As Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers prepare for their first-ever meeting in the finals series, discontent among supporters stemming from the APL’s decision to award the next three A-League Grand Finals to Sydney has led to the Sky Blues’…
Derby suspended in horrific day for Australian Football
In what should of been a day of the fans coming together and an opportunity to send a message following the controversial decision to move the grand final to Sydney, the game ended in shame. With both sides starting the…
OPINION | Grand Final deal is football elitism at its ugly worst
Danny Townsend and the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) Board sent the Australian footballing world into uproar when they announced that the following three A-League Grand Finals would be sold off to Sydney for a reported $12 million in a deal…
OPINION | APL Grand Finals decision perplexing at best
By David Shilovsky (@dshilo2) Today’s announcement that the Australian Professional Leagues has sold the next three A-Leagues Grand Finals to the NSW government came as a huge shock to all Australian football fans. In completing this exclusive arrangement with Destination…
APL eyes A-League expansion as National Second Division looms
By @neal-symons and @david-shilovsky Tasmania, Canberra, Wollongong. Perhaps a new team in Brisbane? The potential for A-League expansion is always a hot topic among Australian football fans. CEO of the Australian Professional Leagues, Danny Townsend, spoke to Kick360 about the…
“A healthy opportunity” – PFA targets 10,000 average attendance for 2022/23 season: Is it possible?
By Thomas Williams (@tomwilliamspol) The Professional Footballers Australia will aim for a league-wide average attendance of 10,000 in the 2022/23 A-League Men season citing an expected uptick in numbers following three consecutive COVID-affected campaigns. This optimistic target drawn from the…
OPINION | All-Stars game showed what the league can do, now it needs a leg up from the APL
By the time the cameras were switched off and the lights went out, it’s safe to say that the A-Leagues All-Stars did the league’s reputation little harm. In front of a crowd of 70,174, an amalgamation of some of the…
OPINION | Digital revolution could be the defining marker that shifts the fortunes of football in Australia
One of the core features of the A-Leagues’ independence from the FA has been the digital hub, touted by the league’s chiefs as a game changer. We’ve had many game changers over the years as football fans. From expansion to…
OPINION | Four Corners opened A-League wounds, now they must be treated
Criticising Four Corners for repeating old news about club owners is missing the point and we are fools if we ignore the issues that bubbled to the surface. On Monday night, 431,000 people tuned into the ABC’s Four Corners episode…
OPINION | Fragmentation of sporting rights will be short term pain, long term gain
While the idea of more and more streaming services sounds expensive, football fans stand the most to gain from the increasing fragmentation of sports content and changing broadcast market. Earlier this week, the APL (Australian Professional Leagues) and ViacomCBS announced…