The Tottenham Hotspur manager says there won’t be influx of resources into the game in the country despite recent success
Former Socceroos coach and now Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou has weighed in on how Australian football will respond to the Matildas’ World Cup success.Former Socceroos coach and now Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou has weighed in on how Australian football will respond to the Matildas’ World Cup success.Last modified on Wed 11 Oct 2023 23.
The Matildas finished fourth at their home Women’s World Cup this year, and the semi-final defeat against England was the most-watched program on Australian television – sport or otherwise.“I just don’t think the nation as a whole has that inside them to understand you can make an impact on the world of football, but it requires a kind of nationalistic approach that I just don’t think Australians at their core are really interested in.
Postecoglou believes the combination of the strength of the other football codes in Australia, with the global nature of football, means the sport in Australia has not been able to take off, and still won’t even after the Matildas’ success. Then Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou with Mile Jedinak, who is now his assistant at Spurs, in 2017 just days before he resigned.Football Australia has claimed its Legacy23 program around the Women’s World Cup had unlocked more than $350m in government investment. The APL developed its first ever major funding submission to the Australian federal government this year, seeking $12m in funding. Nothing has been committed yet, though there are ongoing discussions.
The 58-year-old revisited that period this week, saying he had given up the “fight” for Australian football after being “frustrated for so long”.
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