Australia - A League 2012/13

Fri 05/10/12
Melbourne Victory 10 : 30 Melbourne Heart

Sat 06/10/12
Wellington Phoenix 07 : 30 Sydney
Western Sydney 10 : 45 Central Coast

Sun 07/10/12
Newcastle Jets 06 : 00 Adelaide United
Perth Glory 07 : 00 Brisbane Roar

Fri 12/10/12
Adelaide United 09 : 30 Western Sydney

Sat 13/10/12
Sydney 07 : 30 Newcastle Jets
Brisbane Roar 09 : 45 Melbourne Victory

Sun 14/10/12
Melbourne Heart 05 : 00 Wellington Phoenix
Central Coast 07 : 00 Perth Glory

The Australian A League gets back underway again on Friday with a local derby between Melbourne Heart and Melbourne Victory.

There are 2 big name players to watch out for with Sydney FC having signed Del Piero and Newcastle Jets bringing in Emile Heskey.

Gold Coast Utd were removed from the league at the end of last season and there is a new club called Western Sydney.

Will Brisbane Roar win a 3rd title in a row?

Western Sydney also have Shinji Ono, after turning down the chance to sign Michael Ballack. Stein Huysegems is also at Wellington Phonix. If those names mean anything to anyone else...

Fri 05/10/12
Melbourne Victory 1 - 2 Melbourne Heart

Sat 06/10/12
Wellington Phoenix 2 - 0 Sydney
Western Sydne… 0 - 0 Central Coast …

Heart beat Victory 2-1 in the Melbourne derby in front of over 42,000 at the Etihad stadium.

How was Del Piero's debut for Western Sydney Boris?

He signed with Sydney FC, not Western Sydney. Shinji Ono is at Western Sydney.

He wasn't really utilised effectively. He looked good, but they were using him too far up the park and trying to give him balls to feet or to run on to. He just doesn't have the pace for it, he needs to sit deeper and be allowed to dictate things at his own pace, in my opinion.

Western Sydney!

It sounds from your post that Del Piero should in future be used as a play maker rather than an out and out striker.

Will be interesting to see how Heskey does for Newcastle during his debut on Sunday.

Sun 07/10/12
Newcastle Jets 0 - 2 Adelaide United
Perth Glory 1 - 0 Brisbane Roar

It was a disappointing debut for Emile Heskey as the Jets lost 2-0 at home to Adelaide.

Current champions Brisbane Roar started the new season with a 1-0 defeat away at Perth Glory.

1 Adelaide United 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 W
2 Wellington Phoenix 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 W
3 Melbourne Heart 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 W
4 Perth Glory 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 W
5 Central Coast 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 1 D
6 Western Sydney 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 1 D
7 Melbourne Victory 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 L
8 Brisbane Roar 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 L
9 Newcastle Jets 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 L
10 Sydney 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 L

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1 Adelaide United 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 L W W
2 Perth Glory 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6 W L W
3 Newcastle Jets 3 2 0 1 5 5 +0 6 W W L
4 Wellington Phoenix 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 D D W
5 Brisbane Roar 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4 D W L
6 Central Coast 3 1 1 1 2 2 +0 4 L W D
7 Melbourne Heart 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4 L D W
8 Sydney 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3 W L L
9 Melbourne Victory 3 1 0 2 3 8 -5 3 W L L
10 Western Sydney 3 0 1 2 0 2 -2 1 L L D

Current Table

1 Adelaide United 7 5 1 1 10 4 6 16 W D W W L
2 Central Coast 7 4 2 1 13 6 7 14 D W W W L
3 Newcastle Jets 7 4 0 3 11 13 2 12 L W L W W
4 Perth Glory 7 3 1 3 8 7 1 10 L D W L W
5 Western Sydney 7 3 1 3 5 5 0 10 W L W W L
6 Melbourne Victory 7 3 1 3 12 16 4 10 D W W L W
7 Wellington Phoenix 7 2 2 3 10 9 1 8 W L L L D
8 Brisbane Roar 7 2 1 4 11 10 1 7 W L L L D
9 Melbourne Heart 7 2 1 4 8 9 1 7 L W L L L
10 Sydney 7 2 0 5 11 20 9 6 L L L W W

Del Piero and Heskey have both scored 5 goals.

