The Coast Is Near

Today they're working on putting together a club, next year they'll be playing your team. The Sunday Age's Emma Quayle spends a week with the Gold Coast Football Club and finds the present is all about the future.

By GC Suns

EMMA QUAYLE
April 11, 2010

Today they're working on putting together a club, next year they'll be playing your team. Emma Quayle spends a week with the Gold Coast Football Club and finds the present is all about the future.

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