Author: Staff Writers

Why W-League clubs should take notice of the NPLW

“You go with players that you know and that you trust. I came into the job fairly late in the (pre)season so we had to get the squad together pretty…

NPL & NPL2 Player of the Month: April

While the next round commences in April and ends in May, we believe a sample size of four weeks (Rounds 6-9) are enough to gain a definitive sample size of…

NPL Victoria Team of the Week: Round 9

GK: Rani Dowisha (Green Gully) Makes a Team of the Week both as an accumulation of a season’s worth of good work, along with another solid performance between the sticks….

Unbeaten South Yarra enjoying return to State Leagues

While they may no longer be in the Victorian top-flight, things at South Yarra SC are looking rosy, after both their senior and reserve side continued their unbeaten start to…

Victory fans involved in Lakeside incident

Footballing tensions in Victoria have heightened after an incident involving Melbourne Victory fans at Lakeside Stadium during the side’s 1-0 away defeat to South Melbourne. A brawl early in the…

QUIZ: FFV Gold Medal Winners since 2000

Football is a team game. But in saying that, it’s a game that fosters individual brilliance, and often, it’s one player who can drag a team to glory, through the…

Sabbadini takes Bees hotseat

Werribee City have appointed former FC Bulleen Lions manager Serge Sabbadini as their new head coach, with John Waddell on board as his assistant. His tenure got off to a promising…

Former Wanderer, Jet makes immediate impact at Bulleen

FC Bulleen Lions have looked interstate to bolster their NPL Victoria squad, signing former Newcastle Jets midfielder Josh Barresi for the rest of the season. Drawing comparisons to Tom Rogic…

NPLW Victoria Team of the Week: Round 6

In one of the more difficult teams to compile, there was the issue of a team winning on the weekend and losing midweek, and the usual dearth of defenders with…

NPL Victoria Team of the Week: Round 8

Plenty of nominees this week in a round which saw teams hit the back of the net with regularity. There were enough standout defensive performances however, and some youngsters who…

Warriors twice forced to comeback against Clifton Hill

In an enthralling FFA Cup encounter, NPL2 West side North Geelong Warriors prevailed over State League 1 outfit Clifton Hill 5-2, in yet another goal fest at Kevin Bartlett Reserve….

Northcote turn hopes to former A-League youth trio

The depleted Northcote City have been bolstered by the additions of attackers Braedyn Crowley and Keenan Gibson, and goalkeeper Blake Tuxford. The 19-year-old Townsville born Crownley made his debut for…

Hume depth stretched as Pavlak departs club

The Corner Flag can report that 26-year-old wide man Ivan Pavlak has departed NPL Victoria club Hume City. The versatile left flanker was a noticeable absentee in Hume City’s narrow 1-0 win over…

Lozanovski returns to Northcote after short Port stint

Championship winning head coach Goran Lozanovski has returned to Northcote City, re-joining the club where he enjoyed VPL Championship success in 2013. He comes back following a short stint as…

QUIZ: Can you name every VPL Champion?

It’s the pinnacle of Victorian football – whether it be first past the post, or a post-season Finals series, there can only be one true Champion each season. Throughout the…

Tasmanian pair head north for Victorian stint

Heidelberg United and Melbourne City have made respective moves for NPL Tasmania pair Pasquale Gioffre and Jacob Collard with the Olympia FC Warriors pair departing the club just four rounds…

NPLW Victoria Team of the Week: Round 5

We often have a gripe about not receiving enough defender nominations, but with only two games seeing at least one clean sheet, it’s probably fair enough to say the scorers…

NPL Victoria Team of the Week: Round 7

Some week we get no fullback nominations, this week we get too many. That’s just the nature of TOTW and we’ve had to make a bit of an adjustment as…

Thunder deducted points for fielding ineligible Osmancevic

Dandenong Thunder have been deducted three competition points after being found guilty by the Football Federation Victoria tribunal of fielding an ineligible player during the 2016 NPL Victoria season. It…

Heidelberg swoop on former Northcote coach Gymnopoulos

Heidelberg United have swooped on recently available coach Alex Gymnpoulos, announcing him as senior football technical director at the club. The former Northcote City U20s and senior coach will work…