“Perhaps only in Melbourne does a brooding, hidebound and monolithic structure of feeling dominate, where other codes are sometimes humoured and usually dismissed as inferior.” – Dr Ian Syson, academic ...
On September 18, 2015 / By Athas ZafirisOn Monday, June 11, 1900, Melbourne’s The Argus newspaper reported that a charity match was “played between 20 representatives of the Healesville Aboriginal Station and a team selected ...
On September 4, 2015 / By Athas ZafirisThe Game The game was no classic. Finals rarely are. Like waiting in the dark room in pre-digital days for a print to develop, we waited for a ...
On May 21, 2015 / By Athas ZafirisThis weekend, Round 22 of the Hyundai A-League will be played. It has also been named the ‘Erase Racism Round’. According to the media release from All Together ...
On March 20, 2015 / By Athas ZafirisDiving into the world of social media has its positives and its negatives. For every pithy comment of genuine wisdom or link to an illuminating piece, where you ...
On March 12, 2015 / By Athas ZafirisLast week, Essendon Football Club announced the launch of a new product, a first for the AFL, the ‘Active Area’. According to Essendon FC: This exclusive membership area ...
On February 11, 2015 / By Athas ZafirisA few days ago, on Australia Day, I read this letter in Melbourne’s The Age newspaper. I, too, was lucky enough to have experienced “all the fun and ...
On January 29, 2015 / By Athas ZafirisChristmas and popular music, oil and water. Almost every popular music artist, in every genre, under the sun (or in this case the Star of Bethlehem) has a ...
On December 23, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisIn a plush hotel room in Osaka, in a steam filled bathroom, a hand reached out and turned off the super jet powered shower. For 30 minutes Ange ...
On November 20, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisLast weekend’s Melbourne Derby, the first between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City, had AFL media types creaming their pants over the atmosphere, Victory fans gushing like Yosemite geysers ...
On October 30, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisI am still trying to process what I experienced at Melbourne City’s first home game at AAMI Park last Sunday afternoon. Days later, as I’m typing this, the ...
On October 22, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisOn his final night in Doha, Ange Postecoglou suddenly remembered he had some shopping to do. His mind was still consumed by negative thoughts stemming from two uninspiring ...
On October 21, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisHere at Shoot Farken, we travel to the beat of a different football drum. We are marking the start of the A-League season with a countdown of football ...
On October 10, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisEngland’s best performance of the 2014 World Cup wasn’t produced on the pitches in Brazil, where The Three Lions were below average to put it politely. And it ...
On September 23, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisPort Adelaide’s approximation of a passionate ‘soccer’ crowd in their pre-game build up (sing iconic song loudly, hold scarf proudly above head) has the AFL in a lather. ...
On September 11, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisAnge Postecoglou took some notes after this morning’s match against Saudi Arabia at Craven Cottage, London. Thanks to a mole in the Australian camp, Shoot Farken can exclusively ...
On September 9, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisBelgium. Hate the place. Full of smartarses, especially their journos. “You lost your five last games and you play against the fifth best team in the world. Are ...
On September 5, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisYou’re the biggest act in town, so you’re entitled to a bit of hubris. Your policy of ground rationalisation at the end of the 20th century transformed a ...
On September 3, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisArriving back in Melbourne from the significant distraction and vacation of a World Cup trip to Brazil is akin to standing under a shower with only one tap ...
On August 7, 2014 / By Athas ZafirisThe match was over. Team USA had lost to Germany 1-0 but had also won qualification for the knockout phase of the 2014 FIFA World Cup courtesy of ...
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