half time heroes december

Inside Issue 5

Cover Page Wayne Snowden

3 About us

EditorialsOpinions

4 Tony Wilson Interview

8 Ben Somerford Gets ready to

rumble with the Socceroos midfield

10 Fiona Crawford Wants Boonie

back

12 Mike Salter Thinks the Kiwirsquos

should be part of Asia

14 Sunil Awasthi Counts down the

best 10 Socceroos games

16 Con Stamocostas comes out

fighting in the code brawls

18 Danny Cameron gets in on the

World Cup Bid with his BMX

21 Sarah D goes inside the Cove

22 Damien Keane thanks Thierry

Henry

24 Bill Skinner and the decline of

Adelaide United

26 Buckle Up Ben wishes he had a new

best man

28 Ben OrsquoNeill gets handy with some

German goalkeepers

30 Shane Davis takes a close look at

Australiarsquos group D opponents

32 Glenn Seiver discusses the case of a

young Australian footballer

34 Kieran Pender Interview

Australian and Valencia youth Theo

Markelis and runs the rule over the

Spanish League ole

39 The Damned United Movie Review

40 Matt McGrath profiles Fury

midfielder Royston Griffiths

42 Chippy Brady Whatrsquos on Chippyrsquos

shoulder this month

43 HTH Photo of the Month

44 Eamonn Flannagan gears up for an

exciting W League grand Final

46 The HTH Back Page List of all

independent Football media in Australia

Hello football fans and welcome

to Half Time Heroes Issue number 5

Itrsquos been another huge month in the

world of football both here in Australia

and abroad and just like a x-mas table

cloth does we got it covered

Australiarsquos World Cup opponents were

confirmed and the bookmakers say that

group D is the 3rd ranked group of

death

As Wayne Snowed HTHrsquos resident

cartoonist asks which one isnrsquot

Thanks to Australian media personality

Tony Wilson for answering some of

HTHrsquos tough questions

This month we also welcome Damien

Keane who gives us an insight into an

Irish fans response to the infamous

Henry hand ball

Danny Cameron also joins HTH and he

writes about an ndashex BMX bandit who

could hold the key to winning the world

cup bid for Australia

Ben Somerford looks at the Socceroos

midfield options

Fiona Crawford wants Boonie back but

not the ex Australian cricketer

Mike Salter the football tragic reckons

the Kiwirsquos have it easy in Oceania

Sunil Awashi counts down the top 10

Socceroos matches

Ben OrsquoNeill discusses German keepers

Shane Davis runs the rule of Australiarsquos

group D opponents

Kieran Pender interviews a young

Aussie starlet playing for Valencia in

Spainrsquos La Liga amp also does a roundup of

LA Liga

Sarah D goes behind the Cove

Chippy Brady is still chipping away at

the issues

Buckle up Ben is upset his best man

betrayed him

Eamonn Flanagan previews the W

League grand Final

Thanks to all the writers and readers I

hope you enjoy this monthrsquos HTH

Merry Xmas Peace and football

Con Stamocostas

HTH Interview Tony Wilson

Australian media personality

Tony Wilson (pictured above with Santo

Cilauro) is the author of Australia

United a book detailing his adventure in

Germany 2006 (an excellent read) he is

also a Radio announcer on 2RRR in

Melbourne and regular member of the

ABC TV show the Einstein factor and

last but not least he is a huge Socceroos

fan

Half Time Heroes In your book Australia United you say that you became a convert to the Socceroos cause on November 291997 When you fell into the arms of a 53 year old greengrocer called Con seconds after Aurelio Vidmar had put us 2-0 up

against Iran and into the 1998 world cup So from the nadir of that moment to

now two consecutive World Cups and

again meeting another Con (Irsquom not a

green grocer but it is a dream) did

you ever think you would be in this

position

Tony Wilson I did think we would

eventually qualify and I vowed after the

exhilaration and despair of November

29 1997 that I would be there to

witness it It was crazy pledge to myself

and it took me to Uruguay in 2001

which was truly the trip of a lifetime

even if the result didnt quite go our

way Eventually of course I was there at

Sydneys Olympic Stadium when Aloisi

ploughed that thunderbolt into the back

of the net Given I initially fell for the

game after a defeat I cant tell you how

addicted to qualifiers I feel after that

amazing moment

So the World Cup draw tells us your thoughts can the Aussies make it out of the group TW Its a really difficult group probably the second hardest after the Brazil Ivory Coast Portugal group Mind you there arent too many easy groups out there We have beaten and can beat Ghana even if the blazing potential in that London friendly has us all feeling a bit nervous I actually saw Ghana lose to Brazil in Germany and even then their young squad was very unlucky in that match Names like Klose Podolski

