Melbourne Victory 3 Adelaide United 2 Roy Hay There are very seldom dull Victory-United derbies, the one earlier this year at Adelaide Oval, being the exception. This one was anything but, with two bizarre own goals to begin with, a goal chalked off in mysterious...
Melbourne City 1 Sydney FC 3 Roy Hay The new Melbourne City was a bit like the old Melbourne Heart as it went down to Sydney FC at Morshead Park in Ballarat on Tuesday evening in the Round of 32 of the FFA Cup by three goals to one after extra time. On a bitterly cold...
Weary Victory win at the death Roy Hay A leg weary Melbourne Victory conjured up another goal in injury time—this time the winner against Sydney FC in the A-League Elimination Final at Docklands on Good Friday evening. As the 20,802 crowd settled, anticipating extra...
Melbourne Heart 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 Roy Hay Melbourne Heart could not give skipper Harry Kewell a winning end to his career after going down by three goals to two to Western Sydney Wanderers at AAMI Park before a noisy crowd of 10,003. The retiring star...
Melbourne Victory 1 Sydney FC 1 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC cancelled each other out in a one-all draw at AAMI Park on Saturday night. Both sides would feel that they created enough chances to have won several games—Victory having more, but Sydney perhaps...
Melbourne Heart 1 Central Coast Mariners 2 Roy Hay Melbourne Heart threw away a chance to close the gap on the teams above them when they conceded two second half goals to go down to defeat by Central Coast Mariners. It could have been so different had Heart followed...
Heart sweep aside ten-man Victory Roy Hay Melbourne Heart continued its surge towards the finals by sweeping aside Melbourne Victory in the third derby of the season by four goals to nil. Poor Victory found their daunting trip to China had sapped the legs and this was...
Heart stop Roar: Melbourne Heart 1 Brisbane Roar 0 Roy Hay Melbourne Heart’s winning sequence continued with a single goal victory over league leader Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon. Orlando Engelaar is still regaining full fitness but it is already...
Melbourne Victory 4 Adelaide United 3 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory conjured a narrow win over Adelaide United by four goals to three on Saturday night but the result came at a cost, with Tom Rogic looking to have suffered a severe injury when team-mate Leigh Broxham trod...
Melbourne Victory 2 Perth Glory 1 (after extra time) Roy Hay After being on the back-foot for much of the ninety minutes, Melbourne Victory got a last gasp penalty kick to equalise an early Perth Glory goal, then completed the come-back with an Archie Thompson goal in...
Melbourne Heart 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 Roy Hay Western Sydney Wanderers are within touching distance of the A-League title after a three-one away win over Melbourne Heart at a wet AAMI Park on Saturday night. Though the home team put up a spirited fight in the...
Melbourne Victory 5 Newcastle Jets 0 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory bounced back dramatically from last week’s away loss to the Mariners with a five-nil thumping of an undermanned Newcastle Jets at AAMI Park on Sunday evening. The first half was played in a very subdued...
Melbourne Heart 3 Sydney 1 Roy Hay Melbourne Heart entertained its largest home crowd for a league match of 13,752 (apart from those against cross-town rival Victory), with a thumping three-one win over Sydney FC. The opening spell was somewhat languid in the heat and...
Melbourne Victory 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 Roy Hay Western Sydney Wanderers made their first appearance in Melbourne in the A-League bringing with them a huge travelling support who enlivened their two-one defeat of Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park on Saturday...
Melbourne Heart 2 Perth Glory 0 Melbourne Heart overcame Perth Glory by two goals to nil at AAMI Park on Saturday night. Nick Kalmar had his best game in a Heart shirt, albeit a black one sponsored by Twitter for an interactive round. He scored a brilliant free kick,...
Melbourne Victory 2 Melbourne Heart 1 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory won the deciding local derby for the 2012-13 season against Melbourne Heart by two goals to one at Etihad Stadium in front of 41,203 fans. This match was hardly promoted in the media, certainly not in...
Melbourne Victory put Sydney to the sword Roy Hay Melbourne Victory moved into second place on the A-League ladder with a three-one win over Sydney FC, which finished the match with only nine players. Billed as the greatest rivalry in football the match had plenty of...
David Williams and Josip Tadic combine to beat Dario Vidosic of Adelaide United. Photo: Roy Hay. Melbourne Heart 2 Adelaide United 0 Roy Hay Goals five minutes into each half gave Melbourne Heart its victory over a disappointing Adelaide United at AAMI Park on Friday...