Football

Slipping Away

For years successful football teams have toured their home town in an open top bus with little or no incidents, why is it that this year both Ajax Amsterdam and Real Madrid players have managed to drop the trophy within

Was It Meant To Be?

No doubt there is some football trivia nut out there who noticed prior to last weekend’s FA Cup Final between Stoke City and Manchester City, that the last cup final to be contested by two teams with City in their

Upgrade it, But Will They Come

Back in February news that Perth Glory may well leave NIB Stadium for the Hockey stadium at Curtin University had many football fans in shock. The Hockey stadium is not well placed in terms of public transport, with no train

Seeing is Not Always Believing

On the subject of Stadia it was interesting to read in last week’s Sunday Times newspaper in an article talking about how the Perth Glory may have a few problems with fixtures when NIB Stadium has to be resurfaced, that

Cup of Bitterness

Watching the FA Cup has become a tradition, and in Australia tuning into SBS is part of that tradition but, Saturday night it felt as enjoyable as spending Christmas with Scrooge. Craig Foster’s disparaging comments about Stoke City at half