2026 Australia Cup final rounds thread

Glenardo · Jul 30, 2026

Not that bad a result for Olympic in all honesty considering they lost 4-0 to a mid table npl team on the weekend. Hard to tell from what I saw but the crowd could have been a lot worse too

Barca4life · Jul 30, 2026

TheSecretScout said:
you do realise that pre season began for a league clubs barely 3 weeks ago?

this is exactly how they've made the cup a 'level playing field' with semi pro players (who have been playing for 3-4 months and in season) vs the professional players (with all the a league clubs less than 3 weeks into pre season and some have only played 1 trial match)

people assume these matches are easy for the professional players because they are professional players and dont actually have a day job, but thats far from the case

No one is disputing that, maybe they need to get better at being fit for these kind of games because these NPL teams aren’t mugs.

Glenardo · Jul 30, 2026

jimshady said:
I forgot MacArthur existed

Hopefully not for much longer

Beretta · Jul 30, 2026

Barca4life said:
Sydney United vs WSW will epic if they pull it off in thier respective games.

I rather Victory something different.

Almost all Sydney teams are facing each other and Melbourne teams are facing each other. FFS.

13 out of the 16 teams are from Sydney and Melbourne.

ossi · Jul 30, 2026

Only 1 A-League vs member federation team game

ossi · Jul 30, 2026

SD Raiders and McArthur played in R32 last year

melbcityguy · Jul 30, 2026

Pretty boring matches

HappyGuus · Jul 30, 2026

My elite mspaint skills showing the brackets:

jimshady · Jul 30, 2026

jimshady · Jul 30, 2026

So just need city to lose and there’s one NPL team in the final

melbcityguy · Jul 30, 2026

I can see us vs Sydney in a 2016 rematch

NoMates · Jul 30, 2026

City got the luckiest draw heading into the finals.

HappyGuus · Jul 30, 2026

jimshady said:
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They've got that right side around the wrong way. The bottom right with Preston and South should be in top right corner, and the Lions FC and Heidelberg corner should be bottom right. It matters regarding the home team come semi finals.

melbcityguy · Jul 30, 2026

Monster jam on 3/10 so surely a week is enough time to have the pitch ready

Glenardo · Jul 30, 2026

Beretta said:
What an anti climax fucken boring draw.

Apia away ffs. Mass yawn

Lol two strong nsw npl representatives to knock one another out. How many times have APIA played Sydney united in the last year or so, approaching 10 times now surely with cup, league, finals, aus championship. In saying that I’ll probably still go if I can

Glenardo · Jul 30, 2026

Did people think Belmore in its current state was a more suitable venue for Olympic than kogarah ?

NoMates · Jul 30, 2026

Glenardo said:
Did people think Belmore in its current state was a more suitable venue for Olympic than kogarah ?

Looked awful on TV.

Pasquali · Jul 30, 2026

jimshady said:
So just need city to lose and there’s one NPL team in the final

need south melb vs victory

Glenardo · Jul 30, 2026

NoMates said:
Looked awful on TV.

Both are very much not ideal

Brenton1986 · Jul 30, 2026

North Sunshine Eagles v Heidelberg United & Brunswick Juventus v Preston Lions will be midweek of August 11/12 due to fact Dockerty Cup final at Lakeside Stadium on Saturday August 8th between Heidelberg United and Preston Lions confirmed FV CEO Dan Birrell a short time ago.

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