It is now up to the Gold Coast Fans to get off your bums, buy a ticket and come and support a
really good football team. Our team has a real chance of actually winning this competition. I am
not saying we will, but we have a great chance.
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SoccerLens 02 November @ 12:10 AM EST
In the (self-dubbed) newbie derby, Gold Coast have been defeated by a rampant North Queensland
Fury side. Robbie Fowler lead the team from start to finish, getting on the scoresheet twice. The
defeat has added to the horrible week that the Gold Coast have suffered, including a 6-0 whitewash
by Wellington, and a huge condemnation by the public over club owner Clive Palmer's (right)
decision to cap crowds at 5,000 to save money.
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"Scrap the Cap", "Fans not $$ ", "Greatest Team Never Seen", "Football is for the fans, not greedy
hands, Justice for the GCU", "Want bigger Crowds Clive, Ask us How".
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Clive Palmer, owner of Gold Coast United
Gold Coast United, an expansion team in Australia's premier A-League, have already generated
negative headlines it takes some teams decades to generate: "A-League may hit rock bottom thanks to
the Coast," says Adrian Musolino in today's Roar, which also features another piece titled "Gold
Coast "United" – How to lose fans and alienate people".
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The Offside 30 October @ 06:36 PM EST
Something to read while you enjoy the Top 30 A-League Goals of All Time (so far)... English
football 1991-92 season in review (EPL Talk) FM2010: Digital Sunderland is the new digital
Newcastle (Football Manager Offside) End of an era at Pro Vercelli (Run of Play) Ten players who
played into their 40s (Podcast Offside) An alternative take on the Ballon [.
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The Offside 30 October @ 06:36 PM EST
Something to read while you enjoy the Top 30 A-League Goals of All Time (so far)... English
football 1991-92 season in review (EPL Talk) FM2010: Digital Sunderland is the new digital
Newcastle (Football Manager Offside) End of an era at Pro Vercelli (Run of Play) Ten players who
played into their 40s (Podcast Offside) An alternative take on the Ballon [.
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Will Clive Palmer limit crowds to 5000 at Skilled Park? "We believe Clive's financial resources
will support the bid – there's no question about that," Buckley said. "More importantly there's a
demonstrated commitment to engage with the Gold Coast community. That's a very important part of
the proposal as well" Courier Mail, June 3, 2008 "the club informed [.
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They Think It's All Over... is sick of seeing Wellington Phoenix draw - it's time to get the best
out of Chris Greenacre.
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Nationally we cover Fozzie on the Young Socceroos, A-League, crowds, Danny Tiatto, Robbie Kruse,how
did that Ref miss the Perf goal, Alex Brosque, Chris Grossman, why the Celtic crowd are louder
thanBordeaux, even Liverpool but it was The Cove who took Paddy's breadth away, W-League, quiz
questions and more and Lucy Zelic thinks Melbourne will beat Sydney FC.
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The Offside 29 September @ 04:59 PM EST
Not everyone is happy with the A-League right now. Attendances are down on last season, with
average crowds of around 6,200. Football Federation boss Ben Buckley has tried to put a positive
spin on those numbers, by (somewhat bizarrely) claiming it was all part of the plan: "If you look
at the crowd numbers overall they [.
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Match Fit USA 29 September @ 08:11 AM EST
A novel "mortgage" system, one in which fans can buy their own piece of stadium real estate (their
seats) over the course of a protracted term, just as they would a condominium, could change the
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Quiz questions, dedications and the best wrap in the world of the A-League!
And locally with the best coverage of local football in the Australian Capital Peter Funnell talks
to Cap Football CEO Heather Reid on that A-League bid, High Performance, ACT Premier League and all
things local football.
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SoccerLens 22 September @ 02:47 AM EST
 A large number of good results this round, including an interesting match in Brisbane, with
two disappointing defensive errors gifting a win to a deserving Perth Glory. Central Coast won the
first ever Battle of the Coasts, in magnificent fashion. Sydney FC won by a narrow margin, but that
seems to be a trend for the Sky Blues.
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They Think It's All Over... presents his latest column for VUW Student Magazine 'Salient', a
summary of the Phoenix's A-League season so far.
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SO we are a couple of days away from a pretty tough test against Brisbane Roar at Suncorp.
FP was having a flick through history (philosophically speaking, of course) and basically it says
that the Glory sucks at Suncorp – we've never won a game there.
But records were meant to be broken, weren't they?
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SoccerLens 17 September @ 05:15 PM EST
Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory
Hindmarsh Stadium
What will be a very tough encounter, on the basis of revenge. Adelaide losing in the finals of
last season hurt, and will be out to challenge for the title this year. Adelaide so far have been
underperforming, but only just however their performances are deserving of a better placing.
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SoccerLens 17 September @ 04:16 PM EST
Adelaide United 1-0 Central Coast Mariners
Hindmarsh Stadium, 10,262
Adelaide finally won a match, their first since round 1, and in great style in front of ten
thousand fans at Hindmarsh Stadium. Travis Dodd was back from injury, making some quick zippy runs
in the midfield.
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SO before FP gets into Perth Glory news for today, just a quick word on Eugene Dadi.