Recent results

Sat 24/11/12
Melbourne Heart 3 - 3 Newcastle Jets
Western Sydne… 0 - 2 Melbourne Victory
Perth Glory 1 - 1 Wellington Phoenix

Sun 25/11/12
Central Coast … 2 - 1 Brisbane Roar

Fri 30/11/12
Melbourne Victory 1 - 0 Perth Glory

Sat 01/12/12
Central Coast … 2 - 1 Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar 1 - 0 Newcastle Jets

Sun 02/12/12
Wellington Phoenix 1 - 0 Western Sydne…
Sydney 0 - 0 Melbourne Heart

1 Central Coast … 9 6 2 1 17 8 +9 20 W W D W W
2 Adelaide United 9 6 1 2 13 7 +6 19 L W W D W
3 Melbourne Victory 9 5 1 3 15 16 -1 16 W W D W W
4 Newcastle Jets 9 4 1 4 14 17 -3 13 L D L W L
5 Wellington Phoenix 9 3 3 3 12 10 +2 12 W D W L L
6 Perth Glory 9 3 2 4 9 9 +0 11 L D L D W
7 Brisbane Roar 9 3 1 5 13 12 +1 10 W L W L L
8 Western Sydne… 9 3 1 5 5 8 -3 10 L L W L W
9 Melbourne Heart 9 2 3 4 11 12 -1 9 D D L W L
10 Sydney 9 2 1 6 12 22 -10 7 D L L L L

Central Coast are top of the league with 4 wins from 5.

Any comments on the league?

I see that Sydney FC are bottom and have not won any of their last 5 matches despite having Del Piero in their team.

Emile Heskey has also scored 5 goals but his Newcastle jets are in 4th position.

Fri 18/01/13
Melbourne Heart 2 - 0 Adelaide United
Sat 19/01/13
Sydney 7 - 1 Wellington Phoenix
Central Coast … 0 - 0 Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory 0 - 1 Melbourne Victory
Sun 20/01/13
Brisbane Roar 1 - 2 Western Sydne…


1 Central Coast … 17 10 5 2 26 11 +15 35 D D W W L
2 Adelaide United 17 10 2 5 27 21 +6 32 L W D W L
3 Melbourne Victory 17 9 3 5 28 27 +1 30 W D W L W
4 Western Sydne… 17 9 2 6 21 14 +7 29 W W L W D
5 Melbourne Heart 17 6 3 8 23 24 -1 21 W L W W L
6 Newcastle Jets 17 6 3 8 20 28 -8 21 D W D L L
7 Sydney 17 6 2 9 27 34 -7 20 W W D L W
8 Perth Glory 17 5 4 8 18 18 +0 19 L L D L D
9 Brisbane Roar 17 5 2 10 20 22 -2 17 L L L W W
10 Wellington Phoenix 17 4 4 9 20 31 -11 16 L L L L W

I understand that Del Piero scored 4 times for Sydney FC in their 7-1 win against Wellington Phoenix?!

Any comments on the current season?

Season has been fantastic.

Crowds are up, TV ratings are up. Title is really up for grabs between Central Coast, Melbourne Victory, Western Sydney Wanderers and to a lesser degree Adelaide United.

Wanderers have been a revelation, particularly their supporters, the Red and Black Bloc (RBB). Will try and post some footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckQGQpLvMMA

Fri 01/02/13 Brisbane Roar 2 - 2 Central Coast Mariners
Sat 02/02/13 Wellington Phoenix 1 - 0 Perth Glory
Newcastle Jets 2 - 2 Sydney FC
Melbourne Victory 2 - 1 Melbourne Heart
Sun 03/02/13 Adelaide United 2 - 4 Western Sydney Wanderers


Current standings.

