The NPL Victoria Pod

It's a full house this week as Josh, Lachie, Nick and Ivka review last week's Australia Cup results and frivolities, before diving into the NPL. 

Dinamo are left with whiplash as Gully come back from two goals down, a Markovski wonder strike wins it for Preston, and Dandy City stun Oakleigh to stay alive in the finals race. 

Meanwhile, it's another coach out the door at Somers St, an Olympico at Paisley Park, and South...

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Hume City's miserable run continued on Friday night as Oakleigh put four goals past another finals contender. Is Nick Hegarty under the pump already?

St Albans brushed aside Melbourne Victory, with 17-year-old Oli Dragicevic pulling the strings. But have Dinamo left it too late for a finals charge?

Meanwhile, a sorry Me...

It's an Espresso Edition (by our standards) of the pod this week and Josh, Nick & Ivka dive into the Dockerty Cup semi finals and catch-up round games.

With a 3-1 upset win over Avondale, South Melbourne are officially 'Box Office' again. How has Sinisa Cohadzic transformed the playing style in the space of a few months? Meanwhile, a strange Avondale XI has the pod scratching our heads. 

Over at Olympic Village, He...

Has there ever been a better round of goals in this competition? 

From Diego Cuba's physics-defying free kick to a pair of Preston pile-drivers, we were spoilt for choice for goal of the week. Add in two six-goal thrillers and a pair of backflip celebrations, and NPL Victoria fans were eating good this past weekend.

We start at George Andrews, where Thunder found themselves 3-0 up against Oakleigh inside half an hour, before the...

Josh, Nick and Ivka dive into the Knights' 2-1 win over Victory in a relegation six-pointer. Is this the start of an unlikely revival? Plus, Ivka delivers a first-hand account of last week's SGM, and we discuss the approach of the new board to dissenting voices. 

Preston were humbled inside 20 minutes at the hands of Oakleigh, in a behind-closed-doors affair at Jack Edwards Reserve. Was this Joe Guest's masterpiece? A...

St Albans looked set for a fourth straight Desmond, before Mickel Platt stepped up in stoppage time. Are Dinamo set for another great escape? And why do Oakleigh always seem to get the June blues?

Victory's goalkeeping woes continue as Port Melbourne takes the chocolates in Bundoora. But can the Sharks keep hold of their star man? 

Kalilou Kamara saves a point for Avondale against Preston, there's drama on the touchline at ...

It's all hands on deck this week as Nick, Lachie, Josh & Ivka dive into South Melbourne's storybook finish against Preston, with Max Mikkola scoring a 90th-minute bicycle kick to win the game. Where did South's best performance of the season come from, and why are Preston failing to click in attack?

Melbourne Victory defied the doubters to produce perhaps the greatest result in the history of their academy program...

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The trio hop on the mic after Victory's dramatic comeback and even more dramatic collapse against Avondale in stoppage time. Were the young Vucks hard done by against the league leaders?

Hume City have sacked another head coach with a winning record, but still got the job done against Dandenong City with 10 men. We ponder why Ric Marchioli was shown the door, and what the...

Is there such a thing as TOO MUCH NPL Victoria? One brave commentator put that to the test this weekend on his trip south of the Barassi Line, and has been left a little worse for wear.

It's a full complement this week as Josh, Nick, Ivka and Lachie dive into Hume's thrilling win over Gully, and South's impressive second-half showing against Victory. Have South Melbourne turned a corner? 

Thunder won their sixth straig...

37 minutes was all it took for Jack Pope to write his name in South Melbourne folklore, with two ripper goals and a red card for shirt-fronting a Knights opponent, helping lift Hellas out of the relegation zone.

Josh, Lachie and Ivka sift through the derby debris and ponder where to now for the Knights, as news breaks live during recording of the resignation of Club President Simon Pincic and the rest of the incumbent board.

Elsewher...

An unprecedented relegation six-pointer looms in the OG Melbourne derby. How on earth did we get here? 

Josh is back alongside Nick and Ivka to dive into South Melbourne's shock defeat at the hands of Port Melbourne. Just who is Maxim Gaydovskiy, and could the new boss lead the Sharks to safety?

The Knights missed their late chance to stun Heidelberg, and have turned to John Markovski. His first game in the d...

We have officially hit the half-way point of the NPL Victoria season and Nick, Lachie and Ivka are back on deck to dissect a huge round of action!

Green Gully shocked the Victorian football world with a 5-2 thumping of Avondale on Friday night, headlined by a hat-trick from reigning Gold Medallist Aamir Abdallah. Are Gully a potential second-half of the season bolter?

Meanwhile, Dandenong Thunder scored THREE goals in the opening 15 ...

The coaching merry-go-round has well and truly arrived in NPL Victoria and Lachie, Mark and Nick are here to pick up the pieces!

The coaching chaos began at South Melbourne, where former Technical Director Sinisa Cohadzic has been confirmed as the club's senior head coach until the end of the season. A familiar face, but is he the right fit at Hellas?

Meanwhile, Melbourne Knights and Port Melbourne BOTH parted ways with their ma...

What a way to return from the Dockerty Cup break!

Nick, Lachie and Ivka are back to dissect a bonkers weekend of NPL Victoria action, which was headlined by Luka Kolic stealing all the headlines on Monday night with a goal which could see him on the plane to The Best FIFA Football Awards!

However, Dandenong Thunder had the last laugh in an incredible come-from-behind victory. Are they firmly contenders for the title?

On Friday, Heidel...

The end of an era.

South Melbourne have parted ways with Esteban Quintas after a 3-0 humbling at the hands of an irresistible Heidelberg in the Greek Derby, and Josh, Lachie and Ivka are on board to debate the legacy and achievements of the league's most polarising coach.

Melbourne Knights sit in the relegation zone again after a similarly comprehensive defeat to Dandenong Thunder - but why does Ivan Franjic not seem to be under...

Milestone moments, refereeing controversies, temper tantrums, and "Chaos League heritage" finishes - Round 9 had it all. Josh, Nick, Ivka, and our interstate interloper Lachie are on board to break it down in a bumper episode of the NPL Victoria Podcast!

Victory leap into the top six after a thrilling win over St Albans - are the Young Vucks the real deal?

Preston grind it out against the Knights and South barely ...

The knives are out for Esteban Quintas again after a home defeat to Dandenong City - but what will it take for South Melbourne to pull the ripcord?

Two former Preston players come back to haunt their former club, with Nick Dib submitting a contender for goal of the season. Where did it go wrong for the Lions away at Port Melbourne?

Plus, there's penalty controversy at Avenger Park, Dinamo disappointing at Som...

Josh and Ivka are joined by special guest Steve Curtain to discuss Dandenong Thunder's shock win over Avondale, Oakleigh stealing the points late at BT Connor, Hume finally reversing the South Melbourne curse, and Melbourne Knights dropping into the relegation zone with a dismal home defeat to Victory. 

Plus, there's penalties galore, an unlikely entrant for the most entertaining team in the chaos league, and Ivka's c...

Nick, Josh and Ivka are back on deck to discuss South Melbourne's 3rd defeat on the trot, as Dandenong Thunder climb to an astonishing 2nd in the table.

Injuries derail Preston in the searing heat against Avondale, Asahi Yokokawa nets a magnificent hat trick in Heidelberg's 5-1 humbling of Hume, and Green Gully finally get their first win of the season - an emphatic 3-0 drubbing of the Knights. 

Plus, there's...