Happy for Auckland. They broke two existing records in ANZ football.
Longest start to an A-League season without conceding. Beating IIRC the Sky commentary was correct, CCM, in 07-08.
Longest start to a season in the history of football in Australia, beating Preston Makedonia (now Preston Lions in the NPL) who set the record in the 80s?
Auckland are seriously the shot in the arm the league needed. Kudos to the APL, Kudos to Bill Foley. Kudos to the Auckland locals. Honestly, long may it continue.
Cracking game played at an excellent tempo. I wish the F3 derby had that much excitement at its peak.
Jeez I’m really struggling to keep up this season, completely missed it was a New Zealand derby today. The bye is really messing with my perception of where and when games are.
Newcastle have sucked for ages (,except us…) but holy fuck they are complete amatuer hour today.
There’s been signs Robbie Stanton is out of his depth, or the new owners are just keeping things as are for stability, but Newcastle would struggle in NPL2.
I don’t think all is well up in the Hunter. Stanton is definitely not haply with the squad he has, and rants like that aren’t exactly going to install faith in him.
Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s the first gaffer sacked.
Having grown up in Newcastle I have plenty of friends and ex team mates there. They are all saying and posting on socials exactly what Stanton said. It’s that Newcastle insular mentality. You fight tooth and nail for Newcastle, especially if you go there from outside and take a wage and represent the town. Stanton’s rant was calculated and he would have won more friends than he lost with that rant. It was probably an attempt just to sure up his job more.