# Team MP W D L F A D P Last 5 matches
1 Central Coast … 19 11 6 2 31 14 +17 39 DWDDW
2 Melbourne Victory19 11 3 5 33 29 +4 36 WWWDW
3 Western Sydney 19 11 2 6 26 16 +10 35 WWWWL
4 Adelaide United 19 10 2 7 30 28 +2 32 LLLWD
5 Newcastle Jets 19 6 5 8 23 31 -8 23 DDDWD
6 Brisbane Roar 19 6 3 10 23 24 -1 21 DWLLL
7 Melbourne Heart 19 6 3 10 24 27 -3 21 LLWLW
8 Sydney 19 6 3 10 30 39 -9 21 DLWWD
9 Wellington Phnix 19 5 5 9 22 32 -10 20 WDLLL
10 Perth Glory 19 5 4 10 18 20 -2 19 LLLLD

Recent results

Sat 23/02/13 Western Sydne… 1 - 0 Perth Glory
Sat 23/02/13 Central Coast … 6 - 2 Melbourne Victory
Sun 24/02/13 Wellington Phoenix 2 - 2 Adelaide United
Sun 24/02/13 Melbourne Heart 3 - 1 Sydney
Wed 27/02/13 Wellington Phoenix 1 - 2 Newcastle Jets
Sat 02/03/13 Adelaide United 0 - 1 Brisbane Roar
Sat 02/03/13 Central Coast … 0 - 1 Western Sydne…
Sat 02/03/13 Perth Glory 2 - 1 Sydney

1 Western Sydney… 23 15 2 6 32 18 +14 47 W W W W W
2 Central Coast … 23 13 6 4 43 19 +24 45 L W L W D
3 Adelaide United 23 11 3 9 34 33 +1 36 L D L W L
4 Melbourne Victory 22 11 3 8 36 38 -2 36 L L L W W
5 Newcastle Jets 23 8 6 9 28 34 -6 30 W D W L D
6 Brisbane Roar 23 8 4 11 27 26 +1 28 W D W L D
7 Melbourne Heart 22 8 3 11 29 30 -1 27 W L W L L
8 Sydney 23 8 3 12 36 46 -10 27 L L W W D
9 Perth Glory 23 7 4 12 22 25 -3 25 W L W L L
10 Wellington Phoenix 23 5 6 12 25 43 -18 21 L D L L W

Any comments on the current season so far?

Do Western Sydney look like they could go on to become this years champions?

Western Sydney defeated Central Coast last night in a top of the table clash. They now lead the league by 2 points with 4 rounds to go.
It was absolutely torrential rain, played 100klm north of Sydney. Trains were not running due to trackwork and Wanderers still had over 6000 travelling fans. Match attendance was 18000.

Could be a fairytale debut season for the Wanderers.

Sun 17/03/13 Perth Glory 1 - 2 Wellington Phoenix
Sat 23/03/13 Melbourne Victory 2 - 3 Perth Glory
Sat 23/03/13 Western Sydne… 1 - 1 Sydney
Sun 24/03/13 Brisbane Roar 2 - 0 Melbourne Heart
Sun 24/03/13 Adelaide United 0 - 2 Central Coast …

Thu 28/03/13 Brisbane Roar 10 : 00 Sydney
Fri 29/03/13 Newcastle Jets 07 : 30 Western Sydne…
Sat 30/03/13 Central Coast … 07 : 30 Melbourne Heart
Sat 30/03/13 Perth Glory 11 : 45 Adelaide United
Sun 31/03/13 Wellington Phoenix 05 : 30 Melbourne Victory

Are these the last matches in the regular season?

Yes, they are.

I'm going up to Newcastle tomorrow for the Western Sydney Wanderers game. Last game of the season, if we win or draw we win the Premiers Plate.

BMJ will lose his voice for this cause

Still can't believe games kick off at different times. Nice one FFA