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mightytiges:
Another dive and another penalty given against us ::). Thankfully, we beat Sydney anyway and are up to 2nd but that doesn't excuse more poor refereeing. Not sure what happened with the VAR? :huh
mightytiges:
That first half from Victory on Saturday night was right up there in terms of best ever in the A-League. Watching Honda play is worth the price of admission alone.
mightytiges:
Always good to beat Adelaide ;D. That's 5 straight wins for Victory :thumbsup.
mightytiges:
The two new A-league teams will be revealed today.
Team 11 in Melbourne’s South-East and South-West Sydney are seen as frontrunners, while bids from Canberra, South Melbourne, Western Melbourne and Sydney’s Southern Expansion also on the table.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/the-ffa-will-make-its-recommendation-on-aleague-expansion-on-wednesday/news-story/ac2b462aba29ffeb64e871f35867332e
one-eyed:
Western Melbourne and Macarthur South-west Sydney have won the A-League expansion race, with an 11-team competition set to be formed next season.
The winning Victorian bid will join the A-League in 2019-20, before the South-west Sydney bid enters in 2020-21.
Western Melbourne will play out of Kardinia Park for the first two season before moving into a boutique rectangular 15-000-seat stadium in Tarneit, which they’ve vowed to build with their own funds.
The 20,000-capacity Campbelltown Stadium – which is 50 kilometres from Parramatta Stadium via road – will house the South-west Sydney team, with a lease agreement already in place.
If South-west Sydney get up, they are expected to commence talks with ex Socceroos captain Mile Jedinak, now with Championship club Aston Villa, about joining them in their inaugural season.
Canberra could still be considered for the 2020-21 season, with Wellington Phoenix’s future up in the air.
Phoenix have one more year to run on their contract and must meet a series of performance metrics – including crowds – which they are now falling well short of.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/a-league/western-melbourne-and-macarthur-southwest-sydney-win-the-aleague-expansion-race/news-story/59f503ed4865aee4dd1f067f4ce7bb75
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/ffa-board-decides-on-winning-bids-as-expansion-goes-ahead-next-season-20181213-p50lxe.html
https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/stadium-plan-gives-western-melbourne-edge-in-a-league-bid-says-horvat
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