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Finally a date has been set for the running of Australia's own FA cup competition... hope we don't ever have to play the Blacktown Demons ... as they were my first club and second half our teams comes from from the Demons.
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/small-players-to-get-a-shot-at-aleagues-best-20110216-1aws0.html
Small players to get a shot at A-League's best
by Michael Lynch
February 17, 2011
FOOTBALL Federation Australia will launch its FFA Cup in March next year with the final to be played on Australia Day, 2013.
The tournament would be open to all clubs at every level of the football pyramid, FFA general manager Lyall Gorman said last night at a football fan forum meeting in Melbourne.
The A-League clubs are likely to enter the cup at the last-32 stage.
Advertisement: Story continues below Smaller teams that have survived earlier knockout rounds will get the chance to mix it with the likes of A-League premier Brisbane Roar and the country's biggest club, Melbourne Victory.
Gorman said that the cup would ''be a major opportunity to turbo-charge the game at grass-roots levels and convert fans from being merely followers to supporters