With the World Cup heading into the ‘business end’ of the tournament it’s an opportune time to reflect upon the state of football in this country. There has been much talk of the performance of the national team; whether Tim Cahill should have seen more game time, are we benefiting from the Dutch coaching influence we’ve embraced for some years now; why can’t we score goals through general play etc.? The fundamental question, as my friend Harry Michaels OAM likes to ask is; how do we best harness the enormous passion we have for the game, particularly at grass roots level? Harry’s knowledge of the game is beyond reproach. By his own admission, he would have loved to have been a professional footballer, but wasn’t good enough. So he applied his love, knowledge and desire to contribute to the growth of the game to the television broadcast of the code and, at administrative level for both Sydney Olympic and the Wollongong Wolves – very successf...
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