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If you have a questions for Heather Reid all things Capital Football, Anthony Hatton all things
Ateam4Canberra and Adem Poric all things Small Sided Games and I'm not sure he's a believer, please
email me. Details of tonights show below.
Nationally Terry Henry joins us as host, Former Sheff Wed and Aussie Youth Team Representative and
Total Football Academy entrepreneur Adem Poric is live in the studio.
Dressed in green, Capital Punishment fans headed to Sydney to show support for Canberra A-League's
bid. A great day was reportedly had by all..read more...
Capital Punishment, Canberra's newly formed Canberra A-League and W-League supporters group headed
to Sydney FC on Sunday to barrack for Canberra in the Sydney FC Perth Glory clash at the Sydney
Football Stadium.
FFA Ben Buckley, pictured alongside Frank Lowy, invites Canberra to bid.
Pawl Cubbin from Zoo to invest! Well done Pawl, leading the way. Who will be next?
Merryn Sherwood from the Canberra Times has the story many football fans in this town hae been
waiting for: Canberra to bid and read more about the Ivan Slavich team below.
400 Football believers have got behind the Ivan Slavich lead Canberra A-League bid and become
Foundation Members, and there are some local legends signing up.....
Here's just a few:
Former Canberra Times football journo Graham Cooke, Paul Murphy, Referee, Angelo Konstantinou,
Futsalroo, Canberra A-League Ambassador Amelia Efkarpidis, Canberra FC's Bernie Lustica, Belconnen
United's Steve Forshaw, ANU Lecturer and Glasgow Rangers fan Alastair Greig, Football writer Nik
Guoth, Tony Bush (Goulburn) Cor Van Leeuwen (Cooma FC) Cass Hampton and Gail McNamara (ANU) and
A young Canberra team took on Sydney FC in a Youth League game yesterday. I know we're not in the
league...yet. But take a look at the names below....plus how quick is Kofi Danning?
How many of these lads could get a paid gig in a Canberra A-League Youth side in 2010if we get an
A-League side?
The FFA handed, on a plate, the 11th spot in the A-League to a Melbourne consortium.
Hand in your plan and you get the gig. If you're from Melbourne.
No measuring alternative plans, we want Melbourne and probably Sydney and that's it.
The rest of you, Tassie, Canberra and Wollongong can well.
Mike Cockerill has written more pieces on Wollongong's A-League chances than any other bid. Why is
this?
In fact to date he's written NOT EVEN ONE piece on the Canberra bid. Wollongong make their move
Now he tells us Wollongong are cashed up, well whoopee do. Aren't we all.
I'm more interested in the fact West Sydney are reported as having no coherent plan.
Canberra Times are giving the A-League bid a great boost Ned Zelic has signed up and is keen to see
a team in Canberra. Good stuff Chris Dutton and The Canberra Times and great support from Ned and
Carl Valeri. Come on Canberra let's sign up. We can do it.
The potential for overseas sign-ups for the Canberra and Region A-League team is, I believe,
significant.
Overnight Razif Bahari from Singapore, left Canberra 5 years ago, only failed to sign-up as he got
an error message. But the email he sent to his friends, (see below) all ex-Canberrans, from other
countries is interesting.
Corporate, Small and Large business can now show their support for Canberra's A-League bid. They
get a Foundation Membership and their name and logo on the website. So why not encourage your
favourite small business to sign up. They can keep the membership, donate it to charity or an
employee whatever they like.
Ivan has sent a message to Foundation Message. I'm one so I got the email. But the update is in
full below.
Dear Foundation Member
Wow! What an amazing few weeks we have had in regards to the A-League4Canberra bid. Firstly I must
say thank you for signing up to become a Foundation Member, we are certainly on our way to
achieving the goal of bringing an A-League team to Canberra.
ADELAIDE UNITED YOUTH TEAM COMING TOGETHER..read below. But don't get envious (it's a wasted
emotion truly,)get even.
Sign up as a Canberra A-League Foundation Member today and you can do more good than you're envy
will ever allow. We'd have our own Youth team. How easy is that?
ADELAIDE UNITED YOUTH TEAM COMING TOGETHER
Adelaide United FC has added to its crop of talent for the National Youth League with Coach Joe
Mullen selecting another four players into The Reds' Youth League squad.
