Thrilled to have written my first column for Football360. In it, I guarantee #BrisbaneRoar will make the finals the season. There aren't enough media outlets publishing content on Australian football, so I'm delighted there's at least one more. football360.com.au/a-league-opi...

Is #MLS the new frontier for Aussie footballers? I had a chat with @nashvillesc.bsky.social midfielder Patrick Yazbek about why his move to the Music City has worked out so well - and why he thinks the league is on track to becoming one of the best in the world. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

With @fcstpauli.com and @bvbofficial.bsky.social rumored to be coming to Brisbane next year (🤞) the Tuckerman household stands united in passion yet divided by colours. Choose your fighter: me or @miketuckerman.bsky.social ☠️🐝 source: @catfield.bsky.social

www.theroar.com.au/2025/06/02/m... "It was the end of an era in many ways on Saturday, with Network 10 and Paramount+ commentator Simon Hill announcing before the grand final that he’s heading back to the United Kingdom." #ALeagueGF #MelbourneCity

www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/12/t... "The stage was set, the script was written, and we all awaited the glorious return of Western Sydney Wanderers to finals football. "Unfortunately, no one told Melbourne Victory." #ALM

www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/05/t... "It’ll be interesting to see how many fans turn up in Tarneit on Friday – and how many tune in on TV, given Paramount+ have the exclusive broadcast – but it’s Saturday night’s showdown between two of the biggest clubs in the land that could set the tone." #ALM

www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/28/a... "While Wellington Phoenix came within a game of making the grand final under Giancarlo Italiano last season, there’s always been a sense – in Australia, at least – that the Phoenix were merely making up the numbers." #AucklandFC #ALeague

www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/21/t... "And at some point you have to question just how much of a handbrake the APL can keep applying to the A-League Men before the whole thing blows up in their face." #ALeague #ALM

www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/14/a... "It’s hard to count them out on their current form, with Stajcic’s side having now gone nine games unbeaten as they march towards a certain finals finish. #WSW #ALM

www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/07/i... "Thomson and McBreen announced on Sunday they were winding up their A-Leagues Off Air podcast for the foreseeable future, joining Simon Hill and Alex Brosque’s now-departed Global Game podcast on the scrapheap." #ALM

"Which would be fine, if the point of the Olympic Games was to benefit domestic sports like cricket and Aussie Rules. But that’s obviously not the case." #Socceroos #Matildas #qldpol www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/31/s...

"Maybe that’s why the clash felt more like an Indonesian home game, with the majority of the 35,214 fans in the stands wearing the red of Tim Garuda." #Socceroos #AsianQualifiers www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/24/w...

Massive game for the #Socceroos in front of what should be a packed Sydney crowd tonight. Not every day Australia plays a #WCQ with so much on the line. Will be interesting to see how the Indonesians fare away from home. They certainly proved they're no pushovers in Jakarta. #AUSvIDN #WorldCup

I've started a football newsletter, if you're into that kind of thing. miketuckerman.substack.com/p/welcome-to... Free to subscribe. #ALeague #JLeague #Ligue1 #Football

"But Preston’s epic 2-0 win over their arch-rivals South Melbourne on Friday night – watched by a crowd that was standing 15 rows deep in parts of Genis Steel Stadium – had everything that many A-League games do not. "Starting with a crowd." www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/10/p...

Gotta be one of the best Panenkas ever…

Totally normal...

"Outside of Macedonia, it’s probably the biggest Macedonian football club around.” #PrestonLions #NPLVictoria www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/03/p...

"Outside of Macedonia, it’s probably the biggest Macedonian football club around.” #PrestonLions #NPLVictoria www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/03/p...

I'm supposed to be flying to Melbourne on Friday!! 🫠 #TropicalCycloneAlfred #InconvenientFootballWeather

"The black-and-blues aren’t quite there yet – and they may have to move the game to the 50,000-capacity Eden Park to accommodate fan interest – but there’s no denying the fact that the best team in Australia this season comes from New Zealand." www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/24/a...

"More than 20 years after Frank Lowy coined the phrase “old soccer, new football,” we’re still trying to bridge the gap between the current top tier and the traditional clubs who built the foundation for it." www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/17/t...

"The Western Sydney coach lamented after the game that every refereeing decision had gone Sydney FC’s way on the night, but he’ll know as well as anyone that this was a game that got away from the Wanderers." #SydneyDerby #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/10/t...

No doubt the #SydneyDerby remains one of the great occasions in Australian sport. One of those games where the fans make it so much bigger than it might otherwise be.

That has to be one of the best Sydney derbies we’ve ever seen! Cracking game! #SydneyDerby #SYDvWSW

"It’s a shame there was no men’s game scheduled on Sunday – once again – with the APL clearly expecting football fans to tune into the women’s league instead." #ALeague #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/03/a...

