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The former Blacktown City Demons and Sutherland Sharks coach confirmed his position along with likeable assistant Cliff Pointer. This decision was made by the Bonnyrigg White Eagles board after the club parted company with Blagoja Kuleski. It was a who?s who of coaches who confirmed their interest in coaching the former NSW Super League Champions…

Hopefully all clubs are fully equipped with rubber dinghies and scuba gear as they may be necessities for survival through our Round 2 matches. Round 1 brought some interesting results with the three of last year?s four semi finalists tasting success. The 2008 Arrive Alive Women?s Super League Champions, Illawarra Stingrays, made sure that every…

Check respective competition fixture pages across all leagues and age groups after 5pm today. Rescheduled matches will be announced by Football NSW in due course.

Football NSW will reschedule the match shortly, so keep an eye out to the new fixture amendment for this clash in the next couple of days.  

The 32-year-old is well known to incoming coach, Vitezslav Lavicka, having spent ten seasons plying his trade in the Czech Republic, the last four of those with heavyweight, Sparta Prague, with whom he went to the UEFA Cup in 2007/08. Kisel has made 23 senior appearances for the Slovak national team and has agreed to…

Last weekend?s opening round produced a surprise or two. Will there be a changing of the guard atop the premiership ladder this season? Will last week?s winners reproduce their form this weekend? There are plenty of questions to answer as we move into Round 2 of the Arrive Alive Women?s Super League. The always much…

All players have at some stage played for a TeleChoice Premier League club with the likes of the Marconi Stallions, Sutherland Sharks and Blacktown City Demons developing a number of these NSW based players with ten moving off to the NSWIS. The NSW based players selected for the U17 Joeys camp are: Connor Chapman ?…

He will be conducting a football camp for juniors aged 6-8 and 9-12 in the St George District, and an intensive camp for high quality youth league players aged 14-18 at Football NSW?s Valentine Sports Park. At the same time he will be conducting a Coaching Symposium with coaching courses for both Junior and Youth…

Schofields Scorpions return to the CSI Sport Ground and will be looking to get back on track when they host Fairfield City Lions. The Scorpions took a setback last week with that last gasp loss to Blacktown Spartans, and will be looking to their feared attacking weapons to do the business against the visiting Lions.…

Scholarships are offered in the following five categories: ?  Sports Leadership Scholarship (SLS) ? recipients to undertake a comprehensive 4 day professional development program in sports leadership and administration; ?  Coach and Official Development Scholarship (COD) – provides opportunities for women wishing to progress in coaching and officiating to apply for financial support; ?  International…

Penang FC will have the home advantage on Saturday against a Springwood side who will have to perform a lot better after being defeated  at home last Saturday 4-2 against a inform Roosters FC side. Springwood will have to be focused if they want to take maximum points away from home, it should be an…

Nick Theodorakopoulos is a former player of Sydney Olympic in the mid 80s and also had a stint as a director on the Board of Sydney Olympic in the 90s and now assumes a new role with the Club as the 1st grade coach for the remainder of the 2009 season. Nick ?Theo? as he…

After a sluggish start to the season, Phil Moss? men have hit their straps in recent weeks and last night never looked like losing in front of a small home crowd on a rain soaked peninsula. After just 7? minutes Manly took the lead when Berries defender Lorenzo Machuca headed into his own net following…

The Sutherland Shire based club has embraced SSF with both hands, boasting an amazing 52 teams between U/6 to U/10s who will participate in the new developmental game this year. The popularity of SSF is so high; the club?s U/6s features an astounding 17 teams with grades ranging from A through to S. The success…

The sides share an electric history, with three wins each and nine goals each from their eight Super League encounters since 2004. Macarthur will be hard to beat at Lynwood; that?s where their three wins have come from. Central Coast Lightning welcome Granville Rage to Pluim Park on Saturday night (7.30pm). The Rage have a…

The Sydney Olympic Board regrettably had no choice but to accept his resignation and has wished Aytek all the best in his future endeavours. The club is looking at several options in replacing Aytek and will be issuing a formal media statement within the next twenty-four hours about the new manager in charge. The Blues…

The partnership will see Games television spots featuring one of Channel Nine?s most popular on-screen personalities, sports presenter Ken Sutcliffe, start appearing on the network shortly and several Channel Nine stars competing in the event. Channel Nine Chief Executive Officer David Gyngell said that the network, which is Australia?s free-to-air Olympics broadcaster for Vancouver in…

