Some brutal fixture scheduling this April for both fans and players, continuing the trend of what we've already had to experience in 2026.
First up, the return to Lakeside (finally) against Dandenong City scheduled for this Monday, is now on Tuesday. It's up against a Socceroos match at AAMI Park. Goodness knows what the logic is behind this particular fixture change, and the delay in getting back to Lakeside at all. I know that there's a major-ish athletics meet there tonight, but even so, both and our men's and women's teams seem to have been jerked around even more than usual in the grand prix period. When was the grand prix on anyway? Feels like it was ages ago.
Our round four Dockerty Cup match against Hampton East Brighton will be on Saturday, April 4th at Dendy Park in Brighton. People may well as turn up to this one, because it'll be by far the most normal of our fixtures this year.
The OFC Pro League schedule also got that little bit more brutal with the postponed game against Tahiti United that was meant to be played in the Melbourne hub, now being played in the Fiji hub. There had been some talk of South trying to wrangle it for Lakeside, but that always seemed like a longshot. That'll be seven games in the space of 14 days - Preston, Auckland, Bula, Hekari, Oakleigh, Tahiti, Dinamo. No one has the depth to cover that schedule, and not much chance to alter the local fixtures.
