Australia’s longest-running women’s football podcast (est. April 2019).
Moments Of The Weekend
Ally – Mariners forward Peta Trimis scored an Olimpico against Perth Glory
Dale & Emma – the leadup to Pia Vlok’s clinching goal for Wellington in their 2-0 win against Canberra, starting with Canberra keeper Sally James going up for a set piece
Eric – Fiona Worts’s turn and shot for Adelaide vs Victory
Professionalise The Dub!
A-League Women plan can save Australian football (Kieran Yap / Impetus)
The NWSL’s High Impact Player Rule is known as The Rodman Rule on Wikipedia, everything’s coming up Burke!
A-League Women Results
Round 13
Melb City 1-3 Newcastle
WSW 1-1 Brisbane
Adelaide 2-1 Victory
Canberra 0-2 Wellington
CCM 1-1 Perth
BYE – Sydney
Midweek Dub!
Round 8
Brisbane 1-1 Melb City
Round 10
Newcastle 1-2 Adelaide
A-League Women Fixtures (all times AEDT)
Round 14
Fri 23 Jan, 7pm – Brisbane v Canberra, Spencer Park
Sat 24 Jan, 5pm – Mariners v Wanderers, polytec Stadium
Sat 24 Jan, 8pm – Perth v Melb City, Sam Kerr Football Centre
Sun 25 Jan, 2pm – Wellington v Adelaide, Porirua Park
Sun 25 Jan, 5pm – Victory v Sydney, Home Of The Matildas (the first of 4 games in 10 days for Sydney)
BYE – Newcastle
Round 10
Wed 28 Jan, 10pm – Perth v Sydney, Sam Kerr Football Centre
NPL Victoria
Check out all 14 squad lists on their socials!
Watch games on the NPL Victoria YouTube page
League expanded from 12 to 14 teams
Football Victoria Academy disbanded
Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City Academy teams admitted to NPL
Avondale (VPL Champions) and Keilor Park (VPL runners-up) promoted to NPL
Brunswick Juventus relegated to VPL
Notable signings
Avondale aren’t here to … be intimate with spiders – Hannah Wilkinson, Beattie Goad, Elise Kellond-Knight
Melbourne City – Bryleeh Henry, Danella Butrus
Melbourne Victory – Sienna Saveska, Laura Pickett, Ella O’Grady, Aeryn Tarrant
Bulleen Lions – Maja Markovski, Alyssa Dall’Oste, Tiffany Eliadis, Claudia Mihocic, Alana Cortellino
South Melbourne – McKaela Schmelzer, MelindaJ Barbieri, TJ Vlajnic, Bella Wallhead
Alamein – Miranda Templeman
Box Hill United Pythagoras – Keely Segavcic
Essendon Royals – Bella Sewards, Paige Kingston-Hogg, Amy Parkinson, Bronte Peel, Mercedes McNabb
Heidelberg United – Mia Bailey
Preston Lions – Yasmin Popovic, Dragana Kljajic, Ellie La Monte
Spring Hills – Aleks Sinclair
Awards
A-League Player of the Month nominees for December
Brisbane – Sharn Freier
Canberra – Sasha Grove!, Bethany Gordon, Nanako Sasaki
Mariners – Annalise Rasmussen, Isabel Gomez, Teresa Morrissey
Perth – Tijan McKenna
Wellington – Grace Jale, Samba
News
Denise O’Sullivan to Liverpool for an undisclosed fee (and she scored on her Liverpool debut, against London Bees in the FA Cup!)
Kaitlyn Torpey to Newcastle United (4th in WSL 2)
Laurie-Anne Moise and Alyssa Rose leave Sydney
Asian Champions League Quarter Finals
Melb City to host Nasaf (Uzbekistan) (scheduled for weekend 28-29 March)
Other quarter finals (home team first)
Tokyo Verdy Beleza (Japan) v Stallion Laguna (Philippines)
Naegohyang (North Korea) v Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Wuhan Jiangda (China) v Suwon (South Korea)
Queens, Kings and Themperors of the Week
Ally – Adelaide United’s Paige Zois scored an Olimpico against Melbourne Victory, her former club
Dale – (Joker) Opta revoked FBRef.com ‘s access to advanced stats
Emma – Wellington coach Bev Priestman got on the drum with the Phoenix fans after their win against Canberra
Eric – Adelaide United goalkeeper Ilona Melegh, for general goalkeeping brilliance, and also from a last minute save against Melina Ayres, to seal a 2-1 win over Newcastle
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