Football

Quiet Now.

31 YEARS AGO The forward was bearing down on goal having entered the area from my left, I came off my line to close down the angle. He shot. My body smothered his effort, and the ball went out for

Air Raid Casulaties

During the mid 1980’s through to the mid 1990’s England FIFA World Cup Winner Jack Charlton, as coach of Ireland adopted a style of play that drew criticism, in spite of its success. He wanted the team to play a

Don’t Just Talk About It, Do It.

‘We must catch up.’ How many times do we all say this, but it rarely actually happens? Several generations of footballers in Western Australia both male and female have finished playing in the State League, or what is now the

No Time For Freebies

Who is sport for? Surely, it belongs to those who pay to play each week in leagues and competitions around the world, the same people who then pay their hard-earned cash to go and watch the professionals play. The game

The Review That Needs To Happen

The only way to improve is to review performances and identify where you could have done better. The recent FIH Women’s and Men’s World Cups hosted in the Netherlands and Belgium have both been labelled as a success by the