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Melbourne Victory 3 Adelaide United 2 There are very seldom dull Victory-United derbies, the one earlier this year at Adelaide Oval, being the…
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Melbourne City 1 Sydney FC 3 The new Melbourne City was a bit like the old Melbourne Heart as it went down to Sydney FC at Morshead Park in Ballarat…
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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…
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Melbourne Heart 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 Melbourne Heart could not give skipper Harry Kewell a winning end to his career after going down by…
Melbourne Victory 1 Sydney FC 1 Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC cancelled each other out in a one-all draw at AAMI Park…
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Melbourne Heart 1 Central Coast Mariners 2 Melbourne Heart threw away a chance to close the gap on the teams above them when they conceded two second…
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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…
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Melbourne Heart 1 Brisbane Roar 0 Melbourne Heart’s winning sequence continued with a single goal victory over league leader Brisbane Roar at AAMI…
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Melbourne Victory 4 Adelaide United 3 Melbourne Victory conjured a narrow win over Adelaide United by four goals to three on Saturday night but the…
Melbourne Victory 2 Perth Glory 1 (after extra time) After being on the back-foot for much of the ninety minutes…
Melbourne Heart 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 Western Sydney Wanderers are within touching distance of the A-League…
Melbourne Victory 5 Newcastle Jets 0 Melbourne Victory bounced back dramatically from last week’s away loss to the…
Melbourne Heart 3 Sydney 1 Melbourne Heart entertained its largest home crowd for a league match of 13,752 (apart from…
Melbourne Victory 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 Western Sydney Wanderers made their first appearance in Melbourne in the…
Melbourne Heart 2 Perth Glory 0 Melbourne Heart overcame Perth Glory by two goals to nil at AAMI Park on Saturday…
Melbourne Victory 2 Melbourne Heart 1 Melbourne Victory won the deciding local derby for the 2012-13 season against…
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Melbourne Victory put Sydney to the sword Melbourne Victory moved into second place on the A-League ladder with a three-one win over Sydney FC, which…
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David Williams and Josip Tadic combine to beat Dario Vidosic of Adelaide United. Melbourne Heart 2 Adelaide United 0 Goals five minutes into each…
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Melbourne Heart 3 Brisbane Roar 2 Melbourne Heart was cruising at three-nil against Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon, when David…
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Melbourne Heart 2 Newcastle Jets 1 Melbourne Heart got the flying start it needed to take an early lead against Newcastle Jets at AAMI Park on New…
Melbourne Victory 3 Newcastle Jets 2 Melbourne Victory looked to have defeated Newcastle Jets comfortably after taking…
Melbourne Heart 1 Melbourne Victory 2 The Melbourne derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in the short…
Melbourne Victory 1 Brisbane Roar 1 Melbourne Victory could not erase the memory of the five-nil hammering in the…
In a good quality game, Melbourne Victory did just enough to take all three points with a one-nil win over Perth Glory…
Melbourne Heart 3 Newcastle Jets 3 Melbourne Heart threw away a two-nil lead and eventually shared the points in a…
Melbourne Victory 2 Central Coast Mariners 2 Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners drew two-all at Etihad…
Melbourne Heart 4 Brisbane Roar 1 ‘Brisbane played without heart’, said Roar coach Rado Vidosic, after his team was…
Melbourne Victory 3 Wellington Phoenix 2 Melbourne Victory kept up its winning record against Wellington Phoenix, but…
Richard Garcia (left) and Trent Sainsbury in action. Melbourne Heart 0 Central Coast Mariners 1 Central Coast Mariners…
Melbourne Victory 2 Adelaide United 1 The 2012-13 season of the A-League looks like it will be the most competitive…
Melbourne Heart 1 Wellington Phoenix 1 Melbourne Heart took on a Wellington Phoenix side depleted by international…
