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	www.myfootball.com.au /Legals.htm (786 words)

	Football Federation Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Football Federation Australia (FFA) is the governing body for the sport of football (soccer) in Australia.
		Until 2004 the national competition was the National Soccer League; the FFA launched a new national league in 2005, the A-League.
		The move was unanimously endorsed by the AFC executive committee on 23 March 2005, and assented by the OFC in 17 April.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Football_Federation_Australia (458 words)

	Football (soccer) in Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although professionally the sport remains relatively less popular in Australia than the other codes of football in Australia, a domestic competition in the form of the A-League has been established and a national team competes in the Asian Football Confederation.
		A Victorian association, the Anglo-Australian Football Association was founded in 1884; the Queensland British Football Association followed in 1889; the Western Australian British Football Association in 1896 (renamed the Western Australian Soccer Football Association in September 1925); the South Australian British Football Association in 1902; and a Tasmanian association in about 1910-1912.
		This league, and Soccer Australia, were disbanded in 2004 and replaced by the A-League and by Football Federation Australia respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soccer_in_Australia (1191 words)

	- Football - Sport - smh.com.au
		AUSTRALIA is serious about bidding for the 2018 World Cup following the decision by the world governing body, FIFA, to scrap its rotation policy but will have to embark on a massive stadium development program.
		ZURICH: Brazil's long wait to stage the World Cup was set to end early today, Sydney time, when, as the only candidate, it was expected to be named host nation of the 2014 finals.
		Football Federation Australia (FFA) chief executive Ben Buckley says Australia is ``very serious'' about bidding to host the 2018 World Cup after FIFA scrapped its rotation policy overnight.
	www.smh.com.au /sport/football (821 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Football \| News \| Football: Australia offer £6m to keep Hiddink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Australia are ready to offer Guus Hiddink a four-year contract worth £6m to head off any interest that the Football Association might have in appointing the Dutchman as the next England manager.
		However, Football Federation Australia, conscious of the mounting speculation surrounding him, plans to offer the 59-year-old a lucrative long-term contract in the hope of retaining his services.
		Football's profile has increased in Australia after the play-off victory over Uruguay last year and Lowy, who is passionate about the sport, believes that keeping Hiddink at the helm is crucial to maintaining that momentum.
	football.guardian.co.uk /News_Story/0,,1695948,00.html (402 words)

	Football in Australia - Stories from Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal
		Football in Australia has traditionally been a male sport, but starting in the late twentieth century women began playing from a grassroots level to the highest levels of the game.
		The football code an Australian plays or follows is often dictated by where they live, their cultural heritage, or by the code they were taught at school.
		Australia's first rugby club, the Sydney University Football Club, was founded in 1863, and the Southern Rugby Football Union (later called the Australian Rugby Football Union) was founded in 1875.
	www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/football (1312 words)

	Football Federation Australia Travel::The Dream
		Football, for so long the poor relation of Australian sport, was the talk of the nation after the Socceroos secured their first FIFA World Cup finals appearance in more than three decades by beating Uruguay on penalties in their dramatic Sydney play-off.
		Football in these parts was once seen as the preserve of immigrant communities and such names as Aloisi, Bresciano and Viduka on the Socceroos team sheet testify to that.
		Peter Smith, communications manager of Football Federation Australia (FFA), described the crowd in the Telstra Stadium as "a broad cross-section of Australian society" and with the new national A-League up and running since August and the federation's impending move to the Asian Football Confederation, there is real hope that football's mainstream appeal will grow.
	www.ffatravel.com.au /index.php?id=138 (749 words)

	Persian Football News
		The OFC'S Executive Commitee, meeting in Noumea in New Caledonia on Sunday, unanimously gave its approval for Australia to resign from the OFC, a move which the Australia Football Federation set in motion at the end of February.
		"The move of Australia to Asia is one the executive and I fully support as it will further develop football in Australia and at the same time provide many opportunities for the remaining OFC members," OFC president Reynald Temarii said on Sunday.
		Australia have to beat the Solomon Islands home and away and then a yet-to-be determined fifth-placed team from South America to reach the 2006 finals.
	www.persianfootball.com /readstory.php?storyid=EEEFlpFFEyqSrrtUYp (317 words)

