Independent Soccer Inquiry

Report of the Independent Soccer Review Committee into the Structure, Governance and Management of Soccer in Australia - April 2003

Alagich, Richard — Coach
Alexopoulos, Alex — Glen Iris
Allen, Ken — National Referees Commission
Armitage, Nick — Former General Manager, Northern Spirit Football Club
Athletics Australia
Attard, Chris — Mulgrave
Australian Baseball Federation
Australian Cricket Board
Australian Professional Footballers’ Association
 
Ballarat and Districts Soccer Association
Barker, John — Former President, Soccer Tasmania
Battaerd, Cheryl — New South Wales Premier’s Soccer Task Force Bayliss, Professor Peter — Pearl Beach
Bee, Les — Victorian Institute of Sport
Bennett, Richard — Taroona
Binch, Wayne — West Tweed Heads
Bircher, Andrew and Bircher, Peter — Supporters
Bishop, John — Parent
Bolton, Nick — North Sydney
Bonnett, John and Poke, Robin — Involved in soccer for over 30 years
Bowker, Graeme — Former Independent Director, Soccer Australia
Bramis, George — Former player
Brisbane Strikers Supporters Association
Brown, Sean — Fawkner
Brown, Shirley — Former President, Women’s Soccer Australia
Brusasco, Ian — Former Chairman, Soccer Australia
Buckley, Tony — Vice President, Brisbane Women’s Soccer Association
Bull, Kevin — Queensland Christian Soccer Association
Bunn, James — Managing Director, Television Programming Pty Ltd
Burge, Trevor — Chief Executive Officer, Australian Indoor Soccer Futsal (Five-a-Side) Association
Burvill, Grahame — Ex-player, coach and parent
 
Canberra City Soccer Club
Carroll, Bryce — Soccer fan
Chebl, Michael — Supporter
Church, Dennis — Director, Futsal Australia
Connolly, David — Geilston Bay
Conti, Chris — Australian Schools Soccer
Cooperative Federation of Victoria Ltd
Cottrell, Matt — Parent, coach and fan
Crowle, Peter — Volunteer and coach
Crozier, Sam — Football Advocates’ Network
 
Dedes, John — Prospect
Delaney, Andrew — Kilsyth
Demetriou, Stephen
Department of Community Development, Sport and Cultural Affairs — Northern Territory
Department of Sport and Recreation — Western Australia
Dower, Fay — Administrator, Women’s Soccer Queensland
Downes, Brian —President, Woodbridge Whalers soccer club
Dunkerley, Chris — Ex-player, fan, parent, accredited NSL media
Dye, Wendy — Soccer supporter
 
Easton, Keith — Merrylands
Ellul, Daniel
Endacott, David — Daylesford
 
Falkner, Barry — Coach and parent
Falvo, Mark and Sidis, George — Two passionate and concerned football fans
Fisher, Paul
Ford, Ian — Parent
Forero, Carlos — Coach
Fuller, Michael
Fusco, Lino — Linden Park
 
Gardiner, Neal
Grant, Larry — President, Southern Districts Soccer Football Association
Gray, Andrew — Launceston
Green, George — Committee member, Soccer Far North Coast
Greiner, Nick — Former President, Soccer Australia
Gympie and Districts Soccer Association Inc.
 
Hancock, Geoff — Parent and fan
Hanf, Zbysh — Ex-player, parent and supporter
Hanger, Warren — Secretary, Soccer Coaches’ Association Queensland
Hanson, Patrick — Wilston
Hay, Roy and Murray, Bill — Authors, The Social History of Soccer in Australia
Henretty, Doug — Ex-player, coach and team manager
Hewitt, Roger — North Sydney
Hihimanis, Michael — Chairman, Collegiate Soccer League, South Australia
Hill, David — Former Chairman, Soccer Australia
Hill, Ray — Cheltenham
Hirst, Ralph — Player, club board member and supporter
Holiday Coast Soccer Inc.
Holy, Danuel — Ardent supporter
Hosking, Tony — Recent convert
Houston, Nick — Queanbeyan
Hudson, Chris — West Hobart
Hughes, Tony — Soccer development officer, club member and supporter
Hurst, John

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Ikonomopoulos, Chris — Player and neutral sports observer
Ingram, Dr David — Parent
Ivanov, Boris — President, Melbourne University Soccer Club
 
Jaworsky, Markian — Supporter, volunteer and junior coach
Jenkins, Ben — Redland Bay
Jesson, Murray — Referee and soccer devotee
Joske, Mike — Claremont
 
Kanaef, Janet — Alstonville
Kapos, Andrew
Kendrick, Ken — Very passionate football fan
Keramaris, Leon — Passionate fan of Australian soccer
King, Chris — Modbury North
Koumoukelis, Frank — Keen follower of the game
 
Lamprinos, Sam — Padstow
Lankheet, John — Concerned parent
Leading Promotions
Lee, David — Coach
Lennie, Edward — Referee
Lewandowski, Bernard — Former player and current chairman, local state league club
Lewis, Ian — Putney
Libero Consulting
 
