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Carl Veart
Thomas Carl Veart (born 21 May 1970 in Whyalla, South Australia, Australia) is an Australian former footballer who is the head coach for Adelaide United. Club career He previously played in England for Sheffield United, Crystal Palace and Millwall. During his time at Crystal Palace he earned the affectionate title of "goal machine". Whilst at Sheffield United he is remembered for scoring the winning goal against Premier League side Arsenal in the 1995–96 FA Cup. He scored the first ever goal in the newly formed Hyundai A-League against the Newcastle United Jets in a 1–0 opening day victory. Veart retired from football on 23 May 2007, after Adelaide United's match against Vietnamese team Gach Dong Tam Long An in the AFC Champions League. He works at Adelaide United, as the head coach. International career He made his debut for the Socceroos in 1992 and played 18 'A' matches, scoring 7 goals. Honours With Adelaide United: * A-League Premiership: 2005–2006 With Adelai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whyalla, South Australia
Whyalla was founded as "Hummocks Hill", and was known by that name until 1916. It is the fourth most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Gawler and along with Port Pirie and Port Augusta is one of the three towns to make up the Iron Triangle. As of June 2018, Whyalla had an urban population of 21,742, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. having declined at an average annual rate of -0.75% year-over-year over the preceding five years. It is a seaport located on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula and is known as the "Steel City" due to its integrated steelworks and shipbuilding heritage. The port of Whyalla has been exporting iron ore since 1903. Description The city consists of an urban area bounded to the north by the railway to the mining town of Iron Knob, to the east by Spencer Gulf, and to the south by the Lincoln Highway. The urban area consists of the following suburbs laid from east to west extending from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons typically run from August to May with each team playing 38 matches (playing all 19 other teams both home and away). Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, with occasional weekday evening fixtures. The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights sale to Sky UK, Sky. From 2019 to 2020, the league's accumulated television rights deals were worth around £3.1 billion a year, with Sky and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 128 and 32 games respectively. The Premier League is a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Births
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Jason Spagnuolo
Jason Spagnuolo (born 2 August 1984) is an Australian former professional footballer who last played for Adelaide City in the South Australian Super League. Club career Spagnuolo joined Adelaide United as injury cover towards the end of the 2005-06 season where he made one substitute appearance and earned his first professional contract the following season. He was Club Champion in the 2006–07 season after an impressive run of games seeing him contribute seven assists in 21 games. For the next two seasons, injuries restricted his game time and forcing him to play off the bench. On 25 November 2008, Spagnuolo was released by mutual consent as he was seeking more game time. He signed for North Queensland Fury. After North Queensland Fury folded he returned home and signed with Adelaide City Adelaide City Football Club is a soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was known historically as Juventus — the original name given to the club by its founders i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Alagich
Richie Alagich (born 30 October 1973, in Adelaide) is a retired Australian footballer. Club career Early career Born in Woodville, South Australia, Alagich played representative football for his home state from 1985 through to 1991. He started his professional football career with the Port Adelaide Lions in the South Australia Super League in 1990 at the age of 16, continuing until 1993. West Adelaide Alagich then moved into the National Soccer League with West Adelaide SC, having already represented Australia at schoolboys and under-20 levels. Although he was unable to help West Adelaide reach the finals series that season, 1993 also marked his debut with the Australian under-23 team (the "Olyroos"). Alagich played regularly with the Olyroos up until 1996, and helped them qualify for the 1996 Olympics but did not play in the actual tournament where Australia were unable to progress past the group stage. Domestically, the West Adelaide Sharks finished 5th to qualify for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of NSL Champions
This is a list of National Soccer League (NSL) champions. The NSL was the elite football (soccer) competition in Australia from 1977 until 2004, when the competition was scrapped and replaced in 2005 by the fully professional A-League. National Soccer League Champions From 1977 until 1983, the winner was the top placed team at the end of the season. From 1984 until 1986, the competition was split into two conferences, with playoffs to decide two grand finalists who met over two legs. In 1987 the system reverted to the pre 1984 system. From 1988 until the demise of the league in 2004, various playoff systems were used to decide the champion. ''The numbers in brackets indicate the number of championships won by a team, or the number of Grand Finals held in a city.'' Playoff Series Champions From 1977-1983 and 1987, the top placed team at the end of the regular season was declared champion. However a compromise format was devised between the traditional first past the post system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-League 2005-06
