2006

Eighth win denied: Adelaide surprises Victory

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Geelong Advertiser, Monday 16 October 2006, p. 35. Melbourne Victory went gunning for its eighth straight win in the 2006-07 A-League against Adelaide United at Telstra Dome last night but came up short in a one-nil defeat. There were 32,368 fans in the ground to...

Victory dulls roar

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

Geelong Advertiser, Monday 2 October 2006, p. 31. Top of the table Melbourne Victory recorded its sixth win in a row against second-placed Queensland Roar by four goals to one at Telstra Dome last night in front of 25,921 fans. Victory sprang to an early lead in the...

Melbourne Victory down Central Coast Mariners

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

Geelong Advertiser, Monday 18 September 2006, p. 36. Melbourne Victory ran out one-nil winner over the Central Coast Mariners in its Round Four match in the A-League at Olympic Park yesterday. The crowd of 17,617 was a sell out with the capacity of the ground only a...

Adelaide Down

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 26 August 2006, p. 83. Melbourne Victory opened its 2006 A-League season with a two-nil win against last year’s finalist Adelaide United in front of 15781 fans at Olympic Park last night. Victory won a couple of free kicks in dangerous...

Victory finals plan

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

Geelong Advertiser, Thursday 24 August 2006, p. 39. Melbourne Victory launched its second A-League season with a flourish in Melbourne yesterday. As is now often the case, Melbourne Lord Mayor John So stole the show with his repeated shouts of ‘Victoree’. At the media...

Geelong’s Spiranovic runs hot in Chile

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

Geelong Advertiser, Monday 14 August 2006, p. 46. Geelong teenager Matthew Spiranovic has anchored the Young Socceroos’ defence in its second draw in succession with world-class opposition in South America. Overnight the Under-20 team held host nation Chile to a...

World Cup 2006

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

The football World Cup, which reaches its climax in Germany this weekend, is the greatest multicultural sporting extravaganza of modern times. Its only conceivable rival, the Olympic Games, is a multi-sports activity in which all countries who are part of the Olympic...

Farewell Jimmy Johnstone

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

Jimmy Johnstone, ‘Jinky’ to everyone, the man voted the greatest Celtic player ever, has died at the age of 62 after a long illness. A supremely talented ball player with mesmeric close control, he was an integral part of the Lisbon Lions, the home-grown Celtic team...

Greece and Australia have a long football history

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

When the current European football champion, Greece, comes to play the Socceroos in Melbourne in May in a warm-up game for the World Cup in Germany it will cement links between the football playing cultures of the two countries. Greece and Australia are linked by...

Melbourne Victory v New Zealand Knights

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

Melbourne Victory completed its first A-league season with a two-one win against last-place New Zealand Knights at Olympic Park on Saturday night in front of 10,078 dedicated fans. It was the closest one-sided game in the twenty-one rounds of matches with the home...

Banners at Olympic Park

Sep 20, 2010 | ,

Seven month off-season Shame FFA. (But only six if Victory had made the finals) Sack Desira Kitz thanks for the memories Go home Merrick we want a real coach. From PM and MN Saturday Knights Fever Boogie Knights Brockie Enough is enough Merrick out. m 7 c Andy Capp...

World Cup 2006

Sep 13, 2010 | ,

Scots go crazy over Trinidad and Tobago The World Cup is under way, but the Scots are not there. No worries. We will just support Trinidad and Tobago instead. You cannot buy a T and T jersey anywhere in Scotland, they are all sold out. Why you may ask? Well there is...

World Cup 2006

Sep 13, 2010 | ,

Guus Hiddink, pragmatist, strategist and gambler It is perhaps too early to assess Guus Hiddink’s contribution to Australian football, but it is already clear that he has had a significant impact and not necessarily for the reasons sometimes advanced. It has become...