Author: Staff Writers

Goran Lozanovski quits Northcote

Championship winning head coach Goran Lozanovski has walked out on Northcote City, after a five-year association with the club.

Melbourne City set to capture Steph Catley

Melbourne Victory skipper Steph Catley is expected to complete a stunning move to Melbourne City ahead of their debut W-League campaign.

A guide to NPL’s promotion, relegation battle

To recap, the NPL Victoria format this season will see the bottom two teams (13th and 14th) automatically relegated to NPL 1 in 2016. In NPL 1, each top team in…

The ‘Piemonte pearler’ Round 25 NPL Preview

Port Melbourne Sharks SC (7th) vs Green Gully SC (8th) The form: The Sharks have been in good knick recently, toppling a few of the lower end clubs in the…

Matildas defender Alleway makes City move

Melbourne City have announced the signing of 25-year-old Matildas defender Laura Alleway, their second official player announcement in the lead-up to their debut W-League season.

St Albans part ways with Kovacevic

St Albans Saints have dismissed coach Joe Kovacevic with only five matches remaining in the 2015 NPL 1 season. A brief statement on social media read: “St Albans Saints Soccer Club…

Floodgates open in South’s Dockerty Cup triumph

South Melbourne have claimed an emphatic Dockerty Cup victory, defeating Oakleigh Cannons 3-0 at a wet and windy Lakeside on Sunday evening. In the perfect antidote to Wednesday’s FFA Cup…

The ‘Let’s all have an Isco’ Round 23 NPL Preview

The Review We’re a sorry bunch at the moment! 2/6 is a pretty poor effort, with all of our ‘out on a limb’ predictions failing to get up, as favourites Bentleigh…

The ‘Luka Modric becomes a Knight’ Round 22 NPL Preview

The Review It was a pretty average week in terms of tips, with only two correct results and nothing going in the way of scorelines, with North Geelong and Hume…

The ‘USKOK bureau’ NPL Victoria Round 21 Preview

Review South Melbourne 3 defeated Green Gully 2 (predicted 1-1) Dandenong Thunder 1 defeated by Pascoe Vale 2 (predicted 0-2, result correct) Bentleigh Greens 1 drew with Melbourne Knights 1…

The ‘midweek games are tedious to preview’ Round 20 NPL Preview

Review Only 3/7, which is average, but c’mon, who would have picked Gully to win? Hume City 3 defeated Dandenong Thunder 1 (predicted 2-0, result correct) Pascoe Vale 2 defeated…

Lions tamed by Senior NTC

NTC have produced a major blow to FC Bulleen Lion’s finals aspirations with a sensational 1-0 win at a desolate Darebin on Thursday night.

Boroondara back to dominant ways

Boroondara Eagles made it two four-goal wins over South Melbourne Women’s FC this season, with a 4-0 win at Lakeside Stadium.

NTC and Casey play out second 0-0 draw

Casey Comets have earned their second point of 2015, settling for a 0-0 draw against NTC in the exact same circumstances as the corresponding fixture earlier in the season.

Ashburton grinds win against Bundoora

Goals to Laura Spiranovic and Melina Ayres helped Ashburton United see off Bundoora United in a scrappy affair on Saturday afternoon at Ashburton Park.

Lions roar back into form with seven goals

Bulleen Lions have bounced back from recent mixed form, convincingly defeating South Yarra 7-0 at Fawkner Park Reserve

WPL Victoria mid-season review

Time flies when you’re having fun and the season consisting of 22 rounds is relatively short. Yep, we’re halfway through the WPL season, with every team having now completed 11 games each. So how has your club fared in 2015? Mark Gojszyk and Jordan Lim take a look across all 12 teams.