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Hannah Wilkinson to play for City for a third season after re-signing for the 2023-2024 season.
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Yikes, we're in serious strife unless the owners start pulling out their pockets and make some signings.
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I typically hate our current Socceroos chasing dollars in gulf states (and previously in China), but you can’t be critical of $2.5m a year. Hope the Reds got a transfer fee.
It’s one last big payday for Goodwin, can’t really begrudge him.
He’s a great ambassador for the game so it sucks that he’s taking his talent OS.
He can easily be the poster boy of the A League (some can argue he already was post WC)
He’s a great ambassador for the game so it sucks that he’s taking his talent OS.
He can easily be the poster boy of the A League (some can argue he already was post WC)
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A League Women's playing list changes for next season are updated on this website.
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yes we'll have a separate A-League women's season threadA League Women's playing list changes for next season are updated on this website.
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Goodwin gone confirmed!
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An ex politician expect a lot more spin, Conroy Favorite to become chairman of the APL.
The former minister is set to become the new chair of the Australian Professional Leagues, the body that runs the A-Leagues and he is hoping to carry on the momentum of the past month into the start of the new season in October.
Conroy, who was born in England and supports Sam Kerr’s Chelsea, is no stranger to Aussie soccer politics. He was in the mix to join the board of what was then known as Football Federation Australia in late 2018, when the Lowy family was being squeezed out of the game amid a club-led revolution.
He didn’t make it, but his relationship with certain APL powerbrokers has made him the leading candidate to become the organisation’s new independent chair and to take over from Western Sydney Wanderers owner Paul Lederer.
Conroy’s Labor ties would have been helpful a few weeks ago, when the APL was pitching for a share in the recently announced $200 million fund for women’s sport. But his lobbying nous – he chairs TG Public Affairs, and was called in by PwC when the tax scandal broke – surely can’t hurt the game’s ambitions to unlock more government support.
Conroy did not return calls, and sources say it’s not quite a done deal. His appointment as APL chair is subject to formal approval by the board, which includes representatives from Football Australia and Silver Lake, the private equity firm that has invested $140 million into the A-Leagues.
Let’s hope the APL can do a little better than the last time it tried to capitalise on Australian success at a World Cup. It’s only eight months ago that Melbourne Victory fans stormed the pitch and assaulted an opposition goalkeeper, partly out of anger at the league’s pig-brained decision to controversially sell future grand final hosting rights to Destination NSW.
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Stephen Conroy set to take the baton from Matildas
The Women’s World Cup party is over, and it appears Stephen Conroy will have a big role to play in ensuring the good times keep rolling on for Australian football.The former minister is set to become the new chair of the Australian Professional Leagues, the body that runs the A-Leagues and he is hoping to carry on the momentum of the past month into the start of the new season in October.
Conroy, who was born in England and supports Sam Kerr’s Chelsea, is no stranger to Aussie soccer politics. He was in the mix to join the board of what was then known as Football Federation Australia in late 2018, when the Lowy family was being squeezed out of the game amid a club-led revolution.
He didn’t make it, but his relationship with certain APL powerbrokers has made him the leading candidate to become the organisation’s new independent chair and to take over from Western Sydney Wanderers owner Paul Lederer.
Conroy’s Labor ties would have been helpful a few weeks ago, when the APL was pitching for a share in the recently announced $200 million fund for women’s sport. But his lobbying nous – he chairs TG Public Affairs, and was called in by PwC when the tax scandal broke – surely can’t hurt the game’s ambitions to unlock more government support.
Conroy did not return calls, and sources say it’s not quite a done deal. His appointment as APL chair is subject to formal approval by the board, which includes representatives from Football Australia and Silver Lake, the private equity firm that has invested $140 million into the A-Leagues.
Let’s hope the APL can do a little better than the last time it tried to capitalise on Australian success at a World Cup. It’s only eight months ago that Melbourne Victory fans stormed the pitch and assaulted an opposition goalkeeper, partly out of anger at the league’s pig-brained decision to controversially sell future grand final hosting rights to Destination NSW.
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This article originally said Simon Birmingham was the only federal Liberal MP in attendance at the ABL event. This is incorrect. Several federal Liberal MPs were in attendance.Stephen Conroy set to take the baton from Matildas
The former Labor communications minister is likely to become the next chair of the Australian Professional leagues, the body running the A-Leagues.
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Adelaide should have ponied up 1.5 mil a season for Goody.
Not as much as Saudi but surely enough to keep him in Australia. Would have been worth it too.
Get the feeling Goodwin will play a season, get sick of Saudi and be back playing A League in 24/25.
Not as much as Saudi but surely enough to keep him in Australia. Would have been worth it too.
Get the feeling Goodwin will play a season, get sick of Saudi and be back playing A League in 24/25.
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According to his missus it wasn't about the money in regards to Adelaide's contract offer. It was about the length of contract.
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I doubt Adelaide put up 2.5 mil a season. Interesting take. Plus unlikely they would want to stay in Saudi long term.
I’m not sure if there’s a foreign quota rule in Saudi Arabia or not.
But if there is it wouldn’t surprise me if the club eventually releases Goodwin with a payout from his contract 18 months in as they bring in better players from Europe.
This happened to the Aussie players a lot in China where even Mooy was frozen out due to better players coming in.
But if there is it wouldn’t surprise me if the club eventually releases Goodwin with a payout from his contract 18 months in as they bring in better players from Europe.
This happened to the Aussie players a lot in China where even Mooy was frozen out due to better players coming in.
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Previously only been allowed for attracting overseas or overseas-based players, not retaining. I don't think it's even been used much?
In any case it did sound like contract length was also an issue. Something like 3 additional years on top of the 2 remaining. It's Goodwin, but I'm not sure we can responsibly commit to that.
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There's no way he is spending 5 years in Saudi.
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There is a foreign quota. Jota from Celtic signed for 25m with wages of 10m a season. His club then wanted to get rid of him like a month later because they wanted to sign Salah in the foreign slot instead.
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