The Beautiful Game

We all know of the many hardships football has had to face in this country and we will not dwell on the past in this post as we have in others. Needless to say Australia's national football team wasn't always as successful and well run as today. Few football fans truly appreciate the quality of the Socceroos on and off the pitch and following the recent 3-0 win against Oman in front of nearly 25,000 people in Sydney we thought it was about time we recognised and appreciated out national team for all that it is worth. On the field the Socceroos' results speak for themselves and despite the lesser caliber of opposition on should not discredit the hard work applied by the Aussies to keep a consistent record. People often forget how easy it is to lose a game of football, its what makes the game so exciting, knowing that both teams have a chance at the start of the game. The Socceroos haven't lost a game this year, and in a country that prides itself on sp...

Last year today, the A-League was only 2 months away from kick off and a number of big teams including Everton and Celtic were on there way down for friendlies. This year fans have been forced to wait 6 months for any A-League action with the season announced to start in October this poses a number of problems for the clubs, fans and possibly the A-League its self. The April to October football free marathon is frustrating passionate a-league fans with lack of A-League play and news and though the A-League needs this recovery time it must make sure that this never happens again. How will the FFA combat the A-League's long off-season in the future? Clubs stand to lose both attention and focus. It is a tough job for fans to get their footballing fix and the forced searching of news for 6 months will tire fans out. Teams have also taken their eye off the ball having longer breaks, some teams are only ending their post season this week! This begs the question, how will ...