Who sponsors the AFC Bournemouth Under-10s? (An abbreviated version of this story appeared as 'Butler ready to serve', in the Geelong Advertiser, Friday 1 May 2015, p. 58.) Roy Hay The fairy story of English football this season has been the transformation of AFC...
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...
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 Victory 2 Guangzhou Evergrande 0 Roy Hay In what must be one of the sweetest victories of his fledgling coaching career, Kevin Muscat masterminded a two-nil win over the defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande in the Asian Champions League at Docklands on...
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...
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 Victory 1 Yokohama Marinos 0 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory took an early lead and withstood a barrage from Yokohama Marinos to win by that single goal scored by Kosta Barbarouses on Tuesday night at the rectangular stadium. As has been the case in all three...
Victory squeeze out draw with Jeonbuk Roy Hay In its first home game of the 2014 Asian Champions League, Melbourne Victory squeezed out a hard-fought draw with Jeonbuk Motors from South Korea at Docklands on Wednesday night. As happened in its away match in China,...
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...
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...
Decks cleared for battle in Geelong Roy Hay Melbourne Victory and Muangthong United from Thailand cleared the decks for their battle in the Asian Champions League qualifier in Geelong on Saturday night. Both coaches, Kevin Muscat for Victory and Phom Chomchearn for...
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...
Liverpool game launched Roy Hay Three years in the making the first visit by Liverpool to Australia was launched at a ceremony at the MCG yesterday. As part of its immediate pre-season tour of Asia it is possible that Brendan Rogers will bring his promised strongest...
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 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 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 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 1 Sydney FC 3 Roy Hay Sydney FC Women reversed the result of yesterday’s A-League game when they overcame Melbourne Victory by three goals to one in the W-League Grand Final at AAMI Park on Sunday. In a high quality match of contrasting styles Sydney...