Australian sport’s Mandela moment?[1] Roy Hay Nelson Mandela, the recently deceased former president of the Republic of South Africa, was always conscious of the power of sport to symbolise, if not cause, social and political change. Hence his appearance in a...
Jack Elkes of England shoots for goal in the match against Western Australia at Fremantle Oval on 9 May 1925. The Western Australian players from the left are T Boyle, Richard Utting, the skipper, and Harold Boys. Source: Richard Kreider, Paddocks to Pitches, p. 453,...
Mighty Marconi: The early days Roy Hay (The text of this article appeared as a Blast from the Past in Goal Weekly on 16 March 2012, p. 19. All photos from the Laurie Schwab and Les Shorrock collections at Deakin University Library. Click or double click on the photos...
Harry Armstrong and his Cup (This article appeared in Goal Weekly, Friday 23 March 2012, p. 19 and is reproduced here with the permission of the editor Costa Koutropoulos, who played in the Armstrong Cup for Caulfield City. click and double click on the page below to...
From Emus to Socceroos: The real origins of national team’s name at last Roy Hay and David Hearder (This story first appeared in Goal Weekly, 24 February 2012, pp. 1–3, and we are grateful to Costa Koutropoulos for giving it his support and exposure. It also appears...
The World Game in the USA Roy Hay (This article appeared as 'Shootin' it Stateside,' in Goal Weekly, ( December 2011, p.19). Bruce Arena, David Beckham’s coach at Los Angeles Galaxy, was very upbeat about the Major League Soccer in the United States claiming that it...
The Smith report and the future of football Roy Hay (A shorter version of this article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser, 2 December 2011, p. 34, under the title 'Kicking football'. It also appeared on the Goal Weekly and The Football Almanac websites.) After seven...
The Deakin University Arts building on the Waurn Ponds campus In defence of the humanities Roy Hay This article was published in the Geelong Advertiser on 23 November 2011 and reproduced on the Deakin University website at...
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...
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...
Annie Wakeford (extreme left) and Norma May Mawson (second left) welcome the Victorian Minister for Housing, Wendy Lovell (cemtre) to the new Miller homes in Highton, 13 July 2011. Alexander Miller: The unknown philanthropist and his legacy Dr Jennifer Kloester, Dr Al...
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...
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....
A flare at the Melbourne Victory versus Melbourne Heart derby in January 2011 Football fans and violence: what is really going on? By Roy Hay The blogosphere has been full of vitriol these last few days since Superintendant Rod Wilson of Victoria police was reported...
Deakin University Arts and Education building Finance and organisation of Australian higher education By Roy Hay Politicians love to talk about Australia as the clever country and there is no doubt that our long-term future depends more on the quality of our people...
Life membership of the Federation By Roy Hay As part of the settlement which saw the Victorian Soccer Federation (VSF) succeed the Victorian Amateur Soccer Football Association (VASFA) as the governing body of the game in this state in 1962, the office bearers of...
Roy Hay, 'Soccer in Geelong since the War,' Investigator, No. 116, vol 29, No. 3, September 1994, pp. 87-108. Click on link below. Post war soccer in Geelong
Roy Hay, ‘Soccer in Geelong between the Wars’, Investigator, No. 115, vol 29, No. 2, June 1994, pp. 47-60. Click on link below. Geelong Soccer between the Wars