It's a positive in that any other users of the ground should, over time, reduce the cost of hiring the place. Having said that, it'd be nice to know how much the AFL are being charged compared to AU and I wouldn't be surprised if the AFL are getting a better deal. It's a negative in that it's being ...

Maybe Trump'll tell the yanks to park the bus

Whether its an a-league salary cap thing or even an ASADA-type thing, the lesson is not to be a goody-2-shoes and self report on the expectation that you'll be treated leniently. And players , when questioned , should just 'do not recall' - dont cooperate - let the authorities earn their effin mone...

From the look of him, he's drunk so much he won't notice the pain until the morning

Also must be said. How clueless was the game announcer? many, many mistakes. It does absolutely no favours for Adelaide ever hosting another international again when you have such an amateur job being done behind the scenes.... Aww fair go, it was fun waiting to see what he got wrong next. I reckon...

Lucas Neil came and wanted to play. Had a groin injury so couldn't BUT, he sat on the bench, led his team on and then spent a large part of the second have doing 'warm up' drills at the northern end. He would have known he wasn't going to play and could have worn a suit in the stand or stayed in the...

$85 is that bad for the best seats ... it is for me but ... I know people who have the readies to spend whatever to do whatever and they wouldh't blink at that price, nor would they consider sitting anywhere else. It was noticeable tonight that the stands were full (apart from the Southern) so the F...

Sep is a really nice bloke and doing a wonderful job ... his mother told me ... or was it his cat. Loved the Blatter Out 'banner' (it was spelt in individual letters) in the southern stand at half time. (What have they done to that wonderful old stadium, it looks dreadful now and the planned rebuild...

21,000 crowd surprised me looked like there we more at this game than the AU v Victory game. Yup, only 21,000. Every game played at AO has had a smaller crowd than the previous one (I think, someone will correct me I'm sure). True, the weather was ... um ... challenging, and half the team was 'out ...

How about the team manager do what he is suppose to do, how hard is it to remember the cards. Lets be honest not a lot for them to do or remember. :lol: Yep it's such a cushy little number, every year you get parents fighting over whose wants to be team manager. Easy enough to have the cards when y...

Shouldn't u/17 be just that? You'll find they ARE U/17, just normally playing at a higher level. That same Birkalla team has players eligible to play in the U/15s but are assigned to the U/17 team for this season. Clubs shuffle kids all over the place but despite accusations to the contrary, it's r...

U/17 A Adel City 2 W.T Birkala 1 any other 17 A results I heard city dropped some 19s for this one. I allowed one of my players to go down and help the 17s as they only had 11 players, plus he started on the bench. He only came on as one of the 17s got injured. Is that all cleared up for you Shrimp...

They were there for a long time for a broken ankle, must've been a nasty one. Hope he comes good.

I don't know the age group Barney but it would have been in the 13/14 region.

There were ambulances attending to a player at Para for an hour this morning. Does anyone know what happened and how the lad is?

U17s - forfeit last week, forfeit this week for the cup.

Anyone know what's happened to their player pool?

The problem with 'invitation only' is people can slip through the cracks and miss out. There are plenty of examples where the 'invitations' only went out to favoured players or, more often in junior organisations, the sons of favoured individuals. Open trials are much fairer and a sensible fee help...

whats the true criterial to be entered into FFSA comp? I know E&D club that looked at going into FFSA but needed to have seniors as well before being able to go into JPL. if this is the case how can smaller successful junior clubs in E&D get a chance? so who's protecting who's yearly influx...

povman_2009 wrote:JD sorry to burst your bubble but 1981 is 28 years ago...

We will get there one day...

No, that's about right, he's always a decade behind

Anyone out there got a full U17 team?

sorry all this was only a post to look for players to play soccer/football in 2009. I did not belive that people would get this up set about it. I think you will find that myself and a few others are astounded that a strong club like AC is struggling to fill their teams. The guys who are on about t...

Teddles, i believe you have been misinformed .Maximum outlay is $860. 500 rego 360 for tracksuit,polo,2 playing tops etc etc.This price is for newcomers.Your following year you can save the expense of tracksuits,bags etc Now why doesn't that surprise me :roll: I'm glad to hear it, $860 is still exp...

what is the cost to put your child in an AC under 16s or 17s team? anyone? it costs $950 for an U13 this year. What a bargain! I know a lad who priced going there in the U17s, just as an exercise as he's already with another club - $1000 WITHOUT any kit (playing shirt, socks, etc). It's expensive a...

sgt peppers wrote:when will the ffsa announce the teams competing in the various groups of the u 16s for 2009?

About round 3

Lot of huffing and puffing in this thread. Yes, soccer fees are expensive. Like Redmum, I'm a single parent and a full time student ... and in my 50s :? The lad's past the magic age so I'm now supporting an adult sized teenager on Aus Study. Believe me, I know about the pain of paying fees the buyin...

I'd send him to the Bolton Wanderer's clinics again based on what he got out of them last time. y wud u send him to the Bolton Wanderes academy where on the Bolton Website does it have the Australia program and how do u kno that the coaches have been involved with Bolton for all you know they could...

It's tough mate and I understand where you're coming from. You can really only make your decision based on the coach - what he teaches and how he does it. That means you're relying on word of mouth really. I'd suggest you NOT waste too much time asking your mates. Their input is important because li...

Doesn't matter about the season mate, it's the YEAR you were born in that counts. With the rejuvinated U16's league, you might even get a spot there and lads your age have regularly played in the 17's. Let your club decide where to use you.

It's probably appropriate to point out how this year's division occurred - originally there was going to be one league but they had so many teams apply, they divided it into two. I think it worked too. Although the NE league appeared stronger, I think that was mainly due to the dominance of Para Hil...

What's this thread then?
http://www.footballnews.com.au/forum/vi ... =7&t=28704

robinfriday10 wrote:claiming the goal was offside yet it was an own goal

Oh that's classic