Festival of Football

[Dogwatcher]

Press release:

Sydney's stepping stone to host the World Cup

Sydney comes alive with the Sydney Festival of Football

A brand new festival is coming to Sydney-the Sydney Festival of Football!

The Festival of Football International Club Tournament, is a new event and will take place exclusively in Sydney. It is a round robin format with three football super powers from Europe taking on our very own A-League champions- Sydney FC.

This exciting Football concept will feature 6 round robin matches with competition points accumulated for winning matches and scoring goals.3 points will be awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 1 point for every goal scored! The result is open and dynamic football with the competition alive until the last game and the winner determined only at the very final whistle!

The four teams competing in the Sydney Festival of Football are Sydney FC (A League Champions), Blackburn Rovers (English Premier League), Glasgow Rangers (Scottish Premier League Champions) and Greek team AEK Athens FC (11 times Greek Champions).

The Sydney Football Stadium will host all matches and tickets start at just $29. Each ticket is valid for both games, giving you Double the Fun, Double the Value and Double the Goals!

"This inaugural tournament is the first of what will be an annual tournament in Sydney to attract global football brands each and every year.

“There is no secret Sydney wants to hold the World Cup final and this event will make a strong statement about Sydney as Australia’s home of Football”, said Kristina Keneally, NSW Premier.


The schedule of matches are:

Sunday 25 July

12.45pm: Sydney FC v AEK Athens FC
3pm: Blackburn Rovers v Glascow Rangers

Wednesday 28 July

6pm: AEK Athens FC v Blackburn Rovers
8.15pm: Sydney FC v Glascow Rangers

Saturday 31st July

5pm: AEK Athens FC v Glascow Rangers
7.15pm: Sydney FC v Blackburn Rovers

“I would like to extend an invitation to the Scottish, English and Greek communities located across Australia. Book a ticket to Sydney and cheer on your teams!”, Keneally concluded.

Sydney hosted the Olympics in 2000 and now the next step is the World Cup! Come and score your own goal by watching International Club Football at its best!

[johntheclaret]

Good on the powers that be for getting this tournament going, but b4st4rd rovers, Rangers and Athens "3 European footballing super powers", I don't think so

Still, Rangers would have a decent following over there, as would the Greeks I guess, but as for b4rst4rds, they can't get anyone to watch them at home let alone in Oz