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Frank Farina Joins Caloundra FC
20.01.2015



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Sunshine Coast side Caloundra FC have announced a major coup for Queensland's grassroots with the appointment of former Socceroo Frank Farina as a Football Ambassador.

The 67-times capped international will lend his wealth of experience to the community club by providing technical assistance to junior and senior teams.

Club President Nic Basile believes his signing will prove highly benificial to the entire region.

"Frank will assist both junior and senior teams and help promote our club and the game to the whole Sunshine Coast community," he said.

"He will conduct coaching clinics for junior players from across the Sunshine Coast and Gympie.

"We expect this to boost player registrations not only at our club but across the Sunshine Coast."

Basile spoke of his pride at attracting the former Club Brugge and Lille striker to Caloundra, who last year went within one match of the Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32.

"We wanted to take our club and the game to a whole new level," Basile said.

"We approached Frank about being part of our club and he has agreed to come on board. Nothing like this has ever happened in our game here on the Sunshine Coast."

Farina has strong ties to Queensland football after growing up in Cairns and having led Brisbane Strikers to a first national title in 1997 as player/coach.

He returned to the Sunshine State in 2006 following a seven-year stint as Socceroos boss to take charge of the then-Queensland Roar in the Hyundai A-League.

Farina will lend his expertise to Caloundra in conjunction with his current role as technical advisor to the Fiji U-20 National Team.

"We are the proudest football club in Australia,” Basile added.

Former Brisbane Roar CEO Eugenie Buckley has been brought on board to put together a strategy for a premier league team, as well as look at the sport here.

Ms Buckley, who was also Football Federation Australia legal and business affairs general manager and ICC Women’s World Cup Australia CEO and tournament director, has to deliver a report to the city council at the end of June.

Details of the consultancy deal were not revealed.

Mayor Tom Tate yesterday said he would like to see another National Premier League team on the Gold Coast by next year as the city worked towards having an A-League team back in the competition three years after that.

“I was up in Brisbane watching the Brisbane Roar win (the A-League grand final) last weekend and all I could think was how great it would be to be watching a final with a Gold Coast team in it,” he said.

The Palm Beach Sharks already play in the NPL and Football Gold Coast is meeting this weekend to discuss introducing a second team next year.

would be interested to know crowd numbers at the various games?

Pwoah Queensland FA cancelled the last fucking round. what in the fuck m80s.

Eeverything to play for too. Suits should be filled what a disgrace cunts.

how could they do that ffs
I thought they were only postponed.

I have a link but i cbf posting.