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This is one of the greatest stories in the history of Aussie sport. Forget the petty parochialism that diminishes everything we do on the world stage… this is one of us, taking on the world, and winning. Ange Postecoglou belongs in the pantheon of the greatest Australians ever.
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@MikeTuckerman
@maureenjohnson
I'd like to see our two nations set up some sort of cross-cultural exchange, whereby you head down to Oz and write a few columns about the
#aleague
for
@TheRoarSports
, and I pretend to know how to play guitar for a punk band opening for
@theflatliners
at the London Music Hall.
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You know what competition is REALLY struggling? The Big Bash League. Does anyone still watch it? The crowds are minuscule! Funny how all the mainstream journos who are so quick to lay into the A-League never reference that…
#BBL12
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"The huge crowds turning out at FIFA Women’s World Cup venues across Australia and New Zealand are a reminder of the popularity of football – and the irrelevance of mainstream media," via
@TheRoarSports
#FIFAWWC
#Matildas
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"In a nation where almost 30 per cent of residents were born overseas, Foxtel’s decision not to renew its beIN Sports partnership is another slap in the face to those with little interest in watching Collingwood play Carlton for the 300th time," via
@TheRoarSports
#Football
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The
@NRL
is wild. They have a club with 34,000+ members in the
@TheParraEels
whose fans are rewarded for their support with a string of Thursday night games, and one Friday 6pm, in a row.
This game could have sold out on any other night, but for the
@NRL
, only TV dollars matter.
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A handy guide to help you pick an
#aleague
club:
Adelaide = Southampton
Roar = Newcastle U.
Mariners = Norwich City
Melb City = Man City
Victory = Liverpool
Jets = Leicester City
Glory = West Ham
Sydney FC = Chelsea
Phoenix = Cardiff City
Wanderers = Arsenal
Western U. = MK Dons
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Feel free to come back to an
@aleaguemen
game again next season, Sydneysiders. It may not be La Liga, but it's ours.
#WeAreALeagues
#AASvFCB
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Another hot Sydney summer day, another 3pm Sunday kick-off.
Minuscule attendance, hardly anyone watching on TV. Why does the
@aleaguemen
insist on doing this to itself?
#WSWvWUN
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A glimpse into the future of the APL’s upcoming
@aleaguemen
grand final in Sydney. Empty seats, limited active support, and a couple of corporate boxes sprinkled with executives stealing a living.
#MVCvSYD
#WeAreALeagues
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Can’t help but wonder how good the
@aleaguemen
would have been if we were watching Wollongong versus Canberra tonight. What could have been…
#WeAreALeagues
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"But the administrators who run the sport don’t care. If you paid for expensive flights to watch your A-League team in peak holiday season, that’s your problem. They already think you’re insane for being a passionate football supporter in the first place," via
@TheRoarSports
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So
@aleaguemen
clubs were hell-bent on divorcing from
@FootballAUS
because they were convinced they could attract more fans on their own.
How’s it working out for them?!
#WeAreLeagues
#BRIvSYD
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Ange Postecoglou is about to put Australian football on the map. If he hadn’t already...
#jleague
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Thoroughly enjoyed watching
#SYDvBRI
. Why? Because I live in Australia. Would much rather watch that than a couple of teams from the other side of the world I have no connection to.
#WeAreALeagues
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So many
@aleaguemen
games are wildly entertaining. If only there was a way for the APL to market this…
#SYDvCCM
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Just a casual observation, but boy do a lot of a certain type of men seem to be triggered by the mere existence of women’s sport.
Isn’t it exhausting? Who cares this much?
Never thought watching a game of football would put you on the frontline of the culture wars.
#Matildas
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If this
@WgtnPhoenixFC
game has done nothing else, it’s remind us all of how important fans are to the
#aleague
experience. Atmosphere is what makes the
@aleague
special. Today has proved that.
#WELvWUN
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Can confirm the
@aleague
lift out in today’s News Corp papers is great. Insightful
@marcothejourno
interview with
@Robbie9Fowler
in The Courier Mail. Interesting to see
@TheRealBozza
tip
@MelbourneCity
as premiers in waiting. How good is it to have the football back?!
#aleague
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Hard to believe that four years ago
@PerthGloryFC
drew a crowd of 56,371 to their home grand final. And this is what
@aleaguemen
clubs voted against?!
I know we’re all tired of talking about administrative incompetence, but it’s worth noting these scenes are no longer possible.
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Looks like more people have turned up at an
#aleague
game this weekend than the cricket at The Gabba. Should be an interesting
@australian
editorial tomorrow about how football is officially our new summer sport.
#AUSvPAK
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The
#SydneyDerby
is one of world football’s great derbies. If ever the
@aleaguemen
needed a match that puts it on the world football map… this is it.
