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As one wit remarked recently on The Roar, if there’s one thing A-League expansion has brought about, it’s a preponderance of articles on expansion.…
The financial reports for AFL clubs for last season are starting to come in, and early indications are that quite a few clubs are…
Following a couple of years of agitation, working groups and negotiations, which finally led to a change in the FFA constitution, the expanded congress…
This is the second book review I was intending to do for those interested in some light reading over the AFL off-season, which happens…
Given that the festive season is almost upon us, which happens to coincide with the middle of the AFL off-season, I thought I would…
The pre-finals bye weekend is the perfect moment for some reflection, and what better case for introspection than the club that was the first…
This was the year in which the AFL was meant to have headed towards an untimely fall from grace. For a two to three-month…
It’s that time of year when we review the Australian TV ratings for all the football codes for the previous year. I am relying…
The Doggies Almanac: The story of a magnificent premiership, edited by John Harms and Mandy Johnson, came out just in time for Christmas -…
After a solid week of premiership celebrations, high fives, hearty hugs, back slapping, swapping texts with distant friends, celebratory drinks, special dinners with family,…
With most Western Bulldogs fans relishing their club's first appearance in a grand final in 55 years - for many, the first in their…
The start of the AFL season meant the Easter long weekend was fully booked, with Super Rugby and the NRL having started a few…
Being on the eve of the WNBL finals, now is a good time to pay tribute to one of the great clubs of the…
Yesterday, The Roar reported on the GWS Giants' plans to develop the Manuka Oval to the tune of $800 million. A bit more has…
I am about to enter very dangerous territory – a story carrying a trifecta of controversy. It involves an Australian footballer who decided not…
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I should know well enough to leave the issue of the Essendon players' suspension alone. The vast majority of Australian sports fans appear more…
One of the great Australian sporting stories of all time is how at the very inception of Super Rugby, at the dawn of rugby…
It was earlier this year when the AFL CEO, Gillon McLachlan, publicly announced the AFL's intention to have a national women's football competition commencing…
This article continues my series of monthly updates on the ratings and attendances of club football games in Australia across all four codes. This…
By conservatism, are you suggesting they should make decisions based on racial/ethnic considerations?
New identity policy takes Australian football back to the future
Given there were only four games for the round, they were extraordinarily low attendances.
State of Origin fatigue has officially set in
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Even if it’s true thiat many people are from mixed ethinic backgrounds, why does that matter.
If you have just one Croatian grandparent, why can’t you still follow proudly a club called Croatia?
Shouldn’t clubs be allowed into the B-League on merit?
New identity policy takes Australian football back to the future
The Dutch have nothing to complain about, comprehensively outplayed.
Dutch fume as contentious VAR penalty helps USA clinch Women's World Cup again
I would vote for you if you ran as the pres of FIFA.
Football may be the world game, but we deserve better
I can recall during the 2010 WC there was a soccer fan site set up on the banks of the Yarra, and Collingwood’s Harry O’Brien and Daisy Thomas did a dribbling challenge against the Victory’s Adrian Leijer and Leigh Broxham (both recent Olyroos as the time). Harry and Daisy won the challenge with ease.
Will an independent A-League actually work?
Why shouldn’t South Melbourne return to its original Hellas name?
That’s the name they carry as the Oceania club of the century. They should be allowed to wear that name with pride.
Similarly, if the various Croatian clubs in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra want to return to carrying the name Croatia in their name, they should be allowed to. Some of these clubs have grand histories and have been powerhouses in their respective cities.
Croatia Deakin Soccer Club, to this day, still owns a fantastic clubhouse and its own boutique stadium in the central suburb of Deakin, and have been great incubators of soccer talent, including such names as Ned Zelic, Ante Juric, Ante Milicic, NIkolai Topor-Stanley and Josip Šimunić.
The time has come for Australian soccer fans to stop feeling threatened by ethnic club names.
New identity policy takes Australian football back to the future
The US womens soccer team has stamped themselves as the best sporting team in the world. They have now won consecutive world cups, and four of the 8 womens WCs contested to date.
I hope they are successful in their current claim for equal pay, and let us hope that the Matildas follow suit in a hurry and get access to equal pay as well.
USA untroubled against Netherlands to claim fourth World Cup
Some amazing results this round, dogs in 12th and only one win out of the 8.
Also worth noting that despite games in Hobart, Gold Coast and Giants stadium, the AFL still managed average attendances of over 40k, which is extraordinary.
