Browsing Category Football

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  Football

  Modern football and urban alienation under the Golden Arches in Maastricht

  An underground freeway is being built on the eastern edge of Maastricht. The current site is a broad expanse of dust. Middle of the range sedans and trucks ...

  On April 22, 2015 / By Andy Fuller
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  Football 2

  This is not the A-League but the Kids are definitely alright

  Low-hanging gums creak welcomingly as we make our way down the cracked, undulating pathway. My son – torn between scurrying ahead and staying close to me – surveys ...

  On April 16, 2015 / By Ed Vukovic
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  Football 4

  A Magyar homecoming at Melbourne’s Greek Derby

  Just as we’re moving from one side of the ground to the other, South Melbourne score. For the 20 seconds or so we lose sight of the pitch, ...

  On April 10, 2015 / By Engel Schmidl
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  Football

  FC Union Berlin vs FC St.Pauli: The search for the “authentic” football experience

  1. FC Union Berlin vs. FC St.Pauli at Stadion An der Alten Försterei FC Union: 1: St.Pauli: 0 Football is a practice of cultural production. Being a fan ...

  On April 1, 2015 / By Andy Fuller
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  Football

  10 Anti-Racist Songs for the A-League’s #EraseRacism Round

  This 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 Zafiris
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  Football 20

  How a Coyote explains the defective logic of a Football Bitter

  Diving 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 Zafiris
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  Football

  The Football Ticket as Memorabilia: A remembrance of a game past

  I am reading James Montague’s book, Thirty-One Nil: On the Road with Football’s Outsiders: A World Cup Odyssey. My book mark – my DPR Korea vs Saudi Arabia ...

  On March 4, 2015 / By Andy Fuller
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  The Birth of Football Mania (or how football replaced religion as the opium of the people)

  In 1895 the renowned English sportsman (and polymath) Charles Burgess Fry noted that the burgeoning interest in Association football in the North of England was ‘almost a passion.’ ...

  On February 26, 2015 / By Matthew Klugman
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  Football

  President Socceroo: The curious rise of Tim Cahill

  In case you haven’t noticed, Tim Cahill has become the-I’ve-been-everywhere-and-done-everything-man. With the squabbling in the Liberal Party unresolved, given the prospect, the juggernaut that is ‘Timmy’ Cahill would ...

  On February 19, 2015 / By Zoran Pajic
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  Football

  A Socceroos Fairy Tale: The fan who skipped the ball to watch the Asian Cup Final

  Nevena Kesic is a football fan. She went to the ball on the night of the Asian Cup Final. Here she recounts how her night turned into a ...

  On February 3, 2015 / By Nevena Kesic
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  Football

  A is for Ange: What it really means to be champions of ASIA

  A is for Ange Postecoglou and his uncompromising idealism “Australia’s first ever Asian Cup triumph,” is the type of recent phrase routinely not attributed to the Matildas’ 2010 ...

  On February 3, 2015 / By Mark Gojszyk
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  Football 1

  How Israel became the lost tribe of Asian football

  There’s some scratchy black and white archival footage on YouTube of Israel playing Iran in the 1968 Asian Cup Final. The match was played in Tehran and Iran beat defending ...

  On January 30, 2015 / By Engel Schmidl
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  Football 2

  How Melbourne’s newspapers ignored the Asian Cup and let down the Muslim community

  A 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 Zafiris
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  Football

  EXCLUSIVE: Tony Abbott’s Asian Cup Welcome

  On the eve of hosting the biggest football tournament in Australia’s history, Shoot Farken has exclusively obtained Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s welcome to the 2015 Asian Cup. ...

  On January 9, 2015 / By Shoot Farken
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  Football

  An Open Christmas Letter To Mark Bosnich

  Dear Mr. Bosnich, May I call you Bozza? I am writing, Bozza, to wish you a very merry Christmas and of course the happiest of happy New Year’s. ...

  On December 21, 2014 / By Ben Munday
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  Football

  A Death in the Football Family: John Drynan’s Slice of Heaven

  Watch out for the alpaca poo when you play football in the Drynan family’s idyllic backyard – especially if you play in bare feet. Four alpacas look on ...

  On December 1, 2014 / By Engel Schmidl
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  Football

  Socceroos Haiku: Ange Postecoglou Lost in Translation

  In 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 Zafiris
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  Football 1

  Fan division after derby demolition: The early evolution of Melbourne City FC

  Last 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 Zafiris
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  Football

  Down, down, FIFA rankings are down: The New Socceroos Status Quo

  The new FIFA rankings are out and, as usual, it’s only a slightly more reliable measure of quality than the top 40 music charts. When I started writing ...

  On October 23, 2014 / By Engel Schmidl
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  Football 8

  Does an insect have a heart? The early evolution of Melbourne City FC

  I 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 Zafiris