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‘Golden opportunity’ for new Olympic stadium in Brisbane: Ex-Roar coach
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Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics bid and its hosting duties for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup present “a golden opportunity” for a 10,000-plus seat stadium to be built in the River City, according to the inaugural coach of Queensland’s A-League soccer team.
Former Queensland Roar coach Miron Bleiberg said his “blood was boiling” after he saw state government funding go to an AFL stadium in Ipswich, which started construction last month, when there was an alternative proposal for a multi-purpose stadium on an existing Brisbane site.
The magnificent Stewart Shield was the pinnacle of supremacy for junior football in the Brisbane region from the 1960s to 1980s. Regional teams shared in the glory.
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The entire Mackay football fanbase will be behind the Lions women as they prepare to face Central FC in the Kappa Cup.
Mackay Lions remain one of the final 16, and the last Mackay-based side, in the competition that initially had 128 teams enter the inaugural tournament.
The Lions will face the currently undefeated Central FC in the Central Queensland Premier League this season.
Lions president Ashlee Nolan said the club was excited to represent the Mackay region.
“The girls side has gone undefeated in the local competition for the last four years, so they were all pretty stoked when the statewide tournament was announced,” Nolan said.