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Australia Cup - No Kiwis Allowed

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6 days ago

Noah4thenix wrote:
Gonna be honest here, I turned off Preston v Jets at HT since it was like 10:30, Jets were 2-0 up and I had an 8am the next day (which is why I am awake now) and thought the game was sealed... Boy was I surprised to open reddit this morning

I would assume they ran out of legs in the second half? Only 2 weeks into training right now.

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6 days ago

Last night's result means now that all A-League clubs have been Cupset - Newcastle Jets were the final remaining club to have never lost to an NPL team in the Cup.

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6 days ago

HattyCW wrote:
Got our first cupset. The Jets (AC champions last season) blow a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 to Preston Lions.

Could have another one as well with the Queensland Lions and Glory heading to ET. Yep, goes to penalties and Glory lose.

Peak Perth, typical. Perth out on penalties at the round of 32. A repeat of their round of 32 loss last year in the Australia Cup on penalties vs the Phoenix. Going to be a dire season for Perth again. & their players/staff late pay won't go in until tomorrow. 🫣

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5 days ago

Tigers 0 v Western Sydney Wanderers 2

Sydney United 1 v Central Coast Mariners 1 (Sydney United win 11-10 on penalties)

Maitland 1 v Fremantle 2

Azzurri United 0 v Macarthur 3

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5 days ago

That's 3/10 A-League club knocked out already and it wouldn't surprise me if Sth. Melbourne could pull one over on Adelaide. Like clockwork people online are calling for the A-League to be opened up, and while I wouldn't go that far I do think it's proof the Championship is worth building. That said SU58 being in top tier is probably the last thing we need considering the media scrutiny over in Aus...

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5 days ago

A-League sides are completely under done fitness wise. So any time one gets drawn vs a higher level NPL side in the first couple rounds, its gonna be a big chance for a cupset.

I reckon that is what makes it a fun competition.

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5 days ago

RR any chance you have any info on the strife Preston fans are in.

GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS

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ballane wrote:
RR any chance you have any info on the strife Preston fans are in.

Some of their supporters had anti-Greek & sexist banners in their NPL game vs South Melbourne
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-20/football-victoria-condemns-behaviour-of-preston-lions-supporters/106934550

Haven't seen anything regarding issues at the Australia Cup game.

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Yeah thats the game i was wondering about have seen snippets but couldnt find much. I see they have to play behind closed doors for a couple of games

GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS

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5 days ago

RR wrote:
ballane wrote:
RR any chance you have any info on the strife Preston fans are in.
Some of their supporters had anti-Greek & sexist banners in their NPL game vs South Melbourne
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-20/football-victoria-condemns-behaviour-of-preston-lions-supporters/106934550

Haven't seen anything regarding issues at the Australia Cup game.

Yes. Some of the Mediterranean Australian founded football clubs have awful hostile club culture. Ultra nationalist/fascist Balkans war stuff being laundered into Australia. If only they could be normal like Wellington Olympic or Auckland City, instead of harboring these nutters that want to return to Srebrenica gun in hand.

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4 days ago

PKB wrote:
RR wrote:
ballane wrote:
RR any chance you have any info on the strife Preston fans are in.
Some of their supporters had anti-Greek & sexist banners in their NPL game vs South Melbourne
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-20/football-victoria-condemns-behaviour-of-preston-lions-supporters/106934550

Haven't seen anything regarding issues at the Australia Cup game.
Yes. Some of the Mediterranean Australian founded football clubs have awful hostile club culture. Ultra nationalist/fascist Balkans war stuff being laundered into Australia. If only they could be normal like Wellington Olympic or Auckland City, instead of harboring these nutters that want to return to Srebrenica gun in hand.

I'm not too familiar with Aus football history, Tartan Kiwi could probably provide a better answer, but I'm guessing NZF and the regional FA's were more strict than the Aus FA's. Olympic when they were Apallon had incidents of punching players and the ref at least once, for which they were banned by the Wellington FA, making them have to come back as a Christian-Greek club.

Also, Mediterranean clubs never came to dominate NZ like they did in Australia, which might be a contributing factor?

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1 day ago

Weston Workers 0 v Melbourne City 3

Still got the Victory match to go tonight.

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1 day ago

Noah4thenix wrote:
PKB wrote:
RR wrote:
ballane wrote:
RR any chance you have any info on the strife Preston fans are in.
Some of their supporters had anti-Greek & sexist banners in their NPL game vs South Melbourne
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-20/football-victoria-condemns-behaviour-of-preston-lions-supporters/106934550

Haven't seen anything regarding issues at the Australia Cup game.
Yes. Some of the Mediterranean Australian founded football clubs have awful hostile club culture. Ultra nationalist/fascist Balkans war stuff being laundered into Australia. If only they could be normal like Wellington Olympic or Auckland City, instead of harboring these nutters that want to return to Srebrenica gun in hand.
I'm not too familiar with Aus football history, Tartan Kiwi could probably provide a better answer, but I'm guessing NZF and the regional FA's were more strict than the Aus FA's. Olympic when they were Apallon had incidents of punching players and the ref at least once, for which they were banned by the Wellington FA, making them have to come back as a Christian-Greek club.

Also, Mediterranean clubs never came to dominate NZ like they did in Australia, which might be a contributing factor?

Well yes, and I prefer it that way over here. It's ridiculous the stuff that has happened over in Aus on and off for decades. I'm pleased we have largely avoided that here. I would like it if we could have a few more fans watching our local park teams though. That is what the Aussies are doing right sometimes, getting a few more fans with flags and banners to park games. Although we don't have an Australia Cup type thing here, we do have Chatham Cup at least.

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