Melbourne Victory 3 Wellington Phoenix 1 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory finally got the result its coach and players had been seeking in front of 14.023 fans at AAMI Park on Sunday evening winning by three goals to one. The margin could have been much greater but for a...
The World Game in the USA Roy Hay (This article appeared as 'Shootin' it Stateside,' in Goal Weekly, ( December 2011, p.19). Bruce Arena, David Beckham’s coach at Los Angeles Galaxy, was very upbeat about the Major League Soccer in the United States claiming that it...
Micky Petersen Roy Hay Micky Petersen was one of the best all-round talents in Australian football. He was top class Socceroo midfielder, club champion at South Melbourne, coach of the year in the National Soccer League, developer of a football boot and a great...
Coming to terms with celebrity Roy Hay This article appeared in Goal Weekly, 9 December 2011, p. 2, and the Geelong Advertiser, 10 December 2011, p. 42 as 'Striking Difference.' The David Beckham show that is Los Angeles Galaxy rolled into Etihad Stadium last night...
Melbourne Victory 1 Adelaide United 1 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United played out a one-all draw at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night and though there was some fairly teethy tackling in the early stages and one near brawl it was not the most exciting game...
Melbourne Victory 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2 (Galaxy 4-3 on penalties) Roy Hay Friendly tour matches, even with a sponsor’s trophy, are always more about entertaining occasional fans than satisfying the true believers and so it was when the Los Angeles Galaxy came to town...
Back among the books in 2011 Roy Hay (This appeared in the Geelong Advertiser, on 5 December 2011, p. 20 as 'Book it now, Winnie. Diversions, plagiarism and whodunnits'). It is time once again for the annual reading list which might assist some of you looking for...
The Smith report and the future of football Roy Hay (A shorter version of this article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser, 2 December 2011, p. 34, under the title 'Kicking football'. It also appeared on the Goal Weekly and The Football Almanac websites.) After seven...
John Gardiner: A teacher on and off the field. Roy Hay (This article appeared in my Blast from the Past column in Goal Weekly, 25 November 2011, p. 19.) John Gardiner was born in Dundee in 1947 and came to Australia in 1968 after playing with Peterborough and East...
Melbourne Victory 2 Perth Glory 2 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory got the advantage of some curious refereeing decisions but gave away a two goal lead and a one man advantage to draw once again, this time to Perth Glory. There was no Harry Kewell for Melbourne Victory’s...
Stanley Matthews Roy Hay English author Jon Henderson is writing a new biography of (Sir) Stanley Matthews. He is seeking information about Matthews visits to Australia subsequent to his first appearance in 1958 with the Blackpool team when it toured this country....
This article appeared in Goal Weekly on Friday,11 November 2011, p. 19. It was inspired by Vin Maskell whose website www.scoreboardpressure.com has a series of stories about scoreboards primarily in Australian football and cricket. Click on the article once or twice...
Melbourne Heart 3 Newcastle Jets 0 Roy Hay Heart went seeking its first win of the season at home to Newcastle Jets on Saturday night at AAMI Park. After an even first half, Heart exploded into action after the hour mark and scored three unanswered goals in a stunning...
Melbourne Victory 2 Brisbane Roar 2 Roy Hay The highly awaited clash between the runaway league leader Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory ended in a two-all draw at Etihad Stadium on Saturady night, but the story was much more interesting than the scoreline suggests....
Melbourne Heart 1 Sydney FC 1 Roy Hay It was heartbreak of the Heart at AAMI Park on Saturday night when the home team thought they had the match won with an 85th minute goal from substitute Maycon, only for Nicky Carle to purloin a goal for Sydney in the fourth...
The Tom Wills saga Roy Hay Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 20 October 2011, p. 40. The campaign for the recognition of Tom Wills by a memorial or statue in Geelong seems to be gathering pace following Greg de Moore’s urging at a recent talk on Wills. I have no...
Melbourne Victory 0 Melbourne Heart 0 Roy Hay The first Melbourne derby of the 2011-12 season ended in a scoreless draw. For the third match in succession Melbourne Victory failed to score a goal, despite a plethora of chances for its high profile stars and Melbourne...
Melbourne Heart 1 Perth Glory 2 Roy Hay Melbourne Heart’s first home game against Perth Glory ended in a disappointing two-one defeat. Simon Colosimo did not come up and Brendan Hammill started on the bench so in front of young keeper Nikola Roganovic, Heart fielded...