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HAL Season 5

Note: BOTN during the later stages of State Leagues and until HAL R7 will be operating in 'maintenance mode' only, due to long-standing commitments. Our writers will be out and about getting news and background but full coverage will resume Friday 18 September 2009. Apologies to our regular readers!

A-League: 2009-2010 Season
Rounds in Review
August
Jeremy Ruane

'Round reviews to come'
Every week we will bring you a round review, then at R7 the full BOTN coverage of HAL, WWL, and NYL will resume and expand ...
[ Coming ...]

BOTN Team Fearless Predictions:
A-League 2009-2010
July 2009

The BOTN 2009-2010 A-League season writing team have placed their end of R27 ranking tips, and we have consolidated them into one fearless prediction! Laugh at us, and see how badly wrong (or right) we have been in the first 4 seasons!

[ Link to Fearless Prediction .... ]

Fans Tipping Competition:
A-League 2009-2010
July 2009

The 2008-2009 A-League season BOTN fans tipping competition is now available courtesy of OzTips.

[ Link to tipping comp .... ]

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

Link to final off season page 5


2009/2010 A-League Table
To be updated R7
#	Team	Pl	Wo	Dr	Lo	Gf	Ga	Dif	Pts
1	Adelaide U	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brisbane R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	CentralCoast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Gold Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Melbourne V	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Newcastle J	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	NQ Fury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Perth Glory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sydney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Wellington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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2008/09 Premiers - Melbourne Victory FC
Champions - Melbourne Victory FC
Runners up - Adelaide United FC
2007/08 Premiers - Central Coast Mariners FC
Champions - Newcastle Jets FC
Runners up - Central Coast Mariners FC
2006/07 Premiers - Melbourne Victory FC
Champions - Melbourne Victory FC
Runners Up - Adelaide United FC
2005/06 Premiers - Adelaide United FC
Champion - Sydney FC
Runners Up - Central Coast Mariners FC

Matches

Socceroos & Matildas:
Socceroos:

Next WC Qualifiers - Australia vs Japan - 17 June, 2009 - Melbourne Cricket Ground

Next AC Qualifier - Australia vs Oman - 14 November, 2009

Matildas & Young Matildas :
- tba

Olyroos (U23):
- tba
Fixtures & Results

A-League fixtures:
HAL Season 5, Round 1 - Starts on Friday 6 August 2009. Round 27 - 12/14 February, 2010. Finals - 20 February to 13 March; with Grand Final on Saturday 20 March, 2009

Fixtures & Results

All times are the local unless shown otherwise!

BOTN Player Points
Premiership Player 2008-09
After 4 Rounds - Charlie Miller (QR)
After 7 Rounds - Charlie Miller (QR)
After 10 Rounds - Charlie Miller (QR)
After 13 Rounds - Steve Corica (SF) / Craig Moore (QR)
After 16 Rounds - Craig Moore (QR)
Winner after 21 Rounds - Craig Moore (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
& Inaugural A-League Player Of The Year (Premiership)

See the Full listing to the final 2007-08 HAL Premiership round.
See the Full listing to the final 2006-07 HAL Premiership round.
See the Full listing 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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