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DILI (27 Aug 2013) – The Football Federation Australia (FFA) were admitted as a full member to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) following an AFF Extraordinary Congress in Dili, Timor Leste yesterday. FFA’s admission – decided by way of a unanimous vote by the 11 Member Associations of AFF – will enable Australian National Teams…
DILI (7 Aug 2013) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will organise a two-day workshop on 10-11 September for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 bidding Member Associations in Kuala Lumpur to explain the further processes involved in hosting the continent’s flagship competition. Information on the rights, roles and responsibilities, AFC’s requirements and other key elements…
DILI (16 June 2013) – Know your job in the team shape – and do it. Know the other roles in case you have to ‘sit-in’ or play there in an emergency. Know the systems of play and what qualities are needed in them. Watch Phil Neville, Carragher etc. RUNNING OFF THE BALL Learn the…
DILI (15 June 2013) – So where to start? I tried to introduce professional football by utilising this program. DO THE BORING THINGS WELL DEFENDING Close the man with the ball down Make the player pass backwards (you can’t stop that) Track your player, do not ball watch Organise at set pieces, take responsibility No…
DILI (14 June 2013) – I often hear about the football nostalgia of the ‘good old days; playing on cobbled streets like I did in Anfield as a kid, or having jumpers for goals etc. Recently, I went back in time to Manipur in North East India, where many of the facilities were worse than…
DILI (31 May 2013) – Following the confirmation from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today that the AFF Futsal Championship in October will serve as the ASEAN zone’s qualifying competition, there will be up to four places for grabs for teams in the region. The city of Bangkok will be hosting the AFF Futsal Championship…