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Glory swoop to bring Socceroos midfielder home

Perth Glory is delighted to confirm that Socceroos midfielder Brandon O'Neill has signed a three-year contract with the club. The 27-year-old Perth local spent the first three years of his career with Glory before completing a move to Sydney FC where he subsequently made over

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Date set for FFA Cup 2021 Round of 32 Live Draw

Football Australia today confirmed the date for the FFA Cup 2021 Round of 32 Live Draw. The FFA Cup Round of 32 Live Draw will be conducted on Thursday, 8 July 2021 from 7:30pm AEST and will be streamed live via the official FFA Cup Facebook and My Football YouTube accounts.

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Popovic appoints Assistant Coaches

Melbourne Victory is pleased to announce A-League Head Coach, Tony Popovic, has finalised the appointment of his two Assistant Coaches for the 2021/22 season. Former Serie A player and previous Head Coach of Apololonia Fier, Fabrizio Cammarata, and highly-regarded Australian c

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Boogaard preparing to take part in coast to coast walk for men's mental health

He's called time on his stellar 16-season playing career, and now Nigel Boogaard will swap football boots for hiking boots to play his part in a five-month walk across Australia for a cause close to his heart.  The retired A-League legend is an ambassador for #talk2mebro, a ch

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8 out of 12 ain't bad: which A-League clubs featured Olympic-bound talent in 2020/21

Two thirds of the 18 players selected for Graham Arnold's Australian men's football team for Tokyo 2020 plied their trade in the A-League throughout the 2020/21 campaign. Some were near certainties to make the squad for Tokyo before the season began.

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Beñat & Susaeta announce retirement

Macarthur FC's Beñat Etxebarria and Markel Susaeta have today announced their retirement from football. Two of the most experienced players to grace Australian shores during the 16 year history of the A-League, the Basque duo were instrumental in Ante Milicic's side during the

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A-League stars dominate Arnold's squad for Tokyo 2020

The Australian Olympic Committee has announced the 18-member men's Football team for Tokyo 2020, with the 'Olyroos' returning to the Olympic arena for the first time since Beijing 2008. Coached by Seoul 1988 Olympian Graham Arnold, Australia's ambitious men's Football team for

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"He’s like a best friend of mine": Mombaerts more than a mentor for former apprentice Kisnorbo

One season on from his Melbourne City departure, former head coach Erick Mombaerts is still leaving a positive impact on the club he took to the brink of glory in the 2019/20 A-League campaign. The Frenchman's one-season spell at the helm produced a number of firsts for City:

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"Promise ourselves we won't let this feeling go" - Inside Kisnorbo's stirring speech to his Champions

In the afterglow of a glimmering occasion on the surface of AAMI Park, Melbourne City head coach Patrick Kisnorbo assembled his charges away from the shining lights. Before his players could begin celebrating their 3-1 Grand Final triumph over Sydney FC in the change rooms, an

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Jets announce Arthur Papas as A-League Manager

The Newcastle Jets are pleased to announce the appointment of Arthur Papas as Manager.   Papas has been contracted for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons and will commence work with the Club immediately. "It's an honour for me to become the Manager of the Newcastle Jets," Papa

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"It's the proudest moment of my career" - Atkinson caps off comeback story with Joe Marston Medal

Melbourne City's Nathaniel Atkinson wrote the final chapter in a comeback story for the ages on Sunday night, winning the Joe Marston Medal as best on ground in his side's 3-1 Grand Final triumph over Sydney FC. It's a remarkable end to an individual season which seemed all-bu

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Champions at last: City dominate ten-man Sky Blues in 3-1 Grand Final triumph

Melbourne City are A-League Champions for the first time in the club's 11-season history, after coming from behind to notch a comprehensive 3-1 Grand Final victory over the ten-men of Sydney FC on Sunday, June 27. The Premiers were on the back foot after Kosta Barbarouses put

