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Archive pages on this domain filed under “Socceroos”, newest first. These are older materials, kept online for readers and researchers.
If you have any interest in the World Game in Australia then & Bill Murray, A History of Football in Australia: A Game…
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Melbourne Heart 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 Melbourne Heart could not give skipper Harry Kewell a winning end to his career after going down by…
Harry Kewell is bringing down the curtain on a stellar career at the end of the current A-League season. It is a pity…
Australia 2 Oman 2 Australia squeaked out of its home game against Oman with a two-all draw after going behind in the…
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(This article was published on the Goal Weekly website on 1 January 2013…
Scotland 3 Australia 1 Scotland took on Australia in a pre-world cup qualifier friendly match at Edinburgh’s Easter…
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at the Olympics (This article was publsihed on the Goal Weekly website at www.goalweklly.com.au on Thursday 26 April 2012. The photograph of Hakan…
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It was an excellent idea of SBS and the Johnny Warren Foundation to reopen the debate about the best players, coaches and teams to play the game in…
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(This story appeared as a Blast from the Past column in Goal Weekly on 2 March 2012, p. 19. Click on the photographs below to enlarge them. The…
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Australia 4 Saudi Arabia 2 Australia overcame a spirited Saudi Arabia by four goals to two in the final game of the first qualifying group for the…
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From Emus to Socceroos: The real origins of national team’s name at last and David Hearder (This story first appeared in Goal Weekly, 24 February…
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Time for FFA to keep its nerve (This aritcle appeared on the SBS website, The World Game on 22 February 2012 and in Goal Weekly on 24 February 2012.)…
Micky Petersen Micky Petersen was one of the best all-round talents in Australian football. He was top class Socceroo…
(A shorter version of this article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser, 2 December 2011, p. 34, under the title 'Kicking…
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Australia 3 Oman 0 Australia took on Oman in the first leg of back-to-back matches in qualification for the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 at ANZ…
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Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 23 September 2011, p. 30, as 'Harry's tail has a flick.' It did not take Harry Kewell and his manager Bernie…
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Sjel (Mike) de Bruyckere. After a stellar career as player and coach at senior level de Bruyckere continued his involvement with the game, coaching…
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(Published on the Goal Weekly website, 19 August 2011. www.goalweekly.com) Last week I wrote about bending the rules in sport in general terms, but…
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Victorian members of the Young Socceroos with their medals. Left to right: Mark Silic, Robert Spasevski, Robert Stojcevski, Kevin Muscat, Kris…
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Adam Federici watches a Dejan Stankovic Free kick fly past his post. Australia 0 Serbia 0 Australia played Serbia at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night…
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Australia’s 1969 squad before the World Cup qualification matches. Back row, left to right: Les Bordacs, manager, Alan Marnoch, John Watkiss, Stan…
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When people asked me earlier this year could the Socceroos do it, I used to try to cheer them up by saying, ‘We always qualify for the World Cup in…
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When the current European football champion, Greece, comes to play the Socceroos in Melbourne in May in a warm-up game for the World Cup in Germany…
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Tomorrow an Australian sports team will embark on a great new adventure. For the first time the Socceroos will take part in the Asian Cup, the…
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Geelong Advertiser, Thursday, 7 February 2008, p. 46. They say the longest journey begins with a single step, and last night at a packed Telstra Dome…