Clive Palmer’s breakaway association Football Australia launch inquiry into state of game
The rebel association has upped their assault on the FFA's governance of the game, launching a public com...
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Category:All, Asia, Australia, Gold Coast United
Traore heads Victory transfer wishlist
The player cull coach Jim Magilton wants at Melbourne Victory may not have started, but the replacements ...
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Category:A-League, Adama Traore, All, Football, Gallery
A-League Team of the Week: Week 23 – All hail the art of defence
Some quality defensive performances made it hard for the league's attacking players - check out who made ...
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Category:All, Andrew Durante, Asia, Asian Editorials, Australia
Jets scramble for 1-1 draw with Gold Coast
A dramatic Nikolai Topor-Stanley goal in the 90th minute gave the Newcastle Jets a last-gasp 1-1 A-League...
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Category:A-League, All, Football, Gallery, Gold Coast United
Newcastle Jets vs Gold Coast United: A-League live scores
Clive Palmer’s considerable shadow is hanging over Hunter Stadium, where Newcastle Jets will play h...
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Category:A-League, All, Football, Gallery, Gold Coast United
Revived Gold Coast a catalyst for ‘united’ success
It’s been a hectic period for Football Federation Australia, the A-League, and notably, besieged outfit...
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Category:A-League, A-League expansion, All, Ben Buckley, Clive Palmer
Media sources continue to bash football
Major media outlets across Australia continue to bash football and the A-League. A recent Herald Sun arti...
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Category:A-League, All, Football, Gallery, Gold Coast United
Gold Coast United supporters launch plan to save the embattled A-League side
The embattled A-League club's small group of supporters have come together to form a steering committee t...
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Category:All, Asia, Australia, Gold Coast United, Yahoo SE Asia
Supporters rally for Gold Coast United
A meeting of Gold Coast United supporters and fans has set up a steering committee to present an alternat...
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Category:A-League, All, Football, Football Federation Australia, Gallery
Gold Coast United’s plight will hit players hard
The likely demise of Gold Coast United at season’s end has cast a dark shadow over the A-League, but wh...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, Football, Gallery
Rees signs with Clive Palmer’s FA
Veteran Gold Coast defender Kristian Rees has taken a job as player relations officer with mining magnate...
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Category:All, Clive Palmer, FFA, Football, Football Australia
A-League Team of the Week: Week 22 – Several debutants make grade
There were first call-ups for several players after some bright performances - check out who made Goal.co...
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Category:All, Andrew Durante, Asia, Asian Editorials, Australia
PLAY IT SHORT (A-LEAGUE) II: Dismissing Palmer concerns only weakens A-League future
Clive Palmer achieved the unthinkable last week: he managed to unite both the FFA and the media in one g...
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Category:A-League, All, Brisbane Roar, Gold Coast United, North Queensland Fury Tags: Australia/Asia News
The day that Frank Lowy took his ball and went home
It is not unprecedented for the wealthy owner of a club to walk away from the game and refuse to play by ...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, FFA, Football
Wellington Phoenix vs Gold Coast United: A-League live scores, blog
It’s Gold Coast United, but not as you know it. Yes, Clive Palmer’s former club have travelle...
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Category:A-League, All, Football, Gallery, Gold Coast United
Door left open for A-League’s Gold Coast
The door was left ajar – slightly – for Gold Coast United to play on next season after A-Leag...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, Football, Gallery
Football schism an embarrassment to the game
If you thought the Gillard-Rudd stoush was childish, the war between Football Federation Australia and Cl...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, FFA, Football
Clive Palmer denied injunction, Gold Coast to play out season under FFA control
The Queensland club will face Wellington Phoenix as scheduled on Sunday after the renegade owner failed i...
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Category:All, Australia, Gold Coast United
Criticism mounts against Clive Palmer as Fifa, AFC, A-League clubs back FFA
The ongoing dispute between the FFA and Gold Coast United's billionaire owner threatens to overshadow the...
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Category:All, Asia, Australia, FIFA, Gold Coast United
Clive Palmer might be mad, but he’s not stupid
One could say a lot about Clive Palmer’s recent behaviour. But instead I’ll regale you with a...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, Football, Frank Lowy
Palmer challenges FFA – again
Confusion may have been created by mining magnate Clive Palmer’s reaction to being stripped of his ...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, Football, Gallery
Palmer’s insolent behaviour impossible for FFA to ignore
While football is growing in leaps and bounds on the pitch, off-field drama has circled the A-League thro...
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Category:A-League, All, Ben Buckley, Clive Palmer, FFA
What is the point of Palmer’s “Football Australia”?
Another day, another further stride into the mire for Australian football, thanks to rogue Gold Coast Uni...
