A damning external investigation has revealed major compliance failures,unverified attendance figures,and unjustified expenses within the Western Sydney Wanderers and Macarthur Bulls.
The A-League club is now in receivership as creditors fight for control from its co-director Jason Sourasis,the controversial ex-manager of Pies star Scott Pendlebury.
Tim Payne,a defender for Wellington Phoenix and the New Zealand national team,has become an overnight global celebrity - precisely because nobody knew much about him.
As detached from reality as ever,FIFA president’s surprise appearance provided a bizarre interlude as FA grappled with the fall-out from its $15.3m annual loss at its AGM on Thursday.
Introduced to the competition little more than two years ago,the A-League’s newest club has claimed its first championship with a scrappy 1-0 win over Sydney FC.
Steve Corica is the only person to have been involved,in one form or another,in each of the A-League’s 21 seasons to date.
Football’s governing body recorded a record deficit in 2025. This year,it’s even bigger,amounting to a $23.6 million loss over two years.
Harrison Devenish-Meares was labelled “Sevenish Beers” by Sydney FC fans last season – as in,he played like he’d had that many.
Goals from Al Hassan Toure and Apostolos Stamatelopoulos have boosted the Sky Blues’ finals prospects - but the poor crowd is a reflection of how far this fixture has fallen.
With his father part of the coaching staff,scrutiny was always coming – but the budding Sydney FC midfielder has more than earned his place in the national team.