Schweinsteger and of course Ballack mean we have to expect to lose to the Germans Although hey upsets can and do happen at these tournaments And the Serbia match will be even tougher than its Croatian equivalent in 2006 although again if we can win against Ghana and results have fallen our way there is a spirit in this squad that has me hoping that we might get out of the group Having said that I wouldnt be surprised if we didnt win a game Either way I love this team and believe its qualifying performance has cemented its position as the greatest side we have ever had

Are you planning on going to

South Africa What do you think the

first ever World Cup in Africa will

produce

TW By some miracle my arsy father got his name pulled out in the FIFA ballot so not only am I going Ive already got my tickets Very very happy about that In Germany I stayed right through to the final and as the last chapter of Australia United attests snared a ticket to the game at the very last minute Missed the goals but was there for the headbutt Ive now got a 3 month old baby so this time I might not make it through to the end I think the tournament will be a beauty Germany had organisation and infrastructure and almost a sense of international rebirth after World War II

For Africa this is the chance to truly put on the biggest show on Earth and to prove to everyone that its fun and safe and friendly As a fan of Ladysmith Black Mamboso Im also tipping that the music dancing side of things will put thigh slapping lederhosen acts to shame

Tell me what you think about Pim Verbeek and the current Socceroo squad Michael Cockerill posed this question in a recent article he penned for the SMH Are the Socceroos four years better or simply four years older What do you say TW I love Pim because I was desperate for somebody to get us there and he hardly put a foot wrong I know that theres a sense that were not as good that the team is older and slower When I think of how good we were against Brazil and Italy last time its hard to imagine an Australian team ever playing that well again

I think weve definitely slipped a bit I asked Fox Sports Simon Hill and he thinks the loss of Mark Viduka is the biggest blow That might turn out to be pretty right We seem to be more defensive now than Guus had us playing but having said that some of our players have got better Emerton is better Wilkshire is better Cahill is better Incredibly Mark Schwartzer seems to be playing even better than in 2006 Against that stars like Kewell Grella Bresciano Chipperfield and Culina might have just dropped off a notch

The World Cup bid is starting to take shape from what you have seen so far with the promo videos and online book has the FFA sold Australia well Do you like that Nicole Kidman was used to spruik the bid And do we have a chance to host it TWI dont mind that Nicole has got the job If that nice Hugh Jackman can fall in

love with her in Australia surely the FIFA powerbrokers wont be able to resist her faux English botox infused charms I think this is a very rare opportunity to win the bid We are extremely lucky that two bids are being sorted out at once I think were almost no chance for 2018 and that the tournament will return to Europe but 2022 is a huge chance Europe wont get it again Africa wont get it South America will have just had 2014 So by my reckoning it comes down to the USA China and us Id choose us Ive actually just written a novel about a fictional footballer who is the face of our World Cup bid Hes an ex-Socceroo called Charlie Dekker and he gets caught up in a tabloid feeding frenzy when he falls for a Tiger Woods like sex scandal It will be out through Murdoch Books in July next year

Who is your A League team

TW Im a member of the Melbourne Victory and get to almost every home game My two-year-old daughter Polly is a member too and she has just started coming She likes the half time food and dressing up in the colours Last time we went the noise following an Archie Thompson goal resulted in her bursting into tears Shell have to improve on that Ive been there for our two Grand Final wins which were both great in different ways I think Henandez is playing so well this year that we have to be favourites to do it again

Do you have an overseas team

TW I used to say West Ham because I love the theme song Im Forever Blowing Bubbles As a kid I also loved the fact that they had a processed meat in their name But I have to be honest and admit that I watch very little Premier League football Certainly the Hammers have produced very little to inspire in 09-10 I dont have a great passion for any overseas club Id even confess that Im thinking of switching over to Everton now that Lucas Neill has joined Tim Cahill there Ive certainly been playing a lot of FIFA 09 on the PS3 as Everton

Your favourite A League player TW Carlos Henandez is a great favourite My friend Sam Pang calls him The silver fox I think hes the most gifted player in the A-League and that its a tragedy Costa Rica didnt qualify

for this World Cup I would have loved for him to be there All Melbourne fans love Archie and forgive him all those offsides (or are they offside) In terms of other A-League clubs I like the bruising style of Danny Tiatto (his cousin The Ox is a wrestler I know) and the distinguished grey of Steve Corica He will retire a legend of local football

