
New year but same old frustrations for Wanderers
Western Sydney Wanderers' frustrating season showed no signs of improving in 2017 after settling for their eighth draw of the season on Sunday night against Perth Glory.
Western Sydney Wanderers' frustrating season showed no signs of improving in 2017 after settling for their eighth draw of the season on Sunday night against Perth Glory.
The Wellington Phoenix have done little to quieten down Mark Bosnich in a 0-0 stalemate with Adelaide United.
Tim Cahill has shown he's a good sport after being the butt of a New Year's prank by a ballboy which is drawing worldwide attention.
Football Federation Australia will review Luke Brattan's New Year's Eve head knock to determine whether A-League concussion protocols had been adhered to.
When the most financially challenged team in the league meets the plutocrats of the competition there is almost always one outcome - Â the wealthy are the winners.
When you are the biggest club in the league and historically one of its most successful its never easy to snare a regular first team place.
It's generally a good time of year to be taking a holiday on the Surf Coast if you're a Melbourne Victory supporter. A day at the beach, and a balmy evening at Simonds Stadium. Monday night will be the fifth time Geelong will have hosted a Victory match, and the expectations are of a 15,000-plus crowd. Everyone wins. Or do they?
Chelsea will take a six-point lead into the new year after they beat Stoke 4-2 on Saturday while second-placed Liverpool matched them with a 1-0 win over rivals Manchester City.
Bruno Fornaroli has scored a dramatic late penalty to deny struggling Central Coast a famous New Year's Eve victory over A-League giants Melbourne City.
Vedran Janjetovic has lashed out at his former A-League club, accusing Sydney FC of treating him like he wasn't there and of offering him up to Western Sydney in a bid to get Andrew Redmayne.
Teenager Lachlan Scott will likely be Western Sydney Wanderers' only striking option for Sunday's match against Perth Glory but the youngster is set to shine having been mentored by the club's most reliable goal scorer of recent years.
When you are owned by one of the richest football groups in the world it certainly helps prepare the ground for success.
Talk of them being the new Invincibles might be a little premature: after all, the A League has barely reached the half way point of the season.
Sydney FC are facing the prospect of finishing the season without their leading defender Matt Jurman with at least three cashed-up Asian clubs set to make bids to sign their vice-captain in the upcoming transfer window.Â
A Kyah Simon penalty in the dying stages handed Sydney FC a 2-1 win over Western Sydney Wanderers, pushing the Sky Blues back to the top of the W-League ladder.
For the better part of the last seven years, Sydney FC fans have gone through just about every emotion apart from pride and jubilation but they may finally have something to cherish.
Western Sydney Wanderers have confirmed the signing of another former Sydney FC player with Terry Antonis to return to the A-League for the rest of the season.Â
Newcastle Jets face competition for the signature of Mark Bridge from another of the striker's former clubs.
MRI clears Matildas striker of major damage to ankle, but she'll miss at least one W-League game.
Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, says he admires Pep Guardiola for refusing the "easy" option of collecting titles in less challenging countries than England.
An unnamed Chinese club has offered Real Madrid €300 million ($438 million) for Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the player's agent.
Swansea City's next manager will have to work closely with an American former economics journalist who has been hired as the club's 'Moneyball' expert.
"If I wasn't sitting on the bench, I would buy a ticket!" boomed Juergen Klopp.
Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints can end Ajax's 44-year hold on the world record for the most consecutive wins this weekend
But the Canberra united striker still unlikely to play Sydney as fellow Matildas striker Lisa De Vanna set to come in.
The A-League is set to become the first top division in the world to include the use of Video Assistant Referees after Football Federation Australian fast-tracked plans for its introduction this season.
A decade or so ago, when Socceroo coach Frank Farina travelled to Europe to monitor his national team prospects, he visited some of the game's greatest leagues.
Carlos Tevez became the latest high-profile international player to join the Chinese Super League when Shanghai Shenhua confirmed the signing of the Argentine striker from his boyhood club Boca Juniors on Thursday.
It was a press conference like any other until one short slip from Milos Dimitrijevic may have revealed the game strategy that's been the bedrock of Sydney FC's success.
On paper it looked like a regulation assignment, and that's how it turned out as Melbourne Victory eased to a 4-1 win over Central Coast Mariners to end round 12, setting themselves up perfectly for a New Year's clash with Newcastle Jets in Geelong.
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