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A bad week for football might do some good?

Rangers fans in Sydney in July 2010. Photo: Roy Hay. A bad week for football might do some good? Roy Hay The game of football has taken a battering this week though it is possible that the crises which have …

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Opening of the National Football Museum in England

One of the many display cases at the NFM.

Grand (re)opening of the National Football Museum in England Roy Hay The National Football Museum, formerly located at Deepdale, the

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The future of the Old Firm

Jack Reilly tries but fails to prevent Colin Stein (right) from scoring for Rangers against Victoria at Olympic Park  in 1975. Source: Laurie Schwab collection, Deakin University Library. The

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Are Spain the greatest ever?

Another champion team from Spain. Real Madrid in 1960 and Ferenc Puskas celebrates a goal. Are Spain the greatest ever? Roy Hay It is inevitable that Spain’s scintillating demolition of Italy

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Culture shock and football’s woes

Happier days for Rangers in Sydney in 2010. Photo: Roy Hay. Culture shock and football’s woes Roy Hay It is a severe culture shock to go from a country where the

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Minister kicks goal for football

The Victorian Minister for Sport, Hugh Delahunty (right) practices his heading skills and Terry Mulder, the Minister for Transport (left) his goalkeeping following the announcement of a State

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Olympiakos teach Victory youngsters some lessons

Olympiakos teach Victory youngsters some lessons Roy Hay Three down after 25 minutes Melbourne Victory found out what it was like to play against one of the top teams in

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Steve Luczo

Istvan Luczo (2 June 1934–26 April 2012) Istvan (Steve) Luczo of Corio Soccer Club was one of the most familiar but most self-effacing persons associated with soccer in Geelong.

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Keep technology out of football

Testing one of the  goal-line technology systems. FIFA World, April 2012, p. 13. Keep technology out of football Roy Hay (Earlier versions of the this article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser,

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Hakan flies the flag for Australia

Hakan flies the flag for Australia at the Olympics Roy Hay (This article was publsihed on the Goal Weekly website at www.goalweklly.com.au on Thursday 26 April 2012. The photograph of

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