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Governing Bodies  Despite Large Turnout, Football Federation
Australia's Numbers 'Not Cause For Celebration'  Football
Federation Australia "trumpeted its best-ever crowd figures" on
Wednesday with "impressive" numbers, according to Sebastian
Hassett of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. The total gate clocked in
at 1,666,942, "the highest in the history of the A-League." The
FFA is "not only proud" of its rising TV presence -- up by 18%
-- "but of its bouncing online footprint," which has seen a
40% rise on its digital platforms and a 105% rise on social
media. FFA CEO David Gallop said, "The A-League is not just on
the move, it's expanding massively in the mainstream of
Australian society and capturing thousands of new fans live, on
TV and in the digital space." Gallop adding that "the game's big
strength comes from those who engage with it: under 35." It's
"not as though the A-League hasn't seen a boom before." This
year "has not eclipsed the most desirabl