The club will face stiff competition for an A-League licence, with well-established bids from Wollongong Wolves and Southern Expansion - both based in and around Southern New South Wales - well publicised throughout the expansion process.

In this respect, South West Sydney's geographical advantage could also be it's undoing. While the region is a football hotbed, enhanced by large infrastructure projects such as West Sydney Airport, it's also very close to two existing A-League clubs in Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC. 

It may be a hard-sell to convince FFA that a fifth New South Wales club should court priority over regions such as Queensland, with a population of almost five million and only one A-League club.

Likewise, details about the bid's financial backing, infrastructure arrangements and relationship with local council remain completely unseen. Nevertheless, as an idea, the demographics of South West Sydney tell their own story.

The club is based in the only region in Australia with over 500,000 people, but without a full-time sports team in a national competition. It also boasts 200,000 people under the age of 15, alongside 25,000 football participants. 

In an area that's expected to reach two million people by 2035, figures close to football in the region believe ignoring South West Sydney due to its proximity to other A-League clubs would be ignoring huge potential. 

“If you’re bringing in a third club you want all three clubs in Sydney to be doing well,” Carle said.

“Obviously Wanderers have an amazing supporter base and Sydney FC have proven over the last two or so years they are the biggest and best club and a benchmark in the A-League.

“I believe the market is there to have three teams in it. (Proximity) brings that extra rivalry through the derbies. That only makes it better for the game.

“And we all see how good the derbies are and how much they’ve brought to the league.

"It’d be a massive bonus whichever way you look at it.”