Football 2011

Victory and Adelaide draw

Victory and Adelaide draw

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...

Galaxy win on penalties

Galaxy win on penalties

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...

Keeping the score

Keeping the score

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...