One of the points in Frank Lowry's speech I failed to touch on in my last blog was the idea of
moving the start time of the A-League Season to the first week in October.
After a honeymoon that was the first three seasons it has become blindingly obvious in the last two
that the A-League struggles to make any impact in the mass media in the August/September period.
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I have a huge amount of respect for Frank Lowry. Five years ago Frank was the driving force behind
the rebirth of football in this country. The creation of the A-league, the move to Asia and the
recruitment of Guus Hiddink all contributed to a resurgence of the game here in Australia.
However I do wonder if Frank understands that all of this new found love for the game may evaporate
if a few missteps are made.
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What you're looking at is a picture of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (left), FFA chairman
Frank Lowry, and, of course, FIFA president Sepp Blatter (far right) who all got together to
discuss Australia's World Cup bid having a little kick around outside FIFA headquarters in
Zurich.
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