John Spence

A New Era For Glory On The Horizon?

Western Australia is often referred to as “the wild West” due to its isolation, and its often very parochial stances on issues. When football became the first truly national sporting competition when Perth Glory was welcomed into the National Soccer

Is It Time To Re-Model the A-League?

When the A-League was created the newly formed Football Federation of Australia went away from many of the recommendations of the Crawford Report. Fifteen years on and with a great deal of hindsight it would appear that some of those

True Colours Shining Through

It is probably fair to say that many sports will never be the same again, once the world comes out the other side of the Coronavirus pandemic. That may be good news to many, it will be bad news to

FFA and Fans Square Off

Tonight the new Chairman of the FFA Steven Lowy and his Chief executive David Gallop will meet with A-league fans, and it could be the most important meeting the FFA have ever held. It may also open the new Chairman’s

Time To Move On

It was the former co-owner of Perth Glory, John Spence, who coined the very apt phrase that owning a football club in the A-League was ” A billionaire’s club for millionaires.” Sometimes one has to ask why would anyone want