A-League Grand Final 2007

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**2006-07 A-League Grand Final**

Home Team	Melbourne Victory
Away Team	Adelaide United
Date	February 17, 2007
Stadium	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
TV in Australia
Network	Fox Sports

The 2007 A-League Grand Final took place at Telstra Dome in Melbourne, Australia, on February 18th, 2007. The match was contested by premiers Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United. Melbourne prevailed 6-0 in the equal greatest win in A-League history, and the greatest ever deficit in any Australian soccer Grand Final, including the old NSL.

Archie Thompson scored five goals, just the sixth ever A-League hat-trick and the most goal by an individual in any A-League match. This performance earned him the Joe Marston Medal.

1 Match Details
2 Match Statistics
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Match Details

February 18, 2007 18:00 AEDT	Melbourne Victory	6 – 0	Adelaide United	Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 55,436 Referee: Mark Shield
	Thompson 20', 29', 39', 56', 72' Sarkies 93+'	(Report)


MELBOURNE VICTORY:
GK	1	Michael Theoklitos
DF	2	Kevin Muscat (c)
DF	6	Steve Pantelidis
MF	8	Fred	64'
FW	9	Danny Allsopp
FW	10	Archie Thompson		90'
DF	12	Rodrigo Vargas
MF	14	Adrian Caceres		62'
DF	15	Adrian Leijer
MF	16	Simon Storey
MF	17	Grant Brebner		59'
Substitutes:
GK	20	Eugene Galekovic
MF	2	Kristian Sarkies		90'
MF	7	Alessandro
FW	23	James Robinson		62'
MF	24	Leigh Broxham		59'
Manager:
Ernie Merrick Joe Marston Medal: Archie Thompson Assistant Referees: Ben Wilson Nathan Gibson Fourth Official: Matthew Breeze


ADELAIDE UNITED:
GK	1	Daniel Beltrame
DF	2	Richie Alagich		70'
DF	4	Angelo Costanzo	57'
DF	5	Michael Valkanis	57'
MF	6	Ross Aloisi (c)	22', 34'
FW	8	Carl Veart	68'
MF	10	Fernando		59'
DF	12	Greg Owens		46'
MF	13	Travis Dodd
MF	15	Nathan Burns
MF	26	Diego Walsh
Substitutes:
GK	20	Robert Bajic
DF	3	Kristian Rees
DF	14	Aaron Goulding		46'
MF	21	Jason Spagnuolo		70'
FW	25	Bruce Djite		59'
Manager:
John Kosmina

[edit] Match Statistics

	Melbourne	Adelaide
Attempts at goal	22	14
Attempts on target	15	9
Attempts off target	6	5
Attempts - Woodwork	1	0
Keeper saves	5	3
Ball possession	51%	49%
Corners	5	5
Fouls committed	12	23
Offsides	4	1
Yellow cards	1	5
Red cards	0	1