Hypocrites!

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Sadly I don't have the link to this, but it's a classic nonetheless. The NSL is being advertised to a worldwide audience!

SCOTTISH SUNDAY MAIL

FOOTBALL: I FLED OZ RACE HATE AND MOB VIOLENCE Jul 6 2003

PATRICK KISNORBO spoke last night of his delight at joining Hearts while leaving behind a shambles of race hatred, corruption and mob violence in Australia.

The 22-year-old South Melbourne defender signed a two-year deal at
Tynecastle on Wednesday after trials at Leeds, Hammerby and FC Lorient.

And he's delighted to be given the chance to follow in the footsteps of
compatriots Craig Moore, Tony Vidmar and Mark Viduka in Scotland.

Not only does UEFA Cup football appeal to Kisnorbo, however, so does
leaving behind the constant dramas of the shambolic National Soccer
League in Australia.

The international stopper, capped five times, recalled how he and his
terrified family were caught up in ethnic violence between Greeks and
Macedonians during a FRIENDLY.

He also lifted the lid on the corruption and fraud that has seen massive financial losses for clubs and criminal investigations into senior Soccer Australia officials.

Kisnorbo said: "There is no money, funding, resources or inspiration for kids to do well.

"The NSL is not the best," added the player who is half Italian, half
Mauritian. "They tried to solve the ethnic problem by changing team
names but it has done nothing.

"There's a lot of crowd violence, especially in the derbies between
South Melbourne and Melbourne Knights.

"But the worst was when we played a charity match against Preston.
They're a Macedonian team and they and the Greeks don't mix.

"The pitch was invaded and they had to call the game off. It was
unbelievable.

"Now I'm just happy to have left all that behind and to have the chance
to prove myself with Hearts."

That's right, the country where Celtic and Rangers fans punch-on multiple times annually in the name of religion are taking a high-and-mighty view of soccer violence.