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A-League clubs quick to reshape squads following regular season close
A-League squads are starting to reshape following the conclusion of the regular season. If early transfer movements are any indication this upcoming preseason is going to be wild! Tony Popovic…
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Four Australians Secure European Glory in 2020
Australian players have may not be as prominent in Europe as they once were, but so far, at least four Socceroos have been a part of Championship teams this year…
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Victory and City launch new web shows
Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City have taken the positive step of launching their own pregame shows, broadcast on Facebook. The move is a positive one following the dramatic reduction many…
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Russia and Qatar Bids cleared of misconduct
When FIFA’s chairman of the Ethics Committee Hans-Joachim Eckert released the 42 page summary of Michael Garcia’s investigation into the bidding of the 2018 & 2022 World Cups it was…
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City, Media and Fans
The A-League is in absolutely no doubt its healthiest ever state – record attendances and record memberships, combined with a higher degree of marquee quality is getting fans and administrators…
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The Villa Effect?
Just under 44,000 crammed into Etihad Stadium to witness what has been described the best Melbourne Derby ever. The match itself was incredible. A hotly contested first half, and a…
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Losing Melbourne’s Heart
David Villa once again left his mark on the scoreboard and the table with a match defining strike that gave City a share of the points against Newcastle. It was…
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Start a second division for F(FA Cup)’s sake!
Did FFA Cup scheduling rule our any chance of a Palm Beach win? This week Palm Beach, ended their fairy tale season fittingly in the grave yard of Gold Coast…
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Drums, flares and flash bombs
The A-League is back and with it comes the fanatical, vocal support unlike anything in Australia. Victory opened the season this year against the Wanderers in what is, hands down…
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Bursting the Bubble: More connected to the other side of the world
This week I came across a very interesting article on The Roar. Ignoring the title and the somewhat ‘old-soccer, new football’ undertones the writer brought something to my attention. He…
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Chasing a Dream
Each year hundreds of Aussie hopefuls leave the safe shores of our isolated island nation to follow their footballing dreams, in what to many of them is unknown territory. TBG…
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Bursting the Bubble: Dozens of Random Guesses
Like many things in life my last blog worried me a bit. As I hit the final ‘publish’ button I was hit with a wave of instant regret. What am…
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Bursting the Bubble
It may come as a shock to you but not everyone at TBG is a passionate football mad fan, well to be honest most of us are but I can’t…
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Reading close to signing Rogic
English Premier League outfit Reading have expressed serious interest in the Central Coast Mariners’ young gun Thomas Rogic. The rumour comes as no surprise as only last year Rogic was close to…
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Finkler out for the Season
Melbourne Victory’s Gui Finkler has been ruled out of the remainder of the 2012-12 A-League season. Scans revealed Finkler will require a full knee reconstruction after being injured early on…
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Top two clash at risk
News from Gosford has confirmed that the Central Coast Mariner’s top two clash against Adelaide United is at risk with temperate in excess of 38 degrees predicted today. Proactive measures have been…
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