Soccer in Murray Bridge
Like many historic outlines, this story obtains a biographical focus. It seems hard to tell the story of the first decade of soccer in Murray Bridge without also looking at the influence of GR...
View Article100 Years Ago Today 5 November 1920
Toowoomba Chronicle, Saturday 6 November 1920, page 7FOOTBALL.BRITISH ASSOCIATION.On Saturday last the presentation of trophies (won during 1920) took place at the Hotel Metropole. There was a good...
View ArticleWomen's Football History
This is a bit of a mea culpa. We need to acknowledge from time to time where our research is limited or has fallen down. I think that in relation to women's football I could have done a little more....
View ArticleXI Principles for the Future of Australian Football
The XI Principles are now as follows: I. Build a consistent and strong identity for Australian football which inspires all Australians. II. Develop a new narrative for football which signifies a fresh...
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Victoria's Soccer ANZACs
These are a number of articles I wrote for the FFV for Anzac Day in 2015. They went missing until found recently by Tony Persoglia on the Wayback Machine. I hope to write more such articles soon.Behind...
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100 Years Ago Today 12 November 1920
Townsville Daily Bulletin, Tuesday 9 November 1920, page 5FOOTBALL.Old Towers footballers will regret to learn of the death of Davy Quinn, the crack right wing forward of the Queenton Rangers British...
View ArticleNewly Online Foreign Language Newspapers in Trove
During the week I discovered the work of Tim Sherratt @wraggeLike some of us, Tim is a Trove nerd. One of his projects is a map of Trove places, basically a map of all the places in Australia that have...
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100 Years Ago Today, 19 November 1920
Sunday Times (Sydney), Sunday 21 November 1920, page 2British Soccer Clubs DisqualifiedLONDON, Saturday.— The Football Association has taken drastic action against Millwall and Crystal Palace, both...
View ArticleState of Australian Soccer 1913
Sun (Sydney), Tuesday 1 July 1913, page 3GOING FORWARD.PROGRESS OF THE SOCCER GAME(By O.L)Remarkable progress has been made by the Soccer code this season, not only in New South Wales, but throughout...
View ArticleThe Homesick Miner
Daily Telegraph (Sydney), Monday 22 September 1941, page 8Backstages Of SportBy HUGH DASH, SPORTING EDITORA Sydney newspaper was flung from a train window near Mount Isa, Queensland mining town, two...
View ArticlePouring Cold Water on a Soccer Tour in 1885
Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Saturday 8 August 1885, page 312Football Notes.By Censor.Just now the football world is much concerned with the project of an...
View ArticleForeign Games in Ireland and Australian Soccerphobia
One of the terms I have used and tried to make popular is soccerphobia, simply the fear of association football. However, the causes and manifestions of this fear are not so simple; they are manifold...
View Article100 Years Ago Today, 26 November 1920
West Australian, Tuesday 23 November 1920, page 8BRITISH ASSOCIATION GAME. To the Sporting Editor. Sir,-With regard to the cable published to-day concerning rowdyism at London association football...
View ArticleSPKIA
WW1 soccer soldier deaths: a random list AdelaidePrivate A. L. GINN, of the 27th Battalion, brother of Mr. S. H. Ginn, of Messrs. Thompson and Harvey, glass merchants, Flinders-street, was killed in...
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100 Years Ago Today, 4 December 1920
West Australian, Thursday 2 December 1920, page 8South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, Friday 3 December 1920, page 15Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, Thursday 2 December 1920, page...
View ArticleA New Twist on the Soccer Controversy
Thanks again to Garry McKenzieToowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette , Thursday 25 July 1929, page 6SOCCER OR SOCKER?An English educational journal asks why the word "soccer'' is used as a...
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FA Trophy: Who Owns It?
While this might seem a rather puerile attempt to create historical conflict, the argument needs to be had out. Who owns this trophy?The last carnival was won by Victoria in 1960The last state...
View Article100 Years Ago Today, 10 December 1920
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, Friday 10 December 1920, page 14Soccer.(By H.M.)Last Saturday Cessnock came to Bulli to do battle against Balgownie in the final of the Nurse Cup. During the...
View ArticleMything, the Point
Life Cycle, For Big Jim Phelanby Bruce DaweWhen children are born in Victoriathey are wrapped in club-colours, laid in beribboned cots,having already begun a lifetime’s barracking. Carn, they cry,...
View ArticleAustralian Soccer in Turmoil 1941
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, Friday 31 January 1941, page 2Soccer(By A.D.)According to Press reports of the State Council meeting the news is most depressing, the State Assn showing a loss...
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