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This Sporting Life

If current players influence the players of the future, and the top coaches of the past and today influence many coaching and planning to coach, who influences sports administrators? This may seem a strange question, but personally I am greatly

The True All Rounder?

In the 1982 Test match against India in Kolkata, as the game petered to a draw England’s Graham Gooch was thrown the ball and started to do his bowling impressions. A new addition to his repertoire was that of Indian

Finding Glory

Does the name Sunil Chhetri ring any bells with Perth Glory fans? It was in 2011 that the then director of football Dave Mitchell flew to Qatar to watch the Asian Cup, and assess the Indian striker’s performance against Australia.

Losing to Win

“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” is one of many quotes that are bandied about in sport. In fact motivational quotes about winning have become big business, either as posters, or in books complimented with great sporting photographs. It

Uncovering New Games

How many of you have ever heard of Mizo Inchai? No its not a person but a sport. One of the things Not the Footy has always enjoyed is finding obscure sports and featuring them on the show or the