Who is your favourite overseas player TW I think the best to watch is Lionel Messi Im so glad that Argentina overcame the Diego insanity that seems to be prevailing there at the moment and got Messi into the tournament His little mosquito legs are just freaky and his centre of gravity must be about 5cm off the ground I think he will win the Golden Ball in South Africa I also have a big soft spot for Wayne Rooney The story of Colleen throwing his 50000 pound engagement ring into a wood and rangers having to ask fossickers to respect the rights of the squirrels who may have found the ring was my favourite tabloid story of the last few years Colleen was angry with him for seeing hookers Tony Wilsons website is wwwtonywilsoncomau His second novel Making News will be released through Murdoch Books in July 2010 right in the middle of the World Cup

Battle Royale in

Defensive Midfield

As another weekend of European football action passes in comes another whole list of questions regarding our Socceroos

And one of the areas of intrigue is amongst the Socceroos defensive midfield stocks which seems a role perpetually crucial for Australian teams Vince Grella and Jason Culina have occupied the two-pronged role for years and Pim Verbeek clearly sees the pair as his favoured partnership looking ahead to 2010 But Verbeek may be beginning to question his certainty on that point with Culinarsquos uninspiring A-League form coupled by another Grella injury at Blackburn this weekend Without doubt Grella is one of Australia rsquos main stars and he has proven himself and while this problem is only minor it is a warning for a player whorsquos had a

terrible run of injuries in the last 12 months in the past but we must focus on the present and his recent troubles are concerning Grella has hardly endeared himself to the Blackburn faithful since his move to Ewood Park in August last year with a mix inconsistent form and consistent injury problems And his recent form at international level hasnrsquot been overly convincing either But still Grella remains a key man and rightfully so as he is Australia rsquos highest qualified player (so to speak) for that defensive midfield role The worry though is the injuries and whether Grellarsquos groin and hamstrings can hold up especially at a World Cup where Australia will play three (hopefully more) matches in a short period Nevertheless the news out of Blackburn this weekend is that Grellarsquos latest problem is only a minor groin injury which will see him miss one or maybe two matches

Ben Somerford previews

the battle royale that will take

place over the Socceroos midfield

(Mile Jedinak to start against Germany)(photo by cam w) Indeed this presents the question of Australiarsquos depth and who are the next options in waiting And this is the intriguing part which could see a real jostle amongst players for a seat on the plane to South Africa next year Beyond Culina Carl Valeri who was dubbed lsquoMini Vinniersquo is obviously an heir to the throne but his recent issues at Italian Serie B club Grosseto have clouded his future And with the rapid emergence of Mile Jedinak in Turkey rsquos Super Lig with Antalyaspor Valeri is no guarantee for South Africa Just last weekend Jedinak scored against Harry Kewellrsquos Galatasaray to claim his seventh goal in all competitions this season

It would be remiss of me to simply push forward Jedinakrsquos name based on a dozen or so goals but he has proven himself a player on the improve with some mature displays for Antalyaspor And a number of his strikes this term have come as headers from set-pieces representing a goal threat which could be an important part of the Socceroosrsquo game plan at next yearrsquos World Cup against some genuine heavyweights who could dominate us around the park Returning to Valeri who appeared to have resolved his contractual issues at Grosseto he was curiously left out of their side for the weekendrsquos win against Piacenza But Verbeek is a conservative type who likes the tried-and-tested method so you fancy the old guard The quandary though is how many defensive midfielders can Australia take to South Africa and it seems only three should go With defenders Luke Wilkshire and Rhys Williams employed as flexible squad options Australia has ample cover So it is likely one of Jedinak or Valeri will miss out and itrsquos turning into quite the race But Culina will have to deal with finding a club when the A-League season ends and Grella will of course have to stay fit It should be worth monitoring

Geof Wilson Interview

For two full seasons yoursquove been

getting a womanrsquos (my) perspective on the

womenrsquos game (the W-League) This week I

figured it was high time to hear what one of

the male fans has to say

Geoff Wilson (lsquoWallyrsquo to his mates) is a man

of many talentsmdashCEO musician

unicyclistmdashand is one of the biggest

grassroots proponents of the W-League Irsquove

yet met

His cheers are Irsquom-used-to-projecting-my-

voice-on-stage loud and witty his

knowledge of the game encyclopedic and

his support unrivalled

This is a man so dedicated he got himself a

jersey made up during the off-season with

Roar Women reserve goalkeeper Lara

Boonrsquos name and number (albeit much to

her amusement with the wrong number)

