FFA approves strip stars for champion clubs

[EdDog]

Stars honouring Australian football champions and cup-winning clubs will be introduced on playing strips immediately, Football Federation Australia (FFA) announced on Thursday.

This is really cool but a pity it doesn't recognise the premiership. And doesn't recognise the FFA Cup in perpetuity yet. But great start.

An outline of the policy is as follows:

Reigning champions:

Hyundai A-League / Westfield W-League
The reigning champions will play with a gold Hyundai A-League / Westfield W-League logo on the right breast in the season following their title with the word ‘Champions’ followed by the year under the logo.

Westfield FFA Cup
The winners will play with a gold Westfield FFA Cup logo on the right breast in the year following their title, with the word ‘Winners’ followed by the year under the logo.

History of titles won:

Hyundai A-League / Westfield W-League
Clubs can wear a silver star above their club logo in perpetuity once they have won a championship. For the second and subsequent titles, the star shall include a number contained in the middle of the star, which represents the number of titles won.

FFA Cup
Currently no sustained success element in place.

AFC Champions League
Clubs can wear a gold star above their club logo in perpetuity once they have won an AFC Champions League title. For the second title and subsequent titles, the star shall include a number contained in the middle of the star, which represents the number of titles won.

Read more at http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/ffa- ... 2fWqzxG.99

[Stuckey]

Its great but why does there have to be such a lame standard operating procedure to it?
Why couldn't they just let clubs do what they like organically?
Implementation like this just sterilises the game.

[shinAUFC]

Lack of premiership notoriety makes me sad

[Stuckey]

Lack of premiership notoriety makes me sad

I love how the AFC see things differently. FFA will learn that eventually.

[sevengoals]

I like the idea.