Strikers boss Bruce Dinsdale cited issues with FFA processBidders concerned about lack of financial dividendsThere are 15 consortium bidding to join the A-League but National Soccer League winners Brisbane Strikers won’t be one of them after pulling ou…
FFA must elect a new congress, but no women have been invited onto that working groupHeather Reid was the CEO of the ACT football federation (known as Capital Football) for 12 years. She was the first woman to lead an Australian state football associat…
Draw sees top-seeded Australia avoid regional powerhouses of Japan, South Korea and Iran in group phaseGraham Arnold’s Socceroos will face familiar foes in their defence of the Asian Cup at next year’s tournament in the United Arab Emirates.The draw fo…
Eight-member panel tasked with solving governance crisis State federations, A-League, PFA and FFA representedAn independent chairperson will lead an eight-member panel that has been tasked by Fifa with fixing the broken governance structures of Footbal…
The world governing body has established its authority but we wait to see if Fifa 2.0 really existsWe still don’t know how Australian football’s civil war will end, but we now know Fifa will orchestrate its conclusion. “Fifa will now decide on the term…
Delegation in Sydney to force democratic reformClubs and member federations to meet on WednesdayAustralian football’s protracted civil war is set to enter volatile territory when A-League clubs and state member federations push their cases to Fifa. Aft…
The Dutchman has no incentive to invest in the future of Australian footballBert van Marwijk made a solid first impression as Socceroos coach last week. He lobbied persuasively for his career to be appraised without such laser beam focus on the notorio…
Small number of local and international names in frameFormal interviews with candidates to begin soonThe next Socceroos coach will be appointed in mid-February after Football Federation Australia confirmed it was in the final stages of its selection pr…
Small number of local and international names in frameFormal interviews with candidates to begin soonThe next Socceroos coach will be appointed in mid-February after Football Federation Australia confirmed it was in the final stages of its selection pr…
Postecoglou’s legacy is unclear and the A-League in decline, but evolution of FFA is an opportunity to alter the status quo2017 was a weird year for Australian football. It was the best of times and it was the worst of times, occasionally simultaneousl…
Our resident cartoonist takes a look at what gifts might be sent over the festive period, including a Graham Arnold action figureTake a look back through David’s archive of Australian cartoonsAnd David’s only got another book out. More details here Con…
Updates from the second Sydney derby of the seasonGet in touch with Jonathan by email or Twitter 9.15am GMT 16 min: Big job now for this unfamiliar Wanderers outfit to claw the game back against the champions. Bonevacia thinks he’s up to the task, taki…
Opting for a body consensual in nature but under Fifa/AFC direction, resolution should occur with minimum of damageIt feels somewhat perverse to praise Fifa’s acumen during a week in which its handling of Russia has re-alerted the football community to…
Fifa was widely expected to recommend Lowy and his board be removed and a normalisation committee be installedFootball Federation Australia chairman Steven Lowy has avoided the sack and a Fifa takeover of the local game after the world governing body a…
After two years of failure to resolve the governance crisis, Lowy’s suggestion of further meditation is fancifulLater on Monday, in a conference room in Zurich, the 19 representatives of Fifa’s Member Associations Committee will gather to sift through …
Fifa intervention could have ramifications for Australian national sidesWorld governing body set to take over after FFA plans for reform rejectedThe Socceroos and Matildas will be watching nervously for Fifa’s next move amid the unlikely but alarming p…
FFA’s plans fail to garner requisite support at AGMFFA chairman Steven Lowy’s position in jeopardy Football in Australia is set to fall under the control of Fifa after Football Federation Australia’s plans for congressional reform were rejected by its …
Fans mock commercial tie-up that chief executive David Gallop hails a way to ‘expand the football family’In the midst of a governance crisis, Football Federation Australia has announced it has teamed up with Walt Disney for a Star Wars round, to kick o…
Fifa intervention a real possibility with ongoing concerns over gerrymandering; gender equity; a second division and moreFootball Federation Australia’s Annual General Meeting takes place in Sydney on Thursday. This is the final opportunity for Austral…
Football Federation Victoria will not back FFA chairman at EGMLowy’s proposed congress changes fall ‘significantly short’ of markSteven Lowy’s grip on power at the top of Australian football has been dealt a colossal blow after the decisive voter in th…
