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Australian 2007/2008
A-League Season

Opinion
Monday Morning Manager
A-League 2007-2008
01/10/07
Week six of the Monday Morning Manager; the weekly BOTN A-League opinion column. Each week our guest writer seeks to entertain you with some of the opinions you don't see in the papers. This week he/she looks at to be or not to B-League, refereeing, and more ..

[ Link to MMM .... ]

International Football:
Women
Young Matildas Rebuild

01/01/2007: The Young Matildas are in China preparing for the upcoming AFC championships - first went down 1-0 to China in Chengdu before recovering to a 0-0 draw in their second game. See the full details and squad listing.

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State Football: Vic
Foxtel Cup Reviews

01/10/2007: Our Melbourne reporter Alan Clark provides a review each round of the high level 2007 Victorian Foxtel Cup competition for premier league teams ... see latest finals - week 3 - roundup. Now for the Grand Final between Whittlesea and Preston next week. [ More .... ]

A-League: 2007-2008 Season
Round 6 in Review
01/10/07
Jeremy Ruane

'History Made As League Leaders Lose'

History was made in the Hyundai A-League on the last weekend in September, as all four home teams recorded victories, the first time this has occurred in the fledgling competition's history.
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A-League:
Round 6
30/09/2007

Sunday:

Adelaide United 2 - Central Coast 1
Two evenly matched sides arm wrestled all afternoon trying to get the edge, and in the end it was Bruce Djite's marksmanship that told, giving Adelaide their first win and the Coast their first loss.
Lino Fusco reports from Adelaide
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A-League:
Round 6
30/09/2007

Sunday:

Wellington Phoenix 4 - Perth Glory 1
The second longest league trip in football turned bumpy for the Glory when beaten 4-1 by Wellington on a typically windy day in front of a boisterous crowd.
Jeremy Ruane reports
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A-League:
Round 6
29/09/2007

Saturday:

Sydney FC 1 - Newcastle Jets 0
A sole goal by Alex Brosque from a sublime Juninho pass was enough to break the Jets undefeated record and propel Sydney to fourth on the table after back to back wins.
Chris Dunkerley reports
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A-League:
Round 6
28/09/2007

Friday:

Melbourne Victory 2 - Qld Roar 0
Kevin Muscat's 68th minute penalty, and Archie Thompson's strike five minutes from time was enough to break a Docklands goal-drought for Melbourne Victory against Queensland Roar on Friday night
Alan Clark reports from Melbourne
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A-League: 2007-2008
Round 6 Preview
27/09/07

Having reached Round 6 of the Hyundai A-League the pressure is mounting on those teams down the table - this weekend's match-ups, team line-ups, dates/times, venues, etc. The Coast are still top - who can catch them?
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A-League: 2007-2008 Season
Round 5 in Review
24/09/07
Jeremy Ruane

'Mariners Move Clear As Champs Draw Five Straight'
The Central Coast Mariners have skipped four points clear at the top of the HAL after five rounds of action, maintaining their perfect goals against record by downing Perth Glory 1-0 late at Gosford.
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International Football:
Women's World Cup in China 2007

Brasil 3 vs Australia 2

23/9/2007: The Australian Womens team, the Matildas, faced South American powerhouse Brasil in a quarter final of this World Cup in Tianjin, China tonight and after coming back from 2 down, finally succumbed to the samba team and to odd refereeing from the German.

