Many in Australia think that the English press has over reacted to the country’s failure to win the World Cup. In Australia the need is now to concentrate on boosting the A-League which has faced many fiinancial challenges in recent months.
Australia was expelled from Fifa in the early 1960s for signing £10 poms (and immigrants from other countries) who had played in the UK and elsewhere and not paying any transfer fees. They soon found that they lost out through not being a member.
Many in Australia think that the English press has over reacted to the country’s failure to win the World Cup. In Australia the need is now to concentrate on boosting the A-League which has faced many fiinancial challenges in recent months.
Australia was expelled from Fifa in the early 1960s for signing £10 poms (and immigrants from other countries) who had played in the UK and elsewhere and not paying any transfer fees. They soon found that they lost out through not being a member.