Sydney FC can lift the Premiers Plate next Saturday afternoon at Allianz Stadium if they win their next two games, after comfortably beating Adelaide United 3-0 at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium. Goals from Rachel Lowe, Natalie Tobin and Mackenzie Hawkesby saw off the visitors in an excellent display. Canberra defeated Western United 3-0 to put the Premiers Plate back in Sydney FC’s hands. Sydney FC 3 (Lowe 14’, Tobin 66’, Hawkesby 78’) def. Adelaide United 0
It’s not often an email stops you dead in your tracks and brings on the kind of emotion which forces you to fight back the tears. But sitting at Allianz Stadium ahead of last Saturday’s Sydney Derby that’s exactly what happened. If ever I needed a reminder as to why we exist as a football club, this was it. The letter was from Michael Webster, a father of two children Hendrix 8 and Lyric 5, from Kellyville. He said he had something special to share – and he did, I’ll let you read on.