#SYDvWSW
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"We’ve created a two-speed football economy in Australia – one where supporting a European club is considered cool and chic, while supporting an A-League club is almost a lost cause worth laughing at," via
@TheRoarSports
#WeAreALeagues
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So the “biggest Sydney derby of all” kicks off in front of thousands of empty seats.
The
@aleaguemen
has made a near-fatal error of judgement selling those grand finals to
@destinationnsw
.
Unless the goal was to reduce attendances, in which case… mission accomplished!
#WSWvSYD
"Still a little bit disappointed that they're not here tonight. Obviously their our 12th man, we wanted them here to support the boys like they've done all season. Just a little bit disappointed they're not."
@SydneyFC
's Steve Corica on
@TheCove23
's absence
#WSWvSYD
#SydneyDerby
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"Those who work inside the A-League are compelled by an insidious pressure to refrain from criticism, because the reality is there are so few jobs in football, that to speak out is to imperil one’s own livelihood," via
@TheRoarSports
#WeAreALeagues
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Just walk out. How hard is it?! Whatever point you wanted to make - that deserved to be made! - is completely overshadowed by these idiotic scenes. Deadset… how can some of these fans be so dumb?
#MelbDerby
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Some strike in front of 80,000+ fans at the Rose Bowl. Safe to say
@MLS
is now streets ahead of the A-League.
#ElTrafico
#MLS
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Deadset. This
#MelbDerby
is everything already. Who cares if the mainstream doesn’t get it? Half the joy of the
@aleaguemen
is that it’s our rollicking little secret.
#MVCvMCY
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"Saturday night was the perfect advertisement of why we fell in love with the A-League in the first place, and a powerful reminder of what football could be if it actually looked after its own fans," via
@TheRoarSports
#WeAreALeagues
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Just ticked over two million views of my humble little column on
@TheRoarSports
. Not a bad effort for a column dealing almost exclusively with Oz football. Thanks to all who read it. Plenty more to come.
#aleague
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Realised the other day I'd notched 1,000 columns for
@TheRoarSports
. Give or take, I've written around 700,000 words on football over the years.
It's been a labour of love, at times, but I always appreciate everyone who reads and comments on them. Here's to the next thousand!
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"If I go to a football game, I go to watch football. If I want to hear some terrible pop tunes, I’ll listen to commercial radio." via
@TheRoarSports
#aleague
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"Surely the biggest conundrum facing football in these parts is the fact that of the 59,155 fans who turned up at Optus Stadium, most of them want nothing to do with the domestic leagues," via
@TheRoarSports
#Matildas
#WeAreALeagues
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My sister just messaged me about
@TheMatildas
win. My nieces are nine and twelve. You better believe these women are inspiring the next generation of footballers.
#GBRvAUS
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The thought that someone once suggested
@alinodiamanti23
wouldn’t produce the requisite metrics for the
@aleague
speaks volumes about how wrong our approach to football has been at times. Here’s hoping those days are long gone.
#aleague
#MVCvWUN
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I have never been more embarrassed to be an
@aleaguemen
fan than I have been this week.
#MelbDerby
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Happy retirement and best wishes to an absolute legend of the
@aleaguemen
. Arrived in Australia as a relative unknown and left as one of the greats. That's what football's about.
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"There is no better indicator of the disconnect between Melbourne Victory’s board and the club’s sizeable fan-base than the fact they lost the derby at a stadium no fans want to go to," via
@TheRoarSports
#aleague
#mvfc
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Was sent this photo of a young Robbie Fowler and Tony Grant during the week. Goes to show just how long they've been partners in football, and why a former Liverpool striker and Everton midfielder ended up coaching together at
@brisbaneroar
. Huge
#aleague
game for the pair today.
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This is not a good look. And it's high time the
@ALeague
acknowledged that football has a genuine problem with the attitude of police and stadium security at games. Hope
@CarrollRory
and his family are okay.
#aleague
@TheRoarSports
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"If the APL thinks the way to get more fans into the A-League is by doing surreptitious deals with Destination NSW, they should quit the football business and start running some hotels," via
@TheRoarSports
#WeAreALeagues
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The whole 'love English football, hate the A-League' brigade suffer the most bizarre cultural cringe. It's the exact same sport.
#aleague
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Simon Hill remains one of the biggest names and best advocates we have for football in Australia. It’s awesome to have him back in the game and back on our screens.
#aleague
#wleague
Get to know
@10Football
's new commentator
@simonhill1894
- as he talks his favourite
@Socceroos
moment, what football means to him and predicts the upcoming
@ALeague
season
Hear Simon on the call tonight for the
#FFACup
, streaming live and free on 10play from 7.30pm AEST
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We often bemoan the pace of many
@aleaguemen
games but then you flick on the Big Blue and see two sides going at each other hell for leather. I really hope the APL has a good think about kick-off times next season. These later time slots provide a much better spectacle.
