Stephen Conroy has proposed a substantial overhaul of anti-siphoning — exploiting the fact that the current list doesn’t serve viewers.
A-League
Five years in and the honeymoon is over for the A-League
After five seasons of largely positive news, the A-league is beginning to go through a bit of a rough patch. The news is grim and, as Crikey reader Graham Hand writes, it looks like there is nothing that the FFA can do about it.
Despite the game’s popularity, fans give soccer the big A (League)
In Australia, soccer is the only football code listed in the top 10 sports … but participation is not translating into paying interest in the A-League, writes Crikey reader Graham Hand.
Family ties: the curse of sports fans
Last week, Neil Walker did something far worse to his four-year-old son than hitting him with a wooden spoon: he took him to his first football match.
Where are they now? Tracking Australia’s soccer talent
Australia’s soccer success has meant foreign clubs raiding A-League squads to sign the best young local players. Neil Walker tracks what’s happened to six likely lads since they jetted off.
Clive Palmer’s magic run continues
For the 10,336 fans at Robina’s Skilled Park home last night, the fairy-tale of a big debut A-League season starting in August for Gold Coast United is looking more and more likely.
Will ‘Marinergate’ be the last straw that breaks Belinda Neal?
Crikey understands a bitter row, annoyingly dubbed “Marinergate” by insiders, is brewing between Central Coast ratepayers and two cash-strapped local councils.
Melbourne Victory to play Fulham
The A-League’s Melbourne Victory will play English Premier League club Fulham in a friendly match at Etihad Stadium in July.
Robbie Fowler: a very rich man in a small pond
Townsville Fury’s new recruit, Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler, could probably buy the whloe A-League if he wanted to, having just made the Sunday Times’ 2009 UK rich list.
Soccer has the AFL rattled, that’s the real story
At issue is which code wins the right to use Melbourne’s Telstra Dome on Saturday week … and more than that, writes Charles Happell.
