Five years in and the honeymoon is over for the A-LeagueAfter 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.
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World Cup: FFA to The Age: we’re not mucking about, enough is enough
What on earth is going on with the Football Federation of Australia’s legal action against The Age? One Age insider described it as “bizarre.”
Iraq vs Socceroos yet another Sepp Blatter power play
On the question of Iraq v the Socceroos, Sepp Blatter’s unsanctioned threats to the Iraq Football Federation are entirely in character, writes Francis Leach.
Hostile mainstream media blows A-League hooliganism out of proportion
Those tuning in to their Sunday night commercial TV bulletins around Melbourne last weekend were treated to an old-fashioned tabloid set piece reagarding the A-League match between Sydney and Melbourne. Sadly, the facts didn’t quite justify the headline hype, writes Francis Leach.
