Round ball code talk

[Duck Farmer]

Used to go to Adelaide City games back in the day and would support them in the A-League in a heartbeat.

Never got in to Adelaide United.

 

[Harlott]

I don't know if you are aware of it, but Adelaide City wore/ wear the black and white stripes - were called Adelaide Juventus for many years, but they were formed in 1946 as Juventus and basically wore the Italian club's strip* with the odd exception after they changed their name to Adelaide City to be a foundation club of the new National Soccer league (NSL) in 1977.

*Great irony is for the first few years they didn't wear the black and white strip of Juventus as the then SA Soccer Federation ruled that there could only be one black and white team per league and the black and white of Port Adelaide Soccer Club took precedence. So they wore a navy blue strip with a white “J” before finally being permitted to wear black and white stripes from 1949.

Like Port in the SANFL they dominated the league in the 1950's and won the League championship 5 times, including 4 in a row from 1956 to 1959 and were a strong club in the 60's and 70's winning more titles and were ready for the national league, not an expansion of a state league when the first of the 4 football codes set up a national club league.

In fact the NSL was the first national club league of any sports in Oz. Cricket had its state league comp for 100 years and national championships were the major competitions for how national teams were selected. Basketball's NBL was next in 1979.

Like Port found hard taskmaster Fos Williams, Adelaide City found hard taskmaster coach Zoran Matic. He came from Yugoslavia in the early 70's to play local Yugoslavian community club, ended up playing the first two or three years Adelaide City were in the NSL, then retired and was appointed coach in 1986 . He was coach of the 3 NSL championships Adelaide City won, 1986, 1991/1992 and 1993/1994 seasons and lost the grand finals for the 1992/93 and 1994/95 season. Also under Matic's reign, Adelaide City won 2 NSL Cups.

Johnny Warren often used to talk about Adelaide City being the first club who looked to Asia to help secure its playing and financial success, when Soccer Australia was stuck in the Oceania Confederation.

Matic retired after that 1995 grand final loss, but 12 months later had a season with Collingwood Warriors and a season with Marconi in Sydney before returning to Adelaide City for the last few years when it and the NSL was in a financial death spiral. Adelaide City's last year in the NSL was 2002-2003 season, they finished 3rd, and returned to the SA Premier League in 2004 and the last season of the NSL was 2003-04.

This photo is from the 1992/93 season based on Coca Cola Leagues sponsorship and Fairmont Homes club sponsors logo on the shirts. Next year some how both brewers Fosters and Coopers got their logos on the front of the shirt. Photo probably is a final at Hindmarsh Stadium

Fairmont Homes - isowned by Gordon Pickard (and his family) who helped create Adelaide United to fill the place of Adelaide City in the 2003-04 NSL season. He also helped Port Football Club out between 2009 and 2014 years when we were financially struggling.

There are several Socceroos in the side on this day. Starting fro, back row left
Alex Tobin ....... Milan Ivanovic ...... Carl Veart (current Adelaide United coach) ........
Robert Zabica ...... Damien Mori ....... / .......
Missing from this photo who played in the grand final is Tony Vidmar.

I know back row right is Steve Maxwell. Guy with the head band I know his face but mind is a blank. Pretty sure next to goallie Zabica is Joey Mullen and that's Carlo Talladira far right bottom row.

No wonder hard man Matic was able to be successful at Adelaide City, his back 5 included 4 long time Socceroos - Zabica, Vidmar, Ivanovic, and Tobin.

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Far right bottom row looks like Sergio Melta. And headband guy looks like a young Ross Aloisi,

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Tim Cahill's son debuted in the A-League this weekend. I feel old.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Santos' relegation from Brazilian soccer's topflight was greeted with fury and unsavory scenes on Wednesday as the South American giants suffered demotion for the first time in their 111-year history. Furious scenes greeted Santos' relegation at Vila Belmiro with projectiles being launched towards the field and fans invading the turf which forced the players to head for the locker rooms. Buses, cars and even ambulances were set on fire in the aftermath as police struggled to contain irate supporters with stun grenades and pepper spray utilized. Helicopters and military police had to intervene as riot-like scenes happened in the vicinity of the stadium as many made panicked exits from the venue.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Santos' relegation from Brazilian soccer's topflight was greeted with fury and unsavory scenes on Wednesday as the South American giants suffered demotion for the first time in their 111-year history. Furious scenes greeted Santos' relegation at Vila Belmiro with projectiles being launched towards the field and fans invading the turf which forced the players to head for the locker rooms. Buses, cars and even ambulances were set on fire in the aftermath as police struggled to contain irate supporters with stun grenades and pepper spray utilized. Helicopters and military police had to intervene as riot-like scenes happened in the vicinity of the stadium as many made panicked exits from the venue.

Pele dies December 2022
Santos relegated December 2023

Not a good 12 months to be a Santos supporter.

 

[GremioPower]

The local futsal team played in the state Grand Final for the first time.

We lost (0-2; 1-2). The other team is one of the Big-3, national-leaguer. It wins every other year. Tough.

We put up a fight, but the lack of experience hurt us big time. Our crowd, though, was something else. 385 miles (620km) separates both cities. We packed the visitors section and more.

There are no highlights yet.

