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 $

ALG Melbourne-Adelaide (NormTime) 14/02 - Result
Odds updated at 07:37:01
Results Paid At End Of Normal Time 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
18618 Melbourne Victory 1.75 $
18619 Draw 3.70 $
18620 Adelaide United 4.00 $


ALG Melbourne-Adelaide (NormTime) 14/02 - Correct Score
Odds updated at 07:30:11
Results Paid At End Of Normal Time 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
18621 Melbourne Victory 1-0 7.00 $
18622 Melbourne Victory 2-0 8.00 $
18623 Melbourne Victory 2-1 8.00 $
18624 Melbourne Victory 3-0 11.00 $
18625 Melbourne Victory 3-1 13.00 $
18626 Melbourne Victory 3-2 26.00 $
18627 Melbourne Victory 4-0 41.00 $
18628 Melbourne Victory 4-1 41.00 $
18629 Melbourne Victory 5-0 51.00 $
18630 Melbourne Victory 5-1 51.00 $
18631 Draw 0-0 10.00 $
18632 Draw 1-1 9.00 $
18633 Draw 2-2 26.00 $
18634 Draw 3-3 51.00 $
18635 Adelaide United 1-0 10.00 $
18636 Adelaide United 2-0 13.00 $
18637 Adelaide United 2-1 15.00 $
18638 Adelaide United 3-0 41.00 $
18639 Adelaide United 3-1 34.00 $
18640 Adelaide United 3-2 41.00 $
18641 Adelaide United 4-0 151.00 $
18642 Adelaide United 4-1 151.00 $
18643 Adelaide United 5-0 251.00 $
18644 Adelaide United 5-1 251.00 $
18645 Scores Not Quoted 17.00 $


ALG Melbourne-Adelaide (NormTime) 14/02 - Half/Full Double
Odds updated at 07:36:48
Results Paid At End Of Normal Time 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
18646 Melbourne/Melbourne 2.85 $
18647 Melbourne/Adelaide 21.00 $
18648 Melbourne/Draw 14.00 $
18649 Adelaide/Adelaide 8.50 $
18650 Adelaide/Melbourne 21.00 $
18651 Adelaide/Draw 14.00 $
18652 Draw/Melbourne 4.25 $
18653 Draw/Adelaide 8.50 $
18654 Draw/Draw 5.25 $


ALG Melbourne-Adelaide 14/02 - Half Time Result
Odds updated at 07:36:50 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
18657 Melbourne Victory 2.40 $
18658 Draw 2.10 $
18659 Adelaide United 4.75 $

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ALG Melbourne-Adelaide 14/02 - 1st Half Correct Score
Odds updated at 07:36:46 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
18665 Melbourne Victory (1-0) 3.75 $
18666 Melbourne Victory (2-0) 10.00 $
18667 Melbourne Victory (2-1) 19.00 $
18668 Draw (0-0) 2.60 $
18669 Draw (1-1) 8.00 $
18670 Adelaide United (1-0) 6.00 $
18671 Adelaide United (2-0) 23.00 $
18672 Adelaide United (2-1) 26.00 $
18673 Any Other Score 10.00 $


ALG Melbourne-Adelaide (NormTime) 14/02 - Goal Margin
Odds updated at 07:36:47
Results Paid At End Of Normal Time 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
18660 Melbourne By 2+ Goals 3.10 $
18661 Melbourne Victory by 1 Goal 3.95 $
18662 Draw 3.70 $
18663 Adelaide United by 1 Goal 6.50 $
18664 Adelaide United by 2+ Goals 7.00 $


ALG Melbourne-Adelaide 14/02 - 1st Goal Scorer
Odds updated at 07:25:37 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
17025 MUSCAT Kevin (Melb) 13.00 $
17026 NEY FABIANO (Melb) 8.00 $
17027 ALLSOPP Danny (Melb) 7.00 $
17028 THOMPSON Archie (Melb) 7.00 $
17029 CELESKI Billy (Melb) 13.00 $
17030 PONDELJAK Tom (Melb) 21.00 $
17031 HERNANDEZ Carlos (Melb) 10.00 $
17032 WARD Nick (Melb) 13.00 $
17033 ALEMAO (Adel) 17.00 $
17034 PANTELIS Lucas (Adel) 15.00 $
17035 CASSIO (Adel) 11.00 $
17036 AGOSTINO Paul (Adel) 9.00 $
17037 CRISTIANO (Adel) 8.00 $
17038 DODD Travis (Adel) 10.00 $
17039 JAMIESON Scott (Adel) 21.00 $
17040 OGNENOVSKI Sasa (Adel) 21.00 $
17041 YOUNIS Robert (Adel) 11.00 $
17042 Players not Quoted 10.00 $
17043 Own Goal 21.00 $
17044 No Goals Scored 10.00 $


ALG Melbourne-Adelaide (NormTime) 14/02 - Total Goals Over/Under
Odds updated at 07:36:47
Results Paid At End Of Normal Time 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
18655 Over 2.5 Goals 2.05 $
18656 Under 2.5 Goals 1.72 $

