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Matt Hepworth spoke with Football Northern Territory CEO Bruce Stalder · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 1: You are our eyes and ears in the Territory Mix
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  Speaker 1: one oh four point nine. Matt Hepworth filling in for
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  Speaker 1: Kadie Wolf this morning. We've got the week that was
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow morning from nine and it's set to be a
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  Speaker 1: big one, of course. The top story of the morning
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  Speaker 1: and the week that the gunn of government has rejected
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  Speaker 1: the opposition's proposed changes to use bail laws. We'll have
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  Speaker 1: more on that in local news after eleven. Plenty of
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  Speaker 1: texts coming through about this as well. One here says
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  Speaker 1: read the ceopiece failed proposed bail laws having worked in
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  Speaker 1: the system, it is unprecedented that a government would just
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  Speaker 1: accept and implement the opposition's proposals, no matter how good
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  Speaker 1: they sound. It just doesn't happen in federal or state politics. Sadly,
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  Speaker 1: that is just politics. It's a very true point there.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you very much for your text. And one here
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  Speaker 1: from bart It says if nine hundred dollars for a
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  Speaker 1: bottle of rum doesn't deter problem drinkers, then scrap the
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  Speaker 1: minimum alcohol flaw price. That follows a report in the
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  Speaker 1: NT News this morning from Matt Cunningham, with suggestions that
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  Speaker 1: alcohol related hospital admissions have increased over the last two
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  Speaker 1: years despite the introduction of the floor price. Matt Cunningham
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  Speaker 1: will be in the studio morning tomorrow morning from nine
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  Speaker 1: to talk more about that. Let's continue the sports conversation though,
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  Speaker 1: and earlier this month we heard the news that teams
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  Speaker 1: from the Northern Territory will once again have the chance
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  Speaker 1: to participate on the national stage as the FFA Cup
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  Speaker 1: returns in twenty twenty one. Now today the fixture for
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  Speaker 1: the first round of the FFA Cup matches in the
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  Speaker 1: Northern Territory has been released. To talk more about it
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  Speaker 1: is the CEO of Football Northern Territory, Bruce Stalled Love Bruce.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Hi, good morning, how are you well?
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  Speaker 1: Thanks mate? For those who don't know, can you tell
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  Speaker 1: us a little bit more about the FFA Cup and
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  Speaker 1: how the Northern Territory is going to be involved this year.
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  Speaker 2: Look, there have been two major changes in football or
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  Speaker 2: what we used to call soccer in Australia. Was one
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  Speaker 2: was changing the name to the World Game of Football
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  Speaker 2: and putting in the A League in w League. And
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  Speaker 2: the second one was this thing called the FFA Cup
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  Speaker 2: where this year we'll have seven hundred and forty teams
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  Speaker 2: around the country participating on a national stage. And the
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  Speaker 2: driver for it is that you get a chance to
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  Speaker 2: play against the best and you have those stories like
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  Speaker 2: you know, the trade he's taking on the professionals and
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  Speaker 2: sometimes they beat them. So we're really excited to be
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  Speaker 2: in the FFA Cup for twenty one.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds like a great opportunity for some of that
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  Speaker 1: territory players to compete at a higher level than just
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  Speaker 1: our local league.
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  Speaker 2: Oh absolutely. And we had a really famous occasion a
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  Speaker 2: couple of years back where one of our clubs here
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  Speaker 2: Heleni took on Western Sydney wonder Is one of the
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  Speaker 2: mighty big clubs in the A League and they took
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  Speaker 2: them down to the wire. It was a game that
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  Speaker 2: ended up four to three and it's still talked about
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  Speaker 2: and there's some fantastic goals that are still on YouTube
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  Speaker 2: and still going around today where people saw our local
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  Speaker 2: kids do really really well in a national competition.
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  Speaker 1: So it sounds like in previous years the Northern Territory
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  Speaker 1: really has batted above their average in this competition.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they have, and I think they're so motivated by it, mate,
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  Speaker 2: They just know this is they're one sort of opportunity
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  Speaker 2: a year to show their wares on a national stage.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, these guys work hard, even though they're amateurs.
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  Speaker 2: They really believe in the sport and believe in and
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  Speaker 2: being the best they can. And when that happens and
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  Speaker 2: you give them opportunity, they usually excel.
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  Speaker 1: And as I understand, there's been some updates over the
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  Speaker 1: last couple of days. I think the fixture for the
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  Speaker 1: first round has been released, Is that right, Yes, it has.
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  Speaker 2: We have our first game next Tuesday. We're very excited
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  Speaker 2: the pitchers at Laracier Parkdale in Football Stadium jilk spectacular, beautiful,
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  Speaker 2: deep green. So we'll get them more line marked, ready
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  Speaker 2: to go, and we expect quite a few hundred people
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  Speaker 2: in there on Tuesday night to get their ffic Cup underway.
