It’s easy to write his comments off as some kind of spurned kook, but as time progresses it’s looking more and more likely he might be on to something (although all of the issues that the game faces aren’t TV-related and stopped clocks are right twice a day).
It’s hard to say that the A-League(s) rights deal has been a success - it can only at best get a pass mark.
And it’s fair to question whether that was a smart move or not - while it’s become a bit of a trend for lower-tier sports to take on the responsibility of self-production, it’s not going to be something that suits every sport.
It also doesn’t apply to the other major sports because predominately they’re far and away the pinnacle competitions of the sport, whereas the competition of talent in Football spreads far and wide. That said, the sport needs to live within its means and that might mean that some players ultimately need to be paid less, especially if the money simply isn’t there.
The game is going to eat itself yet again if its not careful and I doubt there is going to be someone swoop in to rescue it like the Lowy family did last time
It’s hard to tell who is at fault for some of the bad decision making. The a league was going down hill when Fox dropped it .
I found Fox Sports coverage better than p+ but that could of been partly due to the product getting worse. P+ did have teething problems at the start and their platform is not the easiest to navigate through (a league women needs to go back to being the W league) , some football is hidden exclusively on 10play, but their coverage is reasonable.
Don’t know if p+ is to blame for coverage of games overlapping each other but I preferred Fox continues coverage rather than leaving it on the post game of one game and missing the start of the next game
Sam Kerr's Chelsea FC have been crowned the WSL champions for a historic fifth time, while in France, Ellie Carpenter made history with Olympique Lyonnais Féminin winning the nation's D1F for a record-breaking 17th time.
Just discovered this Football topics discussion thread. Always looking for a place for football related as no one I know discusses football with me (except my physio and podiatrist). My ALeague team, Melbourne Victory is in the Grand Final but EPL team, Manchester United had a bad year.
This is an interesting article in The Age about the team in my local area, Western United. Hope it works out for them better than AFL Park worked out for the the AFL and Hawthorn.
Newcastle United beat Tottenham 5-4 in penalties in tonight’s friendly at the MCG, after scores were locked at one-all at the end of regulation time. Harrison Ashby scored the winning penalty kick for Newcastle.
The attendance was 78,419.
After the match, the Spurs squad is travelling straight to Melbourne Airport for its flight home, while Newcastle stays in the city for Friday evening’s clash against A-League All Stars.
Living in Gosford, you wouldn’t know the Mariners are in the Grand Final. Shouldn’t there be banners and streamers along the streets? Live events and open training sessions? Are the A-League doing any promotion?
Global Football Week ended with a doubleheader at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium last night.
In the curtain raiser, Newcastle United, which fielded a youth side, was thumped 8-0 by the A-League Men All Stars, while the A-League Women All Stars was edged out 1-0 by Arsenal.
Central Coast Mariners have gone back to back, coming from behind to defeat Melbourne Victory 3-1 in extra time in tonight’s A-League Men grand final, after scores were locked at one-all at the end of 90 minutes.
Mariners’ Ryan Edmondson scored two goals, one in first minute of regulation second half added time, then the other with three minutes to go in extra time. He was named player of the match and received the Joe Marston Medal.
The win gave the Mariners the triple - the premiership, the championship and AFC Cup - in the same season.
Conversely, it is the fifth time as the manager of the losing grand final side for Tony Popovic.
The winner of Johnny Warren Medal for best player of the season is Josh Nisbet of Central Coast.
The other end of season award winners can be found at this link.
Manchester United had a shock 2-1 win over City in the FA Cup final, but it may not be enough to save the job of manager Eric Ten Hag.
Later, Celtic beat Rangers 1-0 in the Scottish Cup final.
The night ended with the AFC Champions League final. Al Ain thrashed Yokohama 5-1 to win 6-3 in aggregate. It’s Al Ain’s second title and it also gets the final Asian berth at next year’s FIFA Club World Cup in USA.
A very happy Saints fan today with the return to the Premier League this morning! Southampton weren’t perfect in the game, but Leeds were just poor and never really looked like troubling the defence until late.
Australia drew 1-1 with China in the first women’s friendly at Adelaide Oval tonight, in front of 52,912 fans. With former Matildas mentor Ante Milicic at the helm, the reigning Asian Cup champions took the lead at the half hour mark through Linyan Zhang, and the home side had to wait until the 5th minute of second half stoppage time to equalise, when Michelle Heyman tapped-in from a goalmouth scramble after a Mary Fowler free kick was fumbled by China’s goalkeeper.
Meanwhile in Perth, 56,522 people saw a highly entertainment exhibition match between Italian giants AC Milan and AS Roma. Roma beat Milan 5-2, with three goals scored in four minutes early in the second half.
It has been bought by Racing NSW boss Peter V’Landys for $5 million, according to The Sunday Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield. V’Landys will use the company to cover racing and other sports, and says he will look for other opportunities, including talking to the A-League again.
The Matildas completed their preparations for the Paris Olympics with a 2-0 win over China at Sydney’s Accor Stadium tonight. Clare Wheeler and Hayley Raso scored goals both in the second half.
Despite being a school night, the crowd was very good at 76,798.
My ALeague team, Melbourne Victory is in the Grand Final but EPL team, Manchester United had a bad year.