Month: March 2022

Nottingham Forest outcast Carl Jenkinson signed for Australian A-League side Melbourne City on loan in January. Despite the 30-year-old being told he was free to leave in the summer, Jenkinson had to wait until January before sealing his temporary exit away from the City Ground.

After signing for Forest in 2019, the single-capped England international failed to replicate the promise he showed previously in his career with injury issues also hampering his development.
The Charlton Athletic academy prospect, who signed for Arsenal in 2011, featured 70 times for the Gunners whilst accumulating loan experiences at West Ham and Birmingham City prior to his Forest arrival. Surprisingly outlasting former Forest bosses’ Sabri Lamouchi and Chris Hughton respectively, the full-back has only managed 15 appearances in the famous red jersey. Continue reading HOW NOTTINGHAM FOREST STAR IS FARING IN AUSTRALIA

Former Australia U-17 international Rahmat Akbari is about to transition to the country of his birth, with Afghanistan calling up the A-League midfielder for a camp in Turkey later this month. Akbari – who has made 50 A-League Men appearances for Brisbane since his debut in 2018 – has been courted by the world’s 150th-ranked nation for three years. The ex-Joey Rahmat Akbari has accepted a call to join up with Afghanistan’s national team later this month.

The Brisbane Roar midfielder was born in Afghanistan but has spent the majority of his life in Queensland. He could still play for Australia again so long as he doesn’t represent Afghanistan in a FIFA-sanctioned tournament. Continue reading ABAKRI ACCEPTS FIRST INTERNATIONAL CALL-UP TO AFGHANISTAN

Sturridge had the perfect chance to equalise in the 58th minute, but he scuffed the shot from inside the box with the goal beckoning. There was plenty of late drama in the match after Macarthur defender Aleksandar Susnjar was given his marching orders in the 75th minute for a second bookable of fence. His first yellow card came for bringing down Sturridge.

But Susnjar only had himself to blame for the second yellow, with the 26-year-old penalised for standing directly in front of the ball while a Glory player was trying to take a free kick. Glory midfielder Daniel Stynes almost snatched an equaliser in the 90th minute, only for his strike to clatter off the upright.

Then in the third minute of injury time, Glory were awarded a penalty for a Lachlan Rose handball after the ball was kicked into him from close range. The VAR was called into action and referee Kurt Ams reversed his decision after deciding Rose hadn’t moved his arm away from the body.

Sturridge was making just his fifth cameo off the bench, with his stint in Australia blighted by three separate stints in quarantine and a slow build-up to match fitness.

The result lifted Macarthur into third spot, while Glory remain 10th but with games in hand. A defensive blooper by Aaron Calver handed Macarthur the only goal of the match. Calver could only watch on in horror as the ball squeezed under his boot and Davila pounced on it for an easy goal.

Macarthur defender Jake McGing came off in the 32nd minute after injuring his left hamstring. Bulls coach Ante Milicic was absent from the match after falling I’ll. The injury will come a s a huge blow to the club but the manager confirmed they will look to get him back to full fitness as soon as possible