Melbourne Victory 1 Melbourne Heart 2 The keenly awaited Melbourne derby kicked-off the 2012–13 A League season at…
(This article appeared on Goal Weekly's website on 18 September 2012…
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at the Olympics (This article was publsihed on the Goal Weekly website at www.goalweklly.com.au on Thursday 26 April 2012. The photograph of Hakan…
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Melbourne Heart 2 Sydney FC 2 (Click and double click on photos below to enlarge them) In a classic game of two halves, Melbourne Heart scored two…
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Melbourne Victory 3 Wellington Phoenix 0 Melbourne Victory produced the kind of performance the fans had been waiting for all year with a three-nil…
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Melbourne Heart 1 Wellington Phoenix 1 (Double click on photos below to enlarge them.) In the match which could decide its finals ambitions…
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Melbourne Victory 1 Newcastle Jets 3 On a night of pouring rain in Melbourne, Victory’s season was washed away by Newcastle Jets by three goals to…
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Time for FFA to keep its nerve (This aritcle appeared on the SBS website, The World Game on 22 February 2012 and in Goal Weekly on 24 February 2012.)…
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Melbourne Heart 1 Gold Coast United 0 A late goal by substitute Eli Babalj gave Melbourne Heart a vital win in its attempt to retain its position in…
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Melbourne Victory 2 Central Coast Mariners 1 Melbourne Victory recorded its first win under Jim Magilton as coach, knocking off league leader Central…
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Melbourne Victory 2 Sydney FC 2 Melbourne Victory were held to two-all draw by Sydney FC in the strangest of games at AAMI Park on Australia Day…
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Melbourne Heart 1 Brisbane Roar 1 Melbourne Heart once again matched a top-ranked opponent in Brisbane Roar and thoroughly deserved the point it took…
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Melbourne Heart 0 Central Coast Mariners 1 In an act of grand larceny Central Coast Mariners stole the points with a last minute goal after Melbourne…
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Melbourne Heart 1 Perth Glory 2 Perth Glory was good value for its two-one away win over Melbourne Heart at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon. Kristian…
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Melbourne Victory 1 Adelaide United 1 Melbourne Vicotry and Adelaide United renewed their long running rivalry for the Muscat-Kosmina Cup in addition…
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Melbourne Victory 2 Newcastle Jets 1 Melbourne Victory gave newly appointed head coach Jim Magilton a welcome present with a hard-fought two-one win…
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Melbourne Heart 1 Adelaide United 3 Melbourne Heart’s winning streak came to an abrupt halt when Adelaide United scored a three-one win at AAMI Park…
Melbourne Victory 3 Wellington Phoenix 1 Melbourne Victory finally got the result its coach and players had been…
Melbourne Victory 1 Adelaide United 1 Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United played out a one-all draw at Etihad Stadium…
This article appeared in Goal Weekly, 9 December 2011, p. 2, and the Geelong Advertiser, 10 December 2011, p. 42 as…
(A shorter version of this article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser, 2 December 2011, p. 34, under the title 'Kicking…
Melbourne Victory 2 Perth Glory 2 Melbourne Victory got the advantage of some curious refereeing decisions but gave…
Melbourne Heart 3 Newcastle Jets 0 Heart went seeking its first win of the season at home to Newcastle Jets on Saturday…
Melbourne Victory 2 Brisbane Roar 2 The highly awaited clash between the runaway league leader Brisbane Roar and…
Melbourne Heart 1 Sydney FC 1 It was heartbreak of the Heart at AAMI Park on Saturday night when the home team thought…
Melbourne Victory 0 Melbourne Heart 0 The first Melbourne derby of the 2011-12 season ended in a scoreless draw. For…
Melbourne Heart 1 Perth Glory 2 Melbourne Heart’s first home game against Perth Glory ended in a disappointing two-one…
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Melbourne Victory 0 Sydney FC 0 The long awaited clash between Victory and Sydney with the Kewell and Emerton show as the main event kicked off at…