Footage of  Archie Thompson breaking the Guiness World Records

Australia's Greatest Ever player retires from the sport

Harry Kewell

Upcoming events for Football 

The World Cup in Brazil

Chile v Australia - 6pm, Friday June 13, Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba (8am, Saturday June 14 AEST)

Australia v Netherlands - 1pm, Wednesday June 18, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (2am, Thursday June 19 AEST)

Australia v Spain - 1pm, Monday June 23, Arena da Baixada, Curitiba (2am, Tuesday June 24 AEST)

If we make it in the top 2 spots we could face  the host nation Brazil in the knockout phase next.
 

The Asia cup held in Australia

Tickets are as low as $5 for children and $15 for adults.
No tickets will be more than $149 at any game.
Also there are group prices for multiple games and also family prices as low as $40

there are 5 venues to be used for this tournament:
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Newcastle.

9 January 2015
Australia     Vs       Kuwait       
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
       

13 January 2015
Oman           Vs      Australia
Stadium Australia, Sydney

17 January 2015
Australia      Vs      South Korea       
Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Then the top 2 teams from each group go in to the knockout phase.
Australia will be looking to win this tournament with the help of the local crowds and go one better than last time in this tournament.

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 January – Melbourne
	Winner Group A
					26 January – Sydney
	Runner-up Group B
					Winner Match 25
	23 January – Sydney
					Winner Match 27
	Winner Group C
									31 January – Sydney
	Runner-up Group D
									Winner Match 29
	22 January – Brisbane
									Winner Match 30
	Winner Group B
					27 January – Newcastle
	Runner-up Group A
					Winner Match 26				Third place
	23 January – Canberra
					Winner Match 28
	Winner Group D								Loser Match 29
	Runner-up Group C								Loser Match 30
									30 January – Newcastle

Bathursts own World Record Holder

Archie Thompson

Full name	Archibald Gerald Thompson
Date of birth	23 October 1978 (age 35)
Place of birth	Otorohanga, New Zealand
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker / Winger

First International Game for Australia - 28 February 2001

Guinness World Record - Most goals scored in an 'A' International game - 13 goals
Australia also recorded a 31-0 victory that night against American Samoa on 11 April 2001.

He is also Australia's 3rd top goal scorer behind Damien Mori and Tim Cahill.

A collection of some of the greatest goals scored during the FIFA World Cup.

Some interesting Statistics

Countries involved in the sport

208

Players involved in the sport

265 Million (as of 2006)

Oldest club still running

Sheffield FC est. 1857

Highest paid player

• Week: £300,000.00 ($511,220.00 aud)
• Day: £42,857.14 ($73,031.44 aud)
• Hour: £1,785.71 ($3,041.76 aud)
• Minute: £29.76 ($50.71 aud)
• Second: £0.50 ($0.85 aud)

Soccer as most people call it uses more of their feet than other so called "football codes" in Australia.
These Include:

AFL                                                                             Rugby League

Rugby Union                                                                American Rules

Real Football

Real football also known as Soccer in Australia.