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Football - soccer in Oceania
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Oceania
Australia, New Zealand, Pupa, Soma etc.
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History of Soccer in Australia
Australia was settled as a British penal colony in 1788 and it's likely that some of the thousands of convicts and soldiers brought basic football skills with them. In a jail without bars and bounded by endless bush, there was plenty of room and opportunity for a kick around. Transportation finished in 1840 in NSW but the British continued to dominate culturally for another 100 years or more. It's fair to assume that people were kicking a round ball on the Australian goldfields in the 1850s. However that was also when rugby was catching on in the northern colonies and Australian Rules was invented in the south. Association football was formalised in England in 1863, but by the time the first recorded soccer match in Australia was played in Sydney in 1880 (between the Wanderers and the Ring's School), the jig was up. Successive waves of European migrants brought on-field finesse to the traditionally roughhouse British form of soccer, but they also ingrained it as a minority sport in the Anglo Australian sporting culture. Even by the first interstate match between Victoria and NSW in 1883, the southern media compared it unfavourably to Aussie Rules.By Ricky Onsman
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Football - soccer Officials in Australia
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NSW Referees
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Australian Soccer Referees Federation
The Australian Soccer Referees' Federation Inc. (A.S.R.F) is the national body of soccer referees in Australia. It is headed by an Executive of four qualified referees, elected for specific terms by the A.S.R.F members at an annual congress. They are responsible for the day-to-day running of the Federation on behalf of the members.
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The FFA
From Wikipedia
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Live Scores
ScoresPro
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Analysis
Bet Explorer
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Results, fixtures Scorers
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Soccer Fans Network
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Football Fixation
Blog
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Soccer Squirrel
Blog
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The Football Federation of Australia
The governing body for football in Australia and includes representatives of governing bodies of the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. News, Events, National Teams, community, Links to Federations
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Australian soccer
The background from Wikipedia; organisation, history, records etc
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The Green and Gold Army
The National football supporters club; events, fixtures, travel
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Matildas
The Australian Women's Soccer Team competing at World Cup and Olympic Games level. Details on the National league, National championship and Youth teams.
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A-League
Launched in 2004, partly to create a league that would be appealing for Australia's top footballers to return to home from plying their trade around the world. News, Action, League Details
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Australia Professional Footballers Association
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Football News Australia
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Soccer Hut
Australia Football online; A League; Socceroos, Forums
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Australian Soccer Links
OzFootball. A very informative and updated set of links to the full Oz Scene
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The World Game
From Australia but with world-wide coverage.
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ABC TV Football
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Soccer Fans Netwoork
A League, Socceroos.
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Australian soccer
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Matildas
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Overview
Of the game in Australia from Answers.com
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Capital Football
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Northern NSW Soccer Federation
Has 12 Associations
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Northern NSW Christian Soccer Association
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Football Queensland
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South Australia Soccer Federation
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South Australian Amateur Soccer League
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Soccer Tasmania
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Victorian Churches Soccer Association
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The WA Soccer Site
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Tuggeranong United Soccer Club
Canberra. Tuggeranong United is one of the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) largest sporting clubs
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University of Canberra Union Soccer Club
Canberra
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Canterbury District Association
Is one of the oldest in Australia
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Balmain Rovers
Inner West Sydney
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Balmain Wanderers Football Club
Inner West Sydney
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Bathurst District Soccer
Play at Proctor Park Bathurst located in the Central West NSW;local links
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Belmont-Tingira Soccer Club
Newcastle, Hunter Valley
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Blacktown District Soccer Football Association
Western Sydney
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Eschol Park Soccer Club
South West Sydney
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Heffron Hawks Football Club
Eastern Sydney. "Heffron Hawks Football Club was formed in 1974 (then called Brothers Soccer Club, and playing in Red and Green). In the late 1980s the club was re-named Heffron Hawks and the club colours were changed to the now familiar Gold and Black. Up until 1993, the club fielded only junior teams in the Eastern Suburbs competition. At that time, the club merged with a fledgling seniors outfit called Maroubra City, and the new Heffron Hawks was born."