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  Speaker 1: And so as I understand that, there's quite a few
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  Speaker 1: local teams playing as well. And so does it work
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  Speaker 1: as like a round robin or an elimination style event?
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  Speaker 1: How does that? How do they progress from the first
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  Speaker 1: round A.
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  Speaker 2: Well, funny enough, both of those apply. So you've basically
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  Speaker 2: got zones around the country. So we're in the Northern
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  Speaker 2: own and will feature the first rounds amongst ourselves, and
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  Speaker 2: then we broadened out to take on Queensland, New South Wales,
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  Speaker 2: West Australia.
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  Speaker 1: Just how far has the Northern Territory gone in this
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  Speaker 1: comp before.
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  Speaker 2: Well, what happens is you go through all the multitudinal
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  Speaker 2: stuff and then you eventually get to what's called a
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  Speaker 2: round thirty two. And we've been very fortunate to make
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  Speaker 2: the round thirty two each year we've been in it.
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  Speaker 2: If you get that one, you go to round sixteen,
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  Speaker 2: which by its name means there's only sixteen teams of
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  Speaker 2: the seven hundred and forty left. So we've done well
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  Speaker 2: and we hope to do it well again this year.
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  Speaker 1: That is spectacular, Hey, Bry slightly different topic, I reckon
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  Speaker 1: we spoke about twelve months ago. It would have been
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  Speaker 1: around the time of the announcement where Australia is said
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  Speaker 1: to co host the twenty twenty three feet for Women's
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  Speaker 1: World Cut with New Zealand. It sounded like there would
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  Speaker 1: be some exciting opportunities for the Northern Territory in that.
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  Speaker 1: Has there been any further developments.
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  Speaker 2: On that well, I think the first thing to say
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  Speaker 2: to that is that the winning you know, the joint
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  Speaker 2: big with the Keiweeds is and notled us all to
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  Speaker 2: do a lot more than we would have been able
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  Speaker 2: to do in the women and girls space, which is fantastic,
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  Speaker 2: and from grassroots programs to more elite development programs, they're
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  Speaker 2: all happening. You won't see them because they're not spectacular
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  Speaker 2: in terms of grabbing the media's attention, but there are
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  Speaker 2: hundreds of those programs going around and it's fantastic for
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  Speaker 2: the game. Secondly, they will be shortly we'll know where
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  Speaker 2: all the teams are basing so and what they do
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  Speaker 2: when they get here and what they do in terms
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  Speaker 2: of inter camp play. So we're in the mix of that,
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  Speaker 2: and we're certainly working closely with the government here and
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  Speaker 2: the local councils on seeing whether or not we can
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  Speaker 2: secure some of the hosting of these camps and these
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  Speaker 2: lead up games. And there's a couple of interesting international
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  Speaker 2: events that we're also putting our hands up for which
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  Speaker 2: feed into the World Cup in twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: So it sounds like the territory will certainly be a
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  Speaker 1: play a part in it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, mate, and indeed we do. We're you know,
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  Speaker 2: football's made up of nine children. We're one of them,
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  Speaker 2: and we're of equally right and we should see it
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  Speaker 2: the table proudly and ask for our share.
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  Speaker 1: And I can assure you we do, mate, absolutely. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: just finally, Bruce, I said, it's probably been about twelve
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  Speaker 1: months since we spoke. We were right in the heart
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  Speaker 1: of the COVID nineteen pandemic last time. It sent a
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  Speaker 1: lot of sporting communities into disarray. Many say the vaccine
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  Speaker 1: rollout as a bit of a light at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the tunnel. How has the last twelve months been
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  Speaker 1: for you and are you seeing that light at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the tunnel?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think most definitely. I'm very optimistic about community sports, grossery, sport,
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  Speaker 2: beat football bea at any sport. I think it's a
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  Speaker 2: really fundamental, I guess foundation for Australian society, for families
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  Speaker 2: and individual communities as well as individuals themselves. It's great
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  Speaker 2: for physical and mental health and I can see the
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  Speaker 2: role out of the vaccine having a really positive impact
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  Speaker 2: on that. But I'd also like to mention that our
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  Speaker 2: volunteers have been incredibly efficient. With less numbers, They've taken
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  Speaker 2: on more roles and they firmly believe in their club
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  Speaker 2: and their local community. And while that's there, we're very
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  Speaker 2: healthy country.
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  Speaker 1: That is wonderful to hear. Bruce. Great to chat to you.
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  Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing how this FFA Cup plays
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  Speaker 1: out over the in the Territory over the next few
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  Speaker 1: weeks and yeah, please keep us posted.
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  Speaker 2: I'd love to and I'm very excited about it as well.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait to next Tuesday. Any few more sleeps, mate,
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  Speaker 2: come on?
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  Speaker 1: Good on you Bruce. Great to chat to you this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for your time. You have a good morning. That's
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  Speaker 1: Bruce Stillderd. They're the CEO of Football Northern Territory and
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  Speaker 1: as we just heard, the FFA Cup returns in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty one.