Real Football..... Australian Style..
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nothing really wrong with a BR sandwich.
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I remember the yearly trip down to Margate ... Bembom Brothers Amusement Park all day ... Dreamworld? Nah, they got nuthing!
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Ben Elton once said that the train companies were trying to pass themselves off as airlines...
#49
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It's in Melbourne...
Hope your watching the game. Posted the following yesterday.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=659954
Hope your watching the game. Posted the following yesterday.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=659954
Oops! It should be a good game - I hope MV are not too tired after the trip to China for the ACL game.
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I remember getting a train down to Kent when I was a boy and even the words ' Gillingham, Rochester" were enough to send me into a short-lived misery..which even a British Rail sandwich could barely rescue.
Just read this thread properly - well almost - and apologise for the incursion previously...
So why are the Australian A League games so slow? Do players swan around in slow motion?
I'm getting excited about the new rectangular stadium in Melbourne.
Just read this thread properly - well almost - and apologise for the incursion previously...
So why are the Australian A League games so slow? Do players swan around in slow motion?
I'm getting excited about the new rectangular stadium in Melbourne.
Cant wait for the rectangular stadium myself. We've got our name down for 5 memberships. Apparently MV have sold out of memberships... 25,000 plus..... thats according to the supporters forums though, so will have to wait and see if its reality.
Robbie Kruise can play a bit, when he is in the mood.
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/...5875-22121504/
Palace the Rappers club....
Palace have actually put a copy of his Album into all new season ticket packs already. I suppose it's slightly better than the Walt Disney sponsorship they had in line.... with the possibilty of a Mickey Mouse motif.
Last edited by ozzieeagle; Mar 19th 2010 at 1:37 am.
#52
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It's got to be Sydney to win tomorrow! The 'toilet seat' will be 'ours'!
Winning in Melbourne would make up for the 5-0 loss a few seasons back, as well as equalling the number of championships won.
I still can't get my head around all this major/minor/preliminary final nonsense though......
Winning in Melbourne would make up for the 5-0 loss a few seasons back, as well as equalling the number of championships won.
I still can't get my head around all this major/minor/preliminary final nonsense though......
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It's got to be Sydney to win tomorrow! The 'toilet seat' will be 'ours'!
Winning in Melbourne would make up for the 5-0 loss a few seasons back, as well as equalling the number of championships won.
I still can't get my head around all this major/minor/preliminary final nonsense though......
Winning in Melbourne would make up for the 5-0 loss a few seasons back, as well as equalling the number of championships won.
I still can't get my head around all this major/minor/preliminary final nonsense though......
Yeah tis bullsheet the way this competition works. Sydney have won the league as far as I'm concerned as well. Still owing to the chronic lack of teams in the comp, we'll take this Aussie style end of year comp competition as the real final, until more teams join the fray.
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It would also be nice to have some kind of FA Cup type comp, featuring the likes of Marconi, Sydney United, Melbourne Knights etc etc. Then, maybe this Grand Final nonsense could be done away with? I've got a novel idea - how about the team who wins the league are actually crowned as champions?
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It would also be nice to have some kind of FA Cup type comp, featuring the likes of Marconi, Sydney United, Melbourne Knights etc etc. Then, maybe this Grand Final nonsense could be done away with? I've got a novel idea - how about the team who wins the league are actually crowned as champions?
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It's got to be Sydney to win tomorrow! The 'toilet seat' will be 'ours'!
Winning in Melbourne would make up for the 5-0 loss a few seasons back, as well as equalling the number of championships won.
I still can't get my head around all this major/minor/preliminary final nonsense though......
Winning in Melbourne would make up for the 5-0 loss a few seasons back, as well as equalling the number of championships won.
I still can't get my head around all this major/minor/preliminary final nonsense though......
The other MacIntyre (sp?) derived system as used by the NRL is hard to understand and - pants - yes.
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It would also be nice to have some kind of FA Cup type comp, featuring the likes of Marconi, Sydney United, Melbourne Knights etc etc. Then, maybe this Grand Final nonsense could be done away with? I've got a novel idea - how about the team who wins the league are actually crowned as champions?
I don't mind it.
EDIT - if we had a FA style cup in Australia, you'd have the situation where the Mornington Pom Pubside 11 dispatches Sydney and wins the comp!
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Ah- so you are talking about the way a team can win the Minor Premiership, but not carry the final trophy in many Australian sports?
I don't mind it.
EDIT - if we had a FA style cup in Australia, you'd have the situation where the Mornington Pom Pubside 11 dispatches Sydney and wins the comp!
I don't mind it.
EDIT - if we had a FA style cup in Australia, you'd have the situation where the Mornington Pom Pubside 11 dispatches Sydney and wins the comp!
Like non league Hereford v Newcastle in 1972 eh Drawing at Newcastle then beating them in the Replay.
Yehp would like to see more like that.... gets the punters talking.
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And so it starts.... Just cracked my first Cider of the day. People turning up in 25 mins.... BBQ, drinks MVP Melbourne Victory Piss..... Malibu Vodka Pineapple.... On the tram circa 3.30 pm then the pub crawl.
See you around the GWHotel and Colonial hotels 585 lonsdale... circa 4.30 pm to 5.00 pm apparently now. Afterwards the Word Bar...14 Goldie Place...Near Lonsdale st... Free entry for MV Membership holders... 8 dollar Jagerbombs and 6 dollar pints of Carlton draught 5 dollar bubblys.