He proudly wears it along with the

memento headband and keepersrsquo gloves she

signed for him to each game

So how long has he been attending W-

League games

lsquoIve been going to see the Roar since the

first season although I only bought a season

ticket this yearrsquo he says lsquoFriends we used to

go with (sadly not many of them have stuck

around) started going to the W-league

games from the start and the first one I

went to I think I was the only bloke in a

group of girls who play indoor togetherrsquo

Clearly though something kept him coming

back after that initial game lsquoTo start with I

was just plain curiousrsquo he says And as for

many guys he admits lsquoThe idea of watching

attractive young athletes running around

getting sweaty was a big draw cardrsquo

lsquoThe second game we sat behind the Roar

bench and started mimicking the girls

sitting in front of us squealing Boonie who

it turns out were half of a junior team she

was coachingrsquo

At that stage he didnrsquot know who Boonie

was but his interest in the W-League was

definitely there lsquoThe appeal was already

growing there were some hot bods we

could sit right on top of the action the girls

were great at connecting with the crowd

Fiona Crawford gets a

male perspective on the W

League

after the game andmdashI was somewhat

surprised to learnmdashthey were actually

bloody goodrsquo

Indeed Wilsonrsquos reaction is that of most

guys who catch a W-League match lsquoThey

play the beautiful game quite literally

Althoughrsquo he quips lsquomaybe Ive just been

watching the Roar men for too longrsquo

Basically he says lsquoIts great to watch your

team bring the ball up the pitch and then

decisively put it into the back of the netmdash

consistently The standard of the

competition was much higher than Id

expected to see not just from Roar Women

but from all the teams Ive seen playrsquo

But supporting the W-League has had its

ups and downs not least arriving for the

first game of season two to find out that

crowdmdashand Wilsonrsquosmdashfavourite reserve

goalkeeper Boon hadnrsquot been re-signed

lsquoI dont know which of us felt worse finding

out shed been droppedrsquo he says lsquoAll I can

say about thatmdashwith absolutely no

disrespect to Casey Dumont who is a

spectacular keepermdashis that hopefully Ill be

able to peel off the 9 when Boonie gets the

run-on gig at some point in the future Just

in case Jeff Hopkins is reading Bring Back

Booniersquo Hersquos even started up a facebook

group

So does he envisage more guys becoming

W-League fans lsquoI am in the minority

gender-wisersquo he says lsquoThere are lots of girls

with their mums and dads and occasionally

their brothers and I guess boyfriends but

maybe the split is about 70-30rsquo

That potentially means therersquos room for fan-

recruiting improvement then lsquoI dont know

whether that means that fans like me who

have drifted across from the mens game

are the growth potential or notrsquo he says

lsquoId like to think more punters will be

enticed to come and see more games as

word spreads that the ladies actually play

damn well rather than sticking to the

dumb-obvious sex sells strategy [that the

glamour-oriented Westfield W-League

posters currently employ]rsquo

lsquoMaybe as in my case that strategy will get

bums on seats the first timersquo he says lsquobut I

really think the quality of the games is what

will bring fans back for repeat

performancesrsquo

Speaking of repeat performances hersquos

clearly hoping for a repeat championship

win for Roar Women this coming weekend

That and that they bring back Boonie for

season three

A reference to the number mix upmdashhis

shirt reads 19 when Boonrsquos number is 20

Oceans apart

Strange but true although Oceania is far far and away the weakest confederation in FIFA its representative in the cross-confederation playoff has qualified for the World Cup for the second time running Bahrain may not have been as daunting an opponent as Uruguay but New Zealands achievement has to be saluted Despite playing few competitive matches of any consequence over the last few years they showed their mettle when it counted against a match-hardened side Let us not forget Bahrain comprehensively outplayed the Socceroos in Manama earlier this year despite conceding that fateful late goal So cue once more the utterly ridiculous calls for Oceania to be allotted a full place at the World Cup The logic of this especially now that Australia is no longer in the mix is too fatuous even to discuss But the mere fact that such calls

are being made shows just how anomalous the Oceania confederation has become It is still permitted a full place at FIFAs minor events with some embarrassing results Tahiti qualified for the Under 20 World Cup thanks to a qualifying series on home turf and a leg-up from the officials in their key game against New Zealand But in Egypt they were annihilated conceding 21 goals in three games and scoring none Worthy participants Im sorry but no Ricki Herberts team will not embarrass themselves quite that badly in South Africa But their performances at the Confederations Cup in June gave every impression of a side that lacked the nous to hold their own against quality opposition And thats where Australia comes in