Ante Milicic?s Sydney United open Round 6 on Saturday evening with a testing tie at Lidcombe Oval against West Sydney Berries. The Reds have been impressive to-date, and proved last weekend against Marconi Stallions that the team is not afraid to dig deep in search of a result. The Reds will have David Zdrilic full…

Your intrepid reporter ventured out to the wide open spaces of Concord Oval to watch the Italian Derby between Inter Lions and Sydney Tigers. Both clubs had been successful in a major recruiting drive in the off season; Inter Lions in an effort to boost their status to that of finals contender, Sydney Tigers to assemble a…

The 22-year old right back/midfielder, has seen a circuitous route via Northern Spirit, Bankstown plus Hitchin Town and Bath (Conference South in England), much of which has brought him a great deal of experience for his tender years. Captain of the Manly Junior side some years ago he states, not too imaginatively, Ronaldo and Beckham…

Where others might have stood to receive a standing ovation in front of thousands, with the entire spectacle associated with a sporting milestone ranging from fireworks to hall-of-fame inductions, Blacktown City Demons legend Damien Foxe walked onto a Sun-drenched pitch to the sound of warm applause and the adulation of a very select group of…

Returning to these shores, where he was part of a winning West Sydney Berries Super League side, he entered the family restaurant business ? Frattini near Lambert Park ? so it comes as no surprise the Juventus following striker ranks Roberto Baggio (the divine pony tail) and family as his greatest influences in football and…

With a focus on accessibility and affordability, the Mariners will host and support school holiday clinics and regional development centres across the Central Coast and the northern Sydney corridor in partnership with the Ku-ring-gai & District Soccer Association and Gladesville Hornsby Football Association. School holiday programs scheduled for 2009 will number in excess of 40 programs,…

An initiative of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales, “Football United” harnesses a love of the world game to build opportunities for belonging, racial harmony and social inclusion amongst Australia?s new immigrants. The program operates in partnerships with Councils, Migrant Resource Centres, football clubs and associations.…

Rale Rasic, Australia?s 1974 World Cup coach, spent three seasons in the late 1980s at the helm of the then named A.P.I.A. Leichhardt. In 1987, Rasic was named NSL Coach of the Year for a second time in his career after A.P.I.A. Leichhardt won the NSL title including a magnificent 23-game unbeaten run. Today he…

Having lost their home ground John Crehan Park for the foreseeable future to a black beetle infestation, WCFC had to find an alternative ground, get it inspected and approved by Football New South Wales and field a first grade team ravaged by injuries and suspensions against last year’s minor premiers.. In a highly entertaining Youth…

The 45-year-old tough tactician had a successful time at the White Eagles after steering them into the TeleChoice Premier League competition in 2009. Kuleski spent three great years at the club and has taken many memories with him during his time as head coach of the White Eagles. The board at Bonnyrigg White Eagles have…

There is no reason to be either excited or disappointed at this early stage as the teams are still settling into their stride. We will only be able to get a better picture of what is actually happening after another week or two. It is interesting that there was a total of ninety-nine goals scored…

It will take at least a round or two more before the tables will begin to take a realistic shape. It is therefore difficult to describe any result as being a ?shock? or a ?surprise? just yet because the teams are still settling in to their pattern of play and trying to gain some genuine…

At last we can say that there were a lot of somewhat predictable results and a few genuine shocks this weekend and establish some sort of form guide for the coming matches. So far, the weather Gods have been smiling on us and let?s hope that they continue to do so. The quality of the…

This round 3 fixture was washed out due to harsh weather conditions that gripped Sydney. Manly United are riding high after their 2-1 victory over the Bonnyrigg White Eagles in round 5 and a win over the West Sydney Berries would see Moss’ men climb to second on the ladder. While Calleja’s side fought hard last…

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Led by the exploits of Chris Bedzo and Ante Deur, the Demons overturned a 0-1 deficit midway through the first-half, condemning the Sydney Tigers to bottom-spot on the ladder. In only the 1? minute of play Sydney Tigers? Robert Younis squandered an enormous chance to hit his side ahead. The Demons defenders were caught napping…

Match of the Round Prospect United v Penang FC Prospect United secured their first home win of the season with a spectacular individual goal by substitute Pasquale Landrelli on 61? minutes. Prospect were the dominant side throughout the match with some quality possession and exceptional attacking football. Prospect controlled the opening 15? minutes with Alex…