http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victor ... 7236075338More than 650,000 people played indoor and outdoor soccer in 2013-14
Great news. The real issue IMO is though how do we get more participants attending football matches?
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victor ... 7236075338More than 650,000 people played indoor and outdoor soccer in 2013-14
True. Hopefully games like Liverpool coming to town as well can be great icebreakers for getting kids/families along to games more.There's definitely an inferiority complex about professional football in Australia.
Having old pros like Schwarzer (who hasn't played in Aus for 20 years) being dismissive about it certainly doesn't help.
Neither does young players doing everything they can to piss off immediately to some foreign league where the standard of play is no better than the A-League.
Thankfully both are changing .. albeit slowly
Pissing off for substantially bigger paychecks - wouldn't you do the same in a short time career?There's definitely an inferiority complex about professional football in Australia.
Having old pros like Schwarzer (who hasn't played in Aus for 20 years) being dismissive about it certainly doesn't help.
Neither does young players doing everything they can to piss off immediately to some foreign league where the standard of play is no better than the A-League.
Thankfully both are changing .. albeit slowly
Substantially bigger in the greek second division or equivalent somewhere else i europe?Pissing off for substantially bigger paychecks - wouldn't you do the same in a short time career?There's definitely an inferiority complex about professional football in Australia.
Having old pros like Schwarzer (who hasn't played in Aus for 20 years) being dismissive about it certainly doesn't help.
Neither does young players doing everything they can to piss off immediately to some foreign league where the standard of play is no better than the A-League.
Thankfully both are changing .. albeit slowly
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/ffa- ... z48rjMkW8eIn the cut-throat world of professional sport in Australia, popularity doesn't necessarily mean profit. This is something football knows only too well. Participation has never been the game's problem. Monetising it has.
https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/foo ... ort-459877Football is Australia’s largest club-based participation sport by a wide margin with over 400,000 more participants than AFL, more than twice as many as cricket and four times as many as rugby league.
More teams, more games!https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/foo ... ort-459877Football is Australia’s largest club-based participation sport by a wide margin with over 400,000 more participants than AFL, more than twice as many as cricket and four times as many as rugby league.
I love one of the comments from Facebook on this article.
"Gallop is highlighting to everyone that he owns the fastest car in the neighbourhood, but he can't drive."
Just imagine if every person involved in the game had an interest in the HAL.
Yes, some momentum would be nice.More teams, more games!https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/foo ... ort-459877Football is Australia’s largest club-based participation sport by a wide margin with over 400,000 more participants than AFL, more than twice as many as cricket and four times as many as rugby league.
I love one of the comments from Facebook on this article.
"Gallop is highlighting to everyone that he owns the fastest car in the neighbourhood, but he can't drive."
Just imagine if every person involved in the game had an interest in the HAL.
Expand the league now!
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Yes, it's the only way forward.Yes, some momentum would be nice.More teams, more games!https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/foo ... ort-459877Football is Australia’s largest club-based participation sport by a wide margin with over 400,000 more participants than AFL, more than twice as many as cricket and four times as many as rugby league.
I love one of the comments from Facebook on this article.
"Gallop is highlighting to everyone that he owns the fastest car in the neighbourhood, but he can't drive."
Just imagine if every person involved in the game had an interest in the HAL.
Expand the league now!
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