Mike Salter argues

that the Kiwirsquos should be absorbed

into the Asian confederation

(Leo Bertos will be a key player for the Kiwirsquos in South Africa photo by Cam W) Although they have hardly thrilled the crowds on their way to South Africa 2010 the Socceroos have developed a shrewdness and resilience which comes from negotiating an arduous qualifying path In the long term Australian football can only benefit from this

And so can New Zealand football if the

right thing happensnamely for Oceania

to be absorbed into Asia

It makes sense on all levels The Pacific

nations occasionally get to test themselves

against opposition other than each other

and one regional behemoth The All

Whites get to experience what the rigours

of qualification travel are really like

And the Tahiti tokenism ceases to be an

embarrassment for all concerned

ldquoIn Egypt they were annihilated conceding 21 goals in three games and scoring none Worthy participants Im sorry but nordquo

Since the first one in 1922 the Socceroos have played over 400 official internationals And when you play that many games over that long a span some are going to be more memorable than others Many on this list are from the comparatively recent past Take this not as ignorant or a swipe at generations gone by but as a yardstick for just how far the sport has come in this country But just what makes a great game Well not only the result Tension drama and historical significance all play big roles in making matches memorable And with that in mind here are the top 10 Socceroos showdowns ever 10 Bashing Blighty Australia 3-1 England (Feb 12 2003) International Friendly Upton Park London Yeah it was just a friendly and Sven substituted the whole Three Lions team at half time But hey Australia could beat England in marbles and itrsquod still be cause for national celebration The lsquoRoos led a star-studded English side 2-0 at the break and didnrsquot relinquish the advantage against the second stringers after it Popovic Kewell and Emerton were the Aussie scorers on a memorable night in East London

9 A+ in Asia Australia 3-0 Qatar (February 6 2008) World Cup Qualifier Docklands Stadium Melbourne Australia had been in the Asian Confederation for two years but no one knew for sure what to expect when it played its all-important first World Cup Qualifier in the AFC against lowly but cash-rich Qatar Well it didnrsquot take long to find out and thankfully the news was good a first half blitzkrieg saw goals from Kennedy Cahill and Bresciano and Australia was away and running on the road to 2010 8 Trans-Tasman Trauma Australia 0-1 New Zealand (July 14 2002) Oceania Nations Cup Final Mt Smart Stadium Auckland Rock-bottom A woefully under strength Socceroo side featuring just one European-based player (Scott Chipperfield) failed to get past the Kiwis and get to the lucrative 2003 Confederations Cup The backlash was immediate and earth-shattering The administration that had for long failed to do the job was finally called to account ldquoThe fish gentlemen stinks from the head It is time you all faced it and did the noble thing ldquowrote the doyen of Australian football broadcasters Les Murray

Sunil Awasthi ranks the top

10 Socceroos games ever

Go they did and the seeds for a long-awaited new era were planted 7 The grief Australia 0-1 Italy (June 26 2006) World Cup Round of 16 Fritz Walter Stadion Kaiserslautern The game that broke a million (well probably more) hearts and the moment that will live in the crystalline frozen-in-liquid-nitrogen eternal memory that only immense joy or trauma in life seems to generate Upon beating Mark Bresciano Fabio Grosso goes down in the box in injury time in Kaiserslautern after a Lucas Neill challenge and earns a prized place in the pantheon of Australian sporting villains One Totti finish from the spot later and the Socceroo World Cup dream is heartbreakingly over With the tears though comes a stark realisation that Australia is not yet totally amongst the best in the world and perhaps wasted a one-man advantage for the preceding 45 minutes But too comes thanksgiving for the wonderful journey the men in green and gold have taken the nation on in the weeks and months preceding And also hope- a hope that as far as Australian World Cup journeys are

concerned this is not the end but only the beginning 6 Advance Australia Fair Australia 2-2 Croatia (June 22 2006) World Cup group stage Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion Stuttgart A wilder ride over the course of ninety minutes a nation has never known Playing a country with close footballing ties to Australia with it all on the line trying to advance to the knockout stages of a World Cup for the first time is a recipe for memorable drama of the first rate And so it ensued in storybook fashion A free-kick Srna stunner that made us nervous early Craig Moore replies from the penalty spot to settle the stomach A howler from a controversially-selected goalkeeper that looked to cost a place in the Round of 16 Harry Kewellrsquos reply that made a nation jump for joy A Pommy referee who couldnrsquot count struggled to send off an Aussie-born Croatian And finally that beautiful final whistle that signalled mission accomplished Yeah not a bad little game of footy really Next month Part II sees Sunil count down the top five games in Socceroos historyhellip

