Night Soccer
The seventh week of competition and not a high scoring night. There were four forfeits, but then, it was Melbourne Cup night. The sixteen games produced sixty one goals and there was just the one Sin Bin. Top scorers were Ladies team Scoregasms with eight goals, Mottin Earthmoving and Always Fits both rattled in five goals and JFV’s Jonty Davis was sin-binned!
In Men’s Competitive Group, UDS top the table with seventeen points one point ahead of Clare Cutters and, despite losing, Mountain View Fresh stay in third place. In Mens Social 1, Willy Wackers beat DL Lager and have moved into top place with fourteen points, one point clear of DL Lager and Oary’s Levellers. In Mens Social 2, Always Fits now lead with fifteen points, three points clear of Jaime’s Boys who are a further two points ahead of Delta Physio.
In Ladies Group 1, Scoregasms with nineteen points lead Young Guns by three points with Body Tune in third place and in Group 2, 6 TO UR 7 with fifteen points lead DILLIGAF by two points with Rocky Pond Wonders in third place.
Juniors
Social soccer on Tuesday afternoons continues with some very good team performances and some players stand out. More importantly the players are really enjoying themselves.
National and International
After the fourth round of the A League, Auckland are still top of the table after defeating Wellington 2-1. Sydney FC are one point behind after beating Macarthur 2-0 and Melbourne City has moved into third place after defeating Victory. Brisbane Roar is now in fourth spot with a 3-0 win at home to Newcastle.
After the second round of the Women’s A league, Brisbane has set the pace with a 3-2 win in Perth. Melbourne Victory is in second place with a 4-0 defeat of Central Coast and Melbourne City is in third place after beating Western Sydney.
The Matildas have two friendlies against New Zealand coming up. The first is on Friday 28 November in Gosford and the second on Friday 2 December in Adelaide. These are warm up games for the Asian Cup which kicks off in March 2026.
The Socceroos have two friendlies coming up in November. They play Venezuela in Houston on 15 November and then meet Colombia in New York four days later.
Another two countries have qualified for the 2026 World Cup. Jordan and Uzbekistan have joined the list of qualifiers for the competition which starts on 11 June. The Final is on 19 July. Forty eight teams will compete in twelve groups of four team in the US, Canada, and Mexico. The top two teams from the groups plus the best eight third placed teams qualifying for the Round of 32. And yes, The Socceroos have qualified.
In the EPL, after eleven rounds, Arsenal lead Manchester City by four points despite only managing a 2-2 draw away to Sunderland. Chelsea is now third two points behind, and Sunderland is in fourth place. Liverpool has dropped to eighth place on the same points as ManU! At the foot of the table, it is still looking dire for Wolves but Nottingham Forest and West Ham both won.
In Germany’s Bundesliga after ten nine rounds Bayern is still top despite only drawing away to Union Berlin. They are still six points clear of Leipzig with Dortmund and Stuttgart a further point behind. At the bottom of the league four points separate eight teams with Heidenheim and Mainz struggling with just five points.
In Italy’s Serie A only three of the top teams won. Inter and Roma share the lead two points ahead of AC Milan. Napoli, who lost to Bologna has dropped to fourth place with the same points. Juventus could only draw at home to Torino and stays in sixth place. At the foot of the table only Genoa and Pisa won, and Fiorentina props up the league.
In Spain, after twelve rounds, Real Madrid who could only draw away to Rayo Vallecano now leads Barcelona by three points. Villarreal is third two points behind, and Atletico is in fourth spot. Only Girona of the bottom teams won, and Oviedo and Levante hold up the league.
In France’s Ligue 1 all four top teams won again and after twelve rounds PSG leads Marseille and Lens by two points with Strasbourg a further three points behind in fourth place. At the bottom of the league Metz have won their last three games and Auxerre in last place look to be in trouble.
Worlds Cup Qualifying matches are on this weekend so there will be no European league games.
Quote of the Week
Is from David Moyes manager of Everton. “Did we miss out on a lot of targets? No. Was it disappointing? No.”
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