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Gold Coast will close three sides of their stadium to save costs, almost $60,000 per game as ticket
sales are sluggish ahead of their weekend game against Victory.
Not a great look on TV, not a great move by the Club but blame not Clive Palmer and co, no point
your barrels at the FFA.
They let the Gold Coast on the back of what, research, community support, list of sponsors,
memberships etc etc, no they gave in to a big $12 million cheque plonked on a table.
Technical Development, kids playing more football, need to grow the game at all levels.
Well the FFA have been talking "bullshit," for many years now when it comes to Canberra and the
wider region.
In Canberra no boy can play outside of Canberra in a Canberra team, in a NSW Youth League, NSW
Premier League, in an A-League Youth team or A-League team.
Chips anyone?
Last season Central Coast Mariners brought their pedestrian A-League team down to Canberra for two
home games; against Perth Glory and bottom placed Adelaide United.
With the FFA dudding Canberra's A-League bid just days before the games, (great marketing from the
FFA) fans were furious with the games although over 5,000 still attended the games - what many
A-League clubs wouldn't give for that crowd now - and it will be interesting to see what crowd the
Mariners get when they play their next "home" game in Sydney at the SFS.
So Western Sydney are to die on Thursday so we're told. No money. Not when they ditched Canberra
for the West and not now.......leaving Canberra football exactly where?
The fair city of Canberra with thousands of players in it's city walls and surrounding lands still
has not one State Youth team, not one State Premier League team, not one National Youth team and of
course no A-League Youth team.
So if ACT Cricket, the sports peak body in Canberra, can start to strategise to get a National Big
Bash Franchise in coming years as they said they were in the weekends paper, why is Capital
Football, our Peak Body so incompetent at getting any football for our young boys beyond the
borders of our city?
Belconnen United, Canberra FC, Woden Valley and Capital Football should sit down and plan how the
Canberra United Mens team starts to move forward...and quick.
Entry into the NSW Premier League or even the State League, a team funded by the four groups above
in equal parts, and run by some amalgamation of the above group, should be a priority with the
focus on building a player base for a future A-League team.
2. If you want more money, get another job
Canberra Premier League Clubs are shooting themselves and the local game in the foot.
When Belconnen United, Canberra FC or whoever have to find tens of thousands of dollars to pay
players each year to run around in the local Premier League they are ripping hard earned money out
of the junior game, the development game.
Centre of Excellence one step closer to reality
Following last week's confirmation of $10 million in Federal Government funding, the Central Coast
Mariners trust has taken another significant step in the creation of its Centre of Excellence at
Tuggerah, with an agreement now in place for the construction of up to 10 multi use outdoor sports
courts.
Nearpost will campaign to remove ACT Sports Minister Andrew Barr at the next election.
If you think Canberra's 20,000 players and families deserve more for football please forward this
story to your friends, through facebook, through twitter etc.
ACT Sports Minister Andrew Barr has stunned and upset the football community of Canberra with his
generous offer of $650,000 per game to bring Greater Western Sydney Giants to play three in-season
games in the Capital.
