Noted Gold Coast diver Robson has been booked for drink driving. Given Clive Palmer's comments after the Farina case and the rumoured role in Frank's dismissal, it will be interesting to see what the punishment will be. 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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TOP of the morning to ya, on this fine Thursday morning.
The Internet is a grand thing. Having all that information at your fingertips, ready to go at the click of a button.
For example, a couple clicks here and there, and you can find out the distance between Perth and Wellington is 5257. Click to continue reading...

In the (self-dubbed) newbie derby, Gold Coast have been defeated by a rampant North Queensland Fury side. Robbie Fowler lead the team from start to finish, getting on the scoresheet twice. The defeat has added to the horrible week that the Gold Coast have suffered, including a 6-0 whitewash by Wellington, and a huge condemnation by the public over club owner Clive Palmer's (right) decision to cap crowds at 5,000 to save money.

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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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AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:

1. HALLOWEEN I DECIDED TO BE A MONK FOR HALLOWEEN AGAIN THIS YEAR AND I ASKED MY FRIEND MICHAL ZEWLAKOW TO BE A MONK AGAIN TOO BUT HE SAID WE SHOULD BE MICHAEL JACKSONS AND I SAID "AHHHHHHH BUT I WANT TO BE A MONK!

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Given all the glowing publicity surrounding the new Gold Coast United franchise early in the season, including a cloying puff piece on Channel 9's 60 Minutes, this makes particularly depressing reading.
Yes, stadium deals are tricky things. Sydney FC, for one, suffered from an onerous deal with the SFS (Aussie Stadium, as it then was) in the first A-League season, one which was largely responsible for the loss the club made in 2005/06. Click to continue reading...

Clive Palmer, The owner of new Australian A-League club Gold Coast United, is sick and tired of people not coming (they have the smallest average attendance in the league at 4,500) to see his team play in the 27,400 seat Robina Stadium that he's overpaying to rent for home matches, so he's opted to go with perhaps the dumbest PR move a club owner has ever attempted by closing all but one side of the stadium and only allowing a maximum of 5,000 people in for each game.

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Will Clive Palmer limit crowds to 5000 at Skilled Park? "We believe Clive's financial resources will support the bid – there's no question about that," Buckley said. "More importantly there's a demonstrated commitment to engage with the Gold Coast community. That's a very important part of the proposal as well" Courier Mail, June 3, 2008 "the club informed [. Click to continue reading...

"I wish it hadn't (lost some edge) because it was always good for the game," Rudan said. ....
"It's really been timid and a little bit boring (since), there's not enough characters in the game. "I've been away (overseas) for a couple of years and this season there haven't been any outrageous comments or anything like that to give you a good laugh. Click to continue reading...

Its been just over a month since I last put fingers to keyboard and tapped out a paragraph or two for this blog and a lot has happened in that time. Crowds continue to be a major talking point and I was very pleased to see Gold Coast and Brisbane take steps to reduce their ticket prices and make them more affordable for the general fan. Click to continue reading...

Nationally download Who are the last seven teams to qualify for the last SIX world Cups (not England) and we tell you why Paddy Bordier thinks Nicky over Holman and Eamonn says no way.
Russ Gibbs W-League wrap, did they count the Gold Coast Ambo's who attended to Clive Palmer in the crowd numbers at the Roar game on the weekend. Click to continue reading...

WHEN FP heard there was going to to be a pre-match press conference between the two owners of Perth Glory and Gold Coast United – Tony 'James Bond' Sage and Clive Palmer respectively - he thought their would be some fireworks.
When you have two men who are unafraid to speak their minds, and aren't dimwits in drumming up publicity, surely there would be some good copy flying around. Click to continue reading...

GOLD Coast United owner Clive Palmer once referred to his team as the 'Harlem Globetrotters' of the A-League.
Apparently, in his humble opinion, the Gold Coast would go around to all the other clubs and boost their attendances and make them money.
With that in mind, it seems a bit weird that the arrival of 'the New Bling' has been met with almost no hype at all here in Perth. Click to continue reading...

by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
RIGHTO, so FP is back again.
Having a cousin over from the 'Mother Country' coupled with writing a couple of articles for various fanzines (more on that later) have left the blog a bit unattended.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Morning y'all. Hopefully this finds you well. As some may have noticed, FP has deliberately stayed away from posting for a couple of days after that tragic loss to the Central Coast Mariners on Friday.
He could have throw something, choked someone or kicked anything after that game. Click to continue reading...

Before our first home game a couple of weeks ago a 60 minutes crew joined our Supporters Club at the Dog and Parrot. They were there as part of a story on Clive Palmer, our club owner. We were filmed singing our chants and then a few of us were interviewed by Charles Wooley. It was a fun afternoon. Click to continue reading...

Smeltz got 4 and Minniecon 1. Any score was possible. Fury's back 4 are just not good enough.
But neither is Gold Coast's fan base. How do all these stars feel about playing for less than they are worth and in front of a one third full stadium? And the pitch was very, very poor. How about spending some millions on that. Click to continue reading...

Clive Palmer told SHM that Gold Coast would attract an acerage crowd of 6,000 to 7,000. Surely he is trying to make it look good? They should take that many Brisbane fans.
NQ Fury said they need to sell and average of 12,000 tickets to break-even. They sold 9,000 for their first match. Ouch. Click to continue reading...

by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Something a little different then my usual Glory posts. This was originally going to be part of a weekly blog on 442, however, I decided to post it on here. Enjoy.
I wonder what it's like to spend one day as CCU owner Clive Palmer...
MY name is Clive Palmer and I am going to go through the whole day – undefeated. Click to continue reading...

The wait is over, the first match played and a surprise result already. Season previews and bookie odds are in tatters after a team most tipped to finish in the bottom three up staged last years premiers (and bookies favourite) to take the points in the opening match.
To be honest Victory hardly looked interested in the first half. Click to continue reading...

"The inclusion of Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury gives football a very large footprint in Queensland, and should also provide some fantastic local derbies and contribute to more fascinating Hyundai A-League rivalries," Buckley said.

"I want to thank Clive Palmer (Gold Coast United) and Don Matheson (North Queensland Fury) for being instrumental in helping us take this first step into an expanded Hyundai A-League.

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NEW A-League franchise Gold Coast United expect to field a near full-strength team in their final pre-season friendly against Perth Glory in Bunbury on Saturday.
The United squad, thanks to the private jet of owner Clive Palmer, arrived in Bunbury yesterday to prepare for the match against Perth. Click to continue reading...

Por Lola Dirceu

Increíble la rima (y la grima) que producen los parecidos de este incatalogable magnate del fútbol de ultraultraultramar: es idéntico a Benny Hill, tiene trazas de Toni Genil y recuerda por su perímetro de cetáceo a Jesús Gil. Ahí le tienen, el Florentino de Oceanía, Tío Gilito con el marsupio a reventar de pasta.

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