Not sure why Brisbane Roar are expected to pay for this... #ALM #BrisbaneRoar #SuncorpStadium

"Corica was written off by many after being sacked by his former club Sydney FC, but the Queensland-born tactician seems to be loving life across the ditch." www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/27/a...

I really like football...

Can we expect some late goals in the Big Blue? Victory have conceded 4 of their 17 (24%) goals from 80 mins onwards. Sydney FC in contrast have scored 11 of their 32 (34%) goals this season from 80 mins onwards. A good idea to keep watching if Victory hold a lead late. #BigBlue #MVCvSYD

A must-read piece. #Brisbane #Olympics #Football

So looking forward to #ADLVAKL this evening in front of another big crowd at Hindmarsh Adelaide and Auckland home matches this season have been a high mark for the A League Will be fascinating to see how Auckland travel after their poor Perth showing 2 matches ago

"The Original Rivalry remains one of the highlight fixtures in the league, and it lived up to its reputation once again in front of 14,131 fans who produced a ferocious atmosphere at a sold-out Coopers Stadium." #AdelaideUnited #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/20/a...

"When Jordan Lauton scored one of the most spectacular bicycle kicks the A-League has ever seen, he probably didn’t think it wouldn’t even be Western United’s most thrilling finish of the week." #WUFC #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/13/w...

"When Jordan Lauton scored one of the most spectacular bicycle kicks the A-League has ever seen, he probably didn’t think it wouldn’t even be Western United’s most thrilling finish of the week." #WUFC #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/13/w...

You have until Friday to let the Review know that you want to see an upgraded Perry Park for the Olympics. The best transport links in the city and could be a centrepiece for a rejuvenated Bowen Hills. www.gamesreview.com.au #fundfootyfairly #buildperrypark #alw #alm #Brisbane2032

"To put things into perspective, the Brisbane Bullets drew a crowd of 7028 to their NBL clash with the Sydney Kings 24 hours later – despite playing at the unloved Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Boondall some 15 kilometres out of town." #BrisbaneRoar #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/06/t...

"To put things into perspective, the Brisbane Bullets drew a crowd of 7028 to their NBL clash with the Sydney Kings 24 hours later – despite playing at the unloved Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Boondall some 15 kilometres out of town." #BrisbaneRoar #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/06/t...

"And at some point we need to ask ourselves – as the ones who pay for Paramount+ subscriptions and buy tickets to A-League matches – why it is that the game’s administrators seem to hate football fans with the burning intensity of a thousand suns?" #ALeague #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2024/12/30/t...

"And at some point we need to ask ourselves – as the ones who pay for Paramount+ subscriptions and buy tickets to A-League matches – why it is that the game’s administrators seem to hate football fans with the burning intensity of a thousand suns?" #ALeague #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2024/12/30/t...

"The City keeper complained vociferously that he’d been fouled in the build-up to Roderick Miranda’s tap-in, but in truth it was his attempt to shove Machach out of the way that put him off balance." #ALM #ALeague www.theroar.com.au/2024/12/23/o...

Went to a stack of games in Europe last May. One of the things that stood out was the fact that if you have a critical mass of fans, you can pretty much ignore the stupidity of league administrators. Fans still get jerked around. But it's easier to shake it off and just focus on supporting. #ALM

www.theroar.com.au/2024/12/09/t... A crowd of 26,253 fans turned up for the second instalment of the New Zealand Derby. But what happens to the #ALM when there are no highlight fixtures around?

More people have read my column from Monday than turned up at the final day of #UniteRound at Allianz Stadium. There's interest in the A-League. But sadly, we've given fans so many reasons not to attend games. And once you give a reason... it often becomes a habit. Hope #ALM can turn this around.

The football in the #aleague might be fine, but the lack of atmosphere in the stands is seriously hurting the competition. #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2024/12/02/t...

Another round of #aleague action coming up, another weekend @brisbaneroar.bsky.social's men's team is on the road. Their second home game of the season arrives in Round 7. The club desperately need a new home... and they should be allowed to invest in one. #ALM www.theroar.com.au/2024/10/23/f...

Half of A-League Men's players dissatisfied with the running of the league. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

Had a chat about #UniteRound with the guys from Box2Box. It remains one of the best listens on football we've got in Oz. You can catch me yammering on from about the 15-min mark. 🎧 Listen Here: Omny: tinyurl.com/mr3pw632 Spotify: tinyurl.com/yske7nv9 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/3c965m42

I've filed an #aleague column every week for the past 16 years. It's boycotted by many fans online... because at some point I wrote something about their club they didn't like. Which is symptomatic of where the game is at. A few bickering diehards, while everyone else stopped caring long ago.