Victory, the 33-year-old Socceroo is looking for a new club, with Stoke City on his list
of potential employers.
Like many of you, I was disappointed to see Harry Kewell's time at Melbourne Victory cut short,
especially under such difficult circumstances. However, I was even more disappointed in the
reactions from a minority of fellow fans. Harry Kewell has always been a target of criticism.
Sometimes those criticism's have been fair the type that
Melbourne Victory have confirmed today that Harry Kewell will not be returning to the club for a
second season, after he opted to stay in England for a number of family reasons. Kewell, who scored
8 goals in his debut season, brought unprecedented interest to the Hyundai A-League when it was
first announced that the
Good morning all. I didn't plan on writing a post today but some shocking news has broken
overnight. According to the Herald Sun, Harry Kewell has quit Melbourne Victory due to familyÂ
reasons. Kewell's mother-in-law has been very ill recently and he's decided to stay in England to
support his family.
Melbourne Victory has announced a new three-year partnership with Football Federation Tasmania
(FFT) that will see Australia's biggest football club have a substantial presence on the Apple Isle
from 2013. The deal means Melbourne Victory will make a significant financial contribution to FFT's
new state-wide competition in return for naming rights – to be known
Got to admit overseas countries do it better, fan singing, whole stadium involvement.
Think Japan in June when the Aussies go there - the singing will be non-stop.
And of course Celtic Park - the fans, all of them, know how to sing.
Melbourne Victory do a great gig - down one end, the Cove never let you down, but no club has been
able to create an anthem and get the whole club behind it.
Melbourne Victory has announced today that they've signed former Adelaide United and Brisbane Roar
midfielder, Spase Dilevski, on a one-year deal. After spells at Dutch powerhouse PSV Eindhoven and
English Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur, Dilevski returned to Australia in 2005 when he
made his Hyundai A-League debut for the Queenslanders, before a second stint
Melbourne Victory have secured the signing of 2010/11 Johnny Warren Medallist, Marcos Flores, on a
two-year deal as the club's International Marquee player. Having set the A-League alight during his
one and only season at Adelaide United, the Argentinean playmaker was quickly snapped up by big
spending Chinese club Henan Jianye where he spent last
Victory full-back Matthew Kemp has today announced his retirement from A-League football and will
now return to his home town of Adelaide. Kemp joined Melbourne Victory from Adelaide United in
April 2007 and went on to make 79 appearances for the club. During this time, the versatile full
back's highlights included the Premiership/Championship double in
Melbourne Victory has launched its new Membership campaign for the 2012/12 A-League season. The new
campaign, titled 'The Victory Pledge' aims to encourage both players and fans to make their own
pledge to the club, outlining their own goals and aspirations for the coming season. Chairman,
Anthony Di Pietro, Coach, Ange Postecoglou and Captain, Adrian Leijer have
Melbourne Victory coach Ange Postecoglou has made his latest addition to the playing squad, signing
Mauritius international Jonathan Bru on a two-year deal. Bru, who most recently played in Portugal,
joins the club after a distinguished career in France's youth ranks having represented the French
at every age level between Under-17's and Under-21's, but never
Melbourne Victory confirmed today that Paul Trimboli has been appointed as Football Operations
Manager. The former Socceroos and South Melbourne star opted for a return home to Melbourne after a
one-year term with Brisbane Roar. Trimboli joins the club having enjoyed success with the
Queenslanders, where he held a similar position last season, as Brisbane
If you've ever read, or even if you haven't read Soccernomics you know that all round the World
it's the Clubs in the biggest cities who succeed....eventually.
Think Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Scotland, England and the answer, despite the odd temporary
hitch is the same. Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Celtic, all win and if they don't win it isn't long
before they do.
I wrote last week that Liverpool are in line to qualify for the Europa League next season due to their disciplinary
record,but it would totally throw their preseason plans out of the window.
Well it seems that money has spoken over European glory as Liverpool will reject the chance to qualify for Europe preferring instead to go on a lucrative pre-season tour of the Southern Hemisphere.
Melbourne Victory completed an impressive comeback against Perth Glory that culminated in an extra-time winner to advance to the second round of the A-League finals series. Melbourne were down 1-0 to Perth (it would've been 2-0 had they converted an 87th-minute penalty) until a penalty of their own during injury-time forced the match to extra time, where Archie Thompson scored the winning goal in the 95th minute.
It has always been interesting to watch the evolution of Australia's biggest supported football club. Melbourne Victory.
Ernie Merrick took them to the heights early.
Thumping Sydney FC at Olympic Park in season 1 in front of a sold out crowd, followed in Season 2 by Archie's Grand Final (I was there)demolition of Adelaide United in front of 55,000 at one of the AFL's once previously monopolised hallowed grounds.
Melbourne Victory striker Danny Allsopp has today announced his retirement, effective immediately. Allsopp made 118 appearances during his Melbourne Victory career, scoring 42 goals in the process. Allsopp joined the club in it'sinauguralseason, and helped the Victory secure two Hyundai A-League Premiership/Championship doubles and was twice awarded the player of the season award, the Victory
Last night's loss was disappointing in that it was largely unexpected. Although I tipped a 1-1 draw myself, I certainly didn't see us losing the game and in the way that we did. After some promising reports during pre-season and with a two-time Championship-winning coach in charge, I think most people expected a much betterperformance
Melbourne Victory today announced the signing of promising Australian youngster, Theo Markelis, on
a two-year deal. Having moved to Spain at the age of just 15 to join La Liga giants Valencia, the
now 20 year-old striker spent last season in Italy with Vicenza, before deciding upon a move home
to Melbourne after his contract
La representante de OceanÃa levanta la mano para competir en la justa olÃmpica y para ello
develó su lista final de 18 jugadoras que incluye a 11 veteranas que participaran en los pasados
Juegos OlÃmpicos deBeijing, China, además de 4 jugadoras reserva. Nueva Zelanda integra el Grupo
E junto con Brasil, Camerún y la anfitriona Gran Bretaña.
Today, Melbourne Victory confirmed the signing of Brazilian midfielder, Guilherme Finkler, on a
two-year deal. Most recently Finkler played with ABC Futebol Clube after he was loaned out by
Criciuma, a team in Brazil's second division. While the attacking midfielder has spent the majority
of his professional career playing in Brazil, in 2006/07 he tried
Melbourne Victory have announced that Carlos Hernandez has left the club after a new contract could
not be agreed upon. The club say considerable time was spent negotiating with Carlos, but
ultimately it was unable to agree to terms. Since joining the club in 2007, the 30 year-old made
122 appearances and played a pivotal role
Melbourne Victory have announced today that Ante Covic and Grant Brebner have been released. As new
manager Ange Postecoglou looks to make room within the salary cap he decided that both
un-contracted players were no longer needed. Since joining the club in season two of the Hyundai
A-League, Brebner made 120 appearances, including the Premiership/Championship
