Promotion/relegation will come, hints are around 2022.

Another good thing about a strong APL is that it can be expanded relatively easily compared to the HAL and during the next TV deal (5+ years time) you can simply promote from within for HAL expansion.

-PB

I hope they dont expand the APL and just use 12 teams plus pro/rel

The Fury are back :D

Brisbane.

3 October, 2012



Football Queensland has today announced the 12 clubs who have been granted licences to the Australian Premier League (APL), following an application process which saw 22 submissions from football clubs around Queensland.



The clubs were asked to meet detailed assessment criteria as well as submit a business plan, a football plan and five year financial forecast. The clubs who have been successful in their application are:



Brisbane City Football Club
Brisbane Strikers
Central Queensland Football Club
Far North Queensland Bulls
Moreton Bay United
Northern Fury
Olympic FC
Palm Beach Sharks
Queensland Academy of Sport
Redlands United Football Club
Sunshine Coast Fire
Western Pride Football Club
With the national competition, the Hyundai A-League, in its eighth year and continuing to grow, the introduction of the APL looks to further strengthen the junior talented player pathway.



By 2018, it is hoped that at least one of the abovementioned clubs will be successful enough to gain promotion to the A-League, with Football Federation Australia (FFA) looking to introduce a promotion/relegation structure from 2022.



Football Queensland Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Foster, believes today’s announcement is a step forward for football in Queensland and is excited by the opportunities it will afford junior players throughout the state.



“The APL will no doubt strengthen our top tier, the Hyundai A-League, but most importantly it provides a clear pathway for our talented juniors who will receive top quality coaching and develop their skills in a professional environment,” Foster said.



“With clubs having to meet certain criteria to be given a licence, it brings a new level of accountability to the player pathway, not only for the clubs but for Football Queensland and FFA in developing quality coaches and competitions for players to aspire to”.



The new Australian Premier League will kick off in March, 2013 with clubs to field teams from Under 12s to First Team in men’s and women’s competitions.

I dont really understand how it improves pathways to the HAL.

Any idea why they didnt stick with NQF?

According to the Courier Mail website, as well as the senior teams, all 12 clubs will also be expected for field 5 junior men's teams from under 12's to under 20's from next year, and women's under 13, 14, 15 and 18's from 2014

Has me fucked how the logistics of this is meant to work, how are you going to fly under 12's teams all over the state each week? Or will the juniors teams just compete in a couple of carnivals each year??

Also, the Moreton Bay club is being run by Albany Creek, which funnily enough is my old junior club!

According to the Courier Mail website, as well as the senior teams, all 12 clubs will also be expected for field 5 junior men's teams from under 12's to under 20's from next year, and women's under 13, 14, 15 and 18's from 2014

Has me fucked how the logistics of this is meant to work, how are you going to fly under 12's teams all over the state each week? Or will the juniors teams just compete in a couple of carnivals each year??

Also, the Moreton Bay club is being run by Albany Creek, which funnily enough is my old junior club!

Doubt they'd play eachother, perhaps since the teams are mostly existing teams, they'll continue to play in their local comps.

So as a transitional model APL seems like an improvement. But it doesn't get to the issue of building a top to bottom pathway for clubs that want to have a true chance to play for promotion to the top flight. So in that sense it is a separate structure ...i am guessing it is not a long term thing? It just seems they are avoiding for now the real issue of bringing the top and state tiers closer together. And giving regional aspirants a path to the top, on the field i might add not in the boardroom as is the strayan tradition.

Has me fucked how the logistics of this is meant to work, how are you going to fly under 12's teams all over the state each week? Or will the juniors teams just compete in a couple of carnivals each year?

Any idea why they didnt stick with NQF?

Serious question - do all clubs have the funds to travel?

Love the idea btw

Of course any productive gains that may be made with the introduction of an APL throughout the country will be quickly undone by some clubs (if selected}. Clubs that continue to rip of flares and chant Hellas or Cro-art-tzi-ar, in the name of their foreign mother country should be banned from the outset.

If you ever want to see football go in free fall, just observe these events - should they ever break through the safeguards.



Edited by paulc: 3/10/2012 03:33:31 PM

By 2018, it is hoped that at least one of the abovementioned clubs will be successful enough to gain promotion to the A-League, with Football Federation Australia (FFA) looking to introduce a promotion/relegation structure from 2022.

More then likely it was copyrighted by the FFA or other subsidiaries which prevented the use of the name. Kinda like a dead company can't be resurrected.


-PB

I like the way this is being structured. Forcing the successful applicants to have junior and women's teams makes them real clubs not stand alone franchises. I really hope that when the A-League clubs become sustainable they are moved in this direction too

+1

Bulllllllllshit

Anyone wanna tell the HAL owners their license may cover them playing in the state APL.

Lowy will be dead by then and Gallop hasn't picked his desk colour yet.

Who's making this call?

All the HAL club licenses expire in 2022, coincidence?

Has anyone seen mention of this anywhere else before ?

Look up the articles around all the recent license purchases.

Where's the "National Division" ...source ?


Edited by Benny Buckly: 3/10/2012 04:09:24 PM