Few, if any, would have anticipated that Auckland FC would sit atop the A-League Men table after eight rounds of the 2024-25 season. Entering this year as an expansion franchise, common sense pointed to some kind of breaking-in period as they looked to find their feet. The assembled talent suggested they could make an impact at some point, but leading the league at Christmas was almost without precedent. Even Western Sydney, in their premiership-winning debut season, lost four of their first eight games.
Yet two months into this campaign, Steve Corica’s side are undefeated in the seven matches they have played, two points clear of second-placed Adelaide and with the best goal difference in the league, propelled by a series of results that have re-written the record books. Let the good times roll.
