Football

This day in sport: 20 January 1994

Football’s Busby era ends Legendary Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby died aged 85. As a player he won one international cap for Scotland (1933) and an FA Cup Winner’s medal for Manchester City (1934). He was Manchester United manager

Mitchell’s Masterstroke?

Last weekend’s draw with top of the table Sydney FC saw the Perth Glory dominate but could not get past the most miserly defence in the league. This game was Sydney FC’s fifth consecutive clean sheet, so although frustrating, the

Time For Pim to Lay it On The Line – If He Hasn’t Already

We are fans of Australian coach Pim Verbeek and applaud his achievements as Socceroo’s coach, which with an ageing side we believe surpass his predecessor. We love his forthright manner, even if it does ruffle a few feathers. Here is

Hunting High and Low.

After watching Fox Sports excellent reflective piece on the past ten years of Australian football on Fox Sports FC this week a question popped into my head. Where is the old NSL trophy? Surely as the last winners of the

We’ve Got Your Number

Graham Poll was regarded by many as one of the best British referees, despite some famous mistakes, none more so than his three yellow cards to Josip Simunic in Australia’s group match with Croatia at the World Cup in 2006.