February 19

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Clive Palmer slams football, refuses to guarantee future of Gold Coast United

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Gold Coast players at Palmer's mercy

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Clive Palmer slams football, refuses to guarantee future of Gold Coast United

couriermail.com.au | 3:53 am Feb 19, 2012

MAVERICK Gold Coast United chairman Clive Palmer won't guarantee the future of his "insignificant" club and says rugby league is a "much better" sport than football. The poorly supported and last-placed United are officially in crisis. In a startling…
Gold Coast players at Palmer's mercy

sbs.com.au | 11:39 am Feb 19, 2012

It will also be a pivotal day for the future of suspended coach Miron Bleiberg, who Palmer has described as being “spectacularly unsuccessful” this season. If Bleiberg does not show for training, Palmer is ready to hand the coaching reins to his deputy…
Football Federation Australia CEO Ben Buckley responds to comments from Gold Coast's Clive Palmer

foxsports.com.au | 12:00 pm Feb 19, 2012

Football Federation Australia CEO Ben Buckley has labelled Clive Palmer's criticism of the A-League and the sport as "offensive" and "out of order". Palmer, who owns struggling franchise Gold Coast United, stunned the football world on Sunday when he…
heraldsun.com.au | 10:08 am Feb 19, 2012

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Most Popular Tweets (13)

Pull your head in Clive Palmer. #noclass

@MichaelZullo5 - Michael Zullo

9:07 am Feb 19, 2012
Wow. Id love to meet Clive Palmer :| #pieceofmymind

@JHoff28 - Jason Hoffman

6:29 am Feb 19, 2012
@Gixibyte Should organise the NT to prepare something for next home game in solidarity with the GCU club and fans?

@kieran_francis - Kieran Francis

4:47 am Feb 19, 2012
Clive Palmer not a football fan, more of a Rugby League type man. #TheNRLcanHaveHim

@ALeague_Rhyming - A-League in Rhyme

4:13 am Feb 19, 2012
Why doesn't Clive Palmer relinquish his A-League licence? The competition he labels "a joke" is also down to Palmer's own ineptitude.

@AndrewOrsatti - Andrew Orsatti

3:57 am Feb 19, 2012
(2/2) I call on our two fanbases to coordinate and show Palmer he is not welcome in our game. No attacks on each other - just Clive.

@scouse_roar - Ben Clark

2:45 am Feb 19, 2012
Calling all @brisbaneroar and @gogcu fans - I think March 25th is a time for unity - we are all football fans and we all hate Palmer. (1/2)

@scouse_roar - Ben Clark

2:44 am Feb 19, 2012
Gold Coast Utd imploding, Clive Palmer trashing the A-League, and FFA response is... maybe a statement later. Leadership came there none

@SmithiesTele - Tom Smithies

2:26 am Feb 19, 2012
Getting rid of a club with a fan base (NQ) but keeping GCU for Palmer's $$. Greed, Ben Buckley. Greed. #GCU #football

@Jack_Quigley - Jack Quigley

11:51 pm Feb 18, 2012
Clive Palmer may look (& is) a prick but this whole thing just makes FFA look more ridiculous for pulling the plug on the Fury. #GCU

@Jack_Quigley - Jack Quigley

11:50 pm Feb 18, 2012
Palmer looks like he's trying to force the FFA to kick GCU out while paying him compensation. #aleague

@liam_b - Liam Bantock

11:46 pm Feb 18, 2012
Stand up for the game FFA.

@bonitamersiades - Bonita Mersiades

11:13 pm Feb 18, 2012
Clive Palmer hates football. Funny that. Football hates you, Clive #aleague

@rambogoraya - Raman Goraya

9:49 pm Feb 18, 2012

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