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Category:A-League, All, Archie Fraser, Clive Palmer, FFA
The missing link to a successful A-League
The A-League is finally commanding large chunks of real-estate on the pages of our nation’s newspap...
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Category:A-League, All, FFA, Football, Gallery
Canberra and community owners are the next A-League steps
It’s a familiar sight across the globe, with Gold Coast United failing miserably to convert the wea...
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Category:A-League, A-League expansion, All, Football, Gallery
Lowy vs Palmer bound for courts
Let the battle of the billionaires begin. Gold Coast’s axing from the A-League on Wednesday set the...
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Category:All, Clive Palmer, FFA, Football, Frank Lowy
FFA should run Gold Coast, says Bleiberg
Foundation coach Miron Bleiberg has called for Football Federation Australia to launch a full takeover of...
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Category:A-League, All, FFA, Football, Football Federation Australia
Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer hits back, promises Football Federation Australia a fight
The mining magnate will not walk away from United without a fight, and wants the federal government to in...
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Category:All, Asia, Australia, Gold Coast United, Yahoo SE Asia
FFA terminate Gold Coast United FC: Full Press Release
The full press release from Football Federation Australia, announcing the issuing of a notice of terminat...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, FFA, Football
Gold Coast United’s licence has been revoked
Football Federation Australia has withdrawn the licence of the embattled club, but wants to field a team ...
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Category:All, Asia, Australia, Gold Coast United, Yahoo SE Asia
BREAKING NEWS: Gold Coast United’s licence has been revoked
Football Federation Australia has withdrawn the licence of the embattled club, but wants to field a team ...
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Category:All, Asia, Australia, Gold Coast United, Yahoo SE Asia
Lowy slams Palmer’s A-League claims
Australia’s soccer boss Frank Lowy has attacked maverick Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer for m...
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Frank Lowy hits out at Palmer
FFA chairman Frank Lowy has hit back at fellow billionaire Clive Palmer, telling the controversial Gold C...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, FFA, Football
New doubts on Tinkler’s Newcastle Jets takeover, as former A-League boss says fee was ‘invented’
FFA are under more fire as former A-League chief Archie Fraser says there were "a lot of inconsistencies"...
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Category:All, Asia, Australia, Gold Coast United, Newcastle Jets
FFA face another showdown with Palmer
Football Federation Australia have set the scene for another showdown with Gold Coast owner Clive Palmer,...
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Category:A-League, All, Cliver Palmer, FFA, Football
Enough Palmer, won’t someone think of the football?
Clive Palmer believes in “freedom of speech” but has no qualms doing business in a repressive...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, Football, Gallery
A-League Review: Brisbane Roar close gap on leaders Central Coast in race for Premier’s Plate
Central Coast's lead at the summit continues to whittle away, while there was more controversy at Gold Co...
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Category:All, Asia, Asian Editorials, Australia, Besart Berisha
Gianfranco Zola, Dwight Yorke, Kevin Muscat & Roy Keane: Who will join the A-League coaching merry-go-round?
Several Australian jobs will be vacant in the upcoming off-season and speculation is already spreading ab...
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Category:All, Asia, Asian Editorials, Australia, Branko Culina Tags: James Magilton, Johannes van 't Schip
Gianfranco Zola, Dwight Yorke, Kevin Muscat & Roy Keane: Who will join the A-League coaching merry-go-round?
Several Australian jobs will be vacant in the upcoming off-season and speculation is already spreading ab...
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Category:All, Analysis, Branko Culina, Dwight Yorke, England Tags: James Magilton, Johannes van 't Schip
Gold Coast United anger FFA again
The slanging match between Gold Coast United and Football Federation Australia worsened on Saturday night...
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Category:A-League, All, FFA, footbakk, Football
Gold Coast draw 1-1 with desperate Victory
Gold Coast’s gutsy team of A-League youngsters drew 1-1 with the desperate Melbourne Victory on Sat...
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Category:A-League, All, Football, Gallery, Gold Coast United
Failed A-League expansion: Should Ben Buckley be sacked?
We all understand the importance of football’s next media deal. In order to make the rights more at...
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Category:A-League, A-League 2011-2012 Season, A-League expansion, All, Australian Football World Cup Bid
Gold Coast United vs Melbourne Victory: A-League live scores
After a valiant 3-3 draw on Wednesday night, Gold Coast United will look for its first win of 2012 when i...
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Category:A-League, All, Football, Gallery, Gold Coast United
Egotism won’t help Clive Palmer’s cause
The precarious future of embattled A-League outfit Gold Coast United has made waves around the Australian...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, FFA, Football
A-League owners need more rights, says Sage
Perth Glory backer Tony Sage says club owners must have more say in how the A-League operates, but is war...
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Category:A-League, All, Clive Palmer, Football, Gallery