You would think if you play Premier League/ Reserve/Pathway football and ACTAS, Capital Football
Academy that you are very into your football and the development of the game and opportunities of
the game in Canberra.
Training and playing what 3 or 4 nights a week. That's commitment isn't it?
SBS Chief Football Analyst and Former Socceroo Craig Foster was interviewed recently, along with
former Socceroo and Canberra Cosmos player Paul Wade, by freelance journo Julius Ross.
Asked their thoughts on Tassie's A-League bid Fozzie revealed his support for Canberra, the
Nation's Capital and SBS will be running the Canberra A-League story next Sunday on their World
Game show around 5pm.
Having attended last nights Canberra A-League committee meeting I can tell you things are moving
along at an impressive rate.
I can also tell you we are in the fight of our lives and, I believe, only the people of Canberra
can secure this team.
Melbourne hae been handed a second spot for 2010.
We need $6 million we've already got $4.5 million and over 530 Foundation Members. All in a few
weeks. A fantastic effort from Ivan Slavich and the whole community. Have we ever been so
close?
Just one more investor and further Foundation Memberships can get us to the inital goal of $6
million.
Just to inform you I've been officially appointed as the Canberra A-League bid Media Liason
Officer/Committe member. You heard it here first:)
More importantly here's the most up-to-date news on the bid...more money rolls in.
FFA chief commercial officer John O'Sullivan spoke to Ivan Slavich yesterday.
Capital Punishment the Canberra A-League Supporters Group are aiming to make their first outing and
flying the flag at a Sydney FC game.
You can join here. There will be family buses, club buses and one for the lads I'm told.
Adelaide United fans celebrate last nights historic win. But how many people will turn-up for the
Semi Final, they're already talking about switching venues to cope with the crowd...
And whilst Australia and particularly Canberra has been slow to grasp the opportunities that Asia
can provide to football, to the city and the region; our own A-League side would benefit the
city/region like no other sport.
Shane Perris from Narrahbundah FC is the 950th fan to sign up. Great work Shane.
But I'm meeting Andrew Barr this arvo at 3pm. Would be great to have 1,000
signatures. Can you encourage fans to hit the keyboard if they are football fans, and haven't
signed up yet. Thanks.
Ivan Slavich's delivery, supported by excellent media, viral, tv, poster and web design campaign
from Ash Morgan and the team at Zoo receieved an overwhelming vote of support from Canberra
A-League inaugural Ambassadors.
Canberra's favourite football journo Merryn Sherwood from the Canberra Times has a story in the
paper and for more from me on the meeting read on.
Canberra A-League Ambassador Aaron Walker gives the lowdown "Who will be our Canberra A-League
Coach." Great stuff, feel free to add your views.
With Canberra's A-League bid rapidly gathering momentum, I thought I'd address the big question of
who are the most likely candidates for the coaching position?
Nearpost National Show:
Ed Hollis talks about his Tottenham day job.
We preview the A-League, talk Olyroos and update on the Canberra A-League bid.
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Woden Valley's Ed Hollis, Rachael Harrigan, Kadee Hollis and Amy McCloughlin talk Dane Cup, and
their trip of a lifetime.
The Central Coast Mariners started with 600 members in Season 1. Two years before the first game is
played by the Canberra side, we've hit 602 Foundation Members.
We need more, we want more, but let's just take a moment to recognise what we've achieved in just 8
weeks or maybe less.
$4-5 million dollars locked in.
Sydney and Melbourne. The FFA research show that two teams in the A-League from these cities would
be great.
But after the weekend's Sydney sporting crowds Canberra hopes must have risen a further notch
Everyone knows the AFL has the most money and least international expenses of any sport in
Australia.
Well it's not the AFL Club's, Adelaide Crows or Port Adelaide. They might have been going 150 years
but who's heard of them outside Melbourne:)
Is there even a Rugby League or Union side from Adelaide?
Adelaide United a club just a few years old, already well known across Pohang, Korea, Changchun,
China and Kashima, Japan.
Yesterday I was at a meeting at the Hermitage in Canberra. Nice restaurant, nice meeting.
