Looking for a last minute Christmas present? Roy Hay If you are looking for a last minute Christmas present, why not consider one of the football books that tell the story of the world game in Australia? (Click on the pictures below to enlarge them) Phil Mosely's...
‘Next goal the winner’: Village football in Ayrshire, 1947 to 1958 Roy Hay (Click or double-click on the photographs to enlarge them) Our family moved to the tiny little village of Straiton, in Carrick, the southern third of the county of Ayrshire in Scotland in 1947....
Who sponsors the AFC Bournemouth Under-10s? (An abbreviated version of this story appeared as 'Butler ready to serve', in the Geelong Advertiser, Friday 1 May 2015, p. 58.) Roy Hay The fairy story of English football this season has been the transformation of AFC...
Unofficial anthem gets another outing Roy Hay Waltzing Matilda is still Australia’s unofficial national anthem in many people’s minds. The late Dennis O’Keeffe thought that at heart it was a love song and researched the background to its creation by A B ‘Banjo’...
A heterodox suggestion about the origins of football in Victoria Roy Hay (This article first appeared in the Almanac on 3 April 2015 at http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/a-heterodox-suggestion-about-the-origins-of-football-in-victoria/ ) As the 2015 football season kicks...
Geelong win Diversity Cup on penalties Roy Hay Geelong won the 2015 Diversity Cup after a penalty shoot out against Corio at Hume Reserve on Sunday night. At the end of normal time the teams were locked at one-all and the match committee and the two teams decided to...
Corio and Geelong into Diversity Cup final Roy Hay Corio and Geelong will contest the final of the Diversity Cup on Sunday 22 February after Geelong survived a tense battle with North Geelong’s Youth team for the final spot. Corio and Geelong both have ten points,...
Geelong and Corio share points in six-goal thriller Roy Hay In what was expected to be one of the games of the tournament, favourite Geelong and Corio shared the points in a three-all draw at Hume Reserve on Sunday night. The scoreline was only part of the story as...
Diversity Cup in full swing Roy Hay Geelong’s Diversity Cup, the local pre-season tournament is in full swing at Hume Reserve, Thompson Road, North Geelong on Friday and Sunday evenings. This weekend North Geelong Youth beat Geelong Rangers by three goals to two in an...
Norman Hobson, 1935–5 December 2014 Roy Hay Norm Hobson was one of Australia’s best goalkeepers in the 1950s and 1960s. He arrived from England where he had played with Leeds United in 1955 and joined Moreland, quickly becoming the first choice keeper. He helped the...
Looking for the ideal Christmas present? If you have any interest in the World Game in Australia then Roy Hay & Bill Murray, A History of Football in Australia: A Game of Two Halves, Hardie Grant, Melbourne, 2014 is the best buy. With 310 pages and illustrations...
Melbourne Victory 3 Adelaide United 2 Roy Hay There are very seldom dull Victory-United derbies, the one earlier this year at Adelaide Oval, being the exception. This one was anything but, with two bizarre own goals to begin with, a goal chalked off in mysterious...
Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club is 40 years old Roy Hay Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club celebrated its fortieth birthday with a full house of past and present players and supporters at New Northern on Saturday evening. Club legend Jim Shepherd, who turned 80...
Melbourne City 1 Sydney FC 3 Roy Hay The new Melbourne City was a bit like the old Melbourne Heart as it went down to Sydney FC at Morshead Park in Ballarat on Tuesday evening in the Round of 32 of the FFA Cup by three goals to one after extra time. On a bitterly cold...
Raise a toast to the Socceroos at the FIFA World Cup ELTHAMbookshop, Veneto Club Melbourne and Hardie Grant Publishing invite you to celebrate with Meet Roy Hay and Bill Murray, academic historians and devoted football fans, as they present an entertaining account...
You are invited to attend the launch of Roy Hay and Bill Murray, A History of Football in Australia: A Game of Two Halves, Hardie Grant, Melbourne, 2014 at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute in Deakin University's Waterfront campus in Geelong on Monday 2 June from 2...
A bibliography of Australian football The following list of books, articles, chapters, reports and other material relating to football in Australia was compiled by Roy Hay, Bill Murray, Paul Mavroudis and Ian Syson as an aid for people interested in the history of the...
Weary Victory win at the death Roy Hay A leg weary Melbourne Victory conjured up another goal in injury time—this time the winner against Sydney FC in the A-League Elimination Final at Docklands on Good Friday evening. As the 20,802 crowd settled, anticipating extra...