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ALG Melbourne-Adelaide (NormTime) 14/02 - Both Teams to Score
Odds updated at 07:30:06
Results Paid At End Of Normal Time 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
18674 Both Teams to Score 1.95 $
18675 Only One Team to Score 2.05 $
18676 Neither Team to Score 10.00 $


ALG Melbourne-Adelaide 14/02 - Player To Score
Odds updated at 07:36:50 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
15024 Archie Thompson to Score 2.50 $
15025 Archie Thompson not to Score 1.48 $
15026 Player must start Suspended $
15027 for Bets to Stand Suspended $


ALG Melbourne-Adelaide 14/02 - Player To Score
Odds updated at 07:36:51 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
15028 Danny Allsopp to Score 2.60 $
15029 Danny Allsopp not to Score 1.45 $
15030 Player must start Suspended $
15031 for Bets to Stand Suspended $


ALG Melbourne-Adelaide 14/02 - Player To Score
Odds updated at 07:36:51 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
15032 Travis Dodd to Score 3.95 $
15033 Travis Dodd not to Score 1.22 $
15034 Player must start Suspended $
15035 for Bets to Stand Suspended $

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ALG Melbourne-Adelaide 14/02 - Player To Score
Odds updated at 07:37:00 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
15036 Cristiano to Score 2.75 $
15037 Cristiano not to Score 1.40 $
15038 Player must start Suspended $
15039 for Bets to Stand Suspended $


ALG Adelaide-Melbourne - To Qualify
Odds updated at 07:32:53
To Qualify For A-League Grand Final 19:35 Sat 14 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
15009 Adelaide United 7.50 $
15010 Melbourne Victory 1.07 $

February 28, 2009

The Victory confirmed their status as the most successful club in the A-League's short history with a dramatic 1-0 win over gutsy Adelaide United on Saturday night.

The final result was hardly unexpected, after Melbourne had reduced the Reds to a rabble in a 6-0 aggregate triumph in the two-legged major semi-final earlier this month.

But the nature of the grand final win at Telstra Dome was much more of a shock.

The general consensus was that Adelaide needed everything to go absolutely right if they were to spring what would have been a massive upset.

And then it took only 10 minutes for it all to go horribly wrong.

Referee Matthew Breeze's contentious decision to send off Adelaide striker Cristiano for an elbow to the face of Melbourne defender Rody Vargas had echoes of the 2007 grand final between the same two teams.

Back then, United lost Ross Aloisi to a red card in the first half as the Victory ran riot for a 6-0 win.

This time around, Adelaide showed immeasurably more spirit in the space of adversity.

So much so that the score was still 0-0 at half-time, by which point Adelaide goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic had been forced to make only one genuine save.

Tom Pondeljak - who had been on the losing side in two of the previous three A-League deciders for his former club Central Coast - finally broke the deadlock for Melbourne on the hour with a spectacular long-range shot from well outside the penalty area.

But if the capacity pro-Victory crowd of 53,273 expected their team to cruise home in the final half hour, their hopes were dashed when Melbourne striker Danny Allsopp became the second player to get his marching orders from Breeze after an off-the-ball incident with Reds defender Robert Cornthwaite.

With the match now down to 10-a-side, both sides had their chances in a dramatic final 20 minutes.

But in the end it was the Victory who were able to hang on, adding the championship to the premiership and pre-season cup they won earlier in a season of unprecedented success.

They also became the first club in the four-year history of the A-League to lift the championship twice - with coach Ernie Merrick and six players including skipper Kevin Muscat part of both triumphs.

Goal-scorer Tom Pondeljak capped a memorable night by winning the Joe Marston Medal as the best player.

Pondeljak paid tribute to Adelaide after the match.

"Adelaide played really well tonight, they came here and put on a good performance, only one goal separated the two sides, I want to congratulate them on a great year," he said.

But he said Victory deserved the title, having claimed the premiership as the top team after the final round, and also having taken out the pre-season trophy.

"Throughout the course of the season we deserved this win, tonight I think we proved we were the best team in the league."

Reds coach Aurelio Vidmar said he had major doubts over the decision of referee Matthew Breeze to send off Cristiano.

"I haven't seen the replay yet but I've been told a fair bit that there was absolutely nothing in it," Vidmar said.

The coach believed his side had the upper hand to that point and suggested the ejection possibly cost them the championship.

"I can't fault anyone tonight, it was a magnificent effort and we certainly deserved a lot more," Vidmar said.

"If we had 11 men on the park I certainly think we could have got a lot more out of it."

09/10 A League Winner

Winner
Odds updated at 07:03:12 00:00 Tue 30 Mar 2010
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
19990 Melbourne Victory 3.75 $
19991 Brisbane Roar 4.50 $
19992 Sydney FC 6.50 $
19993 Gold Coast United 7.50 $
19994 Adelaide United 9.00 $
19995 Central Coast Mariners 11.00 $
19998 Perth Glory 13.00 $
19997 Newcastle Jets 21.00 $
19996 North Queensland Fury 21.00 $
19999 Wellington Phoenix 21.00 $