And I believe it was the day when the Canberra A-League bid was sealed. I think we are now
unstoppable.
Of course I can't reveal more at this stage but within two weeks, maybe less, I expect to hear the
news spread widely.
A Wollongong bid, called South Coast FC, continues to lead a tight race that includes
Canberra, western Sydney and, somewhat surprisingly, Tasmania. While the FFA had flagged the
possibility of making a decision before Christmas, the board has now given the interested parties
another four months to shore up their bids.
Former Socceroo Ned Zelic will be on ABC 666AM Canberra at 10.30am Wednesday or shortly after the
news around that time talking Canberra A-League and his whole football journey from Canberra to
Germany, Japan Georgia and the rest!
Quite a journey Ned!
And Ivan Slavich met Ned today and announced Ned is to become the Number One Ambassador for the
Canberra A-League bid.
Business Editor John Thistleton wrote this article on the Canberra A-League. It appeared in
Saturday's Forum pages. Reprinted here in case you missed it:)
A positive yet realistic piece I thought. What say you?
And The stakes are high and potential ad-viewing audiences huge – for businesses
backing Canberra's entry into Australia's A-League soccer competition.
One of the criteria set by the FFA at the recent meeting called for 10,000 Canberra and Regional
Supporters
Tomorrow Canberra A-League Bid Leader Ivan Slavich will launch the Supporters Sign-Up
Campaign...and it's free!
So we'd love you to sign up and help get others to sign up.
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Nationally:
Should Rugby League and AFL move for World Cup Qualifiers: All the World Cup news, Heather Garriock
talks Matildas, Amy Taylor talks Football Superstars, Fitsum, Michella and Eamonn have the quiz,
dedications and all the A-League news.
The Weekender: This week, of course, it's the journey of the new Canberra A-League website.
I've asked people from ANU 9th Grade, Canberra City Women's team, Capital Football Academies and
more.
"How many people from your team will sign-up do you think?
The reply is the same.
"Over 80% I should think.
Lest we forget. Peter Fitzgerald finally wrote something about football in Canberra and it stinks
of "smell the fear," and lacked analysis and Canberra vision.
Peter says we need a lot of money. Well well Peter tell the football community of Canberra
something we don't know.!
5,000 fans to a pre-season, pre-season game.
We are moving quickly towards our August 24th Bid Submission date:
Ivan Slavic is securing the funds we need, and we the fans of football can now assist to secure the
members for our Canberra team. People and money will be the key factors in passing the FFA's
requirements.
Here's what you can do.
Graeme MacKinnon, Foundation Member 412, is a "mad Mariners supporter" but he's laid out
his hard-earned cash to show his support for a team from Australia's Capital.
Thanks for your support Graeme hope the Mariners win the opener against the Jets.
Interesting the link between the Mariners and A-League in Canberra.
The ACT Government has announced a multi-million dollar deal for the Canberra A-League side this
morning.
$2.5 million. We need $6 million and a strong supporter base to get in. With a number of investors
already on board we just need to prove to the FFA we have 5000 Foundation Members. www.
Three Cities left for two slots:
That's how I read it.
SMH's Mike Cockerill is rerporting today that Townsville and Gold Goast will officially get the nod
for 2009 on Thursday. But more interesting to me is the comments from FFA Chief Ben Buckley on the
other two places froo 2010.
With consortiums from Canberra and Wollongong, and two competing bids
from Melbourne, also pressing to join the league, there is little doubt the A-League will expand
further to become a 12-team competition by 2010.
Anthony Hatton is organising the Canberra A-League fans trip to Sydney v Perth on December the
21st.
T-Shirts, match tickets, travel to and from, Anthony's organised the lot for $85.
Within 30 minutes he's filled a 50 seater bus and got two potential sponsors!!!
How many other clubs could boast such support two years out for a team that doesn't exist.
Foundation Memberships moved past 700 this week. And SBS are expected to show a piece on the
Canberra A-League Bid on Sunday from 5pm.
http://www.a-league4canberra.com.au/currentMembers.cfm
Canberra FC keeper Nathan Denham is the latest local player to sign-up. Who knows he may get a gig
as the keeper.
