Instilling an Australian touch on Indonesian football...

original from: www.thefootballsack.com

Saturday, April 02, 2011

by Nick Guoth

Life in Indonesia as a footballer has been quite different in 2011. In this third part of football in Indonesia, The Football Sack chats to Professional Footballers Australia’s CEO Brendan Schwab about his, and FIFPro’s, involvement with the Indonesian Premier League (LPI).

FIFPro is the world players’ union and in 2005 Schwab was asked to be chair of the FIFPro Asia Committee which two years later became one of the four official Divisions of FIFPro. Through this Schwab was involved in the development of the Indonesian players’ association (APPI) under the leadership of Vennard Hutabarat and Arya Abhiseka.

An Australian in Indonesia: Aleks Vrteski...

original from: thefootballsack.com

Friday, March 18, 2011

by Nick Guoth

Following up on my article about the perils of playing football in Indonesia, Aleks Vrteski has kindly spoken to The Football Sack about what it is like, personally, to be part of the new revolution in Indonesian football.

 Born in Karratha on the north west coast of Western Australia, Aleks has plyed his trade as a goalkeeper for a number of teams including Perth Glory on two stints and FK Pobeda in Macedonia. He has also represented Australia at U17 and U20 level and Macedonia at U21 level.

The perils of Premier League football in Indonesia..

Thursday, March 03, 2011

by Nick Guoth

At a time when the FFA have chosen to contract the Hyundai A-League, just north of the Arafura Sea everything appears to be on the go. In Indonesia there are now two different major competitions and Australians are flocking there in numbers - drawn in by lucrative salaries.

Yet there are perils many do not understand and recent articles in the region's newspapers and blogs show that all is not in harmony in our closest northern neighbour.

Indonesian Premier League Looks Like It’s Here to Stay..

Six weeks into the breakaway Indonesian Premier League and it shows no sign of going away despite the efforts of the game’s national governing body.

Indeed, attracting players like Lee Hendrie, Irfan Bachdim and Shahril Ishak suggests that players’ concerns about the league’s status are receding.