A-League

Victory scrape home over Adelaide

Victory scrape home over Adelaide

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...

New City go down like old Heart

New City go down like old Heart

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

Weary Victory win at the death

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...

Kewell farewell but no result for Heart

Kewell farewell but no result for Heart

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...

Victory and Sydney cancel each other out

Victory and Sydney cancel each other out

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...

Heart capitulate to leg-weary Mariners

Heart capitulate to leg-weary Mariners

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

Heart sweep aside ten-man Victory

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

Heart Stop Roar

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...

Victory win in the Adelaide derby comes at a cost

Victory win in the Adelaide derby comes at a cost

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...

Heart overcome Glory at home

Heart overcome Glory at home

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 win local derby

Melbourne Victory win local derby

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...