	Sports Australia - Football News Article: Sydney to Host FIFA World Cup Play-offs [June 2, 2005] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mr Carr made the announcement this morning at the Sydney Opera House, where he was joined by Football Federation Australia chairman Mr Frank Lowy AC, FFA CEO Mr John O’Neill AO, Qantas Socceroos Assistant Coach Graham Arnold and current Socceroo Jason Culina.
		It was also revealed that the Oceania playoff between Australia and the Solomon Islands, another of the series of matches, would be played at Aussie Stadium in Sydney.
		Mr Lowy and Mr O’Neill both said the FFA was delighted to bring the final stage of the world cup qualifiers to Sydney after the previous two had been held in Melbourne.
	sportsaustralia.com /articles/jun05/artid3172.html (932 words)

	Colorado Rapids. The official site of the Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer Team. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		FFA chief executive John O'Neill said the push to join Asia was part of a long-term strategy to improve the commercial and competitive nature of soccer in a country where it lags behind the more popular football codes of Australian Rules, rugby union and rugby league.
		Australia have long entertained thoughts of joining Asia but the move intensified after FIFA went back on its promise to award Oceania direct entry to the 2006 World Cup.
		Australia are the dominant force in the region but have qualified for the World Cup only once, in 1974.
	www.coloradorapids.com /news/newsdetails_global.asp?ID=1045 (447 words)

	Irankicks Football Talk - Australia a step closer to Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Australia has moved a step closer in its quest to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) unanimously endorsed Football Federation of Australia's (FFA) proposal to resign from OFC.
		With the AFC having unanimously approved the invitation of Australia to Asia, Saturday's decision by the OFC means Australia has cleared another hurdle in its bid to be formally accepted into the AFC.
		The move of Australia to Asia is one the Executive and I fully support as it will further develop football in Australia and at the same time provide many opportunities for the remaining OFC members," OFC President, Reynald Temarii said.
	www.irankicks.com /ikboard/printthread.php?t=29774 (168 words)

	Australian Football Fixation: Football – Australia's Next Sporting Fixation.
		Football will also become the vehicle with which Australia strengthens its cultural, political and business ties with Asian countries.
		The national euphoria surrounding Australia’s World Cup qualifying triumph is just the beginning of an exciting and prosperous future for Australian football.
		Under the expert leadership of Frank Lowy and John O’Neill, Football Federation Australia has established a national professional football league, secured membership to the vast riches of the Asian Football Confederation and accomplished that all important goal of World Cup qualification.
	footballfixation.blogspot.com /2005/11/football-australias-next-sporting.html (433 words)

	Critics flay soccer's TV deal - Soccer - Sport - theage.com.au
		Football Federation Australia believes the money earned from the pay TV deal will help grow the game.
		A LEADING Sydney academic has warned that Football Federation Australia's lucrative pay television deal was ill-advised and an opportunity lost, despite assurances from football's top echelon that the contract was necessary to ensure the sport's survival in Australia.
		Whether it was the right decision, the FFA's deal with Fox represents instant gratification for the code, which a couple of years ago was worth very little.
	www.theage.com.au /news/soccer/critics-flay-soccers-tv-deal/2006/06/03/1148956588157.html (866 words)

	Persian Football News
		AFC - MELBOURN, Over the past two days, there has been much discussion in the media concerning the alleged fact that the Football Federation of Australia will be joining the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as a new member.
		Certain reports, published in the Australian and global media, have claimed that a decision has been reached and that the Football Federation of Australia has joined, or will be joining the AFC.
		While the AFC Presidency, OFC and the Australian football administrationâs top management believe that such a move could be mutually beneficial to all parties, any such decision concerning membership to AFC must be in agreement with the worldâs football governing body, FIFA.
	www.persianfootball.com /readstory.php?storyid=EEEpVZAFZlxuYUHWHy (230 words)

	The Premier Of Victoria, Australia - Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Premier, Steve Bracks, and Football Federation Australia Chairman Mr Frank Lowy AC, today announced Victoria had secured a package of world class football events over the next four years, including this year’s match between Australia and Greece.
		The agreement between FFA and VMEC sees an annual Socceroo match in Melbourne for the next four years plus investment in the community through the forming of a joint government and football working committee.
		Coca-Cola Australia Managing Director Gareth Edgecombe said they were proud to give Australians the chance to wish the team all the best in Germany through the Powerade Cup.
	www.premier.vic.gov.au /newsroom/news_item.asp?id=769 (573 words)

