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Unsociable behaviour

A quick search of Twitter accounts for the term “a-league” reveals two important facts. Firstly, the only existing Twitter account associated with that term is that of this website (and if you’re not already following us on Twitter, you can do so here). And secondly, there is no Twitter presence by the A-League itself or indeed Football Federation Australia. However, it’s not as if Football Federation Australia are that naive as to not be interacting with the community through social networks – one of the quickest ways to access news on the Socceroos is to follow the Socceroos twitter feed. So the question that needs to be asked is why is there such a poor social networking presence for what is the premier football competition in this country?

Now I don’t want to cast aspersions on the FFA without presenting some (slightly) positive evidence to the contrary. There is an A-League fan page … Continue readingContinue Reading