Remember him, that tall dark-skinned fellow who formed a pretty decent partnership with Nikita, and
scored 10 goals last season (even though some were from penalties).
He's put in one 60-minute performance in Adelaide this season, but hasn't been heard from since.
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SO it's Wednesday, and hopefully by now that bitter taste in your mouth has dissipated
somewhat.
The sun is out, and it's starting to look and feel like spring again. Could it last? Apparently
not.
According to the boffins over at the Bureau of Meteorology, this is the wettest September since
1915, and more bad weather is on the way.
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IF you would have told FP at Sunday 2:30pm, that the final score would be Perth Glory 2 – Gold
Coast 2, then he would have been over the moon.
But considering what actually happened, it's hard not to have a sour taste in your mouth.
If you're leading 2-0 at half-time, in front of your home fans, than surely you should be able to
win, eh?
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WHEN FP heard there was going to to be a pre-match press conference between the two owners of Perth
Glory and Gold Coast United – Tony 'James Bond' Sage and Clive Palmer respectively - he thought
their would be some fireworks.
When you have two men who are unafraid to speak their minds, and aren't dimwits in drumming up
publicity, surely there would be some good copy flying around.
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FP is sick – but he's not exactly sure why.
Maybe it's the seemingly legit Manchester United T-Shirt (with Rooney on the back) his brother
received today which makes him wants to throw-up.
Or maybe it's the flu he's contracted at the start of spring, which has taken away his ability to
swallow.
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GOLD Coast United owner Clive Palmer once referred to his team as the 'Harlem Globetrotters' of the
A-League.
Apparently, in his humble opinion, the Gold Coast would go around to all the other clubs and boost
their attendances and make them money.
With that in mind, it seems a bit weird that the arrival of 'the New Bling' has been met with
almost no hype at all here in Perth.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
RIGHTO, so FP is back again.
Having a cousin over from the 'Mother Country' coupled with writing a couple of articles for
various fanzines (more on that later) have left the blog a bit unattended.
But all is well, so lets get into some Perth Glory news.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Morning y'all. Hopefully this finds you well. As some may have noticed, FP has deliberately stayed
away from posting for a couple of days after that tragic loss to the Central Coast Mariners on
Friday.
He could have throw something, choked someone or kicked anything after that game.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Central Coast 2 (Wilkinson 42, Simon 89)
Perth Glory 1 (Sterjovski 82)
Crowd: 5193
A HARROWING mistake from young goalkeeper Tando Velaphi has resulted in another loss away from home
for Perth Glory in the A-League this season.
Both teams were level on the scoreboard late in the game, when Velaphi misjudged the bounce of a
long ball into the penalty box, slipped over and watched helplessly as Central Coast Mariners
striker Dylan Macallister squared the ball for an easy tap-in for Matt Simon.
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They Think It's All Over... is well and truly pissed that the referee denied Wellington Phoenix a
win against Adelaide, but can draw some consolation from the performance of the Kiwi side.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
WELL, FP is back for another day - after spending a few hours yesterday with his cousin trawling
through Perth like a couple of wizened tourists.
Though FP was playing the role of the embarrassed tour guide, his cousin was genuinely fascinated
by the city.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
THERE seems to be a quiet lull on the western front, a bit curious considering the Glory face
Central Coast on Friday night - just a couple of days away.
But getting straight into the scraps of the Glory barrel today - the first bit of news comes from
the good folk at AAP.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Here's a bit of a fun fact for Perth Glory fans.
Apparently Perth has never won three games in a row since the Glory opened it's eyes in the
A-League.
Why this is could be anything from the ridiculous scheduling from the FFA, the mismanagement of the
team under certain regimes and coaches, or the power of some voodoo witch doctor.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
WELL, all in all, it was mixed weekend for FP. Arsenal self-destructed against Man United, but
Miron's mob Gold Coast United were finally brought back to earth with a 1-0 defeat to
Newcastle.
And due to a couple more results in the A-League, the Glory climb to fourth position on the ladder
after their win over Melbourne - though Perth fans shouldn't be breaking out the bubbly just yet -
there's still 23 rounds to go, plenty of time before the ladder really matter.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
SO there you go, Perth Glory come out on top in a very challenging encounter with Melbourne Victory
last night.
But in many ways, this victory was more pleasing than last week's one against Newcastle.
Against the Jets, Perth dominated possession and open play, and came out with a 2-0 victory.
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Before our first home game a couple of weeks ago a 60 minutes crew joined our Supporters Club at
the Dog and Parrot. They were there as part of a story on Clive Palmer, our club owner. We were
filmed singing our chants and then a few of us were interviewed by Charles Wooley. It was a fun
afternoon.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
RIGHTO, so we are only about eight hours away from kickoff in tonight's match between Perth Glory
and Melbourne Victory.
Is it too much to ask for a thrilling, entertaining game of football with heaps of goals, but
ultimately ends up in a Perth victory?
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
WELL slowly but surely the Glory juggernaut is picking up pace for tomorrow night's clash with
Melbourne Victory.
There's quite a bit going on - so without further ado - here we go.
Firstly, the Glory have stitched up Brazilian midfielder Amaral and it looks like he will come
straight into the matchday squad for the Victory game.
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