Fiji has the population, as does Singapore.

:lol:

What the fuck you laughing at I'm deadset.

Hey do you reckon the A-League could put a team in Liverpool in England. Heard we don't have an A-League team there. What the fuck is going on with that. David de Boob you idiot.

I agree. The only thing is that I think when FFA say they want another two teams they want to do it fairly risk-free.

Me, I'd like to see Illawarra, Canberra, North Qld and one other team in first.

There are kids in Africa that have never heard of the Wanderers. Africa must be in line for a franchise by 2018.

Edited by eastern glory: 29/6/2014 10:16:08 PM

Well Africa certainly has the population...

Well Africa certainly has the population...

I hope FFA have learnt from the Heart problems that you can't have a team that is neither fish nor fowl. There needs to be a strong area identity differentiation in order to create a strong new HAL club.

A "Southern Sydney" entity would have no real point of differentiation from SFC and therefore kind of pointless.

OTOH Wollongong/Illawarra is a football region with its own identity and quite big on local parochialism. And the numbers are there to make it at least as viable as CCM.

Again, South West Sydney is a massive and growing market, forecast to grow by an additional 300K people in just over a decade. THERE'S YOUR MARKET FOR A NEW TEAM RIGHT THERE!

We have to have somewhat different expectations for different areas but while the St George and Shire areas aren't screaming out for their own team/s, Illawarra, South West Sydney, Canberra and North Qld certainly are.

I still don't know why we don't use the NYL as a way to "trial" new football markets. Imagine a Tassie, Gold Coast, Coffs/Mid North Coast, Geelong, Albury/Wodonga supplying teams for the NYL? Local players only, any age. Great experience for the young NYL boys, great opportunity for FFA to see which areas could warrant expansion, great way of promoting football in regional areas.

What the fuck you laughing at I'm deadset.

Hey do you reckon the A-League could put a team in Liverpool in England. Heard we don't have an A-League team there. What the fuck is going on with that. David de Boob you idiot.

Except liverpool doesn't want it's own team. Liverpool sings for whoever wins.

Unless you put it in Campbelltown then the South West is already taken by WSW.

Please note that all these Fiji, PNG, Singapore clubs etc must comply with the new FFA naming and logo conventions.

Please note that all these Fiji, PNG, Singapore clubs etc must comply with the new FFA naming and logo conventions.

So the Singapore Noodles wouldn't be OK?

If we want a Pacific Islander team so badly, why don't we just promote the Granville Rage?

A-League All Stars in Wollongong camp

The A-League All Stars, featuring Italian superstar Alessandro Del Piero, will set up camp in Wollongong before their blockbuster clash with European giants Juventus next month, in a massive coup for the region.

The Mercury can reveal WIN Stadium will be unveiled on Thursday as the host venue for a six-day camp ahead of the All Stars' one-off match at ANZ Stadium on August 10.

Del Piero will be part of a yet to be finalised 20-man squad which will arrive on August 1 and play a friendly against the Young Socceroos on Tuesday, August 5.

The visit will also include a free fan day before the South Coast Wolves NSW National Premier League fixture against St George on August 3.

As Football South Coast continue a bold push to be part of any expansion of the A-League, Wollongong received a further boost, Sydney FC to take on the Newcastle Jets at WIN Stadium on January 3.

The news comes less than a week after the Wolves landed a home tie against A-League powerhouse Central Coast Mariners in the inaugural FFA Cup Round of 32, to be played on August 20.

Football South Coast CEO Ann-Marie Balliana declared it was another massive endorsement of the region's future A-League prospects.

"This is huge for football here given that we are talking about a training camp before a historic match against Juventus. It is a huge honour for football here to be having the best in the A-League on our doorstep," Balliana said.

"A big part of this training camp will be engaging with the football family. We will look at engaging every single member of our football family, whether it be players, volunteers or our clubs that make it possible week in, week out.

"We want to use this as a celebration for football in the region, especially the rich history we do have with football here."

WIN Stadium has previously hosted A-League preseason, W-League, Matildas and Young Socceroos fixtures and Football South Coast has been locked in negotiations for the All Stars camp and Sydney FC game for the past two months.

"We know the South Coast has always been on the radar of the FFA for either W-League or A-League," Balliana said.

"I think the FFA has learnt some pretty good lessons from A-League teams that haven't quite worked out as planned.

"There is no doubt in my mind that they have a plan.

"They know how they want to approach an A-League expansion and obviously we hope the South Coast will be part of that in some way, shape or form."

The All-Stars - who will be coached by Adelaide United boss Josep Gombau - have a healthy 32-player preliminary squad which will be whittled down to a final 16 through fan voting before Gombau adds another four 'wildcard' selections.

The squad features a list of high-profile players including several Socceroos from the 2014 World Cup campaign.

"It is a huge opportunity for us to celebrate the success the Socceroos did have at the World Cup in the way that they performed," Balliana said.

"It is going to be a great thing for the kids in particular to have access to our Socceroos' heroes."

Please note that all these Fiji, PNG, Singapore clubs etc must comply with the new FFA naming and logo conventions.

Except liverpool doesn't want it's own team. Liverpool sings for wanderers.

^^^ I wouldn't hold on to that too hard. Three years ago it was Sydney FC territory, now it is Wanderers. With Pirtek too small to take all the potential fans in the west even with the upgrade and with the region growing from its current 2.1m by 50k a year for the next 25 years at least there will be another team somewhere out in the west sooner rather than later.

Are the FFA grooming the gong to replace wellington if AFC does not approve the extension on the license? sure looks that way

or for the 11th licence.