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Beyond Comparison?

Few who followed Australia’s World Cup qualifying campaign can have honestly believed that the Socceroos would make the final 16 in Qatar in 2022. Of course in today’s world as expected there are now plenty coming out saying that they

What Is A National Sport?

The term ‘our national sport’ has been bandied around a fair bit in the Australian media and also the international media in the past fortnight, but what is a national sport? Does giving a sport a name that includes the

Only the Best Will Do.

In 1987 following a second consecutive promotion from what is today Division one to the Championship this writer was fortunate to attend a celebration of the achievement with the players of Swindon Town.. At that function in conversation with one

A Day That Should Be Remembered

There are some anniversaries that sporting teams like to let pass with little or no fanfare, and understandably so. One such anniversary passed just over a week ago and while there was little in the British press there was understandably

Something’s Gotta Give

One thing that hopefully Australia has learned during this period in history is that too many tiers of Governance leads to confusion. We have had our Federal Government make an announcement, but then the State Governments have made their own