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No losers in Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Juventus
Matthew Galea assesses the summer’s biggest transfer story as Cristiano Ronaldo swaps Real Madrid for Juventus after a trophy-laden decade in Spain.
Author: Matthew Galea
A former full-time journalist who crossed to the dark side of media and communications. Fortunately, football, Manchester United and freelance writing keeps me sane.
Can ‘The Championship’ bring promotion and relegation to Australia?
Matthew Galea discusses today’s proposal from the Association of Australian Football Clubs for a national second tier.
New season, same A-League in Australia
The A-League makes its return this week but a low key build up and other issues impacting the game have dampened excitement, writes Matthew Galea.
Behind the game – Can Australian football learn from its past?
With talent production stalling, Matthew Galea get some thoughts and insights from one of the Australian game’s longest-serving servants, Grant Lee.
Australian second-tier must find voice to secure future in FFA governance mess
Matthew Galea discusses the latest news from Australia where the governing body, FFA, has pushed back its plans to expand the A-League beyond ten teams.
Australian football governance crisis as FFA expansion delays add to putrid track-record
The running of the game in Australia has come in for plenty of criticism over the years, and Matthew Galea says that enough is enough.
Australian football stagnates as fans grow tired of ten-team A-League
Matthew Galea discusses the problems in Australian football and its top tier competition as expansion and promotion/relegation remain hot topics with fans.