Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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1. | Adelaide United FC | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 43 |
2. | Sydney FC | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 36 |
3. | Central Coast Mariners FC | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 32 |
4. | Newcastle Jets FC | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 31 |
5. | Perth Glory FC | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 29 |
6. | Queensland Roar FC | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 28 |
7. | Melbourne Victory FC | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 26 |
8. | New Zealand Knights FC | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 47 | -32 | 6 |
Unfortunately after registering their first win of the season away at Central Coast Mariners in the third game of the season, the Knights then failed to pick up another win. A 11 match losing streak followed the win.
The Knights have struggled because of a lack of funding. At the start of the season they started with three ex-Saddlers in the ranks. New Zealander Danny Hay was their captain until he left during the second half of the season. Neil Enblem missed a large chunk of the season through injury.
Darren Bazeley managed to play every minute of every game and has been one of the star performers in a dismal season.
In the close season the Knights will be looking to build a more competitive squad to compete with the bigger Australian teams. When you think Sydney have Dwight Yorke in the team this shows the gap in funding between the teams!! Sydney also have Ex-Saddlers Corica and Zdrillic.