Overview

• Football Australia has extended Western United’s appeal deadline to 10:00 am on 21 August, giving the club fewer than three days to lodge its case.
• If Western United fails to submit an appeal by the new deadline, its right to challenge the First Instance Board’s 8 August decision will lapse.
• Football Australia’s First Instance Board stripped the club of both its men’s and women’s A-Leagues licences over unmet financial and governance requirements.
• Western United reported months of late player and staff payments and delayed superannuation contributions, fueling the licence withdrawal.
• A proposed takeover by US group KAM Sports remains incomplete without APL approval, and a FIFA transfer ban in the Prijović dispute still blocks new player registrations.