Sydney FC have edged Wellington Phoenix 1-0 with a 92nd minute winner from Milos Ninkovic at Westpac Stadium on Sunday.

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Apparently, expansion of the A-League is back on the agenda. No, really. That being the case, the fault lines of a debate which excites the football public like no other are about to reach a sharper focus. Derbies, or regions? New markets, or existing ones? Ultimately, that's the conversation which matters most.

Kevin Muscat didn't want Melbourne Victory's 4-1 drubbing by cross town rivals Melbourne City in the first derby of the A-League season to be the reference point for the rest of the campaign.

Arsenal lead Liverpool on goal difference at the top of the Premier League after a day when just 13 goals were scored and Tottenham Hotspur fluffed their lines.

An injury-time winner from Marco Rojas has given Melbourne Victory a last-gasp 2-1 A-League victory over Adelaide United at Coopers Stadium.

SYDNEY, Oct 22 AAP - A first half strike from Thomas Kristensen has helped a wasteful Brisbane hold off Central Coast 1-0 and claim their first win of the A-League season.

Three Canberra United players selected to represent Australia.

Western Sydney Wanderers' midfielder Kearyn Baccus isn't taking anything for granted after finally working his way back to where he was supposed to be.

One brilliant derby win over Melbourne Victory did not make Melbourne City an outstanding team.

Pep Guardiola enjoyed a dazzling start to his reign as Manchester City manager, so much so that after six successive Premier League wins some were suggesting the only real fight this season would be for runners-up spot.

Jose Mourinho has claimed that he was "never friends and never close" with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich but insisted he has no intention of "washing his dirty linen" in public by divulging the details behind his sacking by the club.

Melbourne City's early-season bubble burst somewhat with a 3-2 home loss to Perth Glory on Friday night - a defeat that, said coach John van 't Schip, is a stark reminder for his players of how hard they have to work and how intensely they have to compete if they want to dominate the competition.

Perth Glory probably boast more 180-centimetre-plus players than any side in the A-League and thus have earned a well-deserved reputation for being a constant threat at set pieces.

The Socceroos' World Cup qualifier against Thailand will go ahead as scheduled next month.

Australian soccer's biggest names have joined the chorus to bring A-League to the capital.

One in six thousand players will start a professional football match this weekend, which is why the FFA were prompted into action.

Roy O'Donovan reckons Roy Keane was still the best player on the training field 18 months after he retired as a professional footballer.

There's no crisis at Melbourne Victory in the wake of their 4-1 destruction by Melbourne City but coach Kevin Muscat has suggested changes are likely ahead of Saturday night's A-League meeting with Adelaide United.

To win the title you have to get off to a flying start in your first few games, build a solid foundation for the rest of the campaign, and then finish the home and away series with a flourish, taking that momentum into the finals.

Perth Glory coach Kenny Lowe has his fingers crossed Tim Cahill suffers a rare off night during his side's bid to rob three A-League points from Melbourne City's vault.

A stroke of genius? A cry for help? An insult to English teachers? Whatever else it is, the A-League's new marketing slogan, 'You've gotta have a team', is as well-struck and accurate as Tim Cahill's first goal for Melbourne City.

Paul Pogba scored twice as the English club moved to the top of their group.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, FFA bosses Steven Lowy and David Gallop have been invited to Canberra's A-League "test" ahead of the Central Coast Mariners' return to the capital.

Despite being forced off the field in last week's win over Central Coast, Alex Wilkinson will be fit to start against Wellington Phoenix.

Powered by his sterling FFA Cup semi-final comeback, reinvigorated Sydney FC winger Bernie Ibini is itching to take his game back to the A-League.

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A consortium is in place that is prepared to bankroll a second A-League team in Brisbane, according to Miron Bleiberg.

It was a thumping derby win, but few City players are guaranteed a place in the starting 11 these days.

Mesut Ozil has bagged a second-half hat-trick as Arsenal turned on the style to thrash Ludogorets 6-0 in the Champions League.