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(A shortened version of this article appeared as 'That's quite a lot for a Scot to deal with,' in the Geelong…
Melbourne Victory 3 Wellington Phoenix 1 Melbourne Victory finally got the result its coach and players had been…
(This article appeared as 'Shootin' it Stateside,' in Goal Weekly, ( December 2011, p.19). Bruce Arena, David Beckham’s…
Micky Petersen Micky Petersen was one of the best all-round talents in Australian football. He was top class Socceroo…
Melbourne Victory 1 Adelaide United 1 Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United played out a one-all draw at Etihad Stadium…
This article appeared in Goal Weekly, 9 December 2011, p. 2, and the Geelong Advertiser, 10 December 2011, p. 42 as…
Melbourne Victory 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2 (Galaxy 4-3 on penalties) Friendly tour matches, even with a sponsor’s trophy…
(This appeared in the Geelong Advertiser, on 5 December 2011, p. 20 as 'Book it now, Winnie. Diversions, plagiarism and…
(A shorter version of this article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser, 2 December 2011, p. 34, under the title 'Kicking…
(This article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser, 28 November 2011, p. 18 as' Red, white and blue in the top End.') A…
(This article appeared in my Blast from the Past column in Goal Weekly, 25 November 2011, p. 19.) John Gardiner was…
The Deakin University Arts building on the Waurn Ponds campus In defence of the humanities This article was published…
Melbourne Victory 2 Perth Glory 2 Melbourne Victory got the advantage of some curious refereeing decisions but gave…
Stanley Matthews English author Jon Henderson is writing a new biography of (Sir) Stanley Matthews. He is seeking…
This article appeared in Goal Weekly on Friday,11 November 2011, p. 19. It was inspired by Vin Maskell whose website…
Melbourne Heart 3 Newcastle Jets 0 Heart went seeking its first win of the season at home to Newcastle Jets on Saturday…
Melbourne Victory 2 Brisbane Roar 2 The highly awaited clash between the runaway league leader Brisbane Roar and…
Melbourne Heart 1 Sydney FC 1 It was heartbreak of the Heart at AAMI Park on Saturday night when the home team thought…
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Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 11 October 2011, p. 20 as 'My MacLove affair.' The death of Steve Jobs and the outpouring of interest in the man…
The Tom Wills saga Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 20 October 2011, p. 40. The campaign for the recognition of Tom…
Melbourne Victory 0 Melbourne Heart 0 The first Melbourne derby of the 2011-12 season ended in a scoreless draw. For…
Melbourne Heart 1 Perth Glory 2 Melbourne Heart’s first home game against Perth Glory ended in a disappointing two-one…
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Australia 3 Oman 0 Australia took on Oman in the first leg of back-to-back matches in qualification for the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 at ANZ…
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Melbourne Victory 0 Sydney FC 0 The long awaited clash between Victory and Sydney with the Kewell and Emerton show as the main event kicked off at…
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Leslie James Shorrock, 15 April 1921-28 September 2011: Prince of photographers was one of kind. I knew him through the game of football with which…
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Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 28 September 2011, p. 22 as 'Reconciling price, real vlaue is just trouble.' This column does not offer…
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Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 23 September 2011, p. 30, as 'Harry's tail has a flick.' It did not take Harry Kewell and his manager Bernie…
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Sjel (Mike) de Bruyckere. After a stellar career as player and coach at senior level de Bruyckere continued his involvement with the game, coaching…
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(Published on the Goal Weekly website, 19 August 2011. www.goalweekly.com) Last week I wrote about bending the rules in sport in general terms, but…
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Victorian members of the Young Socceroos with their medals. Left to right: Mark Silic, Robert Spasevski, Robert Stojcevski, Kevin Muscat, Kris…
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Photo: Geelong Advertiser. Tanks for the memories and the role of cheating in sports This article was published as 'Purity in sport elusive,' Geelong…
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Ray Baartz heads goalwards against Uruguay in Sydney in 1974. Source: Sid Grant, Jack Pollard’s Soccer Records. Punching above its weight: No wonder…
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Australian tank in the midst of a locust plague in 1974. Source: Australian Army Public Relations. (This article was published as , 'Biblical plague…
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Skippers in opposition. Victory's Adrian Leijer closes down Georgios Samaras of Celtic. Melbourne Victory 0 Celtic 1 Melbourne Victory lost by a…
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Georgios Samaras, Neil Lennon, Mehmet Durakovic and Grant Brebner face the media. Celtic expects tough match Celtic expects its toughest match of its…
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Tommy Burns of Celtic shields the ball against Red Star Belgrade during the World of Soccer tournament at Olympic Park, Melbourne. The referee is…
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Ben Buckley, John Brumby, Lucas Neil and James Merlino at the launch of another big game in Melbourne. Good governors of the game or dictators? The…
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Rosella and Galah in a shrubbery at Teesdale Species extinction and the human record This article was originally published in the Geelong Advertiser…
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A win for 'the worst team in Britain'. Jim Cassels, the birder of Arran and a good friend sent me this piece of news which I have been sending on to…
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Deakin University Originally published as: , ‘A new look at soccer violence’, in Denis Hemphill, All part of the game: Violence and Australian Sport…
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Ben le Cornu (left) of Surfcoast tries to wrong foot Liam Nelson of Corio, watched by Steve Luczo (5). Surf Coast stuns Corio in local derby In a…
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Limits to growth (Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 15 June 2011 as 'Growth scare tactics.' Throughout history there have been times when…
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Adam Federici watches a Dejan Stankovic Free kick fly past his post. Australia 0 Serbia 0 Australia played Serbia at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night…
Lindsay Tanner and the dumbing down of democracy (Published in the Geelong Advertiser on Wednesday 25 May 2011, p. 22…
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(This was published in Goal Weekly on 23 May 2011, before United were beaten by Barcelona in the Champions League final.) It has been a good year for…
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Australia’s 1969 squad before the World Cup qualification matches. Back row, left to right: Les Bordacs, manager, Alan Marnoch, John Watkiss, Stan…
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(Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 5 May 2011, p. 16.) If you were one of the lucky ones who chose to travel to the United Kingdom for the Royal…
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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…
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Zoran Matic, coach for the ages Over the years Australian football has been graced by some first class players, coaches and teachers drawn from the…
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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…
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Matthew Foschin takes the ball on his chest, surrounded by team-mates and opponents. Melbourne Victory 2 Tianjin Teda 1 Melbourne Victory gained its…
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(Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 19 April 2011, p. 20 as 'Time to reassess the sanctity of surplus.' Except in an election year, the run-up to a…
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Teesdale from the air. The original proposal was for a sand quarry in the brown patch at the top left of the picture. What’s Teesdale worth? As they…
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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…
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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…
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Kids at play. Photo: Sydney Low / asteriskimages.com FFA’s new structure: window dressing or worse Football Federation Australia has just announced…
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The proposed extraction area begins just to the right of this photograph of the east end of Teesdale. Photographer: Neil Aird. This article was…
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Midfield action with Tom Pondeljak of Victory and Park Hyun Bem of Jeju United Melbourne Victory 1 Jeju United 2 Melbourne Victory lost its first…
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Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 7 March 2011, p. 17 under the title 'Varied, volatile and voracious.' Even framing the question, ‘What is going…
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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 There…