Morning all, and greetings from one of the South West's nicest towns ... Dunsborough.
This and Busselton, used to be FP's old stomping ground when he used to be a foot-in-the-door journo for one of the local papers.
Not much has changed to be honest, which is something that doesn't surprise FP one bit. Click to continue reading...

Morning to the blog, guys and gals.
Just a bit of breaking news, Jamie Coyne will not be going to Wellington after he was ruled out with a thigh injury. What makes this even more interesting, was that no one picked on this at yesterday's presser, the assumption was that there were no new injuries. Click to continue reading...

Has there been a better team goal in this season's A-League than Wellington's second against Newcastle last night (about two and a half minutes into this)? If Paul Ifill's surging run down the left was typically impressive, Costa Barbarouses' nonchalant flick was sublime. And Chris Greenacre's finish was no less classy. Click to continue reading...

Brown's in the box dive for a penalty should lead to a suspension - despite the spot kick being missed. Referee Ben Williams should be ashamed of himself the number of times he has waved on legitimate penalties from the Roar, and give this one.
What has become obvious is the home ground advantage for Wellington. Click to continue reading...

Brisbane shares bottom with Wellington and Newcastle. A draw in this catch-up game tonight and Brisbane will be last on its own. Any result and the best Brisbane can hope for is one chum at the bottom rather than 2. Click to continue reading...

Underlines Gold Coast performances. But it is Wellington away. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram pela última rodada do Mundial Sub-17, na capital da Nigéria, em Abuja, no National Stadium, com uma temperatura de 27º C, as seleções da Suiça (13º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Brasil (1ª no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
28-06-1950 - Brasil 2x2 Suiça (Copa do Mundo)
11-04-1956 - Suiça 1x1 Brasil (Amistoso)
21-12-1980 - Brasil 2x0 Suiça (Amistoso)
19-05-1982 - Brasil 1x1 Suiça (Amistoso)
17-06-1983 - Suiça 1x2 Brasil (Amistoso)
21-06-1989 - Suiça 1x0 Brasil (Amistoso)
15-06-2005 - Suiça 0x1 Brasil (Mundial Sub-20)
15-11-2006 - Suiça 1x2 Brasil (Amistoso)
O quarteto de arbitragem foi assim definido:
Árbitro: Eddy MAILLET-SEY
Primeiro Assistente: Evarist MENKOUANDE-CMR
Segundo Assistente: Jason DAMOO-SEY
Quarto Árbitro: Pablo POZO-CHI
Aos 3 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 9, ZEZINHO, jogador do Juventude-BRA recebeu o primeiro cartão amarelo do jogo. Click to continue reading...

Wellington Júnior

While Botafogo's professional side continue to run the risk of relegation to Série B this year, the Rio outfit's junior teams continue to produce potential stars.

A number of Botafogo's youngsters are attracting interest from European teams and may bring in some much-needed revenue for the cash-strapped club.

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'Brisbane boss Ange Postecoglou was frustrated to leave with a point after watching his team control large portions of the match. "We certainly had enough of the ball and we moved it quite well"'

Mate, the fans were just bored with the training ground - obvious and predictable passing, that gave Newcastle no trouble.

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MORNING all. Perth Glory has another training session/presser combo today, with Glory coach Dave Mitchell up on the media chopping block.
There's a little bit of pressure building with two succesive losess and two tough upcoming games against Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix.
Also there's still some fans who aren't completely satisfied with DM's coaching style. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram pelo Mundial Sub-17, na cidade de Lagos, no Teslim Balogun Stadium, com uma temperatura de 32º C, as seleções do Brasil (1º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do México (18º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo: 3 jogos, 3 vitórias do Brasil, 11 gols do Brasil e 00 gols do México
Copa das Confederações: 3 jogos, 1 vitória do Brasil, 2 vitórias do México, 06 gols do Brasil e 07 gols do México. Click to continue reading...

MORNING all, hopefully this blog finds you well on 'hump-day'.
Just a quick note on yesterday's post on the void of Perth Glory news. Apparently, Monday was a rest and recovery day for the players - which is understandable, considering they have been on a two-week road trip of Queensland.
So yesterday there was a bit of news coming out the Glory camp, but the first official media gathering for this week, will be a presser just before training today. Click to continue reading...

