What started as a visit from football royalty David Beckham and the LA Galaxy in 2007 has evolved into an all out feast, involving some of football's biggest names and clubs in the A-League off-season.

With Monday's announcement English Premier League leaders Chelsea will play Sydney FC at ANZ Stadium this June, the Australian football public gets yet another world class fixture on our doorstep.

Jose Mourinho's men add to a mouth watering list of clubs already headed to Australia in their respective off-seasons.

Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Roma and Villarreal will all suit up across four states in an eight-week period this winter.

It shows again how much the sport has grown in this country over the best part of the the past decade.

The league's growing global success and the chance to promote themselves in Australia and throughout Asia has proven a huge carrot for some of the biggest clubs on the planet to come to the Southern Hemisphere.

It provides a unique opportunity for local fans to see their favourite clubs and players without having to travel halfway across the globe to do it.

Liverpool's MCG visit in 2013 showed the huge support for football in this country.

The passion during the Reds anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone' rivalled the sort of atmosphere seen for decades at their home ground, Anfield.

You'd expect to see similar parochial support when some more of the world's most famous clubs hit our shores this winter for another football feast.

Wolves step up

IT was great to see South Coast Wolves get the monkey off the back last week.

The win over Bonnyrigg should give the squad loads of confidence and gets the club moving in the right direction up the competition ladder.

Despite the White Eagles going down to 10 men in the second half, they showed great character to stick to the task and secure the three points.

Peter Simonoski was the difference between the two sides, scoring once and helping set up the other two in the Wolves' 3-2 win just over a week after he bagged a hat-trick to help guide the club into the FFA Cup next round.

Hopefully the win is a sign of things to come.