The World Cups have, especially in the start, been the complete dominance of South America and Europe. Therefore, throughout the 1950's and 1960's, the "rest of the world", that is, Asia, Africa and Australia had to play between them for one meager qualifying spot.For the 1966 World Cup in England, this "rest-of-the-world" spot went to the small and closed Communist dictatorship of North Corea. Click to continue reading...

Last week, we reported on exhibit A in how to alienate fans in Australia by A-League expansion team Gold Coast United's billionaire owner Clive Palmer. The club closed three sides of their stadium, Skilled Park, and capped capacity to just 5,000, forcing supporters out of their usual position in the stadium.

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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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Is the region ready to watch football from another country in the region?
That was a question I posed at the weekend and I sensed a slight sea change.
Since then I see one Singapore cable TV provider is asking customers whether or not viewers would like to see ISL games.
And the ISL itself is also engaged in some kind of research as to whether or not a market exists out there for their product. Click to continue reading...

Our new series on Pitch Invasion moves all the way from Australia to Northern Ireland, as we look at the growing ultras culture in the IFA Premiership.

Glentoran are the current champions of the league, and their supporters' group Legion 1882 (which references the year the club was founded) was formed just two years ago.

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The plight of Toronto FC and the frustration of its fans are popular fodder around the North American soccer community these days. The moaning angst of Reds supporters can be heard down here in the...

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A new series on Pitch Invasion debuts, though it's actually a bit of a return to our roots as half the reason I started this site back in the day was to show tifo displays from around the world.

To kick things off, we look at Australia with a video documenting the making and display of a variety of banners by supporters of Sydney FC in the A-League.

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23 teams have now qualified for the World Cup. Only nine places are left for sport's biggest show. Australia will be feeling some empathy for Costa Rica as they face a playoff against Uruguay for a spot. Uruguay finished fifth in South American qualifying while Costa Rica finished fourth ... Click to continue reading...

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Jessica Bratich es una Diosa que nacio en Australia pero cuidadito con ella... tiene 17 años practicando karate!

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Jessica Bratich es una Diosa que nacio en Australia pero cuidadito con ella... tiene 17 años practicando karate!

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So the girls took on Thailand in the final of the ASEAN under-16 girls final in Myanmar, and though it's not up on the FFA website yet, you can read all about it here on the ASEAN website.
Australia ended up winning 8-0, but the scoreline doesn't reflect that it was pretty close. Up until the 67th minute, it was 2-0, but Sam Kerr then scored and it seemingly opened up the floodgates. Click to continue reading...

Great news from Australia after the three categories of Moto GPhave been run with Spanish 125cc rider JULIAN SIMON proclaiminghimself WORLD CHAMPION for 2009.In the other categories not so much good news with Bautista fallingbehind in the 250cc title race & Jorge Lorenzo falling off his bikesaying goodbye to all chances for the GP title. Click to continue reading...

Al dia de hoy ya se tiene programado el sorteo que definirán los grupos para el mundial de futbol de Sudáfrica 2010 y este será el 4 de Diciembre, alli se definirán los 8 grupos con 4 miembros cada uno. Posteriormente se dará a conocer el Calendario que oportunamente aqui estaremos publicando.
Hasta el momento hay 23 países que tendrán una bola asegurada en el sorteo de los grupos del mundial. Click to continue reading...

Foreign fans rejoice! The 2009 leg of the Bucks for Becks World Tour™ is on. Having already run through Australia, Asia and Canada in off-seasons past, the Galaxy are spending this Thanksgiving in Europe...kind of like that rich kid you went to school with who always rocked Lacoste and had cool parents who would let him have wine at dinner. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool remain confident Steven Gerrard will be fit for their trip to Sunderland this weekend, despite fears he may have sustained a slight tear in his adductor muscle.
Gerrard, who was substituted at half time in England's defeat in Ukraine on Saturday, returned to Merseyside for a precautionary scan after managing only 10 minutes of training with Fabio Capello's squad on Tuesday. Click to continue reading...

A goal from Everton man Tim Cahill edged Australia past their minnow opposition.

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Asian Cup Qualifying 2011 Group B :- 14th October 2009 Final score :- Australia 1-0 Oman ( Tim Cahill 74′ goal) Everton's Tim Cahill scored in the 74th minute to allow Australia to beat Claude Le Roy's Oman in Melbourne. Cahill had also scored a late equaliser against Oman when the two sides met in 2007, and [. Click to continue reading...

