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...
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...
Harry Kewell: Star quality Roy Hay Harry Kewell is bringing down the curtain on a stellar career at the end of the current A-League season. It is a pity that he could not make it to what would be his third World Cup in succession, but the body which has inhibited him...
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...
Football and its fans: A delicate balance Roy Hay Football fandom, like sporting performance in general, involves a delicate balance. When you are coaching youngsters to play the game, you want them bursting out of their skins to achieve the highest level of...
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 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 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...
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...
Melbourne Heart 3 Brisbane Roar 2 Roy Hay Melbourne Heart was cruising at three-nil against Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon, when David Williams was sent off for a two-footed tackle in the 67th minute. Within the next nine, Besart Berisha scored twice,...
Melbourne Heart 2 Newcastle Jets 1 Roy Hay Melbourne Heart got the flying start it needed to take an early lead against Newcastle Jets at AAMI Park on New Year’s Day, then exchanged penalty goals with the visitor and just held on for the critical win. The big news...
Melbourne Heart 1 Melbourne Victory 2 Roy Hay The Melbourne derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in the short history of the clashes between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne Heart as the former reversed the scoreline of their first encounter this season. A...
Melbourne Heart 3 Newcastle Jets 3 Roy Hay Melbourne Heart threw away a two-nil lead and eventually shared the points in a three-all draw with Newcastle Jets at AAMI Park on Saturday evening. It was one of the most open games seen in Melbourne this season and some...
Melbourne Heart 4 Brisbane Roar 1 Roy Hay ‘Brisbane played without heart’, said Roar coach Rado Vidosic, after his team was taken apart in a twelve-minute spell in the second half of the match with Melbourne Heart at AAMI Park on Friday. In that time Heart scored...
Richard Garcia (left) and Trent Sainsbury in action. Melbourne Heart 0 Central Coast Mariners 1 Roy Hay Central Coast Mariners did just enough to take all three points by virtue of a one-nil win over Melbourne Heart at AAMI stadium on Sunday. On a glorious Melbourne...