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NPL Victoria Team of the Week: Round 26

Graphic: Alesich Design The final Team of the Week of the season sees Bulleen dominate selection after they managed to triumph over Hume City to stay up for another season,…

How off-season training determines success during the season

Time and time again throughout each season, a multitude of clubs, regardless if they are NPL or lower league, all suffer from ongoing player injuries, which in essence is affecting…

Northcote City and Victoria’s history of fallen champions

Photo: Mark Avellino When the Preston Lions defeated the Moreland (then Whittlesea) Zebras 3-1 in the 2007 VPL Grand Final, the game would herald the beginning of a trend which…

Three-horse race as SL1 title goes down to wire

Photos: South Yarra SC, SMFC, Helen Tran It may only be a km or two distance between Lakeside Stadium and Fawkner Park, but there will be more than a few…

Lozanovski: Northcote will bounce back

Image: Graeme Furlong As the storms broke out at Jack Edwards Reserve on Sunday evening, so too did Northcote hearts as Oakleigh Cannons dashed any hopes of survival with a…

St Albans increase lead over Warriors and Ranges, City keep race alive

Image: David Mullins Sports Photography With two rounds to go it’s advantage St Albans who now have a three-point lead as the only top-three side to claim a win on…

Northcote relegated as Bulleen secure safety, Richmond earn play-off

Image: Smile for Peter The final positioning of the NPL Victoria ladder was confirmed last night with the automatic relegation of Northcote City and the scheduling of the finals series….

Crowley to make A-League return with Melbourne City

Photo: Graeme Furlong Northcote City hot-shot forward Braedyn Crowley is set to join A-League powerhouse Melbourne City for the 2016-17 domestic season. The former Newcastle Jets man impressed his new A-League outfit in his…

Vassiliadis departs Sharks after six-year tenure

Image: Graeme Furlong Eric Vassiliadis has stood down as Port Melbourne Sharks coach after six years of service at JL Murphy Reserve. The multiple promotion-winning and state league title-winning coach…

Calder through to final, Galaxy set date with Alamein

Image: Mark Avellino Calder United are the first team into the NPLW grand final after defeating Alamein FC 2-1, who will now face Galaxy United in their second chance match…

FFV announce application process for 2017 NPLW expansion

Football Federation Victoria has announced their approval of an official bidding process to introduce one more NPLW Victoria club for the 2017 season, in a statement released earlier today. The…

Kingston defeat Thunder in seven-goal promotion thriller

Image: Smile for Peter An 84th minute strike from Rowan McNamee has given Kingston City a dramatic 4-3 win over Dandenong Thunder to leave the automatic promotion race in NPL2…

Promotion-relegation necessary for Australia’s footballing evolution

Image: Graeme Furlong As with many sports, Australia has historically been perceived as a small footballing nation capable of taking big scalps by not settling for mediocrity and taking the…

Futsal’s fit in the Australian footballing landscape

Feature Image: NurPhoto/Getty In the last fortnight, we’ve seen the Matildas compete at the pinnacle of international sport at the Rio Olympics, while Socceroo Tim Cahill made his homecoming to…

NPLW Victoria Team of the Week: Round 21

The final round presented the challenge of all games held at the same time and difficulty getting some nominations together. That, coupled with some close and low-scoring encounters made standouts…

Heffernan shining for Suns after Shepparton return

Image: Mark Witte Daniel Heffernan, the former Central Coast Mariners and Heidelberg United striker, has reignited more than just a promising career after recently moving to the Goulburn Valley Suns…

Autism no barrier for Avondale

Avondale FC has partnered with Yellow Ladybugs, an organisation dedicated to the wellbeing of autistic girls and women through creating social events, to provide a free clinic this weekend for…

Quintuple alive for Dockerty Cup winners Bentleigh

Image: Mark Avellino Bentleigh Greens have claimed the Dockerty Cup with an extra-time 1-0 win over Green Gully on Wednesday. The win takes their season silverware tally to at least…

South Melbourne to be docked three NPL Victoria points

The Corner Flag understands that South Melbourne have been docked three points for an incident coming from their 3-1 defeat to Bentleigh Greens in Round 20 of the NPL Victoria…

NPL Victoria Team of the Week: Round 25

The penultimate round of NPL Victoria action threw up some interesting results with huge ramifications at both ends of the table. Bentleigh’s title celebrations were put on ice at the…