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Joe is a sports writer and researcher based in Sydney. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian Australia and Leopold Method, while his work has also been published on Football NSW, Overland and New Matilda.
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you’ll be subjected to my loony-left sarcasm rants whether you like it or not. Sorry jb
How I stopped worrying and learnt to love the Socceroos
he’s the greatest. Download some of his phone apps too
How I stopped worrying and learnt to love the Socceroos
hey Kellett, write what you want mate, we need more bloggers out there with balls. That’s what blogging is for. And you never know where the support might come from when you do say what you think. Now I’ve given you my free advice, I still expect you to abuse me next post. I might even call it the ‘minor premiership’ just to get you going
What's the difference between a sports journalist and a blogger?
I punched a few cones with Lynchy, the bugger didn’t inhale. Good comments Mike, an interesting subject
What's the difference between a sports journalist and a blogger?
top stuff Geoff. Especially that Nick Hornby quote, very fitting
No, you don’t hate Shane Watson
apparently in 1973, a team played in the NSW State League 2 called Enmore Progressive. That’s a name (and a team) that needs resuscitating.
Still, as far as names go, they don’t get much better than Metropolitan Adriatic (current Sydney United).
What's in a football club's name?
because the states are implementing a national plan. Plenty of clubs are unhappy across the country (plenty are also happy with the NPL) – so criteria has been massaged to make it work.
Socceroos least of our worries as NPL faces backlash
Fuss,
these hyperlinks were removed from the article.
clubs media release:
https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ffvmedia/MediaReleaseClubs290713.pdf
two-part NPLV investigation:
In Search of Perfection: National Premier Leagues Victoria (Part 1)
In Search of Perfection: National Premier Leagues Victoria (Part 2)
on South Melbourne:
http://www.goalweekly.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6987%3Asmfc-statement-regarding-npl-process&Itemid=129
on MFootball (they’ve covered the NPLV process extensively):
http://www.mfootball.com.au/northcote-calls-for-ffv-to-talk-to-dissident-clubs/
that should get you up to speed. Plenty of complex problems.
Socceroos least of our worries as NPL faces backlash
all conspiracies aside, it was a group of football fans that came up with this idea, not the FFA. There might be many valid reasons to complain about the FFA, but this is hardly one of them.
Leave your A-League colours at the door
 for Australia
yes exactly, you had to purchase over the counter inside the Bonnyrigg Club.
The football continues at an historic Sydney derby
Kasey. It’s a good read, but its a collection of papers by several academics, not so much a ‘book’ if you get my drift. The opening chapter ‘Howard’s Brutopia: Football, Ethnicity and Citizenship in Australia’ is very interesting, although I don’t necessarily agree, for reasons I outline in my thesis. Send me your email address
Apaway, thankyou for your interesting article. As jbinnie will tell you, summer soccer was a dogfight to bring in, but it’s one of the great ideas. The conference system was also a fascinating idea, but never took off, for many reasons. Mostly because it was a cost-cutting measure from the beginning, not part of a grand vision. BUT, it did create room to bring in the Croatian clubs in Sydney and Melbourne, whose contribution to our game’s development as a whole is significant
NSL lessons vital for A-League's future
we’re a long way off having a ‘home-grown’ Socceroos squad jbinnie. Not going to happen at this WC or the next at least. That said, it’s certainly something to work towards.
Echoes of the past in a season to remember
your welcome to disagree, even if it is with a point I never made.
Anzac day footy blurs the boundaries between sport and war
please be reasonable. I did not call for an end to the event itself. In fact I said that “Anzac Day footy will lose none of its significance if we give that kind of silly war-talk a rest.”
That doesn’t mean stop playing footy. It just means we can do without all of the war imagery that goes along with it. I don’t see why it is necessary. Keep the lap of honour for the diggers, keep the moments silence, that much is clearly popular.
Redb and I agree – despite his personal attacks on me – is that conflating soldiers with footballers is insulting.
Journalists are clearly guilty of this, you only have to click on those links provided, and so is the AFL by awarding the “Anzac Medal” which looks eerily similar to the VC.
Did that explain things for you? It seems it took others a lot less time to get that I’m not attacking the AFL per se.
Enjoy the game tomorrow, I’ll be watching with the mute button on.
Anzac day footy blurs the boundaries between sport and war
Redb, no, I have never been to Melbourne during the footy season so have yet to attend a game in your city.
You are right that the crowd is generally respectful, which is why I said in the article that the lap of honour at the start was a nice touch.
But the stuff that gets spouted by commentators and journalists can be pretty insulting. Just click on those links and have a read.
Still, in regards to Avon River’s point, I do mean to bundle the AFL all in together, which is why I’ve pointed to Patrick Smith’s article. He’s been writing intelligently about the event for years.
That’s enough from me, but this article is about war imagery being used in SPORT, not simply Aussie Rules.
Anzac day footy blurs the boundaries between sport and war
point taken. I was just trying to say that Anzac day should be “a chance to remember and memorialise those working men and women who died needlessly in battles “, regardless of where those battles were.
Anzac day footy blurs the boundaries between sport and war
the police presence at last season’s fixtures between Sydney United and Bonnyrigg was huge. I’d say the ratio between fans/cops at those fixtures were far greater than at Wanderers matches.
'Old soccer' still relevant