Stefan Mauk appointed Reds Captain
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Stefan Mauk appointed Reds Captain

Adelaide United have announced Stefan Mauk as the Club's new Captain ahead of the A-League 2020/21 season. Mauk becomes the tenth Captain and fifth South Australian in the Reds' history after Aurelio Vidmar, Ross Aloisi, Angelo Costanzo, and Travis Dodd. At 25 years of age,

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Smithies: the Aussie youngsters using A-League form to burst into Arnold's World Cup plans

For now they are the class of '21? but a potentially life-changing prize awaits some of Australia's brightest young talents. With a clutch of young players set to be given the chance to shine when the A-League kicks off on December 27, there are predictions that a handful coul

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'It's a new challenge': Phoenix prepare to soar to new heights in Wollongong

Wellington Phoenix Head Coach Ufuk Talay says his squad have arrived in Wollongong with the attitude and ambition required to build on the success of last season, using the City in New South Wales as their home for the 2020/21 A-League campaign. Talay's Phoenix achieved a thir

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All players signed for A-League 2020/21 Season

A line has been drawn under a marathon A-League season and, for the first time ever, 12 teams are preparing for a new chapter of history. ...Three-hundred and twenty-four days separated the 2019/20 Season opener from Sydney FC being crowned A-League 2020 Champions, following a 1-

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Simon Hill wants fans to "bring their voice" this season

"Football without fans is nothing" ? the words of the late, great Scottish manager Jock Stein. Little did Stein ? nor any of us ? know, that in 2020, a global pandemic would rob our sport of its greatest asset? the supporters. Although fans were allowed back in limited numb

Tomi Juric returns to Reds
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Tomi Juric returns to Reds

Adelaide United have announced Socceroos striker, Tomi Juric, has joined the Club for the upcoming 2020/21 campaign. The 29-year-old has spent the past five years abroad, plying his trade in the Netherlands, Switzerland, and most recently in Bulgaria with CSKA Sofia. Juric

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Smithies explains how the A-League draw is created

THE draw for the A-League and W-League seasons should probably be sponsored by a well-known brand of painkiller, such are the headache-inducing variables that inform its creation. Ground availability, time zones, broadcaster needs, player welfare and minimum time periods betwe

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‘A perfect start’ – A-League stars react to 2020/21 Season Draw release

Round 1 of the A-League Season 2020/21 serves up some mouth-watering contests but the prospect of a Grand Final replay is a one that jumps off the page to Sydney FC and Melbourne City players alike.  Exactly four months after a gruelling 120-minute battle to decide who would b

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AFC Champions League watch: Glory suffer late heartbreak, Victory fall to Beijing

Perth Glory came within two minutes off a famous AFC Champions League triumph before slipping to a heartbreaking 2-1 loss against Ulsan Hyundai. Daniel Stynes' 71st-minute strike broke the deadlock and set the Western Australians on course for their first ever win in Asia's el

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Smithies talks rivalries emerging in the new era

MARK MILLIGAN (MACARTHUR FC) v MELBOURNE VICTORY The match: Victory v Macarthur FC, AAMI Park, May 16 Mark Milligan captained Melbourne Victory to an A-League title and developed a name as a big-game player, which included the 2015 Joe Marston medal, while cementing himself

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Davutovic on the new era of Australian domestic football

On your marks, get set, go! Prepare for the fastest A-League and W-League seasons ever to mark the new era of Australian domestic football. The A-League will play its first batch of winter games since 2010 ? aside from the "Covid bubble" finale of 2019-20 which provided a g

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Simon Hill's six best fixtures in the early rounds of Season 2020/21

The dawn of a new football season always takes me back to the magic of childhood.

Jamie Maclaren celebrates
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Key dates and blockbuster clashes in A-League Season 2020/21

With 41 sizzling matches in the first 37 days of A-League Season 2020/21, a blockbuster summer of football is right around the corner. If you want classic rivalries, brand new encounters, Grand Final rematches and grudge-match battles, read on for all the details about the com

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A-League Season 2020/21 Fixtures: Adelaide United

Freshly appointed head coach Carl Veart will kickstart a new era in the City of Churches with a trip across state borders to face Western United. A Premiership-winner with the Reds, Veart went unbeaten during the last five matches of the 2019/20 A-League campaign as interim co

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A-League Season 2020/21 Fixtures: Brisbane Roar

Warren Moon will open his first season as Brisbane Roar head coach with a clash with Wellington Phoenix at the club's new home ground for the 2020/21 campaign ? Dolphin Stadium in Redcliffe. Moon stepped into the role left by Robbie Fowler after the competition's restart and l