The Jets

They say a week is a long time in football – they’re not kidding. This week has to go down as one of the longest in the A-League’s short history.

Dramas with refereeing decisions, last season’s champions bottom of the ladder, players unpaid, clubs on the brink of financial collapse, falling attendances, controversy over simulation and FFA’s match review panel - the list goes on, and none of it makes good reading for Australian soccer fans.

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  • john miles says:

    01:59pm | 10/09/10

    Is it possible for this site to write a positive article about soccer? So AFL and NRL are the most popular sports and always will be…blah blah blah. Who cares? I love soccer, always will, I don’t care if it’s the most popular. Why don’t you AFL fans waddle overseas… Read more »

  • james smith says:

    01:44pm | 10/09/10

    The new stadium is also used for Melbourne Storm and Melbourne Rebels as well as Melbourne Demons, the A-League will be in Melbourne for a long time, we have 18,000 members. Read more »

 

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