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DISCUSSIONS > Central Coast withdraws from W-League
Chuq	Date posted	Replies
http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=34414 Not good news for them... but an opportunity for Tasmania! Canberra shows us that the FFA are willing to accept an unaffiliated team in to the W-League. We should be aiming for the same! Add comments	30th July 2010	4
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mvfc4life posted at 9:42AM on 29th Jul, 2010 That is disappointing for the women’s game in Australia but it would be great if Tasmania was quick to react and could put together a team, if not in time for this season then the next. It would be a great starting point (as would a youth team) for a senior team. I hope the FFT or The Tasmanian United Taskforce has seen this. In the article it sounds like there is no room for another team this season but there is always next season. I think that the FFA should make all teams have a Youth League Team and a Woman’s team as well as expanding the youth and woman’s leagues first. » Reply to this comment xavierc posted at 12:15PM on 29th Jul, 2010 Yeah, read about this on the Jets forum. Such a shame. And yes, it's too late for us to get a team in time for this season but I think it would be a great opportunity for next season. If you look at it a Tassie W-League team is much more viable. I know one of the Newcastle W-League players and she said that a bunch of their players were from Sydney and their pay from playing last season didn't even cover their travel costs to get to training each week. The first season they didn't get a cent for playing. I could see a Tassie team working so much better. In NSW you have the players split between Sydney, Central Coast and Newcastle. I'm not sure what model the Canberra team uses but I'm sure they would have more resources to spend on the women's team as they have no A-League team. Surely Tassie would be in a similar situation. I could see it working. » Reply to this comment Chuq posted at 4:12AM on 30th Jul, 2010 Interesting to see that each of the seven W-League teams is now one team per state federation (NNSW is separate to the rest of NSW). Tas and NT being the only ones unrepresented. » Reply to this comment tufc posted at 11:11AM on 30th Jul, 2010 Looks like Illawarra (NSW South Coast) may already be in the hunt. I doubt Tassie would be anywhere near as ready as the Stingrays. From FourFourTwo.com: NSW powerhouse Illawarra Stingrays are ready to step up to the W-League In a week when the south coast region's governing body spoke of their long-term plan for an A-League club on au.fourfourtwo.com, part of those plans were to host W-League games. And the region has a ready-made, well organised and successful structure already in place with the Stingrays. Bill Drossos, an advisor/director of Football South Coast on W-League, A-League and FFA relations, told au.fourfourtwo.com today's that they will seek a meeting with Grantham to press their claims for inclusion in the 2010 W-League. "we have a structure in place, a booming club with real growth in numbers and yes this is a chance to showcase what the south coast can do," he said. "On the south coast, our female players are very engaged with the community and you've just got to look at the crowd for last season's NSW Premier League grand final of around 2500 to realise we'd be a strong addition to the W-League," said Drossos He was confident south coast would not need the financial backing of Football NSW to get their team up for the new season, which kicks off in November. » Reply to this comment

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