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All tickets sold for A-League 2021 Grand Final

A crowd of almost 15,000 will pour into AAMI Park in Melbourne on Sunday after the A-League grand final was officially declared a sellout. Fans of Melbourne City and Sydney FC moved quickly to snap up the final tickets which were limited to 50% capacity because of COVID-19 res

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A-League Grand Final preview: Melbourne City v Sydney FC

Melbourne City will be out for Grand Final vengeance when hosting Sydney FC in the 2020/21 title decider at AAMI Park on Sunday, June 27 (kick-off 5.05pm AEST). The Sky Blues went back-to-back in 2019/20, edging City to a tense 1-0 Grand Final victory decided by a Rhyan Grant

Durante with family during his final campaign in Phoenix colours in January, 2019
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A class of their own: honouring the memorable careers of retired legends

On Grand Final day, we pause to applaud the careers of 10 veterans who officially called time on their playing careers in recent times. These ten players plied their trade in both the National Soccer League (NSL) and A-League in careers spanning across the past 20 years.

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Clubs jump at chance to join $15m talent flow

One day, it might be dubbed the Sturridge Rule ? the policy change which could bring up to almost $15m of talent to the A-Leagues. Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is the highest-profile recruit so far from the introduction of the so-called "designated player" rule fr

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Melbourne Victory signs Italian forward Francesco Margiotta

MELBOURNE Victory is pleased to announce the signing of Italian forward Francesco Margiotta ahead of the 2021/22 Isuzu UTE A-League season. The 28-year-old has signed a one-year deal which will see Margiotta join the club until the end of the 2021/22 season. Victory head co

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Marco Tilio signs two-year City contract extension

MELBOURNE City rising star Marco Tilio has signed a two-year contract extension with the Isuzu UTE A-League Champions in a deal which will see the 20-year-old remain at the club until the end of the 2023/24 season. The young forward has extended a contract which already had on

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A-League Grand Final preview: Melbourne City v Sydney FC

Melbourne City will be out for Grand Final vengeance when hosting Sydney FC in the 2020/21 title decider at AAMI Park on Sunday, June 27 (kick-off 5.05pm AEST). The Sky Blues went back-to-back in 2019/20, edging City to a tense 1-0 Grand Final victory decided by a Rhyan Grant

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Semi Final Preview: Melbourne City v Macarthur FC

Premiers Melbourne City will look to book a spot in the A-League Grand Final for the second time in as many seasons when facing off with A-League newcomers Macarthur FC in the Semi Finals on Sunday, June 20. Originally scheduled to take place at AAMI Park, the Semi Final clash

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Semi Final Preview: Sydney FC v Adelaide United

Adelaide United travel to Netstrata Jubilee Stadium for a Semi Final showdown with Sydney FC on Saturday, June 19, intent on causing another Finals Series upset to progress to the A-League Grand Final. The Reds met Brisbane Roar in the Elimination Finals without the injured Cr

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Champions at last: City dominate ten-man Sky Blues in 3-1 Grand Final triumph

Melbourne City are A-League Champions for the first time in the club's 11-season history, after coming from behind to notch a comprehensive 3-1 Grand Final victory over the ten-men of Sydney FC on Sunday, June 27. The Premiers were on the back foot after Kosta Barbarouses put

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Sky Blues hold off relentless Reds to set sights on historic three-peat

Sydney FC  booked a place in the 2020/21 A-League Grand Final after seeing off a stern Semi Final challenge from Adelaide United to win 2-1 at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on Saturday night. It looked as though a routine Sky Blues victory was on the cards when Adam Le Fondre step

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Ten-man Macarthur stun Mariners in extra time to progress to Semi Finals

Down a player but not down on confidence, ten-man Macarthur FC struck twice in extra time to steamroll Central Coast Mariners on their way to a 2-0 Elimination Final win at Central Coast Stadium on Saturday night. 30 additional minutes were needed to separate the two sides aft