Football

Putting Athletes Back in The Spotlight

Everybody knows as sport becomes more of a business and sponsors become vital in terms of hosting events and putting teams on the park, then these sponsors want a return on their investment. Some would say that it has become

Podcast #56 – The IPC End Brant Garvey’s and others Paralympic Dreams, Athlete Behaviour and Trying to Find the Positives in Usain Bolt’s Trial

Not the Footy Show Podcast

There is nothing worse than having a fixture postponed, when you have been keyed up to play for weeks. So imagine what it must be like to have an event that you have been training for at the Paralympics withdrawn

Celebrity Status in the A-League?

It was Michael Jordan who gave the sage advice that aspiring athletes should “Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.” Some may say that it is a great deal easier to utter such words of wisdom when you have earned

Stop the Farce

How many clubs would give a trial to 32 year old who had never played that sport as a professional even semi-professional level? Everything surrounding Usain Bolt’s trial with the Central Coast Mariners is wrong for sport and wrong for

The Lingering Farewell

When is a player retired? On July 17th a player dubbed by many as “Australia’s Greatest Socceroo,” Tim Cahill. announced his retirement from international football. Not surprisingly following the announcement there was a great deal of media coverage praising Cahill