MacLennan, Iain — Former player, club president and board member, Victoria
Mah, Osama — Morley
Maindonald, Paul — Former player and NSL club administrator
Malafouris, Tim — Earlwood
Marchetti, George — Magill
Marcuccitti, Paul — Columnist
Masselos, James; Vlahos, Greg and Gledhill, Adam — Supporters
Maugham, Steven
Mavratzas, Dimitrios — West Lakes
McDonald, Tom — Junior soccer supporter
McFarling, Dr Bruce — Lecturer
McGachey, Neil — Former Director, South Australian Sports Institute and player
Merrick, Ernie — Head Coach, Victorian Institute of Sport soccer program
Mersiades, Bonita — Life long fan, office holder, team manager and author
Michalakos, Con — Athelstone
Milin, Paia — Deer Park
Miller, Alistair — Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Futsal Association
Milne, Neil — Seven Hills
Mitchell, Rob — Inglewood
Monteleone, Con — Football Advocate Network
Morrison, Ashley — Mount Hawthorn
Mourtakis, Steven; Athanasiadis, Peter; Athanasiades George; Hatzoglou, Nick and      Kartsidimas, Peter — ‘Advance Soccer’ Group
Muir, James
Murray, Les — Head of Sport, Special Broadcasting Service
Muscat, Tony
 
New South Wales Amateur Soccer Federation
New South Wales Department of Sport and Recreation
New South Wales Premier’s Soccer Task Force
New South Wales Soccer Federation
Nitz, Alistair and Catalano, Silvana
Nogarotto, Remo — Chairman, NSL
Northern New South Wales Soccer Federation
Northern Territory Soccer Federation
 
Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing — South Australia
Office of Sport and Recreation — Tasmania
O’Neill, Bradley — Huge soccer fan
 
Parry, John — Previous Chairman, Soccer Tasmania
Pierce, Keith — Player, parent, former coach, manager and club committee member
Pitman, Steve — Brisbane Strikers supporter
Pless, Walter — Soccer correspondent
Polich, Tom — Former player, club official and coach
Pope, Colin — Midland
Predny, Stephen — Player, coach, spectator and passionate supporter
Pulone, Domenic — Australian soccer supporter
 
Queensland Futsal
Queensland Junior Soccer Council
Queensland Soccer Federation
Quinn, Allan — Journalist and football fan
 
Ramsden, Byron — Player, coach, administrator and parent
Re, Julius — Former Director, Soccer Australia
Read, Richard — International broadcaster
Reid, Heather — Former board member of Women’s Soccer Australia
Reid, John — Player and coach
Rickard, James — Player, parent and lover of the world game
Ridley, Andrew — Former player and avid spectator
Roberts, Brian — Chairman, Soccer Tasmania
Roberts, Michael — Scarborough
Robertson, Andrew — Parent
Robins, Fred — Coach
Robinson, Damian — Player
Robinson, Mark
Robinson, Nick — Hervey Bay
 
Sassinis, Dr Stephen — Supporter
Saul, Jeffrey — Women’s soccer administrator, coach, referee and supporter
Scarsella, Basil — President, Oceania Football Confederation
Scott, Colin — Engadine
Seven Network Limited
Sharpe, Bevan — Player and fan
Sirianos, Vange and MacCallum, Marshall
Smith, David — Chief Executive Officer, Soccer Tasmania
Soccer Administration of Western Australia
Soccer Australia
Soccer Australia Referees (Western Australia)
Soccer Canberra
Soccer Far North Coast
South Australian Amateur Soccer League
South Australian Junior Soccer Association
South Australian Soccer Federation
Spanner, Brian — Coach, referee, club secretary and life member of local club
Sport and Recreation Australian Capital Territory
Sport and Recreation Queensland
Sport and Recreation Victoria
Stacey, Stephen — Former professional player, coach and administrator
Steel, Ken — Soccer administrator
Stefani, Julian — Adelaide
Stefanou, Kosta — Mulgrave
Sticca, Lou — Licensed player agent and concerned follower of Australian soccer
Surf Life Saving Australia
Swan Hill Junior Soccer League

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Tanner, Chris — Licensed player agent, former club and state official
Teague, Alan — Caboolture
Thian, Chris — Player and avid fan
Thompson, Peter — Hobart
Thorne, Richard — Wallaroo
Thorpe, Tony — Macquarie United Soccer Club
Throssell, Paul — West Launceston
Toth, Erni — Newport
Traminton, Lou — Allenby Gardens
Tresoldi, Guido — Brunswick
Trinh, Peter
 
van Aken, Mark EJ
Vella, John — Illawong
Virag, David — Former player
Victorian Major Events Company
Victorian Soccer Federation
 
Walsh, Stephen — Player and former referee
Ward, Keith — Cronulla
Watson, Elaine — Women’s soccer administrator, author and referee
Weigand, Scott — Fan
Welsby, Roy — Player, coach, manager and administrator
West Pennant Hills–Cherrybrook Soccer Club
Western Knights Soccer Club
Whitby, Mark — Allambie Heights
Whittaker, Lisa — Supporter — and Scicluna, Lorraine — Player
Wilson, Gordon — Petrie
Women’s Soccer Canberra
Women’s Soccer Queensland
Women’s Soccer Western Australia
Wood, Anthony — Copacabana
Woodbridge Whalers Junior Soccer Club
Wright, David-Pierre — Concerned soccer supporter and ex-player
Wright, Terry — Referee
Wyllie, Alex — Former player and passionate follower of the game
 
Young, John — Sunnybank

Zaitman, Harry — Participant, spectator and administrator
Zipevski, Slavco
 
Additional consultations

Kennett, Jeff

Negus, George

Soccer Australia members of the Board and management: Ian Knop, Bill Walker, Graeme Bowker, Greg Bates, Alan Vessey,  Remo Nogarotto, Les Avery, Robert Sestan, Stefan Kamasz

Notes   

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