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.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 -Caribbean football has suffered another setback with the news that Lisle Austin of Barbados has lost his appeal against a one-year suspension.
By David Gold
November 2 – FIFA has donated $300,000 (£188,000/€218,000) to efforts to boost football infrastructure in Christchurch, where a devastating earthquake struck the Canterbury region earlier this year.
By David Gold
October 7 – Football Federation Australia (FFA) has confirmed that the Indonesian Bakrie Group have bought a majority stake in the current A-League champions Brisbane Roar.
By David Gold
September 25 – Football Federation Australia (FFA) has announced that Wellington Phoenix will continue to participate in the Hyundai A-League after their licence was given to a consortium led by Rob Morrison.