The National Premier League Men’s finals competition reaches the Preliminary Round stage as Gungahlin United FC and Tigers FC battle the remaining spot in the Grand Final against Canberra Croatia FC next weekend. The duo meets at Deakin Stadium aiming to be back a week later to fight for the crown. Although Gungahlin finished the…
REVIEW: NPL MEN – YOOGALI GIVEN SURVIVAL BOOST
Yoogali SC gave their survival hopes a further boost by securing a magnificent 1-1 draw against reigning League Champions O’Connor Knights at Solar Mad Stadium and will have left the venue wondering just how they didn’t manage to claim all three points after a superb second-half display that had the Knights reeling. A combination of…
REVIEW: CPL – NAP-HAND FOR ANU FC
ANU FC have moved into contention to challenge Queanbeyan City at the top of the Capital Premier League following a 5-0 hammering of West Canberra Wanderers at Melrose Synthetic. The win means that should ANU claim the points in their game in hand, they can move into second, five points adrift of the leaders. Two…
REVIEW: NPL MEN – GUNNERS HEAD TO TABLE-TOP
Gungahlin United went to the top of the National Premier League table with an exhilarating 4-2 success over O’Connor Knights over at the Australian Institute of Sport moving ahead of Tigers FC by a point with the Tigers having the game in hand. In a game that featured ten yellow cards, a fractious encounter, there…
FEATURE – CANBERRA CROATIA: NOTHING LESS THAN SILVERWARE ACCEPTED
Having captured 26 league trophies in their illustrious club history, Canberra Croatia entered the 2024 campaign with their usual elite standards, desiring back-to-back NPL Grand Final triumphs. After clinching the title on penalties last year in the final against O’Connor Knights, the side have their sights set on becoming the first team to win two…
REVIEW: NPL MEN – GUNNERS ROMP TO TOP OF THE TABLE
Gungahlin United were in ruthless form at the Australian Institute of Sport as they raced to the top of the National Premier League table with a demolition of visiting Yoogali SC by nine goals to nil. The Gunners could even afford to be profligate from a penalty, Michael De Paoli saving from Lukman Ahmed-Shaibu. That…
REVIEW: NPL MEN – PANTHERS HEAD TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE
Monaro Panthers shook off the disappointment of losing the Australia Cup Qualifying Final last weekend by moving to the top of the National Premier League table, dislodging previous incumbents Gungahlin United with a convincing 3-0 victory at the Riverside Stadium. The home side set out their stall early on, Gungahlin goalkeeper Aiden Munford majestically denying…
FOOTBALL AUSTRALIA TO HOST OCEANIA’S FINEST IN PACIFIC WOMEN’S FOUR NATIONS TOURNAMENT
Football Australia will host a four-team invitational tournament featuring three of Oceania’s highly ranked women’s national teams in the 2022 Pacific Women’s Four Nations Tournament in Canberra from 8 – 13 November 2022. The senior women’s national teams of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands will join the CommBank Young Matildas for a round-robin…
NPL1 PREVIEW – WHO WILL TAKE THE CROWN IN 2022?
The start of a new NPL season always brings with it massive possibilities and the dreams of all eight clubs are the same, to make the top four and, ultimately take home the League Championship title and the Grand Final. There has been plenty of movement within our Premier League clubs for 2022 and the…
Charity Shield 2022 Match Reports
By Declan Smith Women’s Charity Shield Canberra Croatia have been crowned the Women’s Charity Shield Champions for 2022 after a dominant performance over West Canberra Wanderers. Croatia got off to the best possible start, scoring inside of two minutes. After some brilliant work from Isabella Barac, a well weighted pass found the feet of Sienna…