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The Future is Asia

The Future is Asia

That, ladies and gentlemen, is the motto of the Asian Football Confederation; and I guess by proxy, Football Federation Australia too. 19 Jul 2011
We made the world take notice

We made the world take notice

It's easy to withdraw and lick our wounds about the Westfield Matildas less-than-ideal departure from the 2011 Women's World Cup (WWC) (hence my noticeable blogging absence). It's been a long, hard road to get people to take any notice of the women's version of the beautiful game and I was ... 18 Jul 2011
Getting On With The Off-Season

Getting On With The Off-Season

Harry, Harry, Harry..... Every time I see a story about football it's about Harry Kewell. However this is not a bad thing, in fact it's wonderful. Never has there been an off-season in the A-League where there has been so much interest in an off-season in the A-league. Mainstream news outlets ... 16 Jul 2011
Searching for Australia's Villas-Boas

Searching for Australia's Villas-Boas

The rise of Andre Villas-Boas has challenged many of the long held beliefs of football management and Australia should now ensure that its own version can emerge and not be constrained by outdated coaching stereotypes... No professional playing career, one full-season as a manager, younger than ... 12 Jul 2011
Beware the Sleeping Giant

Beware the Sleeping Giant

For so long football was considered to be the sleeping giant of professional sport in Australia, with many claiming that if we got our act together we would be a force to be reckoned with. Slowly (in recent times VERY slowly) that giant is starting to wake up. In Asian football the sleeping ... 11 Jul 2011
In Defence of the Faceless Bigots

In Defence of the Faceless Bigots

By now most people, Glory fans in particular, will be familiar with Perth coach Ian Ferguson's little outburst during an SBS interview with Phillip Micallef recently;   ”The savage criticism never surprised me or bothered me, mainly because I don’t read ... 10 Jul 2011
Playing Happy Families

Playing Happy Families

Our family gained a new hero last week; his name is Troy Hearfield. That's his picture up on the kitchen noticeboard alongside Olly, Timmy and Lisa De Vanna. Making his debut for The Mariners against Scottish giants Celtic, Troy's sweet strike was a healing balm after months of licking our Grand ... 8 Jul 2011
Our gutsy heartstoppers

Our gutsy heartstoppers

If I were to identify a theme that threaded through the Westfield Matildas' three group-stage games, it would be that those games were heart-stoppingly harder than they needed to be. That's something the team would agree with. That and the fact that their efforts were incredibly, inspiringly ... 7 Jul 2011
The thrillride begins...

The thrillride begins...

There may have not been the results that everyone expected but the first round of Copa América matches still provided plenty of talking points and much like a ride in a Buenos Aires taxi, it may have started off slowly not knowing exactly where it was going but in the coming weeks it will ... 6 Jul 2011
Ambassadors of the Game

Ambassadors of the Game

Think of any big football league the world over, and there's always one or two players who sum it up perfectly. Wayne Rooney is the English Premier League. He's physical, brash, a bit arrogant, but has the quality to pull that off. His strong, hard-working, physical and yet ... 6 Jul 2011
Attacking From The Back - Training Sessions for U10/11s

Attacking From The Back - Training Sessions for U10/11s

Stage three of the NC is the under 10 and 11 year age groups. These age groups fall into the skill acquisition phase or the golden age. This is an ideal time to increase the technical and insight components of T.I.C acronym mentioned previously. Players are being prepared technical and tactically... 5 Jul 2011
Career-Limiting Moves

Career-Limiting Moves

In an office job, a Career-Limiting Move (CLM) involves getting drunk at the Christmas party and xeroxing your bits. In a football-officiating job, it's missing a blatant handball in the box. Kind of like missing this one, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW8KbXY9Gjg, which took place about 15 ... 4 Jul 2011
Copa América Group C Preview

Copa América Group C Preview

With the Copa América kicking off on Saturday, Australian time, it's now time to take a look at the final group that comprises Uruguay, Chile, Mexico and Peru. URUGUAY Following their semi-final appearance at last year's World Cup, Uruguay are highly fancied to win their fifteenth Copa ... 1 Jul 2011
Market this!

Market this!

In most football leagues and most sports in general, every fan at some point is an armchair coach. Sitting in you recliner watching your teams away game yelling at the screen - "SUB THAT USELESS TWAT OFF AND BRING ON _______!" Some of you may even be armchair owners deep in discussions with ... 30 Jun 2011
Matildas' Loss Equals A Win

Matildas' Loss Equals A Win

It's not often you consider a 1-0 loss a win, but that's exactly how I feel after watching the Westfield Matildas' stellar Women's World Cup opening match against football powerhouse Brazil. Since the moment Australia was drawn in the same group as Brazil, which are ranked third in the world ... 30 Jun 2011
Time for the missing piece

Time for the missing piece

When Football Federation Australia unveiled the National Curriculum in 2009 it marked an important moment in the development of football in the Nation. Detailing the types of players Australia should endeavour to produce, the National Curriculum was the blue print Australia had been calling out ... 29 Jun 2011
Go Matildas!

Go Matildas!

I'm not normally one for gushing, but on the eve of the kick off of the Westfield Matildas' 2011 Women's World Cup campaign, even I'm allowed to get a little emotional. I've been privileged enough to be a part of the Westfield Matildas' Women's World Cup journey as part of my work with Girls FC ... 28 Jun 2011
My Favourite Year (A-League Edition)

My Favourite Year (A-League Edition)

Is there anything in a football fan's life better than the perfect season? Probably, but Brisbane Roar's 2010/2011 A-League effort offered a pretty good argument as to why there isn't. It was, in a word, special. After recently completing Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch - which, despite the ... 28 Jun 2011
Melbourne the A-League epicentre

Melbourne the A-League epicentre

A fascinating trend that's developed over the A-League's short history is how the balance of power has swung between Melbourne and Sydney - the two, theoretical, powerhouse clubs - and the rest. The champions of the first two A-League seasons took a backseat in the third season, before ... 28 Jun 2011
Copa América Group B Preview

Copa América Group B Preview

With the Copa América a little under five days away it's time to take a look at Group B which features Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador and Venezuela. BRAZIL Having won four out of the last five Copa Américas, nothing would please the seleção more than to win it for the ... 27 Jun 2011
The Age of Glory

The Age of Glory

In the context of other A-League teams, anyone writing an article on Perth Glory Football Club should really be employing Simon Schama to help in the task. For a while there though, you might have wanted to avoid bringing up the subject - it was simply something that one didn't ... 25 Jun 2011

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