The Back Peg

Bayer Leverkusen lose, Douglas Costa arrives in Sydney, Kylian is off the mark, and we dissect the league phase fixtures in the revamped Champions League.

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This week, Haaland bags another hatty, Rice gets cooked, and Slot embarrasses ten Hag.

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This week, Sydney get a Brazilian, Fox wants football, and South Melbourne score a Puskas contender.

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Big wins for last season's top three already begin to shape the Premier League 24/25 title race. Madueke shreds Wolverhampton (and the team), United lose to Brighton (again), and Joelinton goes "All-In" on Neto on the south coast.

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We're back with our mainline series for season 24/25, and we kick things off by kicking off at the stadium situation in Brisbane, amidst a mammoth proposal to change the shape of the Olympic city forever. Elsewhere, Australia Cup resumes this weekend, new kits, and a new job for Pochettino!

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Brisbane 2032 Stadium Proposal:

https://www.austadiums.com/news/1412/6b-privately-funded-stadium-proposal-for-brisbane-olympics

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Week one is in the books, and how good is it to have the Premier League back. We go over all the action from the opening weekend and look ahead to matchweek 2.

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Here is the second part of our Premier League preview for season 24/25! We covered off the title contenders, and European chasers in part one, here we talk over the other 12 teams this season. The Midtable Marvels, Scrappers, and New Boys all get a mention, as well as our final 1-20 predictions!

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This is the start of something new here on The Back Peg, we're splitting off our weekly Prem chat into a nice neat package, and we're kicking things off with the first of a two-part preview pod!

City vs Arsenal - is this the year Arteta get's his team over the line? And who will be the front runners for the Champions League? Post-Klopp-Liverpool? Pre-van Nistelrooy-United? And what to make of Chelsea, Newcastle, Villa, and Spurs in a large pack of big clubs.

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Gold for America! Gold for Spain! Just one year on from their disappointing exit in Melby, the USWNT are atop the mountain again, edging out Brazil thanks to the deadly combo of Horan and Smith. Marta departs with a medal, and the Spanish gold rush continues!

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We take a look at the first half of the women's olympic football tournament, with revitalised campaigns for the USA, Canada, Germany; and ask where to for The Matildas, now that Tony Gustavsson has departed the national team set up.

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