Football Federation of Australia

2020 – A Time For Clear Vision

Next year will be the year 2020. Twenty-twenty vision is often perceived to be perfect vision. However if you talk to those who work in this field they will tell you that twenty-twenty vision in fact only indicates ‘the clarity

Parents Paving the Way to International Success

After losing their opening two games of the 2019 Sultan of Johor Cup New Zealand bounced back from a 2-8 mauling by India to score an emphatic victory over the hosts Malaysia. The final score was 6-0 to the junior

Time to Look at Quality Rather Than Quantity

The world of coaching has changed dramatically in the last 30 years. If the age-old quote that claimed your were not a good manager until you had been sacked is true there must be a hell of a lot of

Setting Their Sights Too High?

There would not be a sports fan in the country who is not aware what a disaster Australia’s bid was to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It was a campaign that showed just how naive those running the game

The Club v Country Conundrum.

They say if you wait long enough everything changes. It was back in the early 2000’s that a meeting took place between the then coach of the Socceroos Frank Farina and coach of the Kookaburras Barry Dancer to look at