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A-Leagues Commissioner Greg O’Rourke today announced a change of venue for Western United’s home games in the coming season. “Following last week’s partial fixture release, the two Western United games originally scheduled at Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium will now be played at AAMI Park," O'Rourke said. “Matches that were originally intended to be scheduled at Lakeside for the remainder of the 2021/22 season will also now be played at AAMI Park.

1624773864,1624773926 A crowd of almost 15,000 will pour into AAMI Park in Melbourne on Sunday after the A-League grand final was officially declared a sellout. Fans of Melbourne City and Sydney FC moved quickly to snap up the final tickets which were limited to 50% capacity because of COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria. But supporters who missed out – and thousands of Sydney FC fans unable to travel because of those restrictions – are able to watch the game for free via Kayo Freebies,...

Australian football great Josip Biskic will present the Joe Marston medal at Sunday’s A-League 2021 Grand Final between Melbourne City FC and Sydney FC at AAMI Park. Biskic, who won the Joe Marston medal in 1990/91 after Melbourne Knights’ penalty shoot-out loss to South Melbourne and claimed the Johnny Warren medal the following season, will award the medal to the player of the match in the AAMI Park clash in the official post-match ceremony.

Melbourne City Captain Scott Jamieson has labelled the decision to move the teams home semi-final to Sydney utterly disappointing, but says the premiers will take on anywhere, any time

The A-League Semi Final hosted by Melbourne City FC will be moved back 48 hours to Sunday 20 June. Tickets will go on sale next Thursday (17 June) and City members will get the chance to buy tickets from 9am, with a 50% discount for up to two tickets, and the remainder will go on sale to the general public at noon.

   

The withdrawal Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar from the AFC Champions League has allowed the A-League to schedule its grand final for June 26.

Adelaide United coach Carl Veart is facing punishment for attacking the integrity of referee Daniel Elder.

The Australian Professional Leagues (APL) today announced that the A-League 2020/21 fixture between Western United FC and Macarthur FC will now be played at Leichhardt Oval in NSW. APL Commissioner Greg O’Rourke said that the decision was made to ensure that we remain on track to complete the remainder of the A-League 2020/21 Season. “Following Thursday’s announcement of the lockdown in Victoria, we have worked with Government and our stakeholders to find a solution that will enable us to ...

Following today’s announcement by the Victorian Government of a 7-day lockdown, APL Commissioner Greg O’Rourke today announced changes to the A-League fixtures. “Tomorrow night’s fixture between Western United FC and Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park will proceed as scheduled, without crowds, as per the government direction. “Saturday’s fixture between Melbourne City FC and the Newcastle Jets has been postponed and an announcement in regards to Monday’s match between Western United FC...