australian football

Australia v Scotland: Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width!

Australia v Scotland: Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width!

Given the interest of Australians in how their favourite ex-players fare overseas and the number of ex-A Leaguers now playing in Scotland, there are quite a lot of Aussies now featuring on Scottish fan forums. This inevitably leads to arguments about the respective quality of the SPL and the A League. 19 Dec 2023
Analysis: Football Papers Fold

Analysis: Football Papers Fold

When I went to work in London in 1995, I was in Seventh Heaven. 7 Apr 2021
Your Greatest Goals

Your Greatest Goals

So with the continuing lock-down, here’s another in my find your own football adventure series. 23 May 2020
FIFA to pay FFA first crisis fund payment

FIFA to pay FFA first crisis fund payment

FFA will be paid $780,000 by FIFA as a crisis fund payment, before football's governing body releases $230 million to be split between its 211 member federations. 26 Apr 2020
Take That, Eurosnobs!

Take That, Eurosnobs!

Monday night’s match was probably the last one we’ll see for a while, and it was a cracker! 25 Mar 2020
Time to Get Up, Sleeping Giant!

Time to Get Up, Sleeping Giant!

Some years ago I wrote a memoir of the Uruguay game in November 2005 – the night the Sleeping Giant awoke. So how’s the giant doing now? 11 Jan 2020
Ange Postecoglou wins J-League title

Ange Postecoglou wins J-League title

Ange Postecoglou has won the J-League title with Yokohama F Marinos after defeating FC Tokyo 3-0 on the final day of the season. 7 Dec 2019
The incredible numbers behind Adam Taggart's 2019 rise

The incredible numbers behind Adam Taggart's 2019 rise

Adam Taggart finished 2019 as winner of the K-League golden boot and with his first piece of silverware in his hands. But how does Taggart's incredible free-scoring year stack up against Socceroos greats before him? 6 Dec 2019
Aussies Abroad: Postecoglou in dreamland as Aussies can't stop scoring

Aussies Abroad: Postecoglou in dreamland as Aussies can't stop scoring

Ange Postecoglou has one hand on the J-League title while a whole host of Aussies were on the scoresheet across the globe. Meanwhile Australia's most current capped Socceroo is set to be sidelined until Christmas 2 Dec 2019
40 Years Of Pioneers: The Greatest Matildas Photos Of All Time

40 Years Of Pioneers: The Greatest Matildas Photos Of All Time

To celebrate the Matildas' incredible 40th anniversary of their first ever friendly match, we dove into the archives and collated the greatest Matildas' images of the last four decades. Warning: Some nudity. 7 Oct 2019
A League like nowhere else on earth: Best of A-League 2018/19

A League like nowhere else on earth: Best of A-League 2018/19

All the thrills, spills, stars, stinkers, streakers, smooches, blades of grass and blades of glass, crutch tackles and tackles with crutches, dropped trophies, fan mayhem, packed stadiums and more from a league that's football, but not as you know it. Couldn't find a picture of that kid with a gun though... 28 May 2019
Moore wants ‘Soccer Genius’ nationwide

Moore wants ‘Soccer Genius’ nationwide

Ex-Socceroo and Rangers star, Craig Moore, believes cutting edge skills program ‘Soccer Genius’ should be used at every football club in the country. 28 Dec 2018
'Does anyone actually want this?' A-League launch Monopoly

'Does anyone actually want this?' A-League launch Monopoly

It's the game nobody asked for: the A-League have launched their own Monopoly set to general indignation. 7 Dec 2018
Australian footballer detained in Thailand

Australian footballer detained in Thailand

Amnesty International has demanded an Australian refugee footballer be allowed to return to Australia after he was detained in Thailand. 5 Dec 2018
Australian football needs an Arsene Wenger

Australian football needs an Arsene Wenger

England’s loss should remind us that Australia requires a tremendous gain. 15 May 2018
10 ways to fix the A-League: Part 1

10 ways to fix the A-League: Part 1

In Part One of FourFourTwo's two-part series on saving the A-League, we look at fans. 12 Apr 2018
If I Were King Of The FFA

If I Were King Of The FFA

The FFA are trumpeting a major victory over their new deal with Foxtel. 22 Dec 2016
You’ll Never Walk Alone

You’ll Never Walk Alone

Find out what Liverpool FC is all about ahead of their match against the Melbourne Victory. 24 Jul 2013