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Monday, October 09, 2006

Victory march to seventh straight win

The Melbourne Victory has cleared out to a 9 point lead in the race to win the minor premiership in the Australian A-League after posting their seventh straight win lastnight.

The league leaders scored a 2-0 win over the Newcastle Jets at Energy Australia Stadium with Daniel Allsopp bagging a double for the Victorians before a crowd of 4635.

Adelaide United kicked off the weekend action with a 3-1 home win over the Central Coast Mariners at Hindmarsh Stadium.

The Reds played an attacking formation with coach John Kosmina desperate for all three points.

A healthy crowd of 10493 watched the Reds take the lead through Carl Veart before Damian Mori rounded the keeper to draw the Mariners level.

Kristian Rees restored the advantage for the home side with Nathan Burns slotting home Adelaide's third in the 90th minute.

Perth Glory posted a hard earned 1-0 win over a plucky New Zealand Knights outfit at Members Equity Stadium on Friday night with Stuart Young scoring his fourth goal of the Hyundai A-League season.

A crowd of 7,309 was on hand to watch the Glory their first back to back wins of the season.

Sydney FC and the Queensland Roar played out a 1-1 draw at Aussie Stadium with both goals coming in the first half.

The Roar took a shock lead in the 15th minute through Spase Dilevski before Alvin Ceccoli drew Sydney level with a first half injury time goal.

Another healthy crowd of 17,274 was on hand to watch Benito Carbone make his home debut for Sydney who finished the round in equal second place alongside Queensland on 12 points.

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