Sandringham Soccer Club
On the 28th of July I received the following letter from the Treasurer of Sandringham Soccer Club, Michele Rowse. It expresses a lot of the issues and difficulties we all have to negotiate as soccer...
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100 Years Ago Today, 13 August 1920
Argus, Saturday 14 August 1920, page 18TO-DAY'S SPORT.FOOTBALL......BRITISH ASSOCIATION.League.-- N. and D. v. St. Kilda, at Middle Park; Preston v. F. Thistlc, at Middle Park; Melbourne Thistle v....
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1911 junior team1912 becomes Moorabbin1913 ???1914 very strong 2nd div team1915 promoted but poorly performedWinner, Wednesday 18 August 1915, page 7SOCCERIMPORTANT SUGGESTIONNORTH OF ENGLAND V. REST...
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100 Years Ago Today, 20 August 1920
Uralla Times and District Advocate, Saturday 21 August 1920, page 2Soccer. — The first match under soccer rules was played at Uralla on Wednesday, when Armidale team visited us, winning by 3 goals to...
View Article100 Years Ago Today, 27 August 1920
Mercury (Hobart), Saturday 28 August 1920, page 5SOCCER.NOTES BY "HALF-BACK."This afternoon's match at Elwick Show ground between Hobart and Corinthians will mark the conclusion of this season's...
View Article100 Years Ago Today, 3 September 1920
Geraldton Guardian, Thursday 2 September 1920, page 1BRITISH ASSOCIATION NOTES.(By 'Looker On.')The premiership competition has now been finally settled, and the honors go to the Rangers, who made...
View ArticleCOP THAT! The Mysterious case of Police Soccer in Australia
Trawling Trove for references to 'police' and 'soccer' in Australia, it soon became apparent that the results were one of two kinds. First the endless references to police intervening in...
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100 Years Ago Today, 10 September 1920
Lithgow Mercury, Friday 10 September 1920, page 4Daily Standard (Brisbane), Saturday 11 September 1920, page 4Daily Mail (Brisbane), Monday 13 September 1920, page 6Newcastle Sun , Monday 20 September...
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Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate, Saturday 18 September 1920, page 7WOMEN BULL-FIGHTERS.MURDEROUS MEXICANS.One of the results of the eight years of revolution in Mexico has been the...
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100 Years Ago Today 24 September 1920
Albany Despatch (WA : 1919 - 1927), Thursday 23 September 1920, page 1Denmark Notes.All who are interested in football ought to roll up next Saturday to witness the match between Denmark and Albany....
View ArticleSoccer Minutiae in the Gazettes
TheftNew South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 24 August 1921 (No.34), page 484Burglaries, etc.Cessnock.—Stolen, between 7.30 p.m. the 13th and 11 a.m....
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100 Years Ago Today, 1 October 1920
Telegraph (Brisbane), Friday 1 October 1920, page 4Telegraph (Brisbane, Friday 1 October 1920, page 5St George Call, Saturday 2 October 1920, page 2SOCCER.(By ' Off-side.')The round ball code has...
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100 Years Ago Today 1920
Capricornian, Saturday 9 October 1920, page 53Arrow (Sydney), Friday 8 October 1920, page 14GARDINER CUP FINAL TOMORROW(By QUI-VIVE)The final of the Gardiner Cup, which carries with it the title of...
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100 Years Ago Today 15 October 1920
Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser, Friday 15 October 1920, page 4IN AID OF THE HOSPITAL.RETURNED SOLDIERS ATSOCCER.Murray Bridge was favored on Saturday last with a visit...
View ArticleWon't someone think of the horses!
Herald, Monday 24 March 1884, page 3A deputation from the Anglo-Australian Football Club, introduced by Mr Gaunson, applied this morning to the Lands Department for liberty to erect permanent goal...
View ArticleThe Victorian Team ready to Venture North 1888
Argus, Monday 23 July 1888, page 5FOOTBALL.......THE ASSOCIATION GAME.The team selected by the Anglo-Australian Football Association to represent Victoria in the Intercolonial match with Now South...
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Soccer at Gallipoli
This one could be controversial. The British war memorial describes this photo in the following way: Men of the Australian Army Medical Corps playing football in the evening. A shell of the "evening...
View Article100 Years Ago Today 22 October 1920
Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 23 October 1920, page 1PREMIERSH1P, GEELONG & DISTRICT KARDINIA PARK, THIS DAY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23rd GRAND FINAL. BARWON v EAST GEELONG. 1.30 Sharp.— Soccer Match....
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100 Years Ago Today, 29 October 1920
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, Saturday 30 October 1920, page 9Sun (Sydney), Sunday 31 October 1920, page 5SOCCER FOOTBALLNEWCASTLE. Saturday.-On the Tramway Ground to-day before a...
View ArticleFooty resumes in 1865
Argus, Monday 1 May 1865, page 4Now that the cricket season is over, active preparations are being mode for the revival of the game of football during the winter months. Six or seven years ago this...
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