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A-League:
Round 5
23/09/2007

Sunday:

Central Coast 1 - Perth Glory 0
The closeness of Season 3 of the Hyundai A-League was underlined at bay-side Bluetounge Stadium in Gosford tonight as the table topping Mariners struggled to overcome a tenacious Perth Glory, grabbinga goal by Saso Petrovski late to take all points.
Chris Dunkerley reports from Gosford
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A-League:
Round 5
22/09/2007

Saturday:

Queensland Roar 0 - Sydney FC 1
Despite the Roar again dominating lengthy stretches of a frenetic game it was Sydney who converted one of their chances - whilst the Roar couldn't get past Bolton in the Sydney goal.
Andrew Demack reports from Brisbane
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A-League:
Round 5
22/09/2007

Saturday:

Wellington Phoenix 2 - Adelaide United 2
After a stalemate first half four goals in the second brought this game to life.
Jeremy Ruane reports from NZ
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A-League:
Round 5
21/09/2007

Friday:

Newcastle Jets 2 - Melbourne Victory 2
Super sub Adrian Caceres who had been on the pitch for just four minutes helped Melbourne steal a point with a late 83rd minute equaliser in a dramatic 2-2 draw.
Robert Szomolnoki reports from Newcastle
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International Football:
Women's World Cup in China 2007

Australia 2 - Canada 2

20/9/2007: The Australian Womens team, the Matildas, battled to a 2-2 draw with Canada in Chengdu China tonight. Twice coming from behind they went through on points to play in the quarter finals for the first time.

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A-League: BOTN
Player Points 2007/08
19/09/07
Chris Dunkerley
Roar's Matt McKay in early lead

After 4 rounds the leading players were:
MCKAY, Matthew (QR) - 8 points
The other high scorers were:
JEDINAK, Mile (CC) - 5
SALLEY, Jonas (AU) - 5
MUSCAT, Kevin (MV) - 5
TIATTO, Danny (QR) - 5
ALOISI, Ross (WP) - 4
GRIFFITHS, Joel (NJ) - 4
COVIC, Ante (NJ) - 4
BOTN football writers gave out 6 points per game to players. Overall 36 players have received at least 1 point!
See full listing to R4!

Link to previous page (Round 5)

R.I.P: Johnny Warren (1943 - 2004)
'The Conscience of Australian Football!'

A-League 2007/08 Round 6 Results & Reports
Melbourne	2	0	Qld Roar
Sydney	1	0	Newcastle
Wellington	4	1	Perth Glory
Adelaide	2	1	Central Coast

Link to Round 5


2007/2008 A-League Table
Round 6
#	Team	Pl	Wo	Dr	Lo	Gf	Ga	Dif	Pts
1	CentralCoast	6	4	1	1	7	2	5	13
2	Newcastle J	6	2	3	1	5	4	1	9
3	Melbourne V	6	1	5	0	7	5	2	8
4	Wellington	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
5	Sydney	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
6	Adelaide U	6	1	4	1	9	9	0	7
7	Qld Roar	6	1	2	3	5	8	-3	5
8	Perth Glory	6	0	3	3	2	7	-5	3
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2006/07 Premiers - Melbourne Victory FC
2005/06 Premiers - Adelaide United FC 2006/07 Championships - Melbourne Victory FC
Runners Up - Adelaide United FC 2005/06 Champion - Sydney FC
Runners Up - Central Coast Mariners FC

Matches

Socceroos & Matildas:
Socceroos:

Friendly - vs China - tba in Sydney
Matildas:
tba
Olyroos (U23):

Olympic Qual - October 17 vs Lebanon, Beirut

Olympic Qual - November 17 vs Iraq, Central Coast

Olympic Qual - November 21 vs North Korea, Pyongyang

A-League fixtures:
Round 1 - Starts Friday 24 August 2007, with Grand Final Sunday 24 February, 2008

Results

Season 2007/2008

All times are the local unless shown otherwise!

BOTN Player Points
Premiership Player 2007-08
After 4 Rounds - Matt McKay (QR)
6 Points (usually as 3,2,1) are awarded by BOTN writers to players on games they cover! Listings will be published after each 3 rounds.

Roar's Alex Brosque
(Now Sydney FC)
Winner of Back Of The Net's 2005-2006
A-League Premiership Player Of The Year

See the Full listing also to the final NSL 2006-07 Premiership round.
See the Full listing also to the final 2005-06 HAL Premiership round.
See the Full listing also to the final NSL 2003-04 Premiership round.

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