O terceiro jogo do Mundial Sub-17, foi realizado no Teslim Balogun Stadium, em Lagos-NGA, jogaram pelo grupo B, as seleções do Brasil (1º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Japão (40º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
16-10-1968 - Brasil 1x1 Japão (Jogos Olímpicos)
23-07-1989 - Brasil 1x0 Japão (Amistoso)
23-04-1995 - Brasil 2x1 Japão (Mundial Sub-20)
06-06-1995 - Brasil 3x0 Japão (Amistoso)
09-08-1995 - Japão 1x5 Brasil (Amistoso)
21-07-1996 - Japão 1x0 Brasil (Jogos Olímpicos)
13-08-1997 - Japão 0x3 Brasil (Amistoso)
31-03-1999 - Japão 0x2 Brasil (Amistoso)
20-09-2000 - Brasil 1x0 Japão (Jogos Olímpicos)
04-06-2001 - Brasil 0x0 Japão (Copa das Confederações)
12-12-2003 - Japão 1x5 Brasil (Mundial Sub-20)
22-06-2005 - Japão 2x2 Brasil (Copa das Confederações)
22-06-2006 - Japão 1x4 Brasil (Copa do Mundo)
O quarteto de arbitragem desse jogo, foi assim definido:
Árbitro: Howard WEBB-ENG
Primeiro Assistente: Darren CANN-ENG
Segundo Assistente: Michael MULLARKEY-ENG
Quarto Árbitro: Tom Ovrebo-NOR
Aos 24 minutos do primeiro tempo, o primeiro cartão amarelo do jogo, para a seleção do Japão, para o camisa 3 Yumi HIROKI, do FC Tokio-JAP. Click to continue reading...

Perth have a good team that don't play that well. Fury went 1 down again. But a great quickly taken free kick from Fowler just outside the box and a spectacular turn and shoot from Daal won the game. They deserved too. Not because they play great football but because Perth's game was really lacking.
It was the Fury's first win at home. Click to continue reading...

Segue a numeração da seleção brasileira, no Mundial Sub-17 que será disputado nos meses de Outubro e Novembro de 2009, na Nigéria, jogadores nascidos em 1992 e 1993.
Número 1 - ALISSON - Internacional-BRA - Goleiro
Número 2 - CRYSTIAN - Santos-BRA - Defensor
Número 3 - GERSON - Grêmio-BRA - Defensor
Número 4 - ROMARIO LEIRIA - Internacional-BRA - Defensor
Número 5 - ELIVELTON - Santos-BRA - Meio-Campo
Número 6 - DODO - Corinthians-BRA - Defensor
Número 7 - JOAO PEDRO - Atlético Mineiro-BRA - Meio-Campo
Número 8 - WELLINGTON - Fluminense-BRA - Meio-Campo
Número 9 - ZEZINHO - Juventude-BRA - Meio-Campo
Número 10 - COUTINHO - Vasco da Gama-BRA - Meio-Campo
Número 11 - NEYMAR - Santos-BRA - Atacante
Número 12 - LUIS GUILHERME - Botafogo-BRA - Goleiro
Número 13 - ROMARIO - Vitória-BRA - Defensor
Número 14 - GUILHERME - Atlético Paranaense-BRA - Meio-Campo
Número 15 - SIDIMAR - Atléticmo Mineiro-BRA - Defensor
Número 16 - CASIMIRO - São Paulo-BRA - Meio-Campo
Número 17 - GIOVANI - Internacional-BRA - Atacante
Número 18 - WILLEN - Vasco da Gama - Atacante
Número 19 - FELIPINHO - Internacional-BRA - Atacante
Número 20 - WELLINGTON SILVA - Fluminense-BRA - Atacante
Número 21 - ANDRE - Corinthians-BRA - Goleiro. Click to continue reading...

Malaysia Cup
KL Plus v Kelantan 1-1 (Fadli Shaari; Indra Putra)
Negeri Sembilan v Kuala Muda 2-0 (Zaquhan Adha, Hairuddin Omar)
Johor v Perlis 1-2 (Ezzaidy Kahar; Soley, Saarani)
Selangor v Terengganu 1-1 (Amri Yahyah; Zari Anuar)
2nd leg to be played Saturday
SLeague
Woodlands Wellington v Geylang United 0-1 (Kim Jae Hong) 1,219 Click to continue reading...

They Think It's All Over... is sick of seeing Wellington Phoenix draw - it's time to get the best out of Chris Greenacre. Click to continue reading...

Pelas eliminatórias da África, no Grupo A, jogaram em Yaounde-CMR, no estádio Omnisports Ahmadou Adijo, para um público de 36.401 pessoas, as seleções dos Camarões (14º no ranking da FIFA) e da seleção do Togo (80º no ranking da FIFA).
Próximo jogo de Camarões é contra o Marrocos no dia 14-11-2009 e da seleção do Togo é dia 14-11-2009 contra o Gabão. Click to continue reading...

After the 29th round of Brasileiro, it seems no one wants to take the title home. Like in the last round, when only one club on the top won, the leaders collectively failed again. Palmeiras, Sao Paulo and Atletico-MG lost. Inter and Goias tied at home. And, in this way, Flamengo, the 6th side on the table, was the first team on the top to win.

