Australian Football - United

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The last few weeks have seen the Australian football community shaken to the core.

Clive Palmer's shanaigans have up until recently always been a bit of a novelty, a side-show in the wild ride known as Gold Coast United.

Many fans laughed off these little acts of rebellion, such as the crowd cap and the closure of 'the beach' active supporter area, thankful that their club wasn't effected however as we all know Palmer's act soon came to effect more then the fans of Gold Coast and turned heads in the mainstream media.

I'm not going to describe in detail how Clive Palmer has and plans to challenge the FFA I simply want to raise a question that has been on my mind.

How will football fans be effected?

Palmer's FA threatens not just the FFA's credibility but everyone else involved in the game in Australia.

Should Palmer decide to launch the 'Super A-League' its players are at risk of losing FIFA recognition and the chance to play in FIFA recognised tournaments.

Most worryingly though is what could happen to Australia's Football fans.

Division.

Australia's football community needs to work together and after 7 years of A-League football, signs suggests that this unity is slowly establishing itself.

Football fans all have common goals, they want to see the Socceroos succeed, they want more fans at the games (regardless of ethnicity) and they want to see Australia produce better football and footballing opportunities.

Palmer needs to learn to work with the FFA and the FFA need to learn how to listen to the fans and even to Clive Palmer.

United we stand, divided we fall.

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