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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Joey Lynch

Peak A-League: eight ridiculous moments from the top tier of Australian football

Sydney FC’s Patrick Wood reacts to missing a goal
Patrick Wood’s missed open goal for Sydney FC was just one of the Peak A-League moments from the weekend’s football. Photograph: Steven Markham/AAP

After all these years, it appears Australian football is no closer to determining just where the summit of “Peak A-League” lies. Nor figuring out whether if one gazes at Peak A-League for too long, if Peak A-League gazes back into you; coping and humour masking calamity and ineptitude until you forget what it’s like to be normal or, daresay, competent.

Because the leagues, men’s and women’s, were back at it again this week, producing a series of calamities and misadventures that could only happen in Australia’s highest tier.

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