the title goes across the ditch for only the 14th time!

oh nvm screw them chairs the stage never needed them anyways #bbau

holy moly they finally have chairs on that stage HAHA #bbau

thank you adelaide i love you temporarily until you deny victory the opportunity to take the title

please adelaide give me the opportunity to stop posting about melbourne city every week x

overall a decent start to #bbau, some things left a lot to be desired but i reckon there’s a good range of people in that house (aside from a lack of people of colour)

i love that we are stuck with this squad until at least january it makes me so positive for this season yay #mvfc #MVCvMCY

please victory don’t make me post about city beating us thank you very much xoxo

i don’t know if i have missed some great press release but we have dub on the telly today!!!! #SYDvMCY will be on 10 drama thank you tv overlords

will the roar trick city, or will city walk away with the treats? happy halloween xx

there is NO game tonight. there never was and there never will be a #MACvADL. macarthur mondays ruined 😔

watching games like last nights #NEWvMVC really validates my opinion that the aleague will thrive just fine with youth. 7 goals, 6 of them from 23yo & younger. the jets played exciting good football last night. viva a liga

all eyes on the glory, can they end their rather unfortunate and unwanted record? #MCYvPER

OH okay i take it all back we are IN what a game we have here #NEWvMVC

oh it’s going to be one of thooooose seasons ok good to know thank you it was nice to have hope for a game and 20 minutes #NEWvMVC

this is not the right way to introduce the beautiful grey with white V i am heartbroken for it #NEWvMVC

i personally would love to see us lose a melb derby and not receive a fake trophy so i am very glad there is a 50% chance of us getting that opportunity

OH MYYYYYYY WHAT AN ENDING #CCMvNEW

eternal wisdom of andy harper called this. someone give me his number i have a question to ask about the powerball #CCMvNEW

post game thoughts: how many dulux dogs does dulux have? if it’s one, how is the new dog chosen? is it dalai lama style or is it more british monarchy style?

still super unconvinced on juan mata, never saw much in him at the wanderers, same goes for him here. lovely to see we didn’t learn anything from Nani

ah the melbourne victory i know and tolerate welcome back

hell yeah i love the dulux dog match ball delivery #MVCvAKL

RETAINED #MelbourneCity are still Unofficial Champions of the A-League Men’s, after holding the Wanderers to a 1-1 draw. They’ll defend their title next week at home against Perth Glory

city’s black shorts are a bit of an eyesore, i understand the idea behind kit clashes, but surely a shorts clash isn’t that big of a deal? #WSWvMCY

personally i am very excited to see how much aami park has increased the price of chicken and chips #MVCvAKL

today! will city continue their streak? #WSWvMCY

an opportunity awaits perth to end their streak… IF city win this week, they’ll play for the title in round 2

auckland have played 28 matches in the ALM, they’ve been unofficial champ for 16 of them. proper phenomenal stuff.

happy a-league men’s day to those who celebrate i am proud of us all for making it

forgot to mention this yesterday, (and call me an old man if you’d like) but i am truly not a fan of official a-leagues accounts referencing the league’s offseason as “the longest offseason in world football”. that’s your own doing!!! nobody is forcing you to be the longest!!!! lengthen the season!!

very unsurprising that teams aren’t able to defend a win with a game 3 days later, disappointing for the Jets, Glory & Wanderers to bear this unfortunate stat. i doubt (and hope?) we will ever see a team have a 2 day title hold…

63% of unofficial champs have retained the title in their first match of the season, however it’s been a while since they’ve won the first match of a season. the last time a defending unofficial champ won their first match of a season was Sydney FC, beating Victory 0-1 on the 7th of October 2017.

i am so glad this didn’t end up eventuating, would have been so annoying if i spent so long calculating everything for the title to just spend this season in hibernation because WU won the second leg final

the crazy part of this, is that Sydney have held it for 600+ more days than Adelaide, (1,467 v 834) the sky blues have held it through 5 off seasons, adelaide have only held it through 1 #alm #aleague

ORIGINAL CHAMPS: #AdelaideUnited & #CCM were the first Unofficial A-League Men Champions, with the first game(s) of the A-League taking place simultaneously. I decided they both held the title until one beat the other, which was 79 days later, with a 1-0 win to Adelaide. #ALeague

a little side project for me over the ALM season! feel free to give it a follow if you’d like, will be posting some stats from the 20 years of this thing before the season starts :)

Ali Auglah future Adelaide United coach confirmed

6,825 at Lakeside for the inaugural Aus Championship match. a great start for the league

lakeside is absolutely beautiful #AusChampionship

and just like that, we have the Aus Championship on @fotmob.com

contacted the lovely folk at @fotmob.com regarding the #AusChampionship on their app. they’ve confirmed that before the first match it should appear. let’s go!!

surely a contender for the worlds snarkiest press release snippet #munnel #melbourne

every year the adhesive on victory membership cards sticking them to the letter from the club gets stronger and stronger. at this rate i am a few years away from having to use industrial methods to seperate some plastic from paper #mvfc #aleague

so for fans of soccer in australia, Saturday’s genuinely will be “super”, with 4 back-to-back games on free to air telly. assuming a 2h game (which yes is maybe optimistic), there will be 1pm & 3pm on SBS, then 5pm & 7:35pm on 10 for 6 weeks. that is amazing. #ALeague #AusChampionship

the smile on my face seeing SBS announced as #AusChampionship broadcasters is crazy. imo Network 10 are doing great stuff for the #ALeagues but truly SBS will be a perfect home for the Championship.

honestly, if it means they have a year to sort out their shit this could be really good for #wufc. i’m not confident but god am i hopeful for them #aleague #wu

oh how i so want to see an all NPL #AustraliaCup final

auckland semi final bottlers x #AustraliaCup

really sad to watch western united go down. i understand the hate they had for beating other bids, and never having an accessible venue, but god it’s a bad day for the #aleague #westernunited #wufc