Australia’s 1969 squad before the World Cup qualification matches. Back row, left to right: Les Bordacs, manager, Alan Marnoch, John Watkiss, Stan Ackerley, George Keith, Tom Patrick, official, Joe Vlasits, coach. Middle row: Dr Brian Corrigan, physician, Ron Corry,...
Football 2011
Firm figures
The item below appeared in the Sunday Age Sport, 1 May 2011, p. 28. Caption for photograph Celtic Football Club, 1908, with Charity, Scottish and Glasgow Cups. Back row, left to right: directors Tom White, J Kelly, Tom Colgan, John McKillop, James Grant, M Dunbar....
Zoran Matic: coach for the ages
Zoran Matic, coach for the ages By Roy Hay Over the years Australian football has been graced by some first class players, coaches and teachers drawn from the countries that make up the former republic of Yugoslavia. One of the most influential of these has been Zoran...
The number is nine not seven
The number is nine not seven By Roy Hay This year in Scotland the ‘Old Firm’, Celtic and Rangers, will meet seven times in the 2010–11 season. Somewhere along the line the notion has arisen that this is a record and the two clubs have never played as many games in one...
Victory get first ACL win over Tianjin Teda
Matthew Foschin takes the ball on his chest, surrounded by team-mates and opponents. Melbourne Victory 2 Tianjin Teda 1 By Roy Hay Melbourne Victory gained its first win in this season's Asian Champions League with a come-from-behind two-one result against Tianjin...
Cheryl Salisbury, Australia’s most-capped player
Cheryl Salisbury (right) in action for the Matildas in the third-place match of the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Asian Cup in Vietnam on 8 June, 2008. Source: Asian Football Confederation. Cheryl Salisbury, Australia’s most-capped player (Originally published...
A S Roma’s tour of Australia in 1966
Crowd scene at Olympic Park with Fabio Cudicini in the Roma goal: Source: Laurie Schwab, The Socceroos and their Opponents. A S Roma visit to Australia in 1966 By Roy Hay Published in Goal Weekly, Monday, 28 February, 2011, p. 15, as 'AS Roman Empire conquers...
FFA’s new structure: window dressing or worse
Kids at play. Photo: Sydney Low / asteriskimages.com <http://asteriskimages.com> FFA’s new structure: window dressing or worse By Roy Hay Football Federation Australia has just announced the result of its much-touted review of its structure following the failure...
Victory go down at home to Jeju United
Midfield action with Tom Pondeljak of Victory and Park Hyun Bem of Jeju United Melbourne Victory 1 Jeju United 2 By Roy Hay Melbourne Victory lost its first match at home in the 2011 Asian Champions League Group E to Jeju United from South Korea by two goals to one on...
City of Greater Geelong Cup statistics 2011
City of Greater Geelong Cup 2011 Day Date Time Team G Team G Fri 4-Feb-11 8.00 Corio 3 Surfcoast 3 (Andrew Palmieri, Ivan Biscan, (Joe Bunce 2, Matt Roberts) Mijo Marinovic) Wed 9-Feb-11 7.00 Bell Park 0 Geelong Rangers 1 (Gareth de Mink) Wed 9-Feb-11 8.20 North...
Corio and Surfcoast gain play-off spots
Gary Burton of Bell Park and Corio's Mijo Marinovic vie for possession Corio and Surfcoast secure play-off spots in City of Greater Geelong Cup By Roy Hay There was a place in the play-off for third place up for grabs when the final round-robin matches in the City of...
North and Geelong win and will meet in the final
Action from the Geelong Rangers versus North Geelong game North Geelong and Geelong win City of Greater Geelong Cup matches By Roy Hay North Geelong had a tougher than expected struggle to beat Geelong Rangers by two goals to one, and Geelong thrashed Bell Park...
North Geelong secure final spot
Eren Enes of Corio tries to break away from David Valys (5) of Geelong Rangers North Geelong secure grand final spot, while Corio and Rangers share the points By Roy Hay North Geelong made absolutely certain of its place in the grand final of the 2011 City of Greater...
Football and its fans
A flare at the Melbourne Victory versus Melbourne Heart derby in January 2011 Football fans and violence: what is really going on? By Roy Hay The blogosphere has been full of vitriol these last few days since Superintendant Rod Wilson of Victoria police was reported...
Geelong crush Rangers in CoGG Cup
Jasko Ikanovic (9) tries to force his way through the Rangers defence Geelong crush Rangers in CoGG Cup By Roy Hay Geelong ran up four goals without reply against Geelong Rangers on Wednesday night at Stead Park in the City of Greater Geelong Cup. Geelong got an early...
CoGG Cup reaches half-way stage
Gary Burton, Sam Ryan (8) and Justin Cortorillo of Bell Park combine to thwart North Geelong’s Nathan Cook (32) North Geelong struggle to subdue Bell Park and Geelong downs Corio By Roy Hay The City of Greater Geelong Cup reached the half-way stage at Stead Park this...
Farewell tarnished by decisions in Heart v Sydney finale
Melbourne Heart fans and their banners Melbourne Heart 2 Sydney FC 2 By Roy Hay Melbourne Heart and Sydney FC rounded off their participation in the 2010–11 A-League season with a hard fought two-all draw at AAMI Park on Saturday night in front of just over 6,000...
North beats Corio, Surfcoast draws with Rangers
North Geelong on the attack against Corio North Geelong defeat Corio, Rangers and Surfcoast draw By Roy Hay In the third round of matches in the City of greater Geelong Cup at Stead Park on Friday, a completely changed North Geelong line-up defeated Corio by three...