Central Coast Mariners

Stop the Farce

How many clubs would give a trial to 32 year old who had never played that sport as a professional even semi-professional level? Everything surrounding Usain Bolt’s trial with the Central Coast Mariners is wrong for sport and wrong for

Can The A-League Afford Such Costs?

Followers of Perth Glory will have noticed one thing that changed post the salary cap scandal, and that was that the Chairman of the club, Tony Sage, limited his media outbursts, or cut them drastically. Some may say that the

The A-League Awoken From Its Slumber

Finals are the Australian way. Personally I have no problem with the concept, just with the winner being proclaimed the Champion. It is far harder to beat all-comers and finish top of a League than to win a couple of

A Long Off Season For Glory, and One That Must See Change

Sadly for Perth Glory the 2017/18 season has been a disappointing one. They failed to make the finals, which is a massive blow when only four teams in the league miss out on being a part of the end of

Is Expansion and Restructure the Way Forward?

Fifteen years ago football fans in Australian dreamt of a new dawn for the game. The game was disjointed, it was corrupt and it was in disarray. Soccer Australia which was the game’s governing body was under immense pressure and