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Popping The Question

Everyone has heard of the Bosman ruling in football, but could there be a new such football term on the horizon? After challenging the way things were, Jean Marc Bosman changed football forever. Back in 1990, the then 25-year-old Bosman

Winter Is Not A Season, It’s A Celebration

The title above is a quote from Indian Author Anamika Mishra, but it could soon become the tagline for the Hyundai A-League. Much is being made of the Hyundai A-League shifting from a Summer season to a Winter season. As

Only the Best Will Do.

In 1987 following a second consecutive promotion from what is today Division one to the Championship this writer was fortunate to attend a celebration of the achievement with the players of Swindon Town.. At that function in conversation with one

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

Centre of Gravity

After seven years of campaigning Football in Western Australia had a reason to smile yesterday when the State government announced that it would stump up half of the $32.5million to create a State Football Centre. Needless to say many within