A bullying, selfish FIFA Confederation President pursuing his own agenda to the detriment of the
development of the beautiful game? No, not Jack Warner, but AFC boss Mohamed Bin Hammam.
That, at least, is the perspective of much of New Zealand's soccer media this week, following
the AFC's ultimatum to New Zealand's Wellington Phoenix, who play in Australia's A-League: become a
lot more Australian, or else.
We're getting towards the end of 2009, so time to take a look back over our shoulders and bid the
year a fond farewell before we say hallo to 2010. Recently I asked the many and talented bloggers
of The Offside and World Cup Blog to share their favourite footballing moment from the last twelve
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The Australian A-League has two matches on Friday, December 11, 2009 including North Queensland
Fury v Perth Glory. The match will be covered live on our other site Free Live Sports TV at the
link below, and starts at 8:30 PM local time and 04:30 EST.
North Queensland Fury v Perth Glory
[Dirty Tackle] How often have we heard this happen? Once a weekend? The commentator, not knowing
the magical powers he (or she) wields, stammers on endlessly about the brilliance of something,
someone, and only succeeds in tempting the fates into providing us with the precise opposite. Even
fans without superstitions have been guilty of firing thing [.
Nationally we predict Melbourne Sydney blockbuster, look at the Jets revival and why the Fury will
finish ahead of Gold Coast...says Paddy!
Eilis Fitt and Eamonn discuss and predict the W-League Grand Final and we have all the news views
and opinions.
And all your World Cup tittle tattle.
The Australian A-League has several matches on Saturday, December 26, 2009 including Gold Coast
United v Brisbane Roar. The match will be covered live on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at
the link below.
Gold Coast United v Brisbane Roar 07:00 GMT
The Australian A-League has several matches on Saturday, December 26, 2009 including Perth Glory
v Newcastle Jets. The match will be covered live on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the
link below.
Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets 09:00 GMT
The Australian A-League has two matches on Sunday, December 27, 2009 including Sydney v Adelaide
United. The match will be covered live on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the link
below.
Sydney v Adelaide United 08:00 GMT
Gold Coast vs Brisbane at Skilled Park. Well it sounded good, and I pretended it was a Christmas
present to myself, Dawn and Jacob.
How could one resist it? Boxing Day afternoon and it's the first highly accessible 'away game' for
the Brisbane Roar, hence the first away game I have attended.