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PERTH Glory take on Adelaide United at around 7pm tonight and it's a pretty important game for the home side.
More so because Perth have a pretty tough month ahead with Gold Coast (away), North Queensland (away), Melboure (home) and Wellington (away) - so not getting a win here could be a disaster. Click to continue reading...

Indonesian Community Shield
Persipura v Sriwijaya
SLeague
Woodlands Wellington v Super Reds
Thai Premier League
BEC Tero v TOT 4-0 (Naret, Anon 3)
Osotsapa v Bangkok Glass 2-0 (Sarayuth, Somyya)
TTM Samut Sakorn v Muang Thong United 0-2
Chonburi v Chula United 2-2 (Kone Mohamed, Arthit; Aron de Silva)
Nakorn Pathom v Sri Racha 1-3
PEA v Samut Songkram 2-2
Bangkok United v Raj Navy Rayong 0-1
Pattaya United v Thai Port 0-0
Advantage Muang Thong United as they extend their lead to three points with two games left? Click to continue reading...

I saw you Danny putting your finger up to me on the big screen.
Well i did it back louder and longer.
Robbie Kruse v Tiatto and co, great stuff. Fozzie might not have liked it, but Bozzo loved it...me to.
Great game, particularly that first half, and great to see Danny Allsopp out of the Victory side. Click to continue reading...

Miron says they are Monaco. Monaco? Monaco?
Why do we need this in the A-League? Only 4,000 fans now - friends and family of the players. What is Jason Culina thinking playing for this rabble? What if they had opened the A-League season?
And Wellington dominated the game. Should have won if Leo Bertos could shoot as well as he can run with the ball. Click to continue reading...

Making Maradona look like a saint This action comes from the Brazilian second division match between Ceara and Parana. Parana's Wellington Silva is desperate to get on the end of a speedy cross, so he stuck out his arm and knocked the ball into the net. To the surprise of everyone in the stadium except referee Charles [. Click to continue reading...

When Maradona, or even Messi, used their hands to score, the referees had a few excuses. The hands were close to the head, the pace was too fast, other players were in front of him, the linesman did not help...

However, what happened in the match Ceara Parana for the second division of Campeonato Brasileiro is hard to defend.

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SO we are a couple of days away from a pretty tough test against Brisbane Roar at Suncorp.
FP was having a flick through history (philosophically speaking, of course) and basically it says that the Glory sucks at Suncorp – we've never won a game there.
But records were meant to be broken, weren't they? Click to continue reading...

After the 0-0 in the first-leg, Botafogo received Atletico-PR at home. After 10 matches, Bota won for the first time. Uesley scored forst for Atletico-PR, and in the final moments of first-half, Lucio Flavio tied from the spot. In the second-half, Gabriel scored the second for the home team.

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I came across this article on SBS recently. It relates to an old interview they had with the head of the AFC Mohamed Bin Hammam and I was particularly struck by this comment.
He said, among other things, that the FFA has been given until 2011 to continue its inclusion of a foreign team – the Wellington Phoenix – in its domestic competition, after which, so far as the AFC is concerned, there will be no non-Australian clubs permitted in the A-League. Click to continue reading...

I caught my first glimpse of West Brom yesterday, and I was mildly impressed by what I saw. After warming up for my first ever trip to the Hawthorns in the delightfully hoppy Wellington in Birmingham's centre, I inevitably entered that myopic state where three pints transform a bunch of aimless wastrels into a squad of dynamoes, and my irrational expectation seemed inspired when Jamie Mackie, Click to continue reading...

Perth were up 2-0 for most of the game. Some very poor sighted refing allowed the GC Allstars back into the game. Is Miron allowed to hung the 4th official?
We like NRL Boss Gallop's take on coaches speaking out - it is OK so long as they don't say the refs were corrupt. Under that fair rule only one team would have been fined so far and it wouldn't have been Brisbane fined. Click to continue reading...

Nasser Al Shamrani scored the opener for Arabia, but in the 40th minute my man Abdulla Omar burst in the box and fed Brother Jaycee John. 1-1. It remained 1-1 until the 91st minute, when Hamad Al-Montashari nodded in what looked like the winner. The Kingdom gave all praises to Allah.
But Ismail Abdullatif had other ideas.

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Round 5 Review

Melbourne Victory vs Newcastle Jets 1-1
Etihad Stadium 15,168

Despite being able to sustain a high crowd, Melbourne weren't able to replicate that luck on the pitch, following another disappointing result, the defending champions sit 7th on the A-League ladder.

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They Think It's All Over... is well and truly pissed that the referee denied Wellington Phoenix a win against Adelaide, but can draw some consolation from the performance of the Kiwi side. Click to continue reading...

A fair draw. Adelaide menaced occasionally. Wellington lasted longer. Wellington wanted a goal for offside. But you needed to be a local to not see it. The commentators dominated possession of the microphone. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...