The Melbourne Victory Post
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Melbourne Victory
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match24 Oct 2026
Western Sydney Wanderers take the points off Melbourne Victory
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Melbourne Victory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jack Duncan is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Tristan MacDonald joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tristan MacDonald is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Paul Martin joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paul Martin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Oct 2026
Melbourne Victory promote Josh Morrison from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Josh Morrison has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market26 Oct 2026
Jason Robinson steps up from the Melbourne Victory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jason Robinson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
A masterclass from Lachlan Jackson
Marked 8.02 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Brendan Hamill gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Boardroom Melbourne Victory turn down the training-ground plan
- Player ratings Amor Layouni runs at them all day
- Squad Lachlan Jackson is off the mark for Melbourne Victory