Posts Tagged "Football Federation Australia"
Leave your A-League colours at the door for Australia
By Joe Gorman, 20 May 2013It was a message that reverberated around the room last Thursday night, as fans from around New South Wales met at FFA headquarters in Sydney.
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Will the PFA be looked after by the FFA?
By kellett_1992, 1 May 2013As of today, the Professional Footballers’ Association no longer has a Collective Bargaining Agreement with Football Federation Australia.
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Echoes of the past in a season to remember
By Joe Gorman, 30 Apr 2013It’s been largely ignored or forgotten about, but this month marks ten years since the publication of the Crawford Report, which set football in this country in a fundamentally new direction.
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Timely reminder the A-League still has a long way to go
By kellett_1992, 30 Apr 2013A-League football clubs lost close to $27 million during the 2011-12 season, and despite record television ratings, attendances, merchandise sales, transfers and corporate sponsorship for the 2012-13 season a loss of $20 million has been recorded.
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Winning a World Cup bid is difficult enough without the endemic corruption in football, so the fact that a $462,000 Football Federation Australia donation has allegedly been stolen is hardly stunning news.
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Osieck under pressure: FFA’s Gallop
By Ian McCullough, 29 Mar 2013Football Federation Australia boss David Gallop has declined to guarantee the job security of under-fire Socceroos coach Holger Osieck.
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Will Frank Lowy give Guus Hiddink a phone call?
By dasilva, 28 Mar 2013Ever since the AFC Asian Cup 2011, Australia has been playing poor football.
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A-League set for most exciting finish yet
By Mike Tuckerman, 25 Mar 2013Could it have been scripted any better? The regular season is set for a grandstand finish as eight teams jockey for a place in the A-League’s top six and a chance to ultimately be crowned champions.
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New A-League finals system lacks integrity
By Robbie Di Fabio, 6 Mar 2013As many A-League fans will be well aware, this season’s finals series has been given a face lift.
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Time to switch to a top-four finals system
By Mike Tuckerman, 18 Jan 2013With eleven games remaining, the A-League’s top four is taking shape. There is little doubt that Central Coast, Adelaide United, Melbourne Victory and newcomers Western Sydney have been the four best teams to date.
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Football fever hits Tasmania
By Robbie Di Fabio, 12 Jan 2013This weekend, Melbourne Victory will play host to league leaders Central Coast Mariners in Tasmania.
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Was one-team one-city a mistake by the FFA?
By Joe Gorman, 18 Dec 2012Considering the relative success of the Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne Heart, it seems worth asking whether Football Federation Australia’s strict ‘one-team one-city’ policy was flawed from the beginning.
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Is World Cup obsession hurting the Socceroos?
By Mike Tuckerman, 7 Dec 2012We are paying the price for our obsession with qualifying for the World Cup. It made sense in 2005 but seven years later, the Socceroos are going backwards.
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Socceroo young guns aim for Hong Kong
By Rob Forsaith, 28 Nov 2012The upcoming East Asian Cup qualifying tournament in Hong Kong hardly takes pride of place on Football Federation Australia’s calender.
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What would Beckham bring to the A-League?
By Mike Tuckerman, 23 Nov 2012Three months ago many of us would have scoffed at the idea of Alessandro Del Piero playing in the A-League. But the move happened and the prospect of adding David Beckham has the competition buzzing again.
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Tinkler cash worries not concerning FFA
By Guy Hand, 23 Nov 2012Football Federation Australia (FFA) says Nathan Tinkler’s financial concerns are not yet a concern. Coal baron Tinkler has had two of his companies placed into liquidation this week – one which is part of his horse racing empire.
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FFA media deal awakens sleeping giant
By Robbie Di Fabio, 23 Nov 2012Australian football has never had an easy route to success. Often, the code has had to overcome numerous adversities on and off the pitch, with varying degrees of triumph.
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FFA rule out A-League expansion
By Angela Habashy, 20 Nov 2012Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy ruled out any A-League expansion for at least four years as he hailed the sport’s long-awaited multi-million dollar broadcast rights deal.
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Free-to-air coverage vital for A-League’s future
By Adrian Musolino, 20 Nov 2012Since the announcement of Football Federation Australia’s four-year, $160 million media rights deal with current host Fox Sports and SBS, the debate that has kicked into life is which is more important, the value or the new partner?
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FFA’s next big challenge
By TheBeautifulGame, 20 Nov 2012The recent announcement of Football Federation Australia’s $160 million deal has satisfied fans and guarantees media interest and financial sustainability of the game for at least another four years.
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