The NPL Victoria Pod

It's six of the best on the pod this week as the Victorian crew of Mark Ivkovic, Lachie Flannigan and Josh Parish join forces with From The Gantry's Alex Molchanoff, Nick Kutnjack and Will Konstandinidis to review a spectacular start to the Australian Championship. 

We start at Lakeside as two screamers from Sydney Olympic were not enough for a point against South Melbourne. Has Sinisa channeled Esteban Quintas by going ba...

It's an NPL Victoria Pod x From The Gantry crossover episode!

Josh & Lachie draft in some more NPL NSW expertise for a team-by-team breakdown of the Australian Championship, as fellow commentators Teo Pellizzeri and Will Konstandinidis join us ahead of Friday's big kickoff.

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Josh, Lachie and Ivka recap an all-time classic Grand Final, from the action on the pitch to the 8,847 people packed into Lakeside Stadium. Should every Grand Final be at Lakeside? 

Johnny A's men finally lifted their first trophy of an incredible season as Heidelberg overcame underdogs Dandenong City 2-1. We delve into Yaren Sozer's physics-defying double save, Ivka's 'constructive criticism', and Max Biset...

It's a two-man team this week as Josh and Lachie look ahead to the decider. 

Dandenong City have become the first sixth-placed team to qualify for a Grand Final, after stunning Premiers Avondale on their own deck. Could Nick Tolios be about to surpass his own Cinderella tale from 2019? 

Standing in their way is Heidelberg, a team that deserves to cap a sterling campaign with silverware. But with an injury cloud swirling around c...

Massive crowds, upsets, and an NPL Victoria team in the Australia Cup final for the first time: it was a good weekend to be a football fan in Melbourne. 

Josh, Lachie and Ivka dive deep into Dandenong Thunder's failure to launch at home to Hajduk. Why can't Adam Piddick's teams seem to win in the finals? And could Dandy City become the first 6th-placed team to make it to the big dance? 

Preston brought 2,000 raucous su...

The final round is in the books! 

Josh, Lachie and Ivka salute Avondale for lifting the Premiership - and ponder how on earth the star-studded Avengers have managed to concoct a siege mentality.

Meanwhile, the relegated Sharks stun Heidelberg with two screamers to nab a point, Thunder shuffle the pack in a defeat to impregnable Preston, and a few teams appear to already be drinking pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

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"Johnny A is the best coach outside the A-League" - or so goes the conventional wisdom. But after Heidelberg's 7-0 aggregate win over two A-League sides in the Australia Cup, has he surpassed some of his professional counterparts? 

Josh, Lachie and Ivka break down the Bergers' cup triumph over Wellington, as well as a heartbreaking 1-1 stoppage time draw with Oakleigh that leaves Avondale with the upper hand on t...

Half-time substitute Campbell Dovison was the unlikely hero for South Melbourne as they successfully defended the Dockerty Cup trophy in a thrilling and controversial win over Heidelberg. 

Josh, Lachie and Ivka discuss the decisions that went against the Bergers, and how South's bravery under Sinisa Cohadzic resulted in a cup final classic.  

Plus, there's plenty of Australia Cup action to break down, including Johnny A&apo...

Nick, Lachie, Josh and Ivka go full Gary Neville after an un-bee-leeevable finish at Avenger Park. Why was there so much stoppage time? Why did Heidelberg end up with one defender left on the pitch? And do Avondale have the mental advantage heading into the finals? 

Over at Churchill Reserve, Preston put in their most mature, disciplined performance of the season as they clinically dispatched in-form St Albans. Could the Lions be a ...

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.

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