Bare follows the cash and exits stage left
07:53 AM, Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Gamba Osaka striker Bare has signed a lucrative deal with United Arab Emirates outfit Al Ahli. The scorer of 44-top flight goals with Ventforet Kofu and Gamba Osaka is the second high-profile striker to leave mid-season in as many years, after Magno Alves departed for... Posted by MikeTuckerman · Comments (4) Topics: J. League,Gamba Osaka,Al Ahli,AFC,Melbourne Victory,AFC Champions League 2008
08:47 AM, Wednesday, 16 July 2008
End Of Match: This highly anticipated friendly ended out on a high for Juventus, scoring after just 8 minutes, Melbourne managed to get one back through Carlos Hernandez and then juventus finished the game with 3 goals in the dying stages of the match. I think Melbourne Victory deserved at... Posted by bcdude · Comments (0) Topics: FIFA,AFC,Melbourne Victory,Melbourne Victory - Juventus
12:32 AM, Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Welcome to my new football blog. It'll be a daily round-up of everything going on in Australian football, with occasional stops in Asia and Europe. Let's start with the Asian Champions League (ACL). The second matchday is tonight and both Aussie teams should be very confident after... Posted by andyt · Comments (0) Topics: Australia,A-League,Melbourne Victory,AFC,AFC Champions League 2008,Adelaide United,ACL,Adelaide,Asian Champions League,Australia,melbourne
Victory's title defence officially over
12:24 PM, Saturday, 12 January 2008
Melbourne Victory's defence of the A-League title is officially over despite an emphatic 3-0 win over Wellington Phoenix on Friday night. Newcastle's 2-1 win over Central Coast this evening (Saturday) has locked out Melbourne with one round of the home and away season remaining. While... Posted by AusTeo · Comments (3) Topics: Australia,A-League,Melbourne Victory,AFC,Carlos Hernandez,Kaz Patafta,Melbourne Victory
Doomed - the title defence is over
10:13 AM, Sunday, 02 December 2007
Melbourne Victory will not lift the A-League title this season. The Victory suffered a disastrous 3-1 loss to Perth Glory tonight and without some first-half heroics from Michael Theoklitos it could easily have been more. To the untrained eye the team is six points adrift of a finals... Posted by AusTeo · Comments (0) Topics: Australia,A-League,Melbourne Victory,AFC,Ernie Merrick,Melbourne Victory,Perth Glory
11:06 AM, Friday, 16 November 2007
Despite Queensland Roar leaving the door open right up to a chance in the 94th minute Melbourne failed to take its chances and fell to a 1-0 loss at Sunscorp stadium tonight. If results go against Melbourne in the other three A-League matches this weekend then the Victory will be a full... Posted by AusTeo · Comments (0) Topics: Australia,A-League,Melbourne Victory,AFC,a-league,Danny Allsopp,Melbourne Victory,Queensland Roar
Victory fans and security/police hit an all-time low
10:45 AM, Sunday, 11 November 2007
If ever there was an incentive not to draw 0-0 in a game it's what the media will do to you if your fans misbehave. However placing the blame on the fans is only one side of the argument. The fans on the Victory fan forum are giving horrific accounts of innocent bystanders being... Posted by AusTeo · Comments (0) Topics: Australia,A-League,Melbourne Victory,AFC,Archie Thompson
02:25 PM, Friday, 12 October 2007
Melbourne crashed to a 4-1 defeat in Adelaide tonight despite having a period of dominance at only 2-1 down early in the second half. Adelaide proved far too strong in the end however, you can read the full match report here. Travis Dodd, no stranger to scoring against Melbourne was... Posted by AusTeo · Comments (0) Topics: Australia,A-League,Melbourne Victory,AFC,Adelaide United,adelaide united,Carlos Hernandez,Ernie Merrick,Melbourne Victory,Travis Dodd
Back to back wins for Melbourne
01:34 AM, Sunday, 07 October 2007
Melbourne is putting together a winning run after starting its season with five consecutive draws. Sydney is fast becoming our "bunny" in the A-League be it home or away and we continued the pain for bling with a 1-0 win last night - help yourself to the report from the official... Posted by AusTeo · Comments (0) Topics: Australia,A-League,Melbourne Victory,AFC,Sydney FC,Danny Allsopp,Mark Shield,Melbourne Victory,Steve Corica,Sydney FC
Draws now, Argentina in two days!
11:22 AM, Sunday, 09 September 2007
Melbourne Victory drew with Adelaide on Friday night 1-1 after Rodrigo Vargas scored, then conceded a penalty which was converted by Travis Dodd. But with Argentina already in the country and playing against Australia on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday night (eastern time) there is... Posted by AusTeo · Comments (3) Topics: Australia,A-League,Melbourne Victory,AFC,Argentina,argentina,Lionel Messi,Melbourne Victory,Nathan Burns,Rodrigo Vargas