Spoiler: Full match

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[GremioPower]

Our fans, more than 600km away from home:

 

[Grave Danger]

All of the Champions League last-16 ties​

• FC Porto vs Arsenal
• Napoli vs Barcelona
• Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Sociedad
• Inter vs Atletico Madrid
• PSV Eindhoven vs Borussia Dortmund
• Lazio vs Bayern Munich
• FC Copenhagen vs Manchester City
• RB Leipzig vs Real Madrid.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

All of the Champions League last-16 ties​

• FC Porto vs Arsenal
• Napoli vs Barcelona
• Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Sociedad
• Inter vs Atletico Madrid
• PSV Eindhoven vs Borussia Dortmund
• Lazio vs Bayern Munich
• FC Copenhagen vs Manchester City
• RB Leipzig vs Real Madrid.

4 Spanish, 3 German, 3 Italian, 2 English, 1 French = 13/16 from the big 5 leagues. To be expected I suppose.

 

[Grave Danger]

4 Spanish, 3 German, 3 Italian, 2 English, 1 French = 13/16 from the big 5 leagues. To be expected I suppose.

I was reading that the EPL might lose a slot in a future world club tournament due to only two English teams qualifying for the UCL play-offs - and despite Man City being the current champions. Sack ten Hag!

 

[Grave Danger]

No EPL teams at all in the B Grade (thanks to Man U and Newcastle coming last in their UCL groups):

All the Europa League playoff round fixtures​

• Feyenoord vs AS Roma
• AC Milan vs Stade Rennais
• RC Lens vs Freiburg
• Young Boys vs Sporting Lisbon
• Benfica vs Toulouse
• Braga vs Qarabag
• Galatasaray vs Sparta Prague

 

[Duck Farmer]

4 Spanish, 3 German, 3 Italian, 2 English, 1 French = 13/16 from the big 5 leagues. To be expected I suppose.

And of the other 3 two are pretty big clubs in PSV and Porto.

 

[dirty2]

No EPL teams at all in the B Grade (thanks to Man U and Newcastle coming last in their UCL groups):

All the Europa League playoff round fixtures​

• Feyenoord vs AS Roma
• AC Milan vs Stade Rennais
• RC Lens vs Freiburg
• Young Boys vs Sporting Lisbon
• Benfica vs Toulouse
• Braga vs Qarabag
• Galatasaray vs Sparta Prague

Did any make the C grade?

Does anyone other then small teams care?

 

[Grave Danger]

Did any make the C grade?

Does anyone other then small teams care?

Just Aston Villa:

Who is through in the Europa Conference League?​

Group winners and into the last 16: Aston Villa, Club Bruges, Fenerbahce, Fiorentina, Lille, Maccabi Tel Aviv, PAOK, Viktoria Plzen.

Seeded in play-offs: Bodo/Glimt, Dinamo Zagreb, Eintracht Frankfurt, Ferencvaros, Gent, Legia Warsaw, Ludogorets, Slovan Bratislava.

Unseeded in play-offs: Ajax, Maccabi Haifa, Molde, Olympiacos, Real Betis, Servette, Sturm Graz, Union Saint-Gilloise.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

All of the Champions League last-16 ties​

• FC Porto vs Arsenal
• Napoli vs Barcelona
• Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Sociedad
• Inter vs Atletico Madrid
• PSV Eindhoven vs Borussia Dortmund
• Lazio vs Bayern Munich
• FC Copenhagen vs Manchester City
• RB Leipzig vs Real Madrid.

To those without a team, who are we jumping on?

Im team Dortmund here... even though I know they have no shot in hell.

 

[Grave Danger]

To those without a team, who are we jumping on?

Im team Dortmund here... even though I know they have no shot in hell.

A.B.A.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

: European Court of Justice rules that neither UEFA nor FIFA can impose sanctions on clubs that participate in alternative competitions such as the European Super League.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

The controversial European Super League is set to relaunch with new tournament plans this morning, after a landmark European Court of Justice ruling.

The ECJ ruled that Uefa and Fifa both acted “unlawfully” by blocking the rebel tournament when it initially launched in 2021. However, while the ruling stated that the governing bodies had “abused their dominant position” by forbidding the creation of any new club competitions, it also stressed that doesn’t mean the Super League project has to be approved in the future.

A22, the company backing the European Super League, gleefully declared that “the Uefa monopoly is over” and that “football is free”, while LaLiga released a statement condemning the Super League as “a selfish and elitist model”.

Following today’s ruling, A22 is announcing a new proposal for men’s and women’s midweek European Competitions at 11am GMT. In a change from the previous European Super League plans, participation will apparently be based on sporting merit, there will be no permanent members and the league will feature promotion and relegation.

 

[Grave Danger]

LIVSoccer

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Fair effort by the designers.

 

[dirty2]

Fair effort by the designers.

That.... Is pretty cool.

 

[edgie]

Hopefully Sunderland can keep the streak going tonight against Saudi Arabia

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[EskimoPAFC]

Hopefully Sunderland can keep the streak going tonight against Saudi Arabia

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Nope Collingwood knocked them out.

 

[edgie]

Nope Collingwood knocked them out.

Sunderland haven't lost to Newcastle since before Ken Hinkley was coach...

Maybe it's a sign!

 

[Grave Danger]

Damn...

Matildas captain Sam Kerr suffers 'devastating' ACL injury six months out from Olympics

Kerr ruptures an ACL while in a mid-season training camp with Chelsea and is unlikely to play at the Paris Olympics if the Matildas earn qualification.

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