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  • Tension over MCG shows AFL can't share
    19 Aug 2014 Opinion: Helen Velissaris (1)

    With words like 'encroaching' and 'ejected', the media and the AFL are showing they still can't share their toys with competing codes.

  • They weren't given a hope in Hellas
    4 Jul 2014 CON STAMOCOSTAS (0)

    Greece's participation in the World Cup in Brazil through the entries of a blogger.

  • The Gods of Costa Rica
    4 Jul 2014 (0)

    Christoforos Kasdaglis needed to reach the age of 56 to see the Greek national team advance in a World Cup. It paid off.

  • Stand down James Hird
    8 Aug 2013 Fiv Antoniou (0)

    Essendon coach James Hird has increasingly become obsessive about restoring the football club to its former glory

  • Liverpool not just a team, but a family
    29 Jul 2013 Steven Vasiliadis (0)

    Longtime Liverpool fan, Steven Vasiliadis reflects on a once in a lifetime opportunity to see his team up close

  • Pre-season transfers making big money for clubs
    25 Jun 2013 Helen Velissaris (0)

    But European clubs are benefiting more from 'cheap' Australian soccer talent.

  • Mainstream media's vendetta against 'soccer hooligans'
    19 Apr 2013 Helen Velissaris (0)

    Making 'soccer hooligans' front page news when the AFL is embroiled in extremely damaging allegations is plain deflecting

  • Greats retire
    11 Sep 2011 Fiv Antoniou (0)

    In what was a great experiment in AFL ranks to import players from abroad to play our game, Sydney's Irish defender Tadhg Kennelly has recently announced his retirement effective f

  • A head high tackle too many
    5 May 2011 Fiv Antoniou (0)

    AFL rules under scrutiny

  • Greeks outraged, but don’t expect much
    27 Feb 2011 George Hatzimanolis (0)

    Violence and disgrace marred Greek football scene last week, but not much is expected to change says George Hatzimanolis from Athens

  • More scandal for the AFL
    27 Feb 2011 Fiv Antoniou (0)

    Fiv Antoniou slaps down the AFL without fear or favour.

  • THE RUB-DOWN – Hottest tickets in town
    24 Jan 2011 Shaun Whittaker (0)

    While the AFC Asia Cup has been a great exhibition on the field, the attendances do not bode well for the World Cup in 2022.

  • The Rub-Down – Blinded by the heat
    3 Dec 2010 Shaun Whittaker (0)

    Congratulations to Qatar and Russia. They won. We didn’t. You may want to pour scorn on their bid teams and their clear involvement in vote-rigging and corrupt activities but sadl

  • The Rub-Down - Having the last Roar
    12 Nov 2010 Shaun Whittaker (0)

    Football that belongs in Europe. That was the verdict of Adelaide United coach Reni Coolen last weekend after his side were dismantled by a 10-man Brisbane Roar outfit. No doubt th

  • The Rub-Down – Passing the bucks
    22 Oct 2010 Shaun Whittaker (0)

    It’s been a bad year for Wayne Rooney. Heck, its been a bad year for English football. So I guess we can’t blame Wayne for throwing one more giant log on the raging inferno, standi

  • The Rub-Down – Liverpool tossed into the discount bin
    15 Oct 2010 Shaun Whittaker (0)

    I was just scouring through Ebay and came across an unusual advertisement from a seller in Texas. ‘Football Club for sale – slightly damaged, used parts available’.

  • The Rub-Down: Welcome to Melbourne, the home of football
    8 Oct 2010 Shaun Whittaker (0)

    As any football fan, racing enthusiast or all-around sports lover will tell you, there is only one place to be in the spring time – Melbourne.

  • The Rub-Down – USA to bomb Australian football
    30 Sep 2010 Shaun Whittaker (0)

    The writing is on the wall for Frank Lowy and his bidding bandidos.

  • The Rub-Down – A-League in crisis? An A-class overreaction
    20 Sep 2010 Shaun Whittaker (0)

    Put on your safety suits and head to the bomb shelter folks because it’s the end of the football world as we know it.

  • The Socceroos
    World game is an Aussie sport
    8 Jun 2010 Chris Fotinopoulos (0)

    In the '50s and '60s many newcomers to the country achieved cultural acceptance by doing what true Australians did: drink VB and barrack for Australia in all sporting contests.<

  • Ilrymple soccer players circa 1913.
    Anzac Day soccer match now long overdue
    27 Apr 2009 ian Syson (0)

    Ian Syson discusses the important contribution soccer players made to the Australian war effort in WWI and calls for a soccer match to celebrate ANZAC Day.

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