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FFA Come out come out where ever you are.
I received this from A-League4Canberra today. Note whilst I am no longer able to be involved I'm a
fully paid up Foundation Member.
Dear Eamonn,
The Committee for the establishment of an A-League 4 Canberra football has announced that their
plans for a future team in the A League are still alive and kicking.
So apologies again for the sporadic posting that has become a trademark at GirlsWithGame. But here
is my compromise, in the lead-up to the W-League, a monthly wrap of all the happenings and then
from November a more consistent focus on the W-League. Heading into next year's FIFA Women's World
Cup, it's going to be a cracker of a season.
So Western Sydney A-League team has no money; not when it got the nod in 2009 and worse still not
today.....and Frank Lowy says if they don't have any money soon they ain't coming in in
2011/12.
Flashback:
March 6th, 2009. FFA presented with the Canberra bid. Over $5 million dollars on the table back
then, with another two and a half years to get some further dosh.
www.profootballtrials.co.uk are on the march.
Despite all the regulations coming from FIFA and the FFA organisations such as the one above are
coming to a town near you, in this case, Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne and are offering "5 free
trips to selected players," to Europe.
Really?
Don't miss the ACT Grand Final weekends' live commentary on the GPL and WPL finals.
Coverage of GPL starts at 5.20 (Saturday) and WPL at 2.50 (Sunday) both live and exclusive to
2xx!
Streamed at ww.2xfm.org.au or in Canberra on 98.3fm.
This is the first time the Grand Finals have been called in living memory and with all W-League
games being called live for Canberra United, the Nearpost and Farpost (Sunday 3-5pm) finally
Canberra has a station willing to give some coverage to the game of football.
Ben Buckley said last night on Fox Sports that no matter how bad a Western Sydney bid they will
always be the next team.
And there will never be a team from Wollongong, Canberra or Tasmania.
So why the hell do Canberrans pay their FFA fees when they play football.
If the highest level of football the boys and men can aspire to in Canberra is our own local
Premier League, god help us; we can't even get into the NSW Premier League never mind the A-League.
FFA and many Australians talk about the Grassroots saving the game, the A-League.
Well wake up Australia, and wake up Australia; they won't save anything, not yet anyway.
Have the FFA ever been to a grassroots club? Have they spent a few nights at training at your
average grassroots club, or attended on matchday and listened to the conversations?
Now the FFA have been talking about the "Community Model" to save the A-League and it seems
something of that ilk has been conjured up in Newcastle and rich man Con Constantine gets the boot,
and probably becomes richer.
Also Robbie Slater thinks the FFA's idea of a Community Model is to get Jennifer Hawkins to promote
the League.
Great news to hear the Jets are saved for this year and local identity Nathan Tinkler has taken
over.
So Con Constantine has gone after spending millions on the club.
Highs of 24,000 in Season 3 was quickly followed by attacks on the Newcastle Knights (not smart)
around Grand Final time and then of course the firesale of every player, or so it seemed who won
the thing.
Given the Newcastle Jets have been saved by a Mining Magnate, Nathan Tinkler, who is said to be
worth $355 million at 35 years of age, I've been having a look around a couple of busy Canberra
streets for the City's saviour.
Lots of people with suits and ties, women on bikes with fluro tops, and students heading back and
forth to Uni but haven't spotted the one Mining Magnate from Canberra who can get us a football
team.
Con Constantine, love him or hate him, he's put his money and his passion into football.
Not enough for the FFA it seems.
Nor was the Canberra Bid.
Canberra has more Foundation Members than Gold Coast United have going to their games, we have the
best support for a W-League team in the league, we have our own Capital Punishment supporters
group, their own shirts and banners and we have almost 15,000 pledges of support.
SBS' Crag Foster writes a great article about how the FFA should engage the community and the free
army of football supporters across the country.
I replied and 45 people agree with the statement.
We did most of that in Canberra Fozzie, I'd argue 2,000 paid-up foundation members
$200, 100 junior club ambassadors from all clubs, 15,000 pledges including the Southern Higlands,
South Coast and Snowy mtns and Ben and co not only dismissed us - they've never come back with a
plan for the region.
