It is too easy to underestimate the importance of reputation in the world game. In Australia we have done this for too long. It is hard to think of one footballing nation that derives instant respect without a bona fide superstar. The football identities of entire nations have been built around individuals who… Continue reading The State of Australian Football – Part 2
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The A-League: The Code the World Forgot
You may have read somewhere that Leicester City won the English Premier League earlier this week. I know, it’s been kept pretty hush-hush. Here is how one media outlet in Australia, Channel Nine, reported the triumph: Several things wrong with that. Firstly, the 2-2 draw was between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, with the Foxes only… Continue reading The A-League: The Code the World Forgot
Football in Australia: Why We’re Starting To Care
Football has never been big in Australia. For most Aussies, the ranking of sports goes: Australian Rules Football, rugby, cricket, tennis, and then football and basketball. We even call the game “soccer”. Our national team is the “Socceroos.” Soccer currently stands as the most played outdoor team sport in Australia, and sits only behind swimming… Continue reading Football in Australia: Why We’re Starting To Care
Scout Report: Australia
Background Established in 2004, the Hyundai A-League is Australia’s highest level football league. It succeeded the National Soccer League which ran for twenty eight seasons, beginning in 1977, before disbanding in 2004. In its twenty seven year history, a total of forty two teams featured in the National Soccer League, forty one of those from… Continue reading Scout Report: Australia