	USATODAY.com - Roundup: UEFA to start out-of-competition drug tests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Football Federation Australia said it and Farina had mutually agreed to end his contract.
		Australia lost 4-3 to host Germany and 4-2 to Argentina and was humbled 2-0 by Tunisia at the Confederations Cup in Germany this month.
		Australia has a wealth of soccer talent at its disposal — players like Liverpool star Harry Kewell and fellow Premiership star Mark Viduka — but the team's members rarely get to play together and tend to underachieve.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/world/2005-06-29-roundup_x.htm (1417 words)

	The myth of the dirty Socceroo - Football - Fox Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		New to the World Cup arena, Australia's softly, softly approach would be fine if proper etiquette were being exercised, but the Aussies have brought their table manners to the viking banquet.
		As for conspiracy theories, let's face it, this assassination of Australian football is aimed solely at the referees, conditioning them for a geared response once the battle has begun.
		No doubt Australia used to be a physical, rough team, but that was a generation ago when it had to compensate for its lack of skill.
	foxsports.news.com.au /story/0,8659,19546628-23215,00.html (771 words)

	Sports Minister announces drive to boost number of young footballers
		Senator Kemp commended the Football Federation of Australia for its leadership and direction in steering reforms of the game, in facilitating a new era of professionalism with the introduction of the new national A-league and its initiatives to grow participation in football at the grassroots level.
		Football Anytime aims to attract an equal number of boys and girls to the program,” Senator Kemp said.
		Football Anytime provides kids with six one-hour sessions of activities, coaching instruction, training and development as well as a football pack.
	www.ausport.gov.au /fulltext/2005/ascmedia/20051018.asp (516 words)

	Sportal.com.au - Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Football Federation Australia are out to ensure the Socceroos don't take another 32 years to qualify for the World Cup, by launching an elite player development initiative which is designed to keep Australia at the top level of international football for generations to come.
		In an unprecedented move for Australian sport, FFA will design a programme combining existing over-seas methods and domestic techniques to identify and develop the best young football talent in Australia.
		FFA Chief Executive Officer John O’Neill was also optimistic about the new initiative, which would hopefully start to produce international-standard footballers on domestic soil.
	www.sportal.com.au /soccer.asp?i=news&id=83575 (309 words)

	Telstra - About Telstra - Media - Media Releases - Sporting Heavyweights unite to unveil Telstra Football Anytime ...
		Football Federation Australia together with the Australian Sports Commission and Telstra, today officially launched the new sports initiative 'Telstra Football Anytime'.
		However, this is not about moulding footballers of the future; it is about letting kids have fun and get fit by playing football anytime, anywhere and with anyone.
		This new program is a great introduction for children to play a flexible and simplified version of football without the pressures of a formal competition league," he said.
	www.telstra.com.au /abouttelstra/media/mediareleases_article.cfm?ObjectID=35596 (569 words)

	Sports Australia - Football 2006 Homepage
		Australia has bowed out of the 2006 World Cup in the most heartbreaking and controversial of circumstances, defeated in the dying minutes of the match...
		Football Federation Australia today reluctantly agreed to release Perth Glory midfielder and Hyundai A-League Rising Star, Nick Ward, to English Championship League Club Queens Park Rangers.
		Australia has twice come back from a one goal deficit to defy a frustrating Croatian side and advance to the second round of the World Cup after grinding out a hard-fought draw in Stuttgart.
	sportsaustralia.com /football (449 words)

	A-League - Fox Sports
		WHILE Australia's Socceroos make giant strides on the international stage, evidence the battle is still to be won domestically was provided in Perth yesterday.
		FOOTBALL Federation Australia has announced it will run A-League side Perth Glory next season, after failing to find a suitable owner to take over the club.
		FOOTBALL Federation Australia has promised Perth Glory supporters the uncertainty over who will take over ownership of the beleaguered A-League club will be resolved within days.
	foxsports.news.com.au /aleague?from=FS_hp?from=newshp (441 words)

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