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for the 2025-2026 Season

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Day Date Venue Opposition Result F A Scorers Memories
Sun Jul 27 away Perth Glory win 1 (8) 1 (7) L. Kelly-Heald Australia Cup. Wet and windy in Perth. Same young team that beat Wrexham starting. Sutton and Wootton debut for Perth. Brooke-Smith lovely curling shot, saved by Sail, but slammed home by Kelly-Heald. 1 - 0 HT. 89th minute Perth score! Extra time and lightning delay! Penalties in torrential rain. 8 - 7.Nagasawa missed. Supyk, Ishige, Retre, Candy, Hughes, F. Gillion, J. Smith, LKH all scored.
Sun Aug 10 away Nunawading City win 1 0 H. Ishige Australia Cup. Scrappy first half, bumpy pitch. 17 yr old Eamon McCarron debut in goal. Carlo Armiento and Ifeanyi Eze debut in second half. Eze header well saved. Ishige header from Armiento corner in 94th min to win it.
Tues Aug 19 away Heidelberg United loss 0 4   Quarter-final Australia Cup. Pressing well, but go a goal down, own goal Hughes. HT 0 - 1. Two early 2nd half goals give Heidelberg a big cushion. Attacking subs made difference but...one more.
                 
Sat Oct 18 away Perth Glory draw 2 2 I. Eze, C. Armiento 11.45pm! Hughes injured, defensive highline exposed. Eze brilliant chipped goal be half time, Nagasawa assist. Payne curling left footer only just saved. Nix 70% possession. Payne great cross buried at far post by Armiento. Debuts for Manjrekar James, Ramy Najjarine, Xuan Loke.
Sun Oct 26 home Brisbane Roar win 2 1 K. Nagasawa, Armiento Wind affected. Payne subbed off, shoulder injury. Ball over top gave them a lobbed goal. HT 0 - 1. Piper subbed on, pulled ball hard across goal for Nagasawa to finish. In 96 min Piper played Armiento through and he shot well from the edge of the box. Shirts off win! 6890 att.
Sun Nov 2 away Central Coast Mrn draw 1 1 Eze James out injured (along with five others!), Hughes back. Rufer switch to Loke on starting debut, pull back, Roa-Conchie shot saved, Eze scored 4 min. Ishige freekick hit post. He was then helped off with injured knee. Debut Anaru Cassidy as sub. Nix chances with dominant first half. Armiento, Eze brought good saves from keeper. CCM equalised after half time. More even, but Nix with chances still. Oluwayemi getting off line to sweep.
Sat Nov 8 home Auckland FC         Double header with women.
Sat Nov 22 home Macarthur FC          
Sat Nov 29 home Adelaide Utd          
Sat Dec 6 away Auckland FC          
Sun Dec 14 home Newcastle Jets          
Sun Dec 21 home Central Coast Mrn          
Mon Dec 29 away Melbourne Victory          
Sat Jan 3 away Brisbane Roar          
Sun Jan 11 home Adelaide Utd          
Sun Jan 18 away Sydney FC          
Fri Jan 23 away Newcastle Jets          
Fri Jan 30 home Melbourne City          
Fri Feb 6 home Melbourne Victory          
Fri Feb 13 away Western Sydney          
Sat Feb 21 home Auckland FC          
Sun Mar 1 home Sydney FC          
Fri Mar 6 away Adelaide Utd          
Fri Mar 13 home Perth Glory          
Sat Mar 21 away Brisbane Roar          
Sun Apr 5 away Melbourne Victory          
Sun Apr 12 away Melbourne City          
Sat Apr 18 home Western Sydney          
Fri Apr 24 away Macarthur FC          
    then hopefully finals games        

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Scorers:

Carlo Armiento 2
Ifeanyi Eze 2
Kazuki Nagasawa 1
Lukas Kelly-Heald 1 (Cup)
Hideki Ishige 1 (Cup)

      A League WOMEN          
Day Date Venue Opposition Result F A Scorers Memories
                 
  8 Nov home Canberra United         Double header with men.
  16 Nov home Newcastle Jets          
  23 Nov home Melb Victory          
?? 29Nov? away Central Coast         Being rescheduled, because of Football Ferns game.
  7 Dec away Melb City          
                 
      Adelaide Utd          
      Brisbane Roar          
      Melb Victory          
      Sydney FC          
                 
      Perth Glory          
      Western Syd          
      Newcastle Jets          
                 

Scorers:

Manaia Elliott  

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