SA Footy

The draw has been released for the Round of 32 of the FFA Cup:

Wednesday 29 July — Palm Beach SC v South Melbourne, 7.30pm at Cbus Stadium, Robina (to be broadcast LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on Fox Sports)
Wednesday 29 July — Broadmeadow Magic v Heidelberg United at Magic Park, Broadmeadow
Wednesday 29 July — Blacktown City v Metrostars at Lily’s Football Centre, Seven Hills
Wednesday 29 July — Hume City v Brisbane Strikers at ABD Stadium, Broadmeadow, VIC

Tuesday 4 August — Balmain Tigers v Melbourne Victory at Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt (to be broadcast LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on Fox Sports)
Tuesday 4 August — Gungahlin United v Sydney Olympic at Gungahlin Enclosed Oval, Gungahlin
Tuesday 4 August — Sydney United 58 v South Hobart at Sydney United Sports Centre, Edensor Park
Tuesday 4 August — Edgeworth FC v Melbourne City at Magic Park, Broadmeadow

Wednesday 5 August — Sorrento FC v Sydney FC at nib Stadium, Perth (to be broadcast LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on Fox Sports)
Wednesday 5 August — Darwin Olympic v Adelaide United at Darwin Football Stadium, Darwin
Wednesday 5 August — Croydon Kings v Lions FC at Elite Systems Football Centre, Angle Park
Wednesday 5 August — Rockdale City Suns v Perth SC at Ilinden Sports Centre, Rockdale

Tuesday 11 August — Western Sydney v Brisbane Roar at TBC (to be broadcast LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on Fox Sports)
Tuesday 11 August — Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory at Magic Park, Broadmeadow
Tuesday 11 August — Central Coast v Wellington at Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Tuesday 11 August — Oakleigh Cannons v FNQ FC Heat at Jack Edwards Reserve, Oakleigh

Did they change the amount of SA teams for this year? I only remember 2, Adelaide City and UTD

No, Metrostars got in after winning the National Premier League, basically a competition at the end of the season between the winners of all the state leagues.

Metrostars are down 1-0 after 35 minutes.

Equalizer. 1-1.

76' Metrostars 2-1.

Full time. A good away cup win for the SA side. After looking ordinary in the first half, Metrostars turned it around in the second half and always looked like winning. Surprisingly they looked fitter late in the game. Blacktown seemed to get frustrated at the end there, giving up a couple of yellow cards and playing without much attacking flair. It should have been 3-1 but Scott Tunbridge missed a 93rd minute penalty, blazing the ball over the bar.

Also tonight, Heidelberg United won 3-1in Newcastle against Broadmeadow Magic. The other two matches have finished level and extra time has just begun - Palm Beach 1-1 South Melbourne Hume City 2-2 Brisbane Strikers (Hume got a stoppage time equaliser).

Palm Beach win in a marathon shootout, and Hume City prevail 4-3 with a late late winner courtesy of an own goal by the Brisbane defender.

How good was tonight? Bloody loved it.
Better than the cricket.

Results and crowds from the first four matches:

Palm Beach (Qld.) 1-1 South Melbourne (AET - Palm Beach won 8-7 on pens) - crowd 1,638
Broadmeadow Magic (Nth. NSW) 1-3 Heidelberg United (Vic.) - crowd 1,342
Blacktown City (NSW) 1-2 Metrostars - crowd 875
Hume City (Vic.) 4-3 Brisbane Strikers (AET) - crowd 853

Adelaide United and Croydon Kings play next week.

The Victory defeated NSW 3rd tier side Balmain 6-0 tonight in front of nearly 5,000 at Leichhardt Oval. Sydney Olympic and Melbourne City both got late winners to defeat Gungahlin and Edgeworth away. Meanwhile, Sydney United came back from 2-0 down to take the lead against South Hobart, who then equalised 3-3. The score remains 3-3 at HT in ET.

Off to a shootout at Edensor Park (Fox Sport Channel 505).

Sydney United win on pens.

RB wrote:Sydney United win on pens.

Boooo

2 goals in a minute, 3-1 in Darwin

6-1 United now

Paid my $15 to see Croydon lose 1-2 to Lions (Qld.). Match was OK, Kings probably blew it missing two very gettable headers in the second half. The pen from which Lions scored their second goal was dodgy. Ref wasn't going to give it but the linesman told him it was a pen so he changed his mind. I thought he got the ball.

In other games Sydney beat Sorrento in Perth 2-0 and Rockdale City (NSW) beat Perth SC 3-1.

Gee, Rochdale's pitch looked like a cow paddock, didn't it?

Croydon could have scored twice that I saw late in the game.

Funny to watch the difference in discipline in the games not involving A League sides - I think it a Croydon player who got cleaned up after the Lions pen had gone in. Plus when the Croydon player flung the ball at the linesman deep in the game.

And...Dom, take your scarf off when you're on cam, you looked like a bullfrog!

Results and crowds from this week's matches:

Balmain 0-6 Melbourne Victory - crowd 4,849

Gungahlin United (ACT) 0-1 Sydney Olympic - crowd 1,603

Sydney United 3-3 South Hobart - crowd c. 500 (Sydney Utd. won 3-1 on pens)

Edgeworth (Nth. NSW) 1-2 Melbourne City - crowd 2,430

Sorrento (WA) 0-2 Sydney - crowd 3,485

Darwin Olympic 1-6 Adelaide United - crowd 3,175

Rockdale City (NSW) 3-1 Perth SC - crowd 1,857

Croydon 1-2 Lions (QLD) - Crowd 980