Following a tough year that has seen staff redundancies and club fundings slashed, a prominent industry figure says the A-Leagues need support on all levels to stay afloat. In January this year, almost half of the football league’s staff were axed, with the Australian Professional Leagues chairman, Stephen Conroy, telling SMH earlier this month that...
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Failed talent identification in Australian football – yet another player lost as James Bulkeley stars for New Zealand
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The New Zealand Junior All-Whites won the OFC U-19 Championship with a dominant 4-0 win over New Caledonia last Thursday in Samoa. In terms of global football news, that result ranks fairly low in importance, especially considering that the...
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Socceroos legend Robbie Slater blasts Aussie football bosses for ‘making the A-League’s worst fears come true’ as competition plunges into new crisis
A-League clubs have seen their central distribution fund slashed All A-League men’s clubs must spend at least $2.25million on players Comes as a previous $140million injection of funds was squandered By Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia and George Clarke For Australian Associated Press Published: 08:18 BST, 4 July 2024 | Updated: 08:18 BST, 4 July 2024...
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Football Australia taps Melbourne City talent pipeline
Melbourne City FC continues to positively influence the Australian National Teams with Football Australia today appointing Andrew McKenzie to the newly created role of General Manager of High Performance. Highly regarded within the sports medicine industry, McKenzie first joined City as Head of Human Performance in October 2015, following a decade of experience in elite...
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Newcastle Jets to remain in A-League after securing fourth owner since 2000
In short: Maverick Sports Partners has bought the Newcastle Jets Football Club. The club was previously kept in the A-League through a consortium-agreement controlled by other A-League clubs. What’s next? The deal will allow the club’s men’s and women’s teams to remain in the A-League. The Newcastle Jets football club will remain in the A-League men’s and women’s...
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With Australia’s national teams riding high, why is the A-League on the brink of collapse?
A huge number of football teams have “united” in their name. It’s no accident, and not just because Manchester United sounds a lot better than Manchester Divided (even if that is the reality in that city when it comes to footballing loyalties). It all comes back to the age-old saying, “united we stand, divided we...
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More players accused in Australian football match-fixing investigation
Two more players could be involved in the Australian football match-fixing case that has already resulted in three Macarthur FC players being charged. Midfielder Kearyn Baccus appeared in court Thursday to face charges relating to an illegal betting plot to receive yellow cards during A-League matches in return for payment. He was arrested on May...
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‘This is a love story’: New Western Sydney Wanderers film shines light on Australia’s forgotten sporting fairytale
Less than 24 hours after the Central Coast Mariners made national headlines celebrating their historic treble of titles, a documentary was quietly released on SBS that told a similar, but arguably more remarkable, football story that has been all but wiped from the collective memory of Australian sports fans. In 2014, just two years after...
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Ange Postecoglou ‘bewildered’ over talk that Tottenham visit will overshadow A-League Men grand final
In short: Tottenham will play Newcastle United on Wednesday night at the MCG in an exhibition match between the EPL giants. The game precedes a double-header on Friday night at Docklands featuring Newcastle’s men’s team and Arsenal’s women’s team. What’s next? The A-League Men’s grand final then follows those games, with Melbourne Victory and Central Coast...
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‘No place in our game’: Three A-League players stood down over alleged betting scandal
In short: Football Australia has issued no fault suspensions to three A-League players charged in connection with alleged betting corruption. The suspensions will remain in place until criminal charges have been concluded. Football Australia CEO James Johnson says illegal betting has ‘no place in our game’. Three Macarthur FC players have been suspended from the A-League after being...
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Players paid $10k to give away yellow cards in A-League games, police allege
In short: NSW Police have charged three Macarthur FC players including captain Ulises Dávila over an alleged betting scandal. The three players were allegedly involved in the manipulation of yellow cards during A-League games. What’s next? The players have secured bail and will appear in court at a later date. Three players from A-League side Macarthur...
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How the Central Coast Mariners are busting Australian football’s biggest myths
In 2019, when the Central Coast Mariners were handed their third consecutive wooden spoon for finishing last in the A-League Men, it felt like the death-knell of one of Australia’s most important and successful professional football clubs. When they first entered the league as one of its founding clubs in 2005, few people expected the...