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A-League Women season 2025-26 thread

HonestSpursFan said:
That being said there has been some shocking calls this season. City’s pen against the Jets, Riley Tanner’s goal for Sydney against Roar being ruled offside, etc.
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Claudia Bunge and Kirsty Fenton both received straight red cards the past two matchdays for denial of obvious goalscoring opportunity against Michelle Heyman, with Bunge let off the hook because Melbourne Victory appealed for obvious error successfully.
 
Sabitra Bhandari aka Samba is undoubtedly the most accomplished footballer of Nepal. From playing across the world, including at the top level in Europe, to becoming the leading goal scorer of not only Nepal, but South Asia overall, Samba has set high standards in Nepali football.

https://kathmandupost.com/football/...-help-with-surgery-after-anfa-aid-falls-short

kathmandupost.com

Samba pleads for financial help with surgery after ANFA aid falls short

Nepal’s all-time leading goal scorer and most-accomplished footballer has sought thousands of dollars in support for her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery.
kathmandupost.com kathmandupost.com
 
Sharkman84 said:
Sabitra Bhandari aka Samba is undoubtedly the most accomplished footballer of Nepal. From playing across the world, including at the top level in Europe, to becoming the leading goal scorer of not only Nepal, but South Asia overall, Samba has set high standards in Nepali football.

https://kathmandupost.com/football/...-help-with-surgery-after-anfa-aid-falls-short

kathmandupost.com

Samba pleads for financial help with surgery after ANFA aid falls short

Nepal’s all-time leading goal scorer and most-accomplished footballer has sought thousands of dollars in support for her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery.
kathmandupost.com kathmandupost.com
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Sabitra Bhandari is undoubtedly the greatest South Asian-born (not descent) footballer of all time.

People will say "oh but Sunil Chhetri": Sunil Chhetri may be the ISL's all-time leading goalscorer and one of the highest-scoring international strikers ever with his 95 goals in 157 caps, but he never played outside India other than three games for Sporting Lisbon's B team (since he never played a game for Kansas City Wizards), and his international goals are against quite low quality national teams. He was a decent player and coulda played overseas (at a low level), but chose to play in the ISL, a league which is quite low quality. Roy Krishna, Fiji's greatest player and himself an Indo-Fijian, has a bigger legacy in my opinion as he played overseas.

Samba meanwhile has played overseas: in Nepal, in India, in Israel, in France and now in New Zealand, all for the first teams. She scored a hat-trick for Guingamp against Saint-Étienne in the Première Ligue last year to become the first South Asian player, male or female, to do so. Given the lack of success South Asia has in football that's an astonishing achievement. She's an absolute queen and Wellington are super lucky to have her. Plus she brings in hundreds of Nepali fans.
 
HonestSpursFan said:
Sabitra Bhandari is undoubtedly the greatest South Asian-born (not descent) footballer of all time.

People will say "oh but Sunil Chhetri": Sunil Chhetri may be the ISL's all-time leading goalscorer and one of the highest-scoring international strikers ever with his 95 goals in 157 caps, but he never played outside India other than three games for Sporting Lisbon's B team (since he never played a game for Kansas City Wizards), and his international goals are against quite low quality national teams. He was a decent player and coulda played overseas (at a low level), but chose to play in the ISL, a league which is quite low quality. Roy Krishna, Fiji's greatest player and himself an Indo-Fijian, has a bigger legacy in my opinion as he played overseas.

Samba meanwhile has played overseas: in Nepal, in India, in Israel, in France and now in New Zealand, all for the first teams. She scored a hat-trick for Guingamp against Saint-Étienne in the Première Ligue last year to become the first South Asian player, male or female, to do so. Given the lack of success South Asia has in football that's an astonishing achievement. She's an absolute queen and Wellington are super lucky to have her. Plus she brings in hundreds of Nepali fans.
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Isn’t she injured?
 
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