As the A-League clubs and Professional Footballers Australia close in on a new collective bargaining agreement, reigning champions Sydney FC have reached a pay deal with their players.Negotiations have continued since the players’ union members rejected a proposal by clubs in September but they are expected to sign off next
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A-League on alert after fan at Newcastle game returns positive Covid test
A-League returns with a coronation, but could end with a free-for-all | Jonathan Howcroft
Football in Australia is doomed to be a marginal sport unless its leaders show vision | Simon Hill
To understand the latest existential crisis facing football in Australia, one must start at its genesis, which strangely coincided with the game’s highest point in recent memory. In January 2015, the Socceroos lifted the Asian Cup on home soil. The team became darlings of the nation and their coach, Ange
No football, no A-League grand final, no hype… but also no despair | Jonathan Howcroft
Last year’s grand final was the best-attended in A-League history and the buzz around the event breathed new life into football in Western Australia. In the days preceding the match headlines celebrated the demand for tickets as Optus Stadium turned Perth Glory purple in preparation for the domestic game’s marquee
Western Sydney Wanderers sack A-League coach Markus Babbel
Emergence of new teenage crop best advert for returning A-League | Richard Parkin
The A-League has returned - and for all the criticism surrounding a lack of promotion ahead of the season’s launch, it appears the best marketing remains the on-pitch product. Adelaide witnessed a pulsating five-goal feast on Friday night – a match illuminated by Nikola Mileusnic’s superb free-kick, a goal on
A-League 2019-20 season preview: team-by-team guide
Socceroo Thomas Deng: ‘It’s our time to be a voice for Africans’ | Lucas Radbourne
Thomas Deng doesn’t remember the year his father died. He can’t recall the feeling of leaving Kenya, where his father stayed to continue his work as a doctor assisting disabled children, and joining a growing community of South-Sudanese refugees in Adelaide’s northern suburbs. Nor does he remember afternoons playing football down
Perth Glory v Manchester United preseason friendly – live!
Manchester United go for potential but can Solskjær nurture it? | Paul Doyle Perth Glory FC (@PerthGloryFC) They’re here: the @premierleague giants, @ManUtd!#MUTOUR #OneGlory pic.twitter.com/3ThQY3RKPQ July 13, 2019 Five things to look out for - Perth Glory: Bruno Fornaroli - For a couple of seasons the Uruguayan was the most dangerous player in