The Melbourne City Gazette
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Awer Mabil
Successful dribbles: 40. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match13 Feb 2027
Mathew Leckie breaks Central Coast Mariners hearts
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Mathew Leckie scored in the 89th minute, Central Coast Mariners had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Melbourne City took the lot.
Match13 Feb 2027
Whatever happens, Melbourne City do not lose
11 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Vintage Mathew Leckie — 8.24
At 36 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.24, and nobody on the pitch better.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
Wellington Phoenix tell Melbourne City: Ifeanyi Eze is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
Melbourne City supporters have found a favourite in Luke Supyk
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Luke Supyk has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market15 Feb 2027
Melbourne City promote Craig Brown from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Craig Brown 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Melbourne City promote Callum Campbell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Callum Campbell 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Cameron Ross joins the Melbourne City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cameron Ross is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Dean Hill joins the Melbourne City first team
- Match Melbourne City find a way past Central Coast Mariners
- The dugout No hiding place for Andrew Nabbout