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Mosman Soccer Club
Northern Sydney
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Seaforth Soccer Club
Northern Sydney
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South Lismore Soccer Club
NorthernNSW
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St MarysSoccer Club
Western Sydney
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Sutherland Sharks Soccer
Southern Sydney
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Sydney University Soccer Football Club
Inner West Sydney
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West Pennant Hills-Cherrybrook Soccer Club
Northern Sydney
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MindilAces Soccer Club
Darwin
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Cairns Soccer and Far North Queensland
Clubs, contacts and results for the soccer far north comp.
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Brisbane LionsSoccer Club
Brisbane
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Ipswich City Soccer Club
Ipswich, South East
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the Mighty Cougars
Brisbane
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Mitchelton Soccer Club
Mitchelton,North
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Rochedale Rovers
Brisbane
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Sandy Straits Soccer Club
HerveyBay, North
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Souths United Soccer Club
Brisbane
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University of Queensland Soccer Club
Brisbane; unofficial site
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Amatuer Clubs
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Southern Districts Junior Soccer Association of SA
Junior teams
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Angle ValeSoccer and Community Club
Angle Vale;
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Elizabeth and Districts Junior Soccer Association
EDJSA
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AdelaideCity Women's Soccer Club
SAWSA
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Campbelltown City Soccer Club
Adelaide Premier League; other Premier League clubs
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Messinian Association Hawks Soccer Club
Adelaide; SAASL
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North East United Premier Soccer Club
Adelaide; offers premier teams in age groups from U9 to U19 for both boys and girls. Northeast United Premier also offers a Developmental Program in the fall and spring seasons for U9 through U12 boys and girls aspiring to improve their game and experience premier level training.
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Old Ignatians
Adelaide; SAASL
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South Adelaide Panthers Soccer Club
Adelaide; U17's to Seniors
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Kingborough Lions United Soccer Club
Kingborough, southern suburbs
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Berwick City Soccer Club
Berwick, regional
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Clayton Soccer Club
Melbourne
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Eltham North Women's Soccer Club
Premier Division, Melbourne, Victoria
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Frankston StrikersSoccer Club
Melbourne
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Glenroy Split Soccer Club
Melbourne
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Heidelberg United Soccer Club
Melbourne
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Old Melburnians Soccer Club
Melbourne
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Preston Lions Soccer Club
Melbourne; competes in the Victorian Premier League
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St Albans Saints
Melbourne
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South Melbourne Women FC
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BB United
Perth Division 3, Waassa; Most of the players are refugees from Bosnia
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Floreat Athena SoccerClub
Perth
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Golden Lily SoccerClub
Perth
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Guvno Footy Club
Perth
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Football Federation Victoria: Boys FC
Football Federation Victoria (FFV) - in conjunction with Football Central Victoria (FCV) and the City of Greater Bendigo organise an annual event Boys FC.
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A League Tables, Scores, Form
Soccerway
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Australian Soccer
from Soccerhut - independent website run by Australian soccer fans for Australian soccer fans.; A league (news, table, fixtures, results, clubs), Socceroos (news, fixtures, results, squad),
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ABC
provides soccer news with an Australian focus, some worldwide coverage
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Football - soccer in New Zealand
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New Zealand Soccer
(NZS) is the governing body and the country is divided into 7 Federations. These are responsible for carrying out the planned vision of New Zealand Soccer and to manage the game at club and social level - Coaching, Refereeing, Playing and Administrating functions, across all ages, grades, divisions; competitive and social, clubs and schools - and are ultimately accountable to the grass roots of the game.
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New Zealand Football Championship
Official Site
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Waikato Bay of Plenty Football
Clubs, Competions, player development
Football - soccer Competitions in New Zealand
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Bluebird Chatham Cup
The Premier NZ Soccer knockout tournament. All the historical details from Wikipedia; past winners, scores, etc
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New Zealand Premier League
From Soccerway; summary, fixtures and results, tables, players, venues, archive
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Soccer New Zealand
Ultimate New Zealand site - a one-stop shop for everything you could possibly wish to know about soccer at senior level in New Zealand
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