By David Gold
March 26 – Australian football has received a timely boost with the Hyundai A-League recording its largest seasonal aggregate attendance since its launch in 2005 – with just over 1.4 million fans watching matches.
By Emily Goddard
March 14 – Australia’s top 16 footballers span six decades and several generations of the game, with the likes of Joe Marston (pictured), Tim Cahill and Mark Bresciano making up the top players, according to a poll conducted to celebrate the centenary of organised football in Australia.
By David Gold
March 13 – The new Football Australia (FA) organisation set up by Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer (pictured) is to conduct an Australia-wide public Commission of Inquiry.
By David Gold
March 5 – The battle between Clive Palmer (pictured) and Football Federation Australia (FFA) has been ratcheted up again after the Gold Coast United owner vowed to create a new governing body for football in the country.
By David Gold
March 1 – The Football Federation Australia (FFA) has told Clive Palmer that his license to play his Gold Coast United team in the A-League will be terminated at the end of the season, though they will allow the club to finish the current campaign.
By David Gold
February 29 – Australian football chief Frank Lowy (pictured) has responded firmly to outspoken criticism of the A-League from Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 27 – An Australian club is on a collision course with its national association, Football Federation Australia (FFA), after sending out its players bearing a slogan supporting the plight of refugees.
By David Gold
February 20 – Clive Palmer, the chairman of Australian team Gold Coast United, has been condemned for an outspoken tirade in which he admitted not liking football and refused to guarantee the future of his “insignificant” club.
By David Gold
February 5 – Australian champions Brisbane Roar have been fully taken over by Indonesia’s Bakrie Group, who had purchased a 70 per cent share in the club last October.
By David Gold
December 26 – Australia’s football pioneers have been acclaimed at the 100th anniversary of the formation of the country’s national governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 21 – The ongoing global crackdown on match-fixing has now reached Australia where Sydney FC have denied any knowledge of wrongdoing after a Chinese referee confessed in court to accepting bribes, one of them involving the club, whilst another was to fix a friendly involving Manchester United.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 19 – Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) general secretary Tai Nicholas has been given a prominent place on one of FIFA’s four new anti-corruption platforms despite facing contempt proceedings from the Fijian Government.
By David Gold
December 2 – Football Federation Australia (FFA) has welcomed and accepted the recommendations of the Smith Review, following the publication of the organisation’s strategic plan earlier this week.
By David Gold
December 1 – Football Federation Australia (FFA) has set the national team the target of qualifying for and reaching the second round of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
By David Gold
November 15 – The Fiji Times is being sued by the country’s military regime for publishing a story which claimed that FIFA was investigating a sports official in the country.