The Western Sydney Wanderers red and black bloc will march into Campbelltown not once but twice in the next few months.
Campbelltown Council has announced that Campbelltown Sports Stadium will host a Hyundai A-League match between Western Sydney Wanderers and Newcastle Jets on January 22.
That’s on top of the FFA Cup clash which is coming to the ground next Tuesday, August 2.
On that night the Wanderers will host NZ club Wellington Phoenix in a round of 32 clash, with the winner progressing to the round of 16 in the knockout competition.
Not that Campbelltown Sports Stadium is a stranger to big time football.
The ground has hosted two Hyundai A-League matches in recent years.
In January 2012 Sydney FC played Perth Glory and in 2013 the Western Sydney Wanderers played host to Newcastle Jets.
On top of that, the local sports facility has regularly hosted both Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers in W-League and National Youth League matches in addition to trial and preseason training matches.
Council officers have been in negotiation with the Western Sydney Wanderers to host more Hyundai A-League matches at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.
It will be a 5pm kick off on January 22, 2017
In the Sunday, January 22 match, Wanderers will play a Hyundai A-League match against Newcastle Jets at Campbelltown Sports Stadium with a kick off at 5pm.
Campbelltown Sports Stadium is well known for being one of the home grounds for Wests Tigers, who play four NRL matches each year.
A report to council last week said that “it is important to note that over the last 18 months Campbelltown Sports Stadium has also hosted teams from 10 countries for either training camps or matches.
“This included the Chinese national football team during their Asian Cup pre-competition training camp and the Qatar Under 20s football team in a training camp prior to their World Cup that was held in New Zealand in May 2015.
“Western Sydney Wanderers and the Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club have both nominated Campbelltown Sports Stadium as their preferred venue for televised FFA Cup matches,’’ the report said.
FFA Cup is a national knockout tournament run by Football Federation Australia in conjunction with every State and Territory Member Federation in Australia. This is the second season that the FFA Cup has been held and involves over 650 professional, semi professional and amateur clubs across the country. Hyundai A-League clubs enter the competition in the round of 32 stage.
It will be an 8pm kick off next Tuesday when the Wanderers host Wellington Phoenix in the FFA Cup round of 32 fixture.
