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Canberra launch fresh push for A-League licence – The World Game
Canberra’s push for an A-League licence has gained fresh momentum with a consortium of investors from Australia and abroad submitting a multi-million dollar bid to Football Federation Australia to bring an A-League team to the Nation’s Capital.
The bid tabled by the Canberra Region Football Collective (CRFC) is believed to be worth more than $5 million with the group hopeful the official submission will get the FFA to give Canberra the go-ahead to join the A-League for the 2021-22 season.
The bid is backed by a European based investment group as well as a wealthy Australian family who are driven towards bringing a professional football team to Canberra, even if it means buying an relocating the Central Coast Mariners.
The bid also ha…
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