2026 Australia Cup final rounds thread

[Monoethnic Social Club]

The same league they wanna join?

You know there is a difference between fans and customers right?... right?

 

[Son of Sam]

Debut goal... not a bad way to go about it.

What is the deal with the Spanish flag in the second video? I assume some sort of link to Lopez and Spain winning World Cup?

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

What is the deal with the Spanish flag in the second video? I assume some sort of link to Lopez and Spain winning World Cup?

Yeah thats what I assumed last night...

 

[Beretta]

4 NPL clubs knock out AL opposition in the round of the 32, setting a new record

Would have been unheard of only 5-10 years ago.

 

[erogenouszone]

i thought that was for the Tigers in the NRL.

i could have sworn i heard Leichhardt oval is off limits for APIA now? maybe i am wrong.

There is some sort of freebie concert at Leichhardt on the 19th September as a "farewell" type thing.

https://themusic.com.au/news/the-an...-leichhardt-oval-closure/3EhizvHw8_I/30-07-26

And APIA played there last AusCup match there recently.

 

[erogenouszone]

4 NPL clubs knock out AL opposition in the round of the 32, setting a new record

Would have been unheard of only 5-10 years ago.

This is a direct result of the increased games and professionalism of the NPL clubs and the reduced TV money and therefore the focus on academy players in the A League clubs. Money is everything in football.

 

[HappyGuus]

Won't happen unless it's the final.

Some Roar fans claim the club's history stretches back to the Queensland Lions because the Lions won the A-League licence. The club has occasionally leaned into that connection too, such as using the 1957 establishment date on jerseys etc.

Load of crap in my opinion, acknowledging the origins is one thing, but claiming the entire pre-2005 history as Roar's own is a stretch.

Probably depends on how it actually happened. Was the A-League or local team a continuation of the old club? Or was it a split, with both clubs able to claim the past? Or something else?

Would it be similar to some Championship teams that have created separate entities for that tournament?

 

[HappyGuus]

Imagine if the SM board said that when they met with the APL! I'd love to be a fly on the wall there.

 

[NR93]

Probably depends on how it actually happened. Was the A-League or local team a continuation of the old club? Or was it a split, with both clubs able to claim the past? Or something else?

Would it be similar to some Championship teams that have created separate entities for that tournament?

Was meant to be a continuation. Lions didn’t play in the BPL (old NPL) for a couple of years as they were in the aleague. But we changed some of the primary colours, name, stadium then eventually training base.

Didn’t take long until they spilt into two at senior level. Season 2 or so from memory.

Given lions still ran as a club in its own right during this time I wouldn’t claim that history as ours.