Book chapter
Managing football in emerging markets: Australia
Managing football: an international perspective
Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann
2008
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Abstract
Much has been written recently on the emergence of Australia as a successful football nation one that competes on the international staged and a true member of the world game. The euphoria of the days which immediately followed the memorable penalty shootout on November 16, 2005, that resulted in the Socceroos qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974 had, for many, finally erased a long history of political infighting, rumour mongering, alleged illegalities and gross mismanagement that had denied the emergence of Australia as a true football nation for many years. As Fink (2007, page XIV) pointed out, the importance was monumental: ‘‘We’d done it. We’d finally made it to the FIFA World Cup, the biggest sporting event on earth, after 32 excruciating years. Nineteen seventy-four was a long time ago. It was another time.’’ Australia’s participation in the World Cup in Germany in 2006, the creation of the A-League in 2005-2006 and the entry into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) all promise a brighter future for the game. In addition, the rapid rise of the women’s game and the concurrent successes of the Matildas on the world stage add to the positioning of Australia as an emerging nation in the game.
Details
- Title
- Managing football in emerging markets: Australia
- Creators
- David Arthur - Southern Cross UniversityGreg Downes
- Contributors
- Sean Hamil (Editor of compilation)Simon Chadwick (Editor of compilation)
- Publication Details
- Managing football: an international perspective
- Publisher
- Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann; Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Identifiers
- 1894; 991012820950202368
- Academic Unit
- School of Business and Tourism; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Resource Type
- Book chapter