#MVCvSYD
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Sucks to be those who continue to insist the
@aleaguemen
isn’t entertaining. That was wild…
#MVCvADL
#WeAreALeagues
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The atmosphere at the new
@AllianzStadium
tonight is absolutely mint… thanks in no small part to the travelling
@gomvfc
fans. This is what the
@aleaguemen
needs to market… forget the gimmicks, football is for the fans.
#SYDvMVC
#WeAreALeagues
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"And after years of waking up in the middle of the night just to feel like we’re part of the football world, isn’t it nice to be at the centre of it?" via
@TheRoarSports
#FIFAWWC
#Matildas
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Well it sounds like the second half of
#ADLvMAC
is an entertaining affair. If only there was a way for me to tune in,
@ParamountPlusAU
.
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On a positive note, I’ve heard some excellent news about
@brisbaneroar
for next season. Can’t say too much for now… other than I’m really looking forward to having a drink on Caxton Street after a game.
#WeAreALeagues
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"Melbourne might like to label itself the sporting capital of the world, but when the eyes of the globe are on Sydney for the finale of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Victorian capital will come off looking decidedly second-best," via
@TheRoarSports
#FIFAWWC
#Matildas
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"It’s not by peering over the fence that the A-League will solve the issues in its own backyard, because football doesn’t need rusted-on rugby league journos with no skin in the game and no desire to see it flourish to tell us what we already know," via
@TheRoarSports
#aleague
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I watched the ‘97 game against Iran with my parents in their living room. At full-time my Mum, who often used to iron when she was nervous, excused herself to go to the laundry. The house was dead silent... until we heard her sobbing in there. So this one’s for you, Mum.
#AUSvURU
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Geez
@robcornthwaite
is a useful addition to
#aleague
coverage. Thinks so quickly on his feet, which allows him to make smart observations and ask thoughtful questions. Just feels like he always has something insightful to say.
#ADLvMCY
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"Football’s powerbrokers sitting on their hands doing nothing while the A-League crashes and burns is no longer looking like a commercially viable option," via
@TheRoarSports
#aleague
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"And much as I’d prefer not to over-exaggerate things, it’s my honest opinion that some police and security personnel believe that working at an A-League game gives them a licence to harass ticket-holders," via
@TheRoarSports
#aleague
#FeelTheFinals
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"When was the last time we felt so positive about the A-League? We’re seeing ads on TV, some decent crowds in the FFA Cup and the APL has just launched its very own content hub," via
@TheRoarSports
#WeAreALeagues
#FFACup
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I'm as keen as anyone for a NSD.
But for a football watcher in Queensland - and the situation is replicated in Western Australia and South Australia - I'm worried this whole thing will just be a Sydney & Melbourne-based competition.
Which is pretty much the issue with the ALM.
As the NST process moves toward the completion phase, the revised competition commencement date has moved to March/April 2025.
📰 Read the full statement below👇
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Great to see so many fans inside HBF Park.
@PerthGloryFC
don’t cop a lot of love on the east coast but they’re a key club in the
#aleague
and should be applauded for signing a genuine marquee player.
#PERvADE
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"The pace of the game is always slow because temperatures are too warm, many fans are left sweltering in stadiums that offer zero protection from the sun, and no one is watching on TV," via
@TheRoarSports
#WeAreALeagues
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"On a night when one of the round’s other fixtures had already been postponed due to the inclement weather, fans of the A-League’s two best-supported clubs turned Allianz Stadium into a cacophony of noise," via
@TheRoarSports
#WeAreALeagues
#BigBlue
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Enjoy seeing
@WgtnPhoenixFC
in Wollongong colours. On a related note... can we actually add a Wollongong team to the
#aleague
please?!
#WELvMVC
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Loving the classic grand finals on Fox and just wanted to give a shout-out to
@TheRealBozza
. We’re still too scared of strong opinions in the
#aleague
, but I reckon Bozza has stepped up in difficult circumstances these past couple of seasons. Have really enjoyed his insights.
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Andy is one of the nicest, most knowledgeable, most accommodating folks in football. He is one of the best blokes you could ever hope to run into and the fact that so many social media critics are unaware of this is a bit of a tragedy. He's one of my favourite people in the game.
I know Andy Harper divides opinion but I was in close proximity to him at a game recently and he seemed like an incredibly nice guy.
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Just got word that tomorrow's
@brisbaneroar
game at Dolphin Stadium in Redcliffe is effectively a sell-out. Let's get it on!
#BRIvPER
#aleague
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"More than 10,000 fans turned up in Gosford for the Mariners’ traditional New Year’s fixture, proving once again that A-League fans are more than capable of creating their own traditions when provided the right conditions," via
@TheRoarSports
#WeAreALeagues
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Thank you,
@TKoutsantonisMP
. The
@aleaguemen
hero we didn't know we needed...
