Journalism 2011

Our first summer in Australia

Our first summer in Australia

Our first summer in Australia Roy Hay (A shortened version of this article appeared as 'That's quite a lot for a Scot to deal with,' in the Geelong Advertiser, 30 December 2011, p. 31.) I suppose we arrived at the tail end of the European invasion of Australia in the...

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...

America, China and Australia

America, China and Australia

America, China and Australia Roy Hay (This article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser,  28 November 2011, p. 18 as' Red, white and blue in the top End.') A great deal has been made of the decision by Australia and the United States to have a training base for American...

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...