This program will be broadcast on 2xxfm (98.3mhz), Tuesday 12 october 2010 at 7:00PM, across the Australian Community Radio Network.
In Part 2 of our latest series of interviews with John Mitchell, we continue to examine the "vacant space" in football development terms (and in fact in the ACT), which gave rise to the ANU Under 20 Elite Program in our Premier League. John speaks of his "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" which finished off the program in 2010. John is very candid, some of what he has to say will resonate with other clubs, some might become uncomfortable for a second or two, some will provoke debate or disagreement and just as often, give pause for reflection. This is a very local football story, a very personal story, but it says a lot about football beyond our regional boundaries.
John's idea about how to use the A League for Canberra funds, develop players in the 17-20 age group, compete at the A League Youth level and perhaps establish a solid case for an A league team in Canberra, is the best I have heard in the last year - in fact its the only coherent plan I have heard this year, that didn't sound like everything that had been said before and been rejected by the FFA. You make up your mind.
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