That’s off the back of learning that last year, the 18 clubs topped $1 billion in revenue for the first time in AFL history (that’s not counting an additional $500 million of undistributed AFL revenue).
Five talking points AFL Round 16
I was only just watching a Keith Moon doco on youtube.
The Americans are rude, loud, arrogant... and winners
Incredible final quarter from the pups, very rare this season to see Geelong completely over-powered.
Western Bulldogs stun the ladder leaders with amazing fourth quarter comeback
The success or otherwise of Tarneit FC will go a long way towards helping us gauge the new A-League going forward.
The establishment of the supporter group “Carpe Diem” some two months ago was a big step forward for the new club.
Unfortunately, I’ve only just learned that it has already disbanded.
Now supporter groups come and go, but I’ve never heard of one disappearing before a single ball was kicked in anger.
Will an independent A-League actually work?
Beach
If you hang around long enough you will see me occasionally using one or two my mother tongues.
But I prefer not to because:
1. I don’t like showing off; but more importantly
2. I am invariably hit with racist taunts, or at least commentary which has racist ovetones.
I am happy to make one concession to you, my third and fourth languages are roughly equivalent (which includes English).
As a side note, let me say that I can probably read a newspaper in at least a dozen languages, probably closer to 20 languages.
Will Melbourne Victory suffer from a 6-1 finals hangover this season?
I made the prediction in a neutral manner, I think it’s neither good or bad. It’s just something which is likely to happen.
Will an independent A-League actually work?
I predicted about a year ago that in the very near future, the majority of A-League clubs will end up being feeder clubs to Chinese soccer clubs.
Will an independent A-League actually work?
I hope you have an appetite.
Will Melbourne Victory suffer from a 6-1 finals hangover this season?
RF
That’s a lot of big words for someone of non-English speaking background, such as I am.
Conversely, one could argue that the locals speak primarily Australian English, not always, but predominantly.
Will Melbourne Victory suffer from a 6-1 finals hangover this season?
Ph
The game of soccer is all about diversity, especially in this country.
We should welcome all to the game.
Will an independent A-League actually work?
Conversely, I could be described as being open-minded, no?
Afterall, I comment on a wide range of sports, and post in English despite the fact that it is my fourth preferred language.
I would encourage everyone on the Roar to be as open-minded as I.
Will Melbourne Victory suffer from a 6-1 finals hangover this season?
The Victory now has 15 years of ongoing profitability, with excellent membership and sponsorship revenue. It’s daylight to the next club. No one else is even in the ball park.
This helps explain why there have been combined losses of $300 million over the very short history of the A-League.
Will Melbourne Victory suffer from a 6-1 finals hangover this season?
That’s thing about soccer. Sometimes the ball just won’t go in, other times, every half chance hits the back of the net, own goals, deflections, half hearted pen calls, and before you know it, 5 or 6 have gone in.
As they say in the classics, that’s soccer – it’s often a flip of the coin, the roll of the dice. You might roll those dice all game and never get a double six, and all of a sudden, your opponent gets three in a row, game over.
As for the Victory, currently they are the only financially viable club in the league. I’m sure they will survive.
Will Melbourne Victory suffer from a 6-1 finals hangover this season?
The American women are winners. When they become world champions (again), they will be on the verge of achieving equal pay with their male compatriots. Let us hope the Matildas can achieve the same in the next few years.
They deserve our respect, and only losers are going to complain about them.
When your opponent is on the canvas, put your foot on their throat and don’t let them back up again.
The Americans are rude, loud, arrogant... and winners
Ph
I’m neither for or against, mine was a neutral response to EF’s post.
Clubs have had the chance to spend an infinite amount of money on two marquees, but apart from the odd season, for the most part, they have not overextended themselves in that regard (yet still racked up combined losses of $300 million).
I’m not sure a whole lot will change when the cap is scrapped. Victory is the only financial powerhouse in the league, and will be able to stockpile more above-average A-League quality players, but that’s about it.
Will an independent A-League actually work?
They might struggle to win the premiership, but what if they give the championship a shake?
Will an independent A-League actually work?
Anyway, unsurprising that the US was too good for the Leeuwinnen, who still did their country proud by making the final.
They have certainly made a splash back home, stumbled across this delightful meme:
Nee jongen, voetbal is voor meisjes!
USA untroubled against Netherlands to claim fourth World Cup