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? By Roy Hay The administrative leadership of major sporting bodies comes in for a great deal of criticism these days, some of...
Rosella and Galah in a shrubbery at Teesdale Species extinction and the human record By Roy Hay This article was originally published in the Geelong Advertiser, on Tuesday 28 June 2011, p. 16, as 'For species' sake, let's embrace technology.' My recent column in the...
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 various outlets in Australia, including the Geelong Advertiser.
A new look at soccer violence Roy Hay Deakin University Originally published as: Roy Hay, ‘A new look at soccer violence’, in Denis Hemphill, All part of the game: Violence and Australian Sport, Sydney, Walla Walla Press, November 1998, pp. 41-62. This has been placed...
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 By Roy Hay In a classic game of two halves, Surf Coast came back from a two-nil deficit to beat league leader Corio by three...
Limits to growth (Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 15 June 2011 as 'Growth scare tactics.' By Roy Hay Throughout history there have been times when far-seeing people have argued that there are finite limits to the growth of human numbers and the economies which...
Adam Federici watches a Dejan Stankovic Free kick fly past his post. Australia 0 Serbia 0 Roy Hay Australia played Serbia at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night in the second of a couple of friendly matches in preparation for the next round of World Cup qualification....
Lindsay Tanner and the dumbing down of democracy (Published in the Geelong Advertiser on Wednesday 25 May 2011, p. 22 as 'Pollies caught by cycle,' which helps make the point). By Roy Hay Lindsay Tanner was one of the most articulate and deep thinking politicians of...
Manchester dreaming and other football stories (This was published in Goal Weekly on 23 May 2011, before United were beaten by Barcelona in the Champions League final.) By Roy Hay It has been a good year for both halves of Manchester, with City winning the F A Cup and...
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,...
Swings and roundabouts and the Australian dollar (Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 5 May 2011, p. 16.) By Roy Hay If you were one of the lucky ones who chose to travel to the United Kingdom for the Royal wedding you will have done well out of the high value of the...
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 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 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...
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...
The rush to surplus (Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 19 April 2011, p. 20 as 'Time to reassess the sanctity of surplus.' By Roy Hay Except in an election year, the run-up to a Federal budget is usually filled with horror stories about tough times ahead. This time...
Teesdale from the air. The original proposal was for a sand quarry in the brown patch at the top left of the picture. Photo: Roy Hay. What’s Teesdale worth? By Roy Hay As they say, the price of democracy is eternal vigilance, so that is probably what is required of...
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...