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David Beckham’s LA Galaxy will travel to Australia to play Hyundai A-league club The Newcastle Jets under a coup described by the NSW Premier as a great opportunity
to show off Australia’s bid credentials. The Jets will host the Galaxy, who also feature American World Cup hero Landon Donovan, at Newcastle’s EnergyAustralia Stadium on November 27 at 7.30pm in a one-off friendly.
The match will be televised live and is expected to attract 23,000 fans and bring more than $1 million to the economy. NSW Premier Kristina Keneally joined the Minister for the Hunter and MP for Newcastle Jodi McKay, Jets chairman Ken Edwards and A-League boss Lyall Gorman to announce details of the exhibition game.
“NSW is Australia’s premier state for major global events and we’re particularly keen to promote regional NSW destinations, so this is a great coup for the Hunter and the State,” Ms Keneally said. “Australia is a sport-loving nation and our passion for football has grown in recent years with the success of our Socceroos on the world stage. “NSW has recently hosted the successful Sydney International FIFA Fan Fest, Australia versus Paraguay match and the football-themed Breakfast on the Bridge.
“We want to show the world we are ready to host the World Cup in 2022 and securing major events such as this exclusive match for NSW puts us in a strong position during the bid process.” Head of the Hyundai A-League Lyall Gorman said the friendly would put the spotlight on football in Australia only a few days out from the 2018/2022 World Cup Host Announcement in Zurich on December 2.
“David Beckham is a huge figure in world football and it will be a great spectacle for the Hyundai A-League and the Newcastle Jets when he and his team play in the Hunter,” Mr Gorman said. Beckham is a bid ambassador for England which is bidding for the right to host the FIFA World Cup™ in 2018. He is expected to leave Australia immediately after the match and make his way to Zurich to help England push it s case on December 2. Energy Australia or Newcastle Stadium is one of the 12 stadia that make up Australia’s bid
Sydney Harbour Transformed for Aussie 2022 World Cup Bid!
Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge was covered with 11,000 square metres of real grass so 7,500 people could enjoy a picnic breakfast 50 metres above Sydney Harbour in support of Australia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup™ in 2022.And as a symbol of the nation’s support a four metre high giant ‘Come Play!’ football was rolled down the centre of the Australian landmark by Football Federation Australia (FFA) Chairman Frank Lowy, FFA CEO Ben Buckley along with a selection of players from the Qantas Socceroos and Westfield Matildas. Players from Football United, a football program for refugees, and local club the Granville Rage Super Youth League U15s also took part in the festivities.
“Breakfast on the Bridge is a wonderful example of what Sydney and our nation has to offer – just look at this magnificent harbour landscape. It is picture perfect,” said FFA Chairman Frank Lowy.
“It is an honour that this year Breakfast on the Bridge has a football theme.
“I am delighted to see so many football supporters here today to send a strong message around the world – we want to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup™.
“A FIFA World Cup™ in Australia will be fun, relaxed, safe and secure. We want the world’s greatest sporting event, the FIFA World Cup™, come to our shores. We invite the world to Come Play! in Australia,” he said.
