Melbourne Victory 2007 A-League Grand Final

The 2007 A-League Grand Final took place at

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, Australia, on 18 February 2007. The match was contested by premiers

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and

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, who had to play over half the game with ten men after their captain Ross Aloisi was sent off after 34 minutes. After the game, Adelaide coach John Kosmina heavily criticized the refereeing of the match and this, coupled with other issues, saw him forced to resign by the Adelaide board. Melbourne prevailed 6–0 in the joint largest win in

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history, and the greatest ever deficit in any Australian soccer Grand Final, including the old NSL. The match also set the largest sporting attendance at Docklands Stadium of 55,436 people.

Archie Thompson Archie Gerald Thompson (born 23 October 1978) is an Australian former professional association football, footballer. He also is serving as a club ambassador for Melbourne Victory FC. Born in New Zealand, Thompson played youth football at the N ...

scored five goals, only the sixth A-League hat-trick, and the most goals by an individual in any A-League match. This performance earned him the

Joe Marston Medal The Joe Marston Medal is an A-League award given to the player of the match in the A-League Grand Final each year. Introduced in 1990, previously the award was also given to the best player in the National Soccer League grand final. The medal i ...

Route to the finals

Match

Details

Statistics

References

External links

1st Half Match highlights
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2nd Half Match highlights
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