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With Graham Arnold confirming late yesterday afternoon his intentions to remain at the Central Coast Mariners and Melbourne Heart set to announce their replacement for John van’t Schip this morning, there’ll only be two spots left on the coaching merry-go-round for next season.
Chelsea beat Liverpool in FA Cup final
By AAP, 6 May 2012Chelsea won the English FA Cup for the fourth time in six years on Saturday, beating Liverpool 2-1 in the final at Wembley.
An ACL campaign which started with so much promise for Brisbane Roar ended with a second defeat to an unheralded Japanese side.
Manchester may be the centre of the footballing universe as the Premier League season reaches its climax, but Newcastle United continues to provide an intriguing sub-plot to the battle at the top.
FC Tokyo end Roar’s ACL campaign
By AAP, 3 May 2012Brisbane Roar’s maiden Asian Champions League campaign was been dealt its fatal blow on Wednesday with a 4-2 defeat to hosts FC Tokyo.
Graham Arnold assessing coaching options
By AAP, 3 May 2012Graham Arnold has reaffirmed his desire to remain in the head coaching role when the Central Coast Mariners take on J-League side Nagoya Grampus in their final-round group match of the Asian Champions League (ACL) on May 15.
Adelaide draw 0-0 with Uzbeks in ACL
By Steve Larkin, 3 May 2012Adelaide United have moved into the Asian Champions League’s second round after a scoreless draw against Uzbekistan’s Bunyodkor on Wednesday night.
Everything has changed in the last few days, as the English Premier League’s top six teams look set for one of the best season finishes in living memory.
An estimated 650 million television viewers worldwide watched the Man City-Man United blockbuster at Etihad Stadium yesterday, City’s home ground.
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Confident Reds eye Asian advance
By Steve Larkin, 2 May 2012Adelaide United are riding a wave of confidence into their defining Asian Champions League football fixture on Wednesday night, captain Eugene Galekovic says.
Palmer thanked for helping save A-League
By Laine Clark, 2 May 2012A man who had threatened to sue Football Federation Australia (FFA) for $20 million has been credited with helping save the A-League on a dramatic day in which the Newcastle Jets’ future was assured.
Mariners rout Tianjin to revive ACL hopes
By AAP, 2 May 2012The Central Coast Mariners have kept themselves in contention for a second round spot in the Asian Champions League with a dominant 5-1 victory over Chinese side Tianjin Teda in Gosford tonight.
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Your sports opinion. Write your own articleBlackburn Rovers vs Wigan Athletic: EPL live scores, blog
By Villa_B, 8 May 2012Two relegation strugglers clash in what should be a tight and nervy 90mins of football when Blackburn Rovers host Wigan Athletic from Ewood Park at 5.00am AEST.
Why were the goalkeepers voted the best in the A-League?
By philipcoates, 7 May 2012The 2011-2012 A-League Season is over and we’ve also moved through the period of annual club award nights and the announcement of each club’s ‘Player of the Year’.
Lies, damned lies and A-League crowd attendances
By dinoweb, 7 May 2012
For years we have all heard about how great the attendances are for the AFL in Australia. It has one of the largest crowd attendance rates in the world, and in 2011 an average of 34,937 patrons came to 187 matches during the regular season.
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A shattering FA Cup loss, but could it be the making of Andy Carroll?
By Seb Kemmerer, 7 May 2012In the aftermath of Liverpool’s heart-breaking FA Cup Final loss to Chelsea overnight, the overwhelming positive for the Reds was the exceptional cameo display from Andy Carroll.
Tymoshenko and EURO 2012: The case of the sporting boycott
By Binoy Kampmark, 7 May 2012A familiar battle is unfolding between sports and politics, with various countries taking a stance on Ukraine’s treatment of ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko in the leadup to Euro 2012.
Sarcasm is the language of Serie A
By ItsCalledFootball, 6 May 2012Sarcasm is the art of insulting idiots without them realising it.
Chelsea vs Liverpool: FA Cup live scores, blog
By Matt Bungard, 6 May 2012
Just a couple of months after taking over as the manager of Chelsea, Roberto Di Matteo gets his first shot at silverware as his side take on Liverpool in the F.A Cup final live from 2:15am.
Liverpool luckless in League, hopeful in cups
By Seb Kemmerer, 5 May 2012With the FA Cup Final hours away, it’s a good time to reflect on Liverpool Football Club’s year. Eighth on the English Premier League table, it has been a season of frustration for Kenny Dalglish’s men. It could have been vastly different.
Sir Alex Ferguson for PM?
By art pagonis, 5 May 2012To this point, Roberto Mancini has outfoxed the Scottish Fox and put his team in charge of the EPL title race. However, I worry about the negative image Sir Alex Ferguson portrays to England’s football fans.
FFA moves to strengthen coaching, player pathways
By philipcoates, 5 May 2012It’s the nature of any sporting competition that most of us spend our time only looking at the shop front window. We thrill or groan at the quality of the football on the park.
Video technology needed to support football referees
By Stephanie Shipard, 5 May 2012Refereeing is one of the most highly scrutinized aspects of any game and football is no exception. Referees are generally the focus of player, coach, and supporter abuse.
Where to now for Gold Coast fans?
By shaker13, 5 May 2012
During my regular perusal of the FourFourTwo forum the other day, I came across a thread which read “what now for GCU fans?”
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JohnL says: So now we are comparing A-League teams to the EPL teams?Roar in 93 minutes had 31 shots, scored one goalMan City v QPR in 93 mintues (actual game went for 95 minutes, but lets keep things even), had 24 shots and scored two goals.When you co...
apaway says: Both leagues are great and the Bundesliga has a longer history on Australian TV than a lot of people realise. It used to be shown on Saturday mornings on Channel 10 in the mid 1970s and introduced me to the seemingly exotic world of Bayern Munich, Bo...
Qantas supports Australian Football says: Futbanous---just saying if you are an avid fan of SBS there is no distinction---you are enticed into a plethora of football leagues from around the world that overlap and intertwine in each other.. No one does it best than SBS.. FOX has this nasty ha...
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whiskeymac says: australia's finest maltese international? the mans marked the best in europe, gone to HAl finals on numerous occasions and....yeahfair enoughstill CCM do develop good talents (or nick them from Blacktown) and have a good pathway set up. Young p...
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