This page contains reports, reviews, and policies issued by governments, governing bodies, and independent interested parties, discussing the management of soccer in Australia.
Might also be some other interesting documents.
Association of Australian Football Clubs - A Genuine National Second Division of Football in Australia - Final Report of the NSD Partner Group of Clubs.
2022 report by the Association of Australian Football Clubs - a collective of clubs from below the top tier of Australian soccer - seeking to establish the parameters and feasibility for operating a national second division for soccer in Australia, as well as establishing promotion and relegation to and from the A-League.
Available here.
Crawford, David Alexander - Report of the Independent Soccer Review Committee into the Structure, Governance and Management of Soccer in Australia
Better known in Australian soccer circles as the "Crawford Report", this government report by businessman David Crawford resulted in wholesale changes in the governance of soccer in Australia in the mid-2000s. This report is often erroneously conflated in Australian discourse with 2003's "Report of the NSL Task Force into the Structure of a New National Soccer League competition".
Available here.
Football (Federation) Australia - Report of the NSL Task Force into the Structure of a New National Soccer League Competition (2003)
This report commissioned by the governing body (then called Australian Soccer Association) created the groundwork for the dissolution of the National Soccer League, and the establishment of the A-League.
Available here.
Football (Federation) Australia - A-League Venue Inspection Minimum Standards (c.2010)
Excel spreadsheet checklist (from around 2010?) for minimum standard requirements of A-League match day venues, as determined by Football Federation Australia. It includes minimum requirements for the field of play, lighting, facilities, operational spaces (media, dressing rooms, anti-doping testing room, medical), broadcast operations, security, signage.
Available here
Football (Federation) Australia - Whole of Football Plan (2015)
In May 2015, after having conducted roadshow meetings in the second half of 2014, Football Federation Australia released their Whole of Football Plan, designed to influence Australian soccer's direction through the next twenty years - in this case until 2035.
Available here.
Football (Federation) Australia - National Club Identity Policy (August 2015)
In August 2015, Football Federation Australia released this version of the National Club Identity Policy, an attempt to standardise the different state and federation regulations on club names, logos, etc. It is unclear if there are earlier version of this document.
Available here.
Football (Federation) Australia - 2018 invitation for expressions of interest for A-League expansion
Document from 2018, invitation for expressions of interest for A-League expansion.
Available here.
Football (Federation) Australia - XI Principles for the Future of Australian Football.
Document released by Football Federation Australia in mid-2020 as a guide to how soccer should be run in Australia.
Available here.
Gillard, Oliver James - Report and recommendations: a Board of Inquiry on the area reserved and known as Albert Park
Report by Oliver James Gillard, QC, into the management of the Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia.
The Albert Park is a major centre of recreation in Melbourne, catering to a wide variety of sporting, athletic, and other forms of social recreation. This 1961 report contains a thorough analysis of the management of the park, including public usage, maintenance, finances, and political maneuvering. Of particular interest to soccer people is the report's discussion of the enclosure of what became Middle Park Stadium.
Available here
Paleologos, Peter - Australasian Premier League - Libero Consulting (2003)
2003 proposal for an Australasian Premier League soccer competition, compiled by Peter Paleologos of Libero Consulting.
Available here.
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