‘In every code whether it is Australian Rules Football, rugby league or real football, you’re going to get some people who behave badly.’ Transport Minister Tom Koutsantonis has labelled Hindmarsh Stadium’s now-reversed ban on Melbourne Victory fans as a ‘stupid decision’. The
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Great coverage all season from
@FOXFOOTBALL
. One of the genuine bright spots of the campaign.
#ALeagueGF
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Not like the
@aleaguemen
ever struggled to sell Grand Final tickets prior to the pandemic.
#WeAreALeagues
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"It’s the Queensland state government rolling out the red carpet and allowing AFL executives to quarantine-as-they-please, while Brisbane Roar players and staff suffer in locked-away 14-day silence," via
@TheRoarSports
#aleague
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Could just be me, but I reckon Dolphin Stadium in Redcliffe is going to be packed to the rafters on Saturday arvo. Might be a smart idea if you're a
@brisbaneroar
fan to sort out a ticket before it sells out.
#RoarAsOne
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"The football-watching public no longer trusts the FFA. And very few people involved in the game feel like the FFA are capable of making the right decisions," via
@TheRoarSports
#Matildas
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"That’s because the two broadcasts were the best we’ve seen yet on Network Ten. Just as importantly, they were supported by the sort of ancillary content that helps drive new viewers to the game," via
@TheRoarSports
#Matildas
#WeAreALeagues
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If Ange Postecoglou's start at Tottenham has taught us anything... is it the fact that 99.9% of TV pundits have literally no idea what they're talking about?!
Has there ever been a bigger disparity between what pundits say will happen, and what Ange's team actually do?
#WOLTOT
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"And the net result of having a literal closed-shop competition has been dwindling attendances and diminishing media interest, with rusted-on A-League fans bored stiff of watching the Newcastle Jets take on Adelaide United for the 45th time," via
@TheRoarSports
#ProRelForAus
#NPL
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Don’t know what to say about that
@brisbaneroar
#AccessAllAreas
. Incredible insight! Kudos to the
@aleaguemen
for putting together such a compelling series. It’s just a shame that, right when they need a bit of support, the team ends up showcasing the worst of the dressing room.
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I reckon Milos is in for the most hostile reception the A-League has ever seen, to be honest.
#SydneyDerby
'The club put some things about my jersey...I spent 7 years here, won 6 trophies...I deserve more respect.'
Miloš Ninković has all the motivation he needs ahead of a blockbuster reunion with
@SydneyFC
this Saturday 🧨
'He's the enemy now':
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Hey
@usasoccerguy
, I just discovered one of the EPL League's favourite squadrons was actually formed in
#Dunedin
, NZ!
http://t.co/UPKoynAjCS
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It’s difficult not to be impressed by Mat Ryan. Gotta be one of the most determined footballers Australia has ever produced.
Maty Ryan went full Spaniard in his first Real Sociedad presser. Barely spoke a word of English much to my dismay 😅
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This is the biggest build-up to a
#SydneyDerby
in ages. Ninko helps. So does the new stadium.
But ultimately, people will flock to this game because they care. There’s a narrative. That’s something the
@aleaguemen
has always needed.
Good to see the derby is on the back page.
Remember when the Telegraph brought a decibel meter to the derby and it recorded levels louder than a chainsaw and rock concert.
That noise will be amplified in the new Stadium. No other sport can bring that to Allianz.
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Full credit to
@brisbaneroar
tonight. Turned up with a game plan, executed it to perfection, looked the better side all night.
And the
@brfcTheDen
has been as boisterous as it’s been in years!
If you didn’t rate Ross Aloisi already, hop on the bandwagon now. He’s the real deal.
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Now that
@WgtnPhoenixFC
's medium to long-term future has seemingly been secured, here's hoping they can transform into one of the heavyweights of the
#aleague
. Best away day in the comp, ostensibly have a nation behind them, so it'd be great to see them fulfil their potential.
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It’s pretty cool that a bloke who played more than 200
@NRL
games is such a dedicated supporter of an
#aleague
team. Great to see,
@sowwowofficial6
.
#WSW
Double headers are the best.
@wswanderersfc
@BankwestStadium
Friday night I’ll be there. Let’s gooooo
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I’ll have to tag
@Peter_Fitz
in on this one. I’m in Parramatta to watch my beloved
@Socceroos
.
I’m looking at a starting team with names like Degenek, Behich, Baccus and Mabil.
Why the hell am I staring at the Union Jack on my flag? Makes no sense.
Time for change.
#Socceroos
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Is Bruno Fornaroli one of the greatest imports in
#aleague
history? You’ve got to hand it to
@MelbourneCity
for thinking... “Bruno or Warren Joyce? We’ll take Warren!” Smart decision.
#PERvBRI
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