The Nation’s Capital is used to producing good footballers. And quite a few of those end up at the Central Coast Mariners. That’s hardly surprising considering the link provided to link to the Isuzu Ute A-League side provided by Canberra’s own Andy Bernal, one of the pioneer’s of exporting Canberra talent abroad, a road he himself trod onto stardom with Sporting Gijon in Spain and Reading in England. Bernal was instrumental in the career of one of Canberra’s biggest and best, the incomparable Tom Rogic. The Socceroos attacking sensation was but a mere fledgling, fresh from stints in the ACT P ..read more

Round 3 of the WNPL saw Belconnen United affirming themselves a bit more as a title contender, while the two teams at the bottom of the table before the weekend scored their first points. Friday night football was on the cards at the AIS, and Gungahlin United earned their first points of the season against the West Canberra Wanderers with a 4-1 success. The gunners had yet to get a point before the match, but virtually killed off the contest with four goals in the first half-an-hour. Kayla Wright was in fine early form, and the first goal came from a cross from the youngster. Ginger Oliver, a ..read more

A sensational equaliser from Nick Pratezina earned ten-man Canberra Croatia a more than deserved point from a pulsating 2-2 draw with Tigers FC in front of a large crowd at the Australian Institute of Sport in National Premier League Round 3. Pratezina emerged from the bench for the third time this season to score for the third successive league match, acrobatically meeting a pinpoint cross from Thomas James, on the occasion of his 100th NPL appearance, to magnificently volley past Kristian Nel in the Tigers goal. It was nothing more than Croatia deserved having responded superbly to losing s ..read more

The sun was blazing, but the wind was blowing as it inherently is, at Palmerston Oval as two teams of distinctive cultural identities clashed in the Capital League Open with Yarabi FC rolling out the red carpet, or in this case, the green cricket astroturf strip, to Burns FC from ‘Down South’. Yarabi, one of the newest teams in the Capital Football Federation, are proud to be represented by a word derived from the Ngunnawal language – The language of the traditional owners of the land on which they play football. ‘Yarabi’ is the updated, traditional representation of the word many know as ‘Ye ..read more

Belconnen United moved to the top of the Capital Premier League on goal difference with a crushing 8-0 victory over West Canberra Wanderers as the Blue Devils moved back to McKellar Park for the first time this season. The home side were in top form as they heaped more misery on a beleaguered Wanderers who ended a week to forget in which they conceded fifteen goals in two games, were dumped out of the Australia Cup Qualifying, and fell to the foot of the early CPL league table. They were behind early as Abraham Kemp opened the scoring in only the tenth minute, before Harry Billington and Babi ..read more

The path to Cup glory has been decided in Canberra with the draws for the Australia Cup Qualifying Round 5 and 6 and the Women’s Federation Cup Semi-Finals having taken place at Football House in Deakin. Community League 1 Majura FC will continue to spotlight the Magic of the Cup as they play host to high-flying Gungahlin United in the fourth Quarter Final fixture, the lowest ranked team left in the competition paired with the National Premier League outfit in a traditional David versus Goliath contest. The winner of that fixture will have, as the reward, a Semi-Final match-up against the suc ..read more

Canberra Olympic enter the 2024 season with a target on their back, following their swoop of last season’s league title, Grand Final, and more recently, the Charity Shield. After three years of incredible service at the helm, Nicole Begg has departed the NPLW outfit, and has been replaced by former Olympic men’s coach, Frank Cachia. Having lost the figurehead for their recent success, a coaching heavyweight was the minimum requirement for filling the void left by Begg at the club, and Cachia is just the man for the job, embodying one of the most successful coaches in the capital within recent ..read more

The highly anticipated clash at Deakin Stadium on Sunday is not the only reason to turn up to the grounds this weekend. Round 3 will potentially mark a first turn in the season, with four teams involved in this weekend’s action yet to secure a victory all after their first win of 2024. Friday night football is back at the AIS, where Gungahlin United hosts West Canberra Wanderers. While the Gunners suffered a second consecutive defeat on Sunday, the Wanderers were able to secure a draw against the ANU WFC at home. Wooden spoonists last season, West Canberra will want to capitalise on that firs ..read more

Missed the Women’s National Premier League Round 2? Here’s your wrap-up! IN A NUTSHELL Canberra Olympic claimed a third successive competitive win by the same 2-1 scoreline and repeated their Round 1 efforts as Nicole Jalocha and Madison Cachia both scored again in the defeat of Canberra Croatia. Belconnen United made it two from two, racking ups ix goals in their defeat of Gungahlin United, whilst ANU WFC started their season with a 1-1 draw at West Canberra Wanderers. GOAL OF THE WEEK Rolling her defender before advancing upfield, teenager Madison Cachia finished in some style to put Canbe ..read more

Missed the National Premier League Round 2? Here’s your wrap-up! IN A NUTSHELL Gungahlin United, led by the irrepressible Lukman Ahmed-Shaibu, sent a warning to the rest of the NPL with a superb 4-2 away win over Canberra Croatia at Deakin Stadium. Ahmed-Shaibu now has seven goals in only two matches this season. Speaking of seven, that’s what Canberra Olympic scored as seven different individuals bagged goals in a 7-2 rout of Yoogali at O’Connor Enclosed. Tigers FC bounced back from Australia Cup Qualifying elimination by downing Tuggeranong United, yet to score this term, 3-0 whilst the Lea ..read more