Dutch international Dirk Kuyt has stressed how he is enjoying life on Merseyside with Liverpool despite the club's poor start to the season.
The striker, who played for his homeland in a friendly against the Socceroos in Australia this week, is expected to feature against Sunderland despite his long round-trip and hopes that the Reds can now focus on getting their title challenge back on track. Click to continue reading...

In three games against Australia, Oranje hasn't been able to win. Last Saturday, Oranje played the Socceroos away. In Australia. A unique happening, since most big nations balk at the idea of traveling 42 hours to play a 90 minute friendly. Bert van Marwijk - and the powers that be at Click to continue reading...

An impressive display from the Aussies as they held a strong Dutch side to a goalless draw.

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O nosso "assunto" falado em Espanha. O nosso e não só.

Portugal y Francia se juegan el ser o no ser este fin de semana. Con muchas selecciones con el billete para Sudáfrica ya en el bolsillo, grandes combinados todavía se la tienen que jugar en estos últimos partidos de la fase de grupos.

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Australia is excited with Oranje's presence Down Under. The friendly against the Socceroos coming Saturday is close to being sold out (45.000 tickets sold). It doesn't happen too often in Oz, the visit of a top nation. The Aussies praise Oranje for coming down mid-season. Most nations only want to Click to continue reading...

Having already qualified for the 2010 World Cup, Australia has a friendly against the Netherlands this weekend. The two sides played before the last World Cup and have built up a healthy rivalry. This has been boosted by the heavy influx of Dutch coaches into Australian football. The Dutch ... Click to continue reading...

So FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has come out and had a bit of a pop at our attempt to hold the World Cup. He said that not only was the bid lightweight, but he was really impressed by Australia, who gave him a goody bag with Australia 2018 tat in it. Apparently, this could swing the bid. I quote Warner (Via The Guardian):

I came here and was shocked that I got a bag for Australia at the entrance.

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Gabriel Heinze, Roberta Carlos, Patrice Evra, Danny McGrain, Ashley Cole, Daniel Mullen and Matthew Jurman.
The first five are tecnically adept full-backs playing with some style in their teams, the last are centre-backs placed into the Australian national team to play full-back in a World Cup. Click to continue reading...

Este sábado terminó la actividad entre los Grupos E y F. Se han llenado las vacantes que quedaban, y todo está listo para que el próximo lunes comiencen los Octavos.

Costa Rica 2-3 República Checa

Partido demasiado sufrido para los ticos, pero a pesar de perder, lograron clasificar.

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The US was eliminated today from the U-20 World Cup being held in Egypt. With only three points and a minus three goal differential after a win against Cameroon and losses to Germany and Korea Republic, the U.S. needed certain results in Group E today to go their way.

With Brazil defeating Australia, U.

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The US was eliminated today from the U-20 World Cup being held in Egypt. With only three points and a minus three goal differential after a win against Cameroon and losses to Germany and Korea Republic, the U.S. needed certain results in Group E today to go their way.

With Brazil defeating Australia, U.

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El día de hoy se jugaron los últimos partidos de la segunda jornada, entre los Grupos E y F. Como siempre, hubo más clasificados, muchos goles y resultados sorpresivos.

Australia 0-3 Costa Rica

Este es un excelente resultado para los ticos, que reviven sus esperanzas por clasificar a la siguiente ronda.

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Here we go:

• Chelsea ban all but guarantees loaned Di Santo's return to the Blues.
  
• Selling Gary Cahill is suicide for Bolton.
  
• Wigan deal out for Mbami?
  
• Kanu to Australia?
  
• Fulham to save Nigel Reo-Coker from the Aston Villa doghouse?
  
• Xerez is looking at some Carlos Vela.

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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 [. Click to continue reading...

Hughton sings Newcastle's praises while Keane thinks Ipswich gave Nolan an early Christmas present. I was away this weekend. A close friend of mine is off to Australia for at least 3 years, so a bunch of us got together for beer and golf in Oxfordshire (and I use the term 'golf' in the loosest possible [. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by ramontello13 Calendario y Todos los Resultados Mundial Sub-20 Egipto 2009

Este mundial donde estrellas de todas partes del orbe empiezan a deslumbrar con su brillo juvenil en las canchas, en esta ocasión México no acudió, pero aun así el torneo es mucho muy interesante. Click to continue reading...

En esta jornada dominical entre los Grupos E y F hubo buenos partidos, muchos goles, y emociones.

Brasil 5-0 Costa Rica

Quizá el segundo partido más disparejo de lo que va del torneo (después del España-Tahití), donde los brasileños golearon al cuadro tico sin despeinarse.

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