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Archive pages on this domain filed under “Victoria”, newest first. These are older materials, kept online for readers and researchers.

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Vale Norm Hobson

Norman Hobson, 1935–5 December 2014 Norm Hobson was one of Australia’s best goalkeepers in the 1950s and 1960s. He arrived from England where he had…

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The real cost of sport

(Note: Interim revised version. A conference paper based on this article was given to the conference of the International Society for the History of…

The Box Hill story

The Box Hill story

(This article appeared as a Blast from the Past in Goal Weekly, 7 December 2012, p. 19.) Box Hill is one of Victoria’s…

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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…

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Time for FFA to hold its nerve

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.)…

Galaxy win on penalties

Galaxy win on penalties

Melbourne Victory 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2 (Galaxy 4-3 on penalties) Friendly tour matches, even with a sponsor’s trophy…

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Sjel (Mike) de Bruyckere (1928-2011

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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Life kicks on in rural Victoria

Geelong Advertiser, Monday,12 March 2007, p. 15 In the last few years parts of rural Victoria have had to cope with drought, bush fires and floods…