The World Cup qualifiers are under way. Thankfully for us, we don’t need to negotiate the first or second rounds. We get a bye until the third round, however, this is going to conflict with the A-League finals. The FFA has hence changed the finals to accommodate for this. This is very important, as [...]

Despite an indifferent Asian Cup campaign, we’ve been seeded number one in Asian qualifying for South Africa 2010. This means we get a bye for the first two rounds of qualifying. Our first match day is then on February 6th. My only concern is that on some match days we’ll have to make do with [...]

It is over ten years away but our chance to host World Cup 2018 will probably be decided sooner than we think. We must hope that FIFA continues to keep its current rotation policy to ensure Asia gets 2018. According to Sepp Blatter if the rotation continues, CONCACAF or AFC will get 2018, effectively ruling [...]

Tomorrow should have been a blockbuster between Australia and Argentina. As we all know, the game was cancelled, due to Argentina not being able to field their full strength side. The game will now be played on September 11 (hopefully no terrorist attacks…haha) at the MCG. This is a double FIFA friendly date, so [...]