If character is shown in adversity then Melbourne City, a club better known for splashing the cash on big name players, showed a steely resolve that few would have expected after their makeshift side slumped to a 2-0 half time deficit against a rampant Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park on Saturday night.
When Brisbane Roar knocked Shanghai Shenhua out of the ACL, they never expected it could land a lucrative contract on the desk of Wanderers' coach Tony Popovic.
Melbourne City player-coach Jess Fishlock insists it's wrong for people to claim the soccer club's wealth is the reason behind their success, saying money can't buy dedication, hard work and passion.
He copped abuse in public from fans, dealt with an online campaign to have him dropped and his club signed a veteran replacement. Yet, Paul Izzo bounced back to reclaim his starting position and silence his critics.
All sports need to showcase their big occasions. Sunday's W-League grand final is one of those occasions.
At least 17 people died and scores were injured in a stampede at an Angolan soccer match on Friday when hundreds of supporters stormed the stadium gates, a medical official said.
Perth Glory maestro Diego Castro orchestrated a 5-0 belting of a demoralised Adelaide United in Friday night's A-League match.
Two of the biggest names in world football, Argentina's Lionel Messi and Brazil's Neymar, will be facing each other at the MCG in June, the Victorian Government confirmed on Friday morning.
Western Sydney Wanderers are set to make a move to sign exciting Dutch midfielder Roly Bonevacia next season with the Wellington Phoenix midfielder set to leave the club at the expiration of his contract in May.
Sydney FC are set to battle the riches of Asia, Europe and the Middle East for the services of Milos Ninkovic next season but defender Rhyan Grant urged the club to make every effort to keep the star midfielder.
Melbourne Victory chairman Anthony Di Pietro has fired a broadside at the FFA leadership and demanded on behalf of all A-League clubs that they be given a greater share of the game's revenue.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way."
Veteran goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen will get the chance to make his first appearance since being sent off in the opening game of the season when he comes into the suspension-ravaged Melbourne City line-up for the must-win clash with Brisbane Roar on Saturday night.
There were 333 fewer fans at Allianz Stadium against Wellington on Thursday than the club's first ever match against a New Zealand side when they hosted the now defunct Knights in a pre-season friendly in July 2005, before the A-League started.
Melbourne City has conceded more than 300 fouls and picked up the most yellow cards in the A-League this season.
Sydney FC are one step closer to finishing the season as invincible after scoring three stunning goals in their 3-1 win over Wellington.
Is it time to panic for the women's game in Australia? Not really. Is it time to be bold? For sure. As women's sport across the country enters a golden age, football needs to think outside the square or it could be left behind. Sunday afternoon in Perth will more than likely offer a stark warning. It's one the female game should not ignore.
Despite a disappointing season, a late charge towards the A-League finals isn't out of the question says Adelaide United coach.
Does a salary cap ensure a competition is more evenly balanced? That's the question raised by a recent study conducted by the players union into the last two seasons of the A-League that will be unveiled on Friday.
Newcastle's A-League home clash with Melbourne Victory has been moved to Monday night due to the extreme heat expected on Saturday afternoon.
​John Aloisi has hailed Brisbane Roar's AFC Champions League boilover in China as the greatest victory in his tenure at the club.
(Adds details)Leicester City scored two stunning goals in extra time through Wilfred Ndidi and Demarai Gray to reach the FA Cup fifth round with a 3-1 win over second tier Derby County.
Dejan Lovren can still remember the sirens, how he was clinging to his mother in a basement shelter to escape the bombs, and the 17-hour drive across the German border that saved him.
Rising star Brandon Borrello stole Carlos Tevez's spotlight by helping Brisbane Roar book a spot in the AFC Champions League's group stage with a stunning victory in China.
Sydney FC could be about to find out what they missed out on when Wellington Phoenix come to town on Thursday night as young defender Jacob Tratt vows to make a statement at the expense of his former employers.
Dean Bouzanis has been handed a five-match A-League ban for calling Melbourne Victory striker Besart Berisha a "f---ing gypsy" during last weekend's derby.
In just three months, Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold has gone from spruiking his desire for his team to become the A-League's first "invincibles" to telling his players to stop stop talking about it.
Billionaire WIN Television boss Bruce Gordon has thrown his support behind an A-League team for Wollongong, indicating he would be prepared to invest in the expansion club.
A pair of Malaysian coaches are off to work at London-based side Queen Park Rangers for a month-long exchange but it won't be the first taste of English football for Ong Kim Swee and his assistant Brad Maloney.
The management of David Beckham's image is indeed a sizeable British industry, but to believe he does charity work solely to earn a knighthood you would need a very dark view of him, and of the world.
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