The view from Australia

Gold Coast: Football club to farce

February 19, 2012
By Rob Brooks
(Archive)
Gold Coast United this week showed why they are not long for the A-League. Woeful crowds, lack of sponsorship and a dwindling squad aside, it is the insistence of billionaire owner Clive Palmer to make a mockery of the game in Australia which will surely see the club moved to a new location, under new ownership.

Palmer's latest blunder was to name 17-year-old A-League debutant Mitch Cooper as captain for the team's match against Melbourne Heart - which they ultimately lost 1-0 on Friday ...

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