Power, money, ego and the A-League's first tumultuous decade
Frank Lowy's ambition was to take football into the mainstream, but there would be embarrassments, scandals and humiliation along the way, write John Stensholt and Shaun Mooney.
It was the phone call Frank Lowy had been waiting for. And, secretly, one he had been wishing for for the best part of 15 years. There was no mistaking the person on the other end of the line.
Prime Minister John Howard spoke eloquently and firmly, and was clear in his intent. Football needed Lowy back in the fold, and a sequence of events had resulted in the path being cleared for the shopping centre billionaire to return to the game he had loved for almost his entire life.
