FourFourTwo wrote:
Red Army ready to kick off

The West Sydney based club are all set to get their season underway. After a long off season of recruitung players, the focus turns to matters on the pitch. The club has been placed in the B-League. Some teams have blasted the FFA over their inclusion in the B-League but the Red Army is looking at the positives. "Ofcourse, we would have like to be in the top flight, but given our order in the draft we were unable to really attract world class quality which other clubs were able to do. We relied on building a strong balanced squad and are very happy with our squad. We probably wouldn't have had the squad to compete with the best in the A-League but I can see us being among the favourites for promotion. So in a seasons time after the club has had time to get on its feet I think we can compete with the best in the country" said Chairman Simpson.

The squad was unveiled in front of thousands of fans today at Parramatta Stadium. From the looks of things any team travelling to Western Sydney is going to be welcomed by a hostile atmosphere. "The fans will be a real feature of the league and hopefully they can get behind us and help us achieve our goal of promotion" said Red Army captain Phil Neville.

"The fans will be a real feature of the league and hopefully they can get behind us and help us achieve our goal of promotion" said Red Army captain Phil Neville.

Avalanche in the Top Flight
Mike Cockerill SMH

After much deliberation at FFA headquarters over the past weeks, Alice Springs will have its first ever team in the top flight of Australian football. With players such as Yoann Gourcuff, Marouane Chamakh, Robbie Fowler and the Australian Mark Bresciano, the Alice Springs faithful have plenty to look forward too over the next season. Both Chairman Scott Boyton and Manager Ronald Koeman are bullish about their team's chances for their season with their inaugural squad in the A-League.
Current Bordeaux manager Jean Tigana sees Alice Springs as having a great chance in the A-League this year with 2 of his former players turning out for the Avalanche this season after Gourcuff turned down Lyon and Chamakh turning down Arsenal for a new start down under.

Chairman Scott Boyton says "football is very popular among the younger community. A high number of children play it. Football is also played quite a bit by adults in different divisions. There is also an all African league for football in Alice Springs." With the introduction of an A-League side in the Alice, we see just how far Australian Football has come.

I thought Rovers were already playing at Parramatta lol.

Yeh had a feeling I was at Parra. You were at Blacktown. A true West Sydney derby in the making.

[size=7]Fan Day A Success[/size]
[size=3]Michael Lynch[/size]

With the new A-League season approaching fast ,newly formed club West Melbourne FC celebrated their inagural 'Ultimate Fan Day' yesterday at Mansion Stadium.

Over 300,000 people showed up to Mansion Stadium in Sunshine North for the event, but the majority were turned away as the stadium is not big enough to support that many people.

The event featured apperances from all the players, who posed for photos and signed autographs during the day. Other entertainment included a concert by World-famous Rock Band the Foo Fighters, along with the world's largest Jumping Castle for the kids.

West Melbourne FC Chairman David Manuca was also there in attendance, meeting and greeting the fans and thanking them for their support of the club.

"It has been a wonderful event. It sure has trumped anyone elses in the league, and will be very hard to beat" said Manuca.

"Of course I am dissapointed that we will be playing in the second division this season, but with the playing squad we have i'm sure we will have no trouble in getting up to the A-League as soon as possible."

West Melbourne's Marquee player David Silva also praised the fans for turning up, saying he can't wait to play in this wonderful club.

"This club is amazing. The fans are amazing, I mean look at all the people here. I can't believe it." said Silva.

"The new season can't come quick enough. I just want to get out their and play in-front of this crowd, and show them why we are soon going to be the best club in Australia."

"This club is amazing. The fans are amazing, I mean look at all the people here. I can't believe it." said Silva.

"The new season can't come quick enough. I just want to get out their and play in-front of this crowd, and show them why we are soon going to be the best club in Australia."

From the B-League:lol:

Agree.
Fierce rivalry

Daily Telegraph wrote:
The Wild Wild West

There has been some recent controversy between two new Australian clubs, Sydney Rovers & the Red Army Football Club. Both based out in the west of Sydney, Red Army had just enjoyed a very successful fan day at Parramatta Stadium when a rumour had started that this was the home ground of Sydney Rovers. A quick glance back to previous documents and contracts showed that the Red Army did indeed have Parramatta Stadium to themselves.

This is sure to heat up the rivalry between the two sets of fans. Red Army midefielder Darren Fletcher was questioned over the recent confusion, when asked how do you think this rivalry compares to what you are used to? "Well, I have played in Manchester derbies, United v Liverpool etc and nothing beats those but going from what I have seen so far I think there is a fierce rivalry in the making. We dont play each other this year but I know the fans are praying to meet them in the FFA Cup". Also asked about another possible derby match against Blue Mountain Bluebags, he answered with a puzzled look "...who?"

think its safe to say these are the El Clasico's for the 1st Division

North Queensland vs Brisbane
Sydney Rovers vs Ajax (seriously should of dropped Redfern from the name)

and to a lesser extent South Coast vs Sutherland... just need to wait for one of the Melbourne teams to come up and give Revolution a go

Alice Springs would not mind a rival.

:lol:

Kalgoorlie's up for a rival who is also in the middle of nowhere:lol:

i wish there was a launceston based team :(