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An SOS or a timely reset? Football Australia sends mixed signals over latest financial woes

Football’s governing body faces more redundancies but it’s hard to know whether this year’s cuts reflect mismanagement or justified changes

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Arresting the decline of A-League crowds is top of to-do list for new APL boss

Steve Rosich wants to secure football as the third pillar of Australian sport but admits there is work to do with several clubs’ futures under a cloud

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'Toying': Heyman sends warning to APL over future

Michelle Heyman says she will do anything to save an embattled Canberra United, but has conceded the team will walk away if their future isn't secured soon.

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Western eye A-Leagues future as tax debts paid

Court proceedings against Western United have been dismissed with the embattled club determined to return to the A-Leagues.

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Ex-Dockers boss excited to be named A-Leagues CEO

Steve Rosich has been named the Australian Professional League's new chief executive, with the former AFL club boss taking over from chair Stephen Conroy.

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A-Leagues club given fresh hope in legal bid to survive

Western United has been given a new deadline to pay its $15.5 million tax bill as the A-Leagues club scraps to survive.

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A-League Men players’ patience wearing thin with APL facing suite of issues, union report shows

The latest PFA survey reveals ongoing dissatisfaction with competition operators, with footballers not ruling out industrial action as negotiations approach

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A-League Men ready for football to shine in World Cup year amid backroom budgeting

Off-field issues are ever-present but players in Australia’s domestic league take to the field in its 21st season with an added motivator

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Aus soccer must capitalise on World, Asian Cup: players

The Socceroos and Matildas will soon play major tournaments. Two of the sport's biggest names want the events to have a lasting impact on Australian football.

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Western United to sit out 2025-26 A-League season with club put into ‘hibernation’

Troubled A-Leagues club Western United has been temporarily barred from the competition and will sit out the upcoming 2025-26 season

The Guardian - AU

Western United’s multimillion-dollar loss highlights A-Leagues’ ongoing struggles

Melbourne-based club reports $11m loss in 2023-24 but ALM’s outgoing transfer fees offer one positive sign

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A-Leagues commissioner Garcia departs, Conroy steps up

A-Leagues commissioner Nick Garcia has departed with Australian Professional Leagues chairman Stephen Conroy announced as executive chairman.

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Shockwaves felt at Melbourne Victory as Patrick Kisnorbo exit leaves club stunned

Former glories seem like an age ago and the coach’s departure shows how far the A-League Men club has fallen

The Guardian - AU

Bumper increase in Aus men's football transfers: FA

Football Australia have welcomed a bumper year of men's international transfer fees for Australian clubs, which more than tripled over 12 months.

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A-League Men transfer fees exceeding broadcast: union

For the first time, A-League Men clubs have brought in more money via outgoing transfer fees than via the league's broadcast deal, say the players' union.

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A-League Men players express lack of faith in APL over vision for football in Australia

A schism is emerging between players and the Australian Professional Leagues as concerns mount over the direction of the A-League Men

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'We deserve better' than Leichhardt pitch: ALW players

A-League Women players have thrown their support behind the decision to relocate Unite Round from Leichhardt Oval over pitch concerns.

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FA accused of sabotaging ALM with launch of NST

Football Australia is set to launch a nationwide second division next year but not all of the A-League clubs are happy about it.

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Eddie McGuire's TV company to produce A-League matches

After nearly facing a TV blackout by the collapse of a production company last season, the A-Leagues have signed a two-year deal with Eddie McGuire's JAM TV.

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'Hurting' A-League clubs to net just $530k in funding

The scale of central distribution available to Australia's A-Leagues clubs has been revealed, with clubs set to pocket just $530,000 for the 2024/25 season.

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A-Leagues clubs want bigger role for Football Australia

Clubs are privately reaching out to Football Australia to ask the governing body to get more involved in the running of the A-League competitions.

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‘A nice buzz’: Central Coast shines under the spotlight of A-League grand final

All roads lead to Gosford as the A-League Men’s smallest club and smallest market prepare to host the grand final for the first time

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A-Leagues avoid TV fiasco but financial worries remain

The A-Leagues have avoided the embarrassment of being booted off TV after an 11th-hour deal following the collapse of the APL's television production partner.

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Locals hope All-Stars matches can boost A-Leagues

The A-League Women and A-League Men All Stars have bumper exhibition matches coming up, and Ange Postecoglou will return to Melbourne for a Tottenham friendly.

Newcastle Herald

'Disappointing it hasn't been sold': Jets face A-League axe if no deal soon

A-Leagues ruling body refuses to underwrite Jets if new owner not finalised.

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