08/09 A League
NSW FIXED ODDS

08/09 A League Minor Premiers - Minor Premiership
Odds updated at 07:03:27 12:00 Sun 25 Jan 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
19969 MELBOURNE VICTORY 2.00 $
19970 ADELAIDE UNITED 2.75 $
19972 QUEENSLAND ROAR 8.00 $
19968 SYDNEY FC 8.00 $
19971 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 10.00 $
19975 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 51.00 $
19973 PERTH GLORY 201.00 $
19974 NEWCASTLE JETS 351.00 $


08/09 A League Top 4 - Top 4
Odds updated at 07:03:27 12:00 Sun 25 Jan 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
19978 ADELAIDE UNITED 1.07 $
19977 MELBOURNE VICTORY 1.07 $
19976 SYDNEY FC 1.40 $
19980 QUEENSLAND ROAR 1.45 $
19979 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 1.70 $
19983 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 3.25 $
19981 PERTH GLORY 11.00 $
19982 NEWCASTLE JETS 21.00 $


08/09 A League Wooden Spoon - Wooden Spoon
Odds updated at 07:03:27 12:00 Sun 25 Jan 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
19990 NEWCASTLE JETS 1.50 $
19989 PERTH GLORY 2.60 $
19991 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 11.00 $
19987 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 34.00 $
19988 QUEENSLAND ROAR 34.00 $
19984 SYDNEY FC 41.00 $
19986 ADELAIDE UNITED 201.00 $
19985 MELBOURNE VICTORY 251.00 $


08/09 A League Top Goal Scorer - Top Goal Scorer
Odds updated at 07:04:40
Regular Season only.Excludes Finals 12:00 Sat 28 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
19657 SMELTZ Shane (Well) 4.50 $
19655 RUKAVYTSYA Nikita (Perth) 5.00 $
19662 SIMON Matt (CCst) 6.00 $
19659 ALLSOPP Danny (Mlb) 7.00 $
19660 CRISTIANO (Adel) 8.00 $
19897 MILLER Charlie (Qld) 8.00 $
19677 DODD Travis (Adel) 9.00 $
19652 THOMPSON Archie (Mlb) 9.00 $
19661 DADI Eugene (Perth) 10.00 $
19653 GRIFFITHS Joel (Newc) 21.00 $
19665 JEDINAK Mile (CCst) 41.00 $
19668 PETROVSKI Sasho (CCst) 41.00 $
19656 BRIDGE Mark (Syd) 51.00 $
19663 BROSQUE Alex (Syd) 51.00 $
19688 CASSIO (Adel) 51.00 $
19682 CORICA Steve (Syd) 51.00 $
19669 HARNWELL Jamie (Perth) 67.00 $


08/09 A League Winner - Winner
Odds updated at 07:03:27 12:00 Sat 28 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
19961 MELBOURNE VICTORY 2.75 $
19962 ADELAIDE UNITED 3.75 $
19960 SYDNEY FC 6.50 $
19964 QUEENSLAND ROAR 7.00 $
19963 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 9.00 $
19967 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 15.00 $
19965 PERTH GLORY 41.00 $
19966 NEWCASTLE JETS 67.00 $

December 27, 2008

SUBSTITUTES Nick Ward and Ney Fabiano both scored late goals as Melbourne Victory continued Sydney FC's horror run with a dramatic comeback 3-2 win at Telstra Dome.

It was the third straight defeat for Sydney, who are now struggling to stay in touch with the top four and under huge pressure after entering the season as title favourites. For the Victory it solidified their standing inside the four, breaking a three-game losing run.

It was a remarkable escape for Melbourne, after Sydney made an incredible start, going two goals up in the first three minutes.

A flare set off by Victory supporters left Melbourne's defensive goal clouded in smoke for the opening minutes of the game, but it was Sydney who provided the fireworks.

With out-of-form marquee frontman John Aloisi on the bench, it was some lesser lights who did the damage.

Shannon Cole stunned the home side with a curling left-footer which gave Victory goalkeeper Michael Theoklitos no chance at the 30-second mark.

Youngster Brendan Gan topped that effort three minutes in, with a rocketing 25m right-footer just inside the left post to continue Sydney's dream start.

The shocked Melbourne crowd was buoyed slightly when striker Danny Allsopp cannoned into John Kosmina on the sidelines, knocking the Sydney coach off his feet.

They were even happier when Melbourne's star striker Archie Thompson opened his side's scoring in the 14th minute, after being found clear in the box following a quickly taken Carlos Hernandez free-kick.

Victory had the best of the remainder of the first half, but Sydney still held a 2-1 lead when Melbourne coach Ernie Merrick turned to his bench players at the 63-minute mark.

