Melbourne Knights FC Official Website THE national soccer league completed its complement of 14 coaches for the 1993-94 season when Mirko Bazic arrived from Europe yesterday to take over at Melbourne Croatia. He declared immediately that he aimed to win the championship. “Melbourne Croatia has been in two grand finals but has not yet won …
Read More »Melbourne CSC now reluctant Knights
MELBOURNE Knights will be the name that Melbourne CSC will play under in the coming Coca-Cola Soccer League season. The name is being forced on the club as part of the policy of the Australian Soccer Federation to eliminate ethnic titles from the game. The club was formerly Melbourne Croatia …
Read More »PRECIOUS METTLE AS OUR AMBITIOUS YOUNGSTERS START TO SHINE
There are many things wrong with Australian soccer, but the quality of our production-line of young talent is not among them. True, the national league is starting to be adversely affected by the number of Australian players now competing overseas. And true, too many of these youngsters are being influenced …
Read More »National soccer body faces legal challenges by clubs
The Australian Soccer Federation could face legal challenges on two fronts, barely a month before the national Coca-Cola Soccer League is due to start its 1992-93 season. The federation commissioners are under siege by officials of Sydney club APIA, which has been excluded from the Coca-Cola league, and by Victorian …
Read More »Biskic’s Reward
MELBOURNE Croatia’s 32-year-old midfield maestro, and skipper, Josip Biskic, won the prestigious Player of the Year Award at the NSL Annual Awards at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre last night. Biskic, the brains behind Melbourne Croatia’s two successive minor premierships, won the Joe Marston Medal for the best on the …
Read More »Finally it’s Melbourne Croatia’s turn
Melbourne Croatia, who have never won the National Soccer League championship, are warm favourites to make history in tomorrow’s grand final against Adelaide City at Olympic Park. With the benefit of home advantage and the motivation to avenge their loss in last year’s grand final at the same ground, Melbourne …
Read More »Grand final crux for Croatia
Melbourne Croatia coach Kenny Murphy, preparing for his first national league grand final on Sunday, has a clearer idea about his opposition, Adelaide City, than he has about his own team. The Zebras will take a settled line-up into the title decider at Olympic Park, with the only doubt being …
Read More »Clubs cut close ties
SISTER clubs Melbourne and Adelaide Croatia have severed ties following the bungled transfer of striker Mladen Putanec. And the ill-feeling could turn into an even messier affair with Adelaide Croatia vice-president Carlo Zaga threatening to take legal action in an attempt to claim the $6000 transfer fee for the player …
Read More »Time to stop pulling punches over spectator violence
Again the actions of a thoughtless minority have cast Australian soccer in a bad light, and again the administrators face the dilemma of whether they have the guts to do anything about it. A specially-convened national league tribunal in Adelaide next week will decide what action should be taken concerning …
Read More »Souths take title the hard way
MELBOURNE: South Melbourne are the new National League champions, but only after fate dealt them a helping hand in an often drab but ultimately dramatic grand final at Olympic Park yesterday. On an afternoon marred by several outbreaks of unruly behaviour from the Melbourne Croatia fans, Souths came back from …
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