The chairman of a western Sydney bid vying for the last spot in next year's expanded A-League has vowed to play matches at WIN Stadium.Joe Pinto, the head of Greater Western Sydney Football Group, confirmed yesterday his consortium planned to bring A-League to Wollongong if it wins the race for the competition's 12th licence.The majority of GWSFG's home matches would be played at ANZ Stadium, but up to three would be played in the Illawarra along with fixtures at Penrith and Campbelltown.Pinto said there would also be scope for 'a large share' of National Youth League and W-League matches - along with a preseason friendly against an overseas club - to be played in Wollongong.The revelation comes after talks between GWSFG and the Wollongong-based South Coast bid broke down on Wednesday. "We made a promise to play some A-League matches at WIN Stadium, plus a large share of our W-League and NYL matches as well," Pinto said."It's part of our mantra, looking after Wollongong, Campbelltown and Penrith."If we want to take the bulk of our youth and women's games to WIN Stadium, I don't think the FFA would object."GWSFG is competing with a rival western Sydney bid, headed by Ian Rowden, as well as South Coast, Canberra and Tasmania for inclusion in a 12-team competition in 2010-11.Football Federation Australia is expected to announce the successful bidder by the end of the month.A Peter Sidwell-backed group known as Melbourne Heart has been confirmed as the A-League's 11th team.Pinto said GWSFG - formed last November - always considered the Illawarra one of its potential drawing grounds, along with Macarthur, Nepean, Blacktown and Sutherland.The group also aims to establish academies in partner districts and forge links with State League clubs."The club will operate academies within the district associations of Macarthur, Nepean, Blacktown, Southern Districts, Granville, Bankstown, Canterbury, Sutherland, and the Illawarra and will link up with state league clubs in those areas," Pinto said."Illawarra has been on our radar since day one."If we are successful, our commitment to the football public of the Illawarra remains the same."GWSFG needs to secure an $8 million bank guarantee to meet stringent FFA criteria - it admits to being "a little bit" short of that amount, but is courting investors overseas and in Australia.Pinto said the club has three major sponsors and 3500 season tickets would be sold through its academies.The club also plans to repatriate a number of foreign-based Socceroos, including three in its first three seasons - Mark Schwarzer has been nominated as a potential marquee player in the future.With a western Sydney team long regarded as the FFA's preferred option - and Rowden's bid reportedly to be funded by the governing body and private investors - Pinto stopped short of declaring GWSFG the favourite for the licence."What we will say is that we have ticked nine of the 10 boxes and that we are the only credible bid with links to to the football community from grass roots to up to Football NSW," Pinto said.Although the club will play at Homebush, its administration offices would be based at Football NSW's Riverstone complex.