A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competition for the sport. A-League Men was established in 2004 as the A-League by the Football Federation Australia (FFA) as a successor to the National Soccer League (NSL) and competition commenced in August 2005. The league is currently are administered by the Australian Professional Leagues (APL), contested by twelve teams; eleven based in Australia and one based in New Zealand. The men's, women's and youth leagues have now been brought together under a unified A-Leagues banner. Seasons run from October to May and include a 26-round regular season followed by a Finals Series playoff involving the six highest-placed teams, culminating in a grand final match. The winner of the regular season tournament is dubbed the 'Premier' while the winner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of A-League Champions
This is a list of A-League Men honours achieved since the inaugural season of the league. The following details honours won by A-League Men clubs and those awarded to players, managers and referees of the competition. Club honours Premiers The club that finishes first on the A-League Men table is crowned premiers. Champions The club that wins the A-League Men Grand Final in the finals series is crowned champions. Summary Fair Play Award The Fair Play Award goes to the team with the fewest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the regular season. Individual honours Johnny Warren Medal The Johnny Warren Medal, named after the late former Socceroo and media advocate Johnny Warren, is presented to the player who is deemed to be the best player overall at the end of the season as judged by his fellow players. Each player in the A-League Men votes three times over the season; after Round 9, Round 18 and Round 27. Players are not allowed to vote for player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socceroos
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). Australia is the only national team to have been a champion of two confederations, having won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004, as well as the AFC Asian Cup at the 2015 event on home soil. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup tournament on six occasions, in 1974 and from 2006 to 2022. The team also represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup four times. History Early years The first Australia national team was constituted in 1922 for a tour of New Zealand, which included two defeats and a draw. For the next 36 years, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa became regular opponents in tour (exhibi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition in Asian football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations. Introduced in 1967 as the Asian Champion Club Tournament, the competition rebranded and took on its current name in 2002 as a result of the merger between the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup. A total of 40 clubs compete in the round-robin group stage of the competition. Clubs from Asia's strongest national leagues receive automatic berths, with clubs from lower-ranked nations eligible to qualify via the qualifying playoffs, and they are also eligible to participate in the AFC Cup. The winner of the AFC Champions League qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gach Dong Tam Long An
Long An Football Club ( vi, Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Long An), simply known as Long An, is a professional football club, based in Long An, Vietnam, that competes in the V.League 2. The team is playing at Long An Stadium. New name CLB Long An was adopted on December 12, 2015 to replace CLB Đồng Tâm Long An. History Forerunner of the football club Đồng Tâm Long An is the merger of the two football teams: Team Long An and Đồng Tâm Tiles young team. From the mid-'90s, Đồng Tâm has focused on sports activities for staffs in the company, especially football. Since then young football team movement Gach Đồng Tâm was born in 1996 and developed in parallel with the general business activities of the Company. In 2000, in response to the state's glue called the socialization of sports in Vietnam, and the attention and support of the Long An Province People's Committee, the Company has been working and consulting with the Department of Provincial Sport Long An Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle United Jets
Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australian Professional Leagues (APL). formerly under licence by Football Australia. The club was formed in 2000 when it joined the National Soccer League (NSL) and was one of only three former NSL clubs to join in the formation of the A-League. Newcastle Jets have won one A-League championship, after defeating rivals Central Coast Mariners 1–0 in the 2008 A-League Grand Final. In 2009, Newcastle competed in the AFC Champions League for the first time, reaching the Round of 16. In May 2015, FFA revoked Newcastle's licence after owner Nathan Tinkler placed the club into voluntary administration. A new A-League club was formed for the 2015–16 season, under the same name and colours. The club plays home games at McDonald Jones Stadium. An aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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