Fabiano and Matthew Kemp were brought into the game first, with Ward introduced seven minutes later, while the game was stopped for Sydney to tend to a Gan injury.

Immediately upon the resumption, Hernandez passed to Ward, who used his first touch to weave past a defender, then fired in a scorching 20m shot to level the scores.

Victory would probably have settled for a draw, given their poor start, but Fabiano delivered all three points with a sliding goal from close range in the 79th minute to send Sydney off in despair.

Victory captain Kevin Muscat said he always had a sense that Melbourne would overcome their horror start.
"You get those games sometimes where I could just tell we were going to get back into the game," Muscat said.

"The noise that I could hear, the belief that was going around the place, in fact we were disappointed not to come in at half-time even.

"But as soon as we got that second goal there was only one winner.

"... It was a great win for us, great result, one of the best probably."

Sydney coach John Kosmina said his side's start might have been too incredible for their own good.

"I was calling out from the bench ... 'forget about what's happened, we need to stay focussed'," he said.

"We lost a little bit of attention with their first goal and that's what gave Melbourne a bit of confidence.

"Had we switched on for that, not allowed it to happen, it could have been a vastly different story."

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Hey Morgan, I sat down to watch Melbourne play Sydney and was on a high after 3 minutes when Sydney were leading 2 nil. I cant believe Sydney got beat again. I think they have a lot of talent there with players coming though such as Shannon Cole, Brendan Gan and Chris Payne. Just wondering what you thought of Danny Allsoop running into John Kosmina. Do you think he could prevented the collision or did he mean to hit Kosi????

December 29, 2008

SYDNEY FC coach John Kosmina claimed Melbourne Victory striker Danny Allsopp deliberately sent him flying with a shoulder charge and threatened to do it again at the Telstra Dome.

Football Federation Australia's match review panel will study footage of Saturday night's incident in the technical area and the big Victory forward could be charged with bringing the game into disrepute.

Kosmina has still not received an apology from Allsopp.

"I won't get one either because it would be an admission of guilt," Kosmina said on Sunday when the luckless Sydney returned home after their 3-2 defeat.

Kosmina said the pair made eye contact as the players walked off at half-time.

In a startling revelation, Kosmina said Allsopp had said to him, "Do you want me to give you another one?".

"It made me chuckle," Kosmina said.

"I know it could have been avoided. He could have turned out of it. I wasn't hurt when I fell. I was lucky Steve O'Connor and Poppa (Tony Popovic) were behind me (on the bench). I am very disappointed in Danny."

Referee Matthew Breeze took no action.

Former Australia player and Fox Sports commentator Robbie Slater did not think Allsopp's actions were premeditated but said: "He definitely dropped his shoulder into him. He should have been big enough to apologise."

Melbourne coach Ernie Merrick believes Allsopp has no case to answer.

"It was an accidental collision. He (Danny) was unsighted and bumped into his (Kosmina's) direction," Merrick said.

"Danny is a big, gentle giant. Look at his record. He hardly picks up a yellow card."

It is the second time in two years that Kosmina has been involved in controversy against Victory at the Telstra Dome. When he was coaching Adelaide, he was knocked off his chair, also in the technical area, as Kevin Muscat tried to pick up a ball. Kosmina then grabbed Muscat by the throat.

Despite two stunning goals from Sydney's Shannon Cole and Brendan Gan in the opening four minutes, Victory fought back to win one of the thrillers of the season.

Sydney paid a huge price for having defender Beau Busch off the field receiving treatment for a head wound when substitute Ney Fabiano delivered the winner in the 79th minute.

Sydney face an uphill battle to make the finals but Kosmina believes they can knock off leaders Adelaide next Saturday and come home strongly as the troops return.

The FFA panel will also study footage of the after-match melee in Newcastle on Friday, when Central Coast striker Dylan Macallister was red-carded by referee Peter O'Leary for abusive language towards opponents. Jets striker Joel Griffiths could be in hot water again after his confrontation with John Hutchinson.

08/09 A League

Winner
Odds updated at 07:03:44 12:00 Sat 28 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
19961 MELBOURNE VICTORY 2.00 $
19962 ADELAIDE UNITED 2.65 $
19964 QUEENSLAND ROAR 7.00 $
19963 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 9.00 $

ALG CntrlCoast-Queensland 06/02
Odds updated at 07:04:59 20:00 Fri 06 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
15001 Central Coast Mariners 2.25 $
15002 Draw 3.30 $
15003 Queensland Roar 2.90 $


ALG Adelaide-Melbourne 07/02
Odds updated at 07:04:04 18:30 Sat 07 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
15004 Adelaide United 2.35 $
15005 Draw 3.25 $
15006 Melbourne Victory 2.80 $