04 February 2019
At the same time Akram Afif was coolly converting the penalty that landed Qatar a first ever continental title, a Bahraini…
15 November 2018
Women’s football isn’t the future. It’s here, it’s now and it’s attracting scores of new fans to the game.The fact that…
15 June 2018
PolandNot since the great Grzegorz Lato have Poland had a goal scorer quite like Robert Lewandowski, and the prolific striker looks…
14 June 2018
BelgiumWhen does potential translate to success? That’s the question Belgium fans might rightly be asking of their team, which has so…
13 June 2018
GermanyLeroy Sané. Mario Götze. Sandro Wagner. These are just some of the players Germany left out of their World Cup squad.Baby-faced…
12 June 2018
BrazilDon’t mention 2014. From the delight of hosting to the abject depths of despair, Brazil’s most recent World Cup appearance descended…
11 June 2018
ArgentinaCan Lionel Messi win a World Cup? That’s the nagging question around a player who is undoubtedly one of the greatest…
08 June 2018
PortugalWhere to now for Portugal? One of world football’s great underachievers finally cracked an elusive win by taking out the European…
06 June 2018
RussiaIt could be worse, Russian football fans. You could be Qataris.In fairness to a Russian side expected to struggle on home…
10 May 2018
Wasn’t that just the A-League season from hell? It may have been a perfect storm of problems, but it was one…
03 May 2018
How about that for drama? On the back of one of the most difficult seasons in the A-League’s history, the finals…
23 March 2018
“It became very clear to me sitting out there today, that every decision I’ve ever made, in my entire life, has…
13 February 2018
Here’s hoping Ange Postecoglou kept an eye on the Japanese Super Cup.The annual season opener was won 3-2 by Cerezo Osaka…
20 December 2017
The Yokohama foreshore is one of the nicer places to spend a sunny summer afternoon in Japan’s sprawling Kanto region. I…
22 November 2017
“After a great deal of thought and soul-searching, I've decided that the journey for me ends as Socceroos coach,” said Ange…
18 October 2017
What does Rahim Soekasah know about football in Brisbane that Mark Kingsman doesn’t? That’s the question Brisbane Roar fans should be…
27 September 2017
Football fans in Australia are the biggest bandwagon jumpers around. What else can we deduce from the fact that the Matildas…
03 August 2017
After seeing off A-League opposition in the form of Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners respectively, the Bergers and the boys…
