Leo Baumgartner (centre) heading. His arrival in Australia in 1958 to play for Prague was the catalyst for the suspension of Australia's membership of FIFA from 1960 to 1963. Australia’s membership of FIFA Roy Hay Australia is a full member of the governing body of...
HayCoverArt1 Coming full circle: Betting scandals then and now Roy Hay Betting scandals and corruption in sport are not new, nor are links between sport and organised crime. The scale and impact have increased and the widespread links between betting on sporting...
The unknown Australian who played for England Roy Hay (A shorter version was originally published in Australian Soccer Weekly, c. 1 July 1993. The article also draws on a column on the English tour of 1951 in Goal Weekly, on 18 July 2011.) Who was the first Australian...
Footy Town (first published in Neos Osmos, 16 June 2013) Roy Hay Where is the heart of football when the game at top level is just a footnote to the latest scandal and its professed custodians are scouring the world for ways to borrow from the most commercialised...
Which way for the AFL? NFL or EPL or keeping their eye on the ball at home? Roy Hay The Australian Football League is sending a deputation to the United States to find out how the National Football League (NFL) in that country manages to have a competition which is...
Former Ayr United player and Australian visitor retires Roy Hay Quite a surprise at the amount of media coverage of the retirement of a former Ayr United player given that he hasn’t turned out for the club since 1974. Also there has been little recognition of his...
George Jolevski Roy Hay (This was my last Blast from the Past column for Goal Weekly and it will appear in the Goal Weekly annual for 2013 which will be available soon.) George Jolevski was a brilliant junior player who went on to have an equally successful senior...
Melbourne Victory 2 Perth Glory 1 (after extra time) Roy Hay After being on the back-foot for much of the ninety minutes, Melbourne Victory got a last gasp penalty kick to equalise an early Perth Glory goal, then completed the come-back with an Archie Thompson goal in...
Australia 2 Oman 2 Roy Hay Australia squeaked out of its home game against Oman with a two-all draw after going behind in the sixth minute and further behind as a result of an own goal four minutes into the second half. The fight back began quickly with a powerful...
Melbourne Heart 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 Roy Hay Western Sydney Wanderers are within touching distance of the A-League title after a three-one away win over Melbourne Heart at a wet AAMI Park on Saturday night. Though the home team put up a spirited fight in the...
Melbourne Heart 0 Adelaide United 2 Roy Hay After an exciting start in which the home team could have scored several goals, Melbourne Heart eventually succumbed to a workmanlike Adelaide United, losing by two goals to nil at AAMI Park on Labour Day. With the defeat...
Melbourne Victory 5 Newcastle Jets 0 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory bounced back dramatically from last week’s away loss to the Mariners with a five-nil thumping of an undermanned Newcastle Jets at AAMI Park on Sunday evening. The first half was played in a very subdued...
Melbourne Heart 3 Sydney 1 Roy Hay Melbourne Heart entertained its largest home crowd for a league match of 13,752 (apart from those against cross-town rival Victory), with a thumping three-one win over Sydney FC. The opening spell was somewhat languid in the heat and...
Corio and North Geelong lead in Geelong pre-season Cup Roy Hay Corio and North Geelong are locked on 8 points after each has played four out of five matches in the preliminary rounds. Corio tops the ladder with a superior goal difference. Geeong and Geelong Rangers...
Melbourne Victory 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 Roy Hay Western Sydney Wanderers made their first appearance in Melbourne in the A-League bringing with them a huge travelling support who enlivened their two-one defeat of Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park on Saturday...
Melbourne Heart 2 Perth Glory 0 Melbourne Heart overcame Perth Glory by two goals to nil at AAMI Park on Saturday night. Nick Kalmar had his best game in a Heart shirt, albeit a black one sponsored by Twitter for an interactive round. He scored a brilliant free kick,...
Melbourne Victory 2 Melbourne Heart 1 Roy Hay Melbourne Victory won the deciding local derby for the 2012-13 season against Melbourne Heart by two goals to one at Etihad Stadium in front of 41,203 fans. This match was hardly promoted in the media, certainly not in...
Diversity Cup kicks-off in Geelong Roy Hay North Geelong and Corio kicked off the pre-season Diversity Cup at Myers Reserve in Geelong on Friday night. Hosted this year by Geelong Rangers the competition began in 1981 as the Geelong Advertiser Cup and this year was...