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...
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Diversity Cup in full swing
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...
Decks cleared for battle in Geelong
Decks cleared for battle in Geelong Roy Hay Melbourne Victory and Muangthong United from Thailand cleared the decks for their battle in the Asian Champions League qualifier in Geelong on Saturday night. Both coaches, Kevin Muscat for Victory and Phom Chomchearn for...
Commemorating Tom Wills?
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...
Surfcoast stuns Corio in local derby
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...
City of Greater Geelong Cup matches decided by late goals
CoGG Cup matches settled by late goals Action from the Geelong Rangers versus Bell Park match in the CoGG Cup By Roy Hay In the round robin matches in the 2011 City of Greater Geelong Cup on Wednesday night at Stead Park, Geelong Rangers beat Bell Park by one-nil and...
The history of the Geelong Chamber of Commerce
This is the story of the Geelong Chamber of Commerce and its members since its foundation in 1853. After a hiatus in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the chamber was reconstituted as the Geelong Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers in 1891. Since then it...
Have Geelong’s senior clubs any future?
Geelong has five senior clubs, North Geelong, Geelong, Corio, Geelong Rangers and Bell Park. Each grew out of a particular migrant community, Croatian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Scottish and Italian, though all have tried to varying degrees to attract members from...