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(An abbreviated version of this story appeared as 'Butler ready to serve', in the Geelong Advertiser, Friday 1 May…
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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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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 Victory 2 Guangzhou Evergrande 0 In what must be one of the sweetest victories of his fledgling coaching career, Kevin Muscat masterminded…
Melbourne Victory 1 Sydney FC 1 Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC cancelled each other out in a one-all draw at AAMI Park…
Harry Kewell is bringing down the curtain on a stellar career at the end of the current A-League season. It is a pity…
Melbourne Victory 1 Yokohama Marinos 0 Melbourne Victory took an early lead and withstood a barrage from Yokohama…
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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…
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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 Victory 4 Adelaide United 3 Melbourne Victory conjured a narrow win over Adelaide United by four goals to three on Saturday night but the…
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Melbourne Victory and Muangthong United from Thailand cleared the decks for their battle in the Asian Champions League qualifier in Geelong on…
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Football fandom, like sporting performance in general, involves a delicate balance. When you are coaching youngsters to play the game, you want them…
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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…
Melbourne Victory 2 Perth Glory 1 (after extra time) After being on the back-foot for much of the ninety minutes…
Melbourne Victory 5 Newcastle Jets 0 Melbourne Victory bounced back dramatically from last week’s away loss to the…
Melbourne Victory 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 Western Sydney Wanderers made their first appearance in Melbourne in the…
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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Melbourne Victory 1 Sydney FC 3 Sydney FC Women reversed the result of yesterday’s A-League game when they overcame Melbourne Victory by three goals…
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 Victory 2 Central Coast Mariners 2 Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners drew two-all at Etihad…
Melbourne Victory 3 Wellington Phoenix 2 Melbourne Victory kept up its winning record against Wellington Phoenix, but…
Melbourne Victory 1 Newcastle Jets 0 Melbourne Victory continued its unblemished sequence of wins over Newcastle Jets…
Melbourne Victory 2 Adelaide United 1 The 2012-13 season of the A-League looks like it will be the most competitive…
Melbourne Victory 1 Melbourne Heart 2 The keenly awaited Melbourne derby kicked-off the 2012–13 A League season at…
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Three down after 25 minutes Melbourne Victory found out what it was like to play against one of the top teams in Europe, Olympiakos Piraeus, the…
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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 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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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 Heart 0 Melbourne Victory 0 Melbourne Heart and Melbourne Victory played out a scoreless draw at AAMI Park on Saturday night in front of…
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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 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…
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…
Melbourne Victory 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2 (Galaxy 4-3 on penalties) Friendly tour matches, even with a sponsor’s trophy…
(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 Victory 2 Brisbane Roar 2 The highly awaited clash between the runaway league leader Brisbane Roar and…
Melbourne Victory 0 Melbourne Heart 0 The first Melbourne derby of the 2011-12 season ended in a scoreless draw. For…
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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…
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Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 23 September 2011, p. 30, as 'Harry's tail has a flick.' It did not take Harry Kewell and his manager Bernie…
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Skippers in opposition. Victory's Adrian Leijer closes down Georgios Samaras of Celtic. Melbourne Victory 0 Celtic 1 Melbourne Victory lost by a…
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Georgios Samaras, Neil Lennon, Mehmet Durakovic and Grant Brebner face the media. Celtic expects tough match Celtic expects its toughest match of its…
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Matthew Foschin takes the ball on his chest, surrounded by team-mates and opponents. Melbourne Victory 2 Tianjin Teda 1 Melbourne Victory gained its…
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Midfield action with Tom Pondeljak of Victory and Park Hyun Bem of Jeju United Melbourne Victory 1 Jeju United 2 Melbourne Victory lost its first…
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A flare at the Melbourne Victory versus Melbourne Heart derby in January 2011 Football fans and violence: what is really going on? The blogosphere…
Melbourne Victory 2 Newcastle Jets 1 Melbourne Victory pulled off a last-minute win over a very competitive Newcastle…
Melbourne Victory 2 Perth Glory 0 Melbourne Victory achieved its first win in three attempts against Perth Glory in a…
Melbourne Victory Women 0 Perth Glory Women 1 Melbourne Victory and Perth Glory played a high quality W-League match as…
Melbourne Heart 1 Melbourne Victory 3 Melbourne Victory had too much firepower for Melbourne Heart and won the second…
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Melbourne Victory 2 Central Coast Mariners 2 Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners shared the points in a two-all draw at AAMI stadium before…
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Melbourne Victory knocked off the defending champion, Sydney FC by three-goals to two in an A-League second round match that had everything before a…
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Geelong Advertiser, Thursday 24 August 2006, p. 39. Melbourne Victory launched its second A-League season with a flourish in Melbourne yesterday. As…
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Geelong Advertiser, Monday 2 October 2006, p. 31. Top of the table Melbourne Victory recorded its sixth win in a row against second-placed Queensland…
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Melbourne Victory left it very late but came up with another victory by a goal to nil over Perth Glory in the A-League match at Telstra Dome last…