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...
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 and his machines sent me scurrying back to my old diaries to find when I first got involved with an Apple Macintosh....
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...
Australia 3 Oman 0 Roy Hay 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 stadium in Sydney on Tuesday 11th October. Coming into the match the Socceroos had full six points from two games,...
Melbourne Victory 0 Sydney FC 0 Roy Hay The long awaited clash between Victory and Sydney with the Kewell and Emerton show as the main event kicked off at Etihad Stadium last night. There were no goals but plenty of incident and controversy with a penalty saved, a...
Leslie James Shorrock, 15 April 1921-28 September 2011: Prince of photographers Roy Hay Les Shorrock was one of kind. I knew him through the game of football with which we were both involved but this was only a part of an extraordinary life. Les arrived from England...
The next financial crisis? Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 28 September 2011, p. 22 as 'Reconciling price, real vlaue is just trouble.' Roy Hay This column does not offer financial advice. Nor is it very good at predicting the future. Trained as an economic...
The Kewell factor Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 23 September 2011, p. 30, as 'Harry's tail has a flick.' Roy Hay It did not take Harry Kewell and his manager Bernie Mandic long to stir up trouble for the Football Federation Australia and the game in this...
Sjel (Mike) de Bruyckere. After a stellar career as player and coach at senior level de Bruyckere continued his involvement with the game, coaching children.Photo: Les Shorrock. Source: Les Shorrock collection, Deakin University Library. Sjel (Mike) de Bruyckere...
Socceroos turn out for Werribee (Published on the Goal Weekly website, 19 August 2011. www.goalweekly.com) Roy Hay Last week I wrote about bending the rules in sport in general terms, but it did not take long for a local example to surface. On Saturday in Division Two...
Victorian members of the Young Socceroos with their medals. Left to right: Mark Silic, Robert Spasevski, Robert Stojcevski, Kevin Muscat, Kris Trajanovski, Lorenz Kindtner. Photo: Les Shorrock. Les Shorrock collection, Deakin University Library. Young Socceroos in...
Photo: Geelong Advertiser. Tanks for the memories and the role of cheating in sports This article was published as 'Purity in sport elusive,' Geelong Advertiser, 9 August 2011, p. 16. Roy Hay Where do you draw the line in sports? What is cheating and what is not? Last...
Ray Baartz heads goalwards against Uruguay in Sydney in 1974. Source: Sid Grant, Jack Pollard’s Soccer Records. Punching above its weight: No wonder we have trouble with Uruguay (Originally published in Goal Weekly, 1 August 2011, p. 9.) Roy Hay Last week Uruguay won...
Australian tank in the midst of a locust plague in 1974. Source: Australian Army Public Relations. (This article was published as Roy Hay, 'Biblical plague that failed to arrive,' Geelong Advertiser, 28 July 2011, p. 28.) What happened to the locusts? Roy Hay Last...
Skippers in opposition. Victory's Adrian Leijer closes down Georgios Samaras of Celtic. Melbourne Victory 0 Celtic 1 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory lost by a single goal to Celtic on Wednesday night at AAMI Stadium as both teams geared up for their new seasons. Both were...
Georgios Samaras, Neil Lennon, Mehmet Durakovic and Grant Brebner face the media. Celtic expects tough match Roy Hay Celtic expects its toughest match of its three-game Australian tour when it takes on Melbourne Victory at AAMI stadium on Wednesday night. Coach Neil...
Tommy Burns of Celtic shields the ball against Red Star Belgrade during the World of Soccer tournament at Olympic Park, Melbourne. The referee is Jack Taylor, who officiated at the World Cup final in 1974. Celtic connections (A version of this article appeared in Goal...