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2025 Hahn Australia Cup

Glenardo said:
Apologies if slightly off topic , but the 76 nsw and vic state leagues for reference (the last year before the nsl started)..then 15-20 years ago you had clubs like Fawkner, Essendon royals, Frankston pines etc which were up the top..I wonder why vic soccer is particularly volatile in that way..aside from certain staple clubs like South Melb which have always been there or there about etc etc
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Short answer is that when the "big clubs" returned from the NSL and fed back into the state leagues the previous dynamics changed somewhat... Fawkner (probably more to do with the Italian clubs cannibal corpse merry go round) ...
 
Richmond too, all goneskies..I don’t know about others, you get that same feeling about Avondale fitting into this category too in the next 10-20 years..maybe not, hopefully not
 
Glenardo said:
Richmond too, all goneskies..I don’t know about others, you get that same feeling about Avondale fitting into this category too in the next 10-20 years..maybe not, hopefully not
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I think its just more natural attrition than anything else.. Clubs are more competitive down here or at least thats how it seems... Usually no Aleague academy sides in top flight NPL (this year exception.. and looking like Victory will be swapped out with Melbourne City for next year).

When a club like Bentleigh, who were a Australia Cup stalwart and top of the table in NPL for quite a while go down, they struggle to come back up immediately and, if they flounder for a few years, they end up in this constant loop of not being able to rise back up .. See Kingston, or Pasco Vale or Northcote City.... Only reason Preston rose back up again so rapidly was they spent the dollars and rallied the sponsors...

Avondale is a very strange club, tiny in scope but mighty in budget... I figure once the funding involved dries up so may they... who knows.? I have yet to meet an Avondale fan in the flesh. If Brusnwick or Bulleen see some success in the coming years or if some of the African Australian players who bring their family and friends along and make the majority of the famiglias's fanbase retire from football Avondale may well struggle.
 
Final call for the tipping comp. Cut-off at kick-off tonight.

Use this as a template and put your tip at the end of the line:
Avondale FC (2) v Stirling Macedonia (2) -
Darwin Olympic (2) v Nunawading City (4) -
Peninsula Power (2) v Western Sydney Wanderers (1) -
Adelaide Croatia Raiders (2) v Cooks Hill United (2) -
Heidelberg United (2) v Weston Bears (2) -
Northern Tigers (3) v Sydney United 58 (2) -
South Hobart (2) v South Melbourne (2) -
Perth Glory (1) v Wellington Phoenix (1) -
Gold Coast Knights (2) v Auckland FC (1) -
Olympic Kingsway (2) v Melbourne Victory (1) -
SD Raiders (3) v Macarthur FC (1) -
Western United (1) v Sydney FC (1) -
APIA Leichhardt (2) v Melbourne City (1) -
Brisbane City (2) v Olympic FC (2) -
Canberra Croatia (2) v North Eastern MetroStars (2) -
Newcastle Jets (1) v Adelaide United (1) -


ashtongate said:
Are some matches on 10 Bold? I can't see them advertised.
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On 10 Play:

Australia Cup 2025 Fixtures - Network Ten

Watch the 2025 Australia Cup on live on 10 and Paramount+
10.com.au 10.com.au
 
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Monoethnic Social Club said:
Short answer is that when the "big clubs" returned from the NSL and fed back into the state leagues the previous dynamics changed somewhat... Fawkner (probably more to do with the Italian clubs cannibal corpse merry go round) ...
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Fawkner still going 'strong' from what I see - albeit a couple divisions down
 
Avondale FC (2) v Stirling Macedonia (2) - Avondale
Darwin Olympic (2) v Nunawading City (4) - Nunawading
Peninsula Power (2) v Western Sydney Wanderers (1) - Draw
Adelaide Croatia Raiders (2) v Cooks Hill United (2) - Draw
Heidelberg United (2) v Weston Bears (2) - Heidelberg
Northern Tigers (3) v Sydney United 58 (2) - Sydney Utd
South Hobart (2) v South Melbourne (2) - South Melbourne
Perth Glory (1) v Wellington Phoenix (1) - Perth
Gold Coast Knights (2) v Auckland FC (1) - Draw
Olympic Kingsway (2) v Melbourne Victory (1) - Melbourne Victory
SD Raiders (3) v Macarthur FC (1) - Macarthur
Western United (1) v Sydney FC (1) - Western
APIA Leichhardt (2) v Melbourne City (1) - Draw
Brisbane City (2) v Olympic FC (2) - Brisbane City
Canberra Croatia (2) v North Eastern MetroStars (2) - Metrostars
Newcastle Jets (1) v Adelaide United (1) - Newcastle
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
I think its just more natural attrition than anything else.. Clubs are more competitive down here or at least thats how it seems... Usually no Aleague academy sides in top flight NPL (this year exception.. and looking like Victory will be swapped out with Melbourne City for next year).

When a club like Bentleigh, who were a Australia Cup stalwart and top of the table in NPL for quite a while go down, they struggle to come back up immediately and, if they flounder for a few years, they end up in this constant loop of not being able to rise back up .. See Kingston, or Pasco Vale or Northcote City.... Only reason Preston rose back up again so rapidly was they spent the dollars and rallied the sponsors...

Avondale is a very strange club, tiny in scope but mighty in budget... I figure once the funding involved dries up so may they... who knows.? I have yet to meet an Avondale fan in the flesh. If Brusnwick or Bulleen see some success in the coming years or if some of the African Australian players who bring their family and friends along and make the majority of the famiglias's fanbase retire from football Avondale may well struggle.
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I guess we’ll see, if nothing else this first edition of the championship should give a good amount of insight into which league players a stronger
 
Really hoping for the best for Darwin Olympic tonight. This might be the best chance ever to get their first result.
The NT league has probably never been better, but I still don't think they'll get much of a touch against VPL2.
NT have lost their last three Australia Cup matches 6-0!

I'm also interested to see how WA goes. They have a terrible record of just 2 wins and 20 losses at the Cup. Those wins only coming against Canberra and Northern NSW.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Short answer is that when the "big clubs" returned from the NSL and fed back into the state leagues the previous dynamics changed somewhat... Fawkner (probably more to do with the Italian clubs cannibal corpse merry go round) ...
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Fawkner then I think is Manningham now not the current Fawkner SC. Not too bad
 
HappyGuus said:
Really hoping for the best for Darwin Olympic tonight. This might be the best chance ever to get their first result.
The NT league has probably never been better, but I still don't think they'll get much of a touch against VPL2.
NT have lost their last three Australia Cup matches 6-0!

I'm also interested to see how WA goes. They have a terrible record of just 2 wins and 20 losses at the Cup. Those wins only coming against Canberra and Northern NSW.
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It's already 3-0 and only mid way through first half lol
 
Beretta said:
Make that 5-0
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And 6 by half time haha. Geez I feel so badly for NT. The Nuns are certainly more well drilled and tactically astute. Feels like Darwin went all out attack with numbers forward from the start. They almost needed to park the bus to stand a chance and try running them out of legs. Blew it. But Victoria is the strongest fed, they bat so deep.
 
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