Australia

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

Simply The Best?

When it comes to World Cup events in sport do we want to see the best teams in the world compete for the ultimate prize? Or do we want to see the best teams from each region in the World

Podcast #55 – Why Are The Kookaburras Ignored by the Media, Cedric D’Souza on Coaching In Austria and Will FIFA Stamp Out Diving?

Not the Footy Show Podcast

We’re back albeit in two different countries. Our guest on this show is former India Hockey coach and now head coach of Austria, Cedric D’Souza. Cedric is loving his time in Austria, despite the difference in temperature and is enjoying

Total Respect

There is a famous saying that says a referee is like a tap, you only notice it when it is not working properly. Referees and umpires,like players, make mistakes, unfortunately for them many of their mistakes are remembered by fans

Four Day Tests? You Must Have Peebles in your Head

It was the cricket writer Ian Peebles who wrote back in the 1960’s that when it came to new International teams being given Test Cricket status he thought they should be given an abbreviated version than the standard five days.