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The City of Greater Dandenong Council has recently employed Deloitte Australia to complete a feasibility review and business case for a 15,000 seated stadium in the heart of the South East – Dandenong – just around the corner from the metro station. Home to four different clubs across three different sporting codes, AAMI Park has…
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More often than not, young players in the A-League succumb to the unfortunate result of having limited spots in a squad. This can be down to the club having too much quality, the player plateauing in their development, fiscal disagreements or a range of other issues. Therefore, it should be commended if we are seeing…
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Who else has walked down any given street, wearing your clubs crest on your heart, just to hear those words: “No one cares about Soccer”? As an A-League fan, I am certain you have a story similar to that. The god forsaken jokes and ridicule dealt out by those who don the idea that the…
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It is a cold Thursday morning, looking to finish the short week strong. I open my Twitter app; the morning routine is on. It’s a post from Melbourne City – who I am keen to see on Sunday. Unfortunately, the Australian Professional Leagues made a decision that went the other way. City, the fans, the…
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In their last encounter in the first phase of qualifying for Qatar 2022, Australia faced a modern rival in Jordan – who have always been a bump in the road for the Socceroos. Since 2012, we have gone tit for tat against the Jordanian national team. No draws in 6 games; 3 wins and 3…
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With one win in our last five games, Sunday afternoon is looking more concerning than a mid-season City fan would have thought. Lacking what arguably has been our ‘spine’ across the park in Socceroos Jamie Maclaren, Connor Metcalfe and Curtis Good, it has been a difficult period. On our worst goal-scoring run this season, we…
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The Socceroos were once again heavily adjusted for a match which was expected to be their seventh victory in as many games in this stage of the road to Qatar. Despite the Nepalese putting up a strong fight with heavy challenges and gutsy pressing, it was in fact the favourites who prevailed in this hard-fought…
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The final regular-season fixture is upon us, with our City boys finally taking on the cellar-dwelling Newcastle Jets in what looms as a must-win matchup for the Jets if they are to avoid their fourth wooden spoon in little over a decade… See full post at: https://www.talkingcity.online/post/match-preview-city-vs-newcastle-2
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After so long, Australian fans only had to wait another four days to see their Socceroos in action yet again. With World Cup Qualifiers coming thick and fast, we saw a tall defender’s favourite opponent on the pitch yet again – after comfortably winning 7-1 in our last outing against Chinese Taipei – in matchday…
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Only a few clubs have excelled at providing young players with valuable minutes. The landscape of the league depicts that young players must perform from the start or look down the barrel of a short contract or being shipped back to the NPL. This is due to salary cap restrictions, and the lack of incentive…