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  • FOOTBALL COMES HOME: The Early Days of Western Sydney Wanderers FC


    Jowel

    The article available at the download link below covers the early history of Western Sydney Wanderers FC, documenting the 7-month period from the announcement of the new club in April 2012 through to round 5 of the 2012/2013 A-league season in November 2012.

     

    It follows the memorable journey of the birth and formation of the new club during its early period of existence - a time when the club and its fans were finding their feet.

     

    The following topics are covered and provide a chronological account of the club’s early days:

     

    - Announcement of new Sydney club

    - Community engagement in club formation

    - Club details announced

    - Formation of supporters group (RBB)

    - Pre-season and further club announcements

    - The 2012/2013 season begins

    - References and further reading

     

    The club was put together from scratch in just 186 days in time for the beginning of the 2012/2013 season. Numerous milestones in the formation of the club were accomplished in such a short time frame, a testament to the passion of the club staff as well as the fans. The heartland of football in Australia was now finally represented in the national competition after years of waiting.

     

    This article was prepared by me (Jowel). I hope it serves as a detailed record of the early history of the club which fans find an enjoyable read. Thanks also go to Mack for hosting this article on WestSydneyFootball.com.

     

    The article can be downloaded here: FOOTBALL COMES HOME

     

    It is an 8mb PDF file, 72 pages (A4 size) and over 30,000 words. It covers everything.

     

    Enjoy the read.


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    Davo

    Posted

    Awesome job Jowel! Imagine a hundred years from now when the club is massive and people want to know what things were like way back in 2012 where it all began. Now they'll have an excellent historic record to refer to. I found that thought even more exciting when I found the photo of the open training session was one of the ones I took on the day  :xbop:

    spectacular291

    Posted

    I've been waiting for this to come out!!

     

    Top work mate!

    Burztur

    Posted

    Top stuff Jowel!

    marron

    Posted

    Great job Jowel!

    Tranquilo

    Posted

    brilliant work, many thanks

    PARRASFC

    Posted

    Well played.

     

    From a SFC fan.

    julyaugustreno

    Posted

    that is massive. Great work mate. 

    charonis

    Posted

    Fantastic work Jowel. Good stuff.

    Pistola

    Posted

    Light reading on the bus trip to Melbourne :-)

    UltrasRBB

    Posted

    ill wait for the dvd.

    matty

    Posted

    niiiice

    Micci83

    Posted

    That's a f**king top article. Well done.

    POUMista

    Posted

    When does the movie come out? ;)

     

    But seriously - great effort.

    Burztur

    Posted

    There probably is enough footage around to make a 1hr doco :)

    POUMista

    Posted

    There probably is enough footage around to make a 1hr doco :)

    Damn! Does that mean I'll have to play myself? I was hoping they could get Sean Bean for the role...

    UltrasRBB

    Posted

    There probably is enough footage around to make a 1hr doco :)

     

    football mundial should do a story on us.

    Sub

    Posted

    Well in Jowel, great work

    Erebus

    Posted

     

    There probably is enough footage around to make a 1hr doco :)

    Damn! Does that mean I'll have to play myself? I was hoping they could get Sean Bean for the role...

    So when's the funeral? ;)

     

     

    Anyway, awesome work Jowel. I had goosebumps reading a lot of that and it reminded me how much happened last year when we think back.

    So many memories.

    Chaopescado

    Posted

    Top effort Jowel!

     

    Just skimmed through, looking forward to reading the rest of it.

    Jowel

    Posted

    Thanks for the feedback, people. Really appreciate it.

     

    This article took a lot of time, research and energy. What started off as just an idea to write a small article about pre-season soon ballooned into the mammoth book that you have before you today.

     

    Damn I love this club.

    Chaopescado

    Posted

    Colour printed and wire bound ready to rock!

     

    Any chance you can sign it for me on Saturday, lol

    Jowel

    Posted

    Haha. I did the same sneaky print-off at work too LOL

    POUMista

    Posted

    Haha. I did the same sneaky print-off at work too LOL

    I think quite a few people did. :)

    Davo

    Posted

    Thanks for the feedback, people. Really appreciate it.

     

    This article took a lot of time, research and energy. What started off as just an idea to write a small article about pre-season soon ballooned into the mammoth book that you have before you today.

     

    Damn I love this club.

     

    Are you planning on continuing with the rest of the season for an updated version for our whole first 12 months? Or did you stop where you did to maintain your sanity after the mountain of work done so far?

    Neverbloom

    Posted

    amazing stuff great work

    Jowel

    Posted

     

    Thanks for the feedback, people. Really appreciate it.

     

    This article took a lot of time, research and energy. What started off as just an idea to write a small article about pre-season soon ballooned into the mammoth book that you have before you today.

     

    Damn I love this club.

     

    Are you planning on continuing with the rest of the season for an updated version for our whole first 12 months? Or did you stop where you did to maintain your sanity after the mountain of work done so far?

     

    Haha. Well my idea was just to put together a detailed summary of the early days. Those days are the ones I'll cherish most so I thought it important to make sure that a good record was made of them that all fans can read about.

     

    I don't think I'll be doing the same for the rest of the season. It's a great idea though. Maybe someone else could give this a go? I was definately going insane by the end :)

    Balkanite

    Posted

    Excellent work, please sign a copy for me!

    charonis

    Posted

    So many things have happened since round 5 though...

     

    Away derby win....

     

    6-1 against Adelaide....

     

    3 in a row against Brisbane...

     

    Winning the premiership....

     

    Winning the championship...

     

     

    Oh wait.... getting ahead of myself :)

    Natethan

    Posted

    Love it! Fantastic work!




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