Just because your

paranoid doesnrsquot mean football

is not after you

Thatrsquos it The gloves are coming off I

was planning on keeping my inner

Soccer Zealot quiet but that was until

the ldquoCode Brawlsrdquo turned nasty

You have to applaud the passion that

AFL folk have for their game

The territorial pissing by the AFL to

discredit Australia World Cup bid again

shows the AFLrsquos deep seeded historic

paranoia that it has about football

But the AFL is right to be paranoid

I think a Nirvana lyric says it best

ldquoJust because yoursquore paranoid

Donrsquot mean theyrsquore not after yourdquo

The song funnily enough is called

Territorial Pissings

Of course

the AFL has used the stadium issue for

years to block footballrsquos progress The

same local problem of crowded codes

fighting over who gets to use the field

first has now gone global

Could having too many codes be a

factor when the 24 person FIFA

executive committee decide on who will

host the world cup in 2018-22

Read ahead about the dark history of

AFL paranoia from the excellent Das

Libero website

ldquo As early as 1951 buckets of glass were

scattered on North Hobart Oval the night

before a Tasmanian representative side

took the field against a visiting English

Professional XIrdquo

ldquoNext season the VFL directed its

operatives to secure all available public

sporting space in Melbourne in order to

stifle the burgeoning threat posed by

soccerrsquos migrant-inspired growthrdquo

ldquoMelbournersquos reputation for paranoia

was crowned in 1965 when youths

daubed anti-soccer slogans over Middle

Park chopped down the goalposts and

tried to set fire to the grandstand (59-

60)rdquo

Itrsquos just like the story in the 1993

Australian movie the Heartbreak Kid

Con Stamocostas puts up the

gloves in the name of football

Alex Dimitriades plays Nick Polides the

local football talent who wants to play

soccer on the school field but gets

bullied away by the AFL coach

Southgate (William Mc Innes) Grahame

Tuner in the book Nationalism and

Australian popular culture says the film

depicts Southgatersquos Australianness as

hostile to cultural differences

threatened by multiculturalismrsquos

challenge to cultural purity

Itrsquos only until the sexy teacher Christina

Papadopoulos (played by Claudia

Carvan) offers to coach the football team

that Alex and his football dreams lives

and he and teammates get to use the

school field

Damn those saboteurs It was only a

week ago the very beautiful and

glamorous Nicole Kidman was helping

spruik the Aussies World Cup bid

It was some excellent PR Local Aussie

kids were hanging out with Archbishop

Desmond Tutu Frank Lowy gave some

African kids some Westfield vouchers

and our Nicole (Kidman) fronted and

narrated a five minute film that was

shown to the Fifa excutive It was a five

minute tourism ad with heaps of

juggling and action shots of islands and

mountains and the outback- the World

Cup movement was gaining momentum

FIFA Vice president Jack Warner saidI

was very impressed because the video is

not just about football but highly

educational as well

I just donrsquot understand it fellow football

fans Australians love sport Any type of

sport and during the last World Cup in

Germany the whole country discovered

what many of us die- hards have known

for years-the beauty and infinite joy that

comes with following the beautiful

game

I like the reading the obligatory ldquohosting

the World Cup would be wonderful

and then the big BUT

Ex Victorian premier Jeff Kenett says

that a whole bunch of AFL fans will be

depressed if the World Cup bid is

successful

ldquoif we dont have the opportunity to

provide our public with a balance for a

year forget the financial cost the

emotional cost will also I think be a very

heavy price to pay

But Mr Kennett the World Cup is the

largest emotional event in the world

The untold emotional pain of listening

to other codes rant about how they

want the world cup but then cry about

how itrsquos bad for Australia is affecting my

own work life balance

If my mental health depended on AFL I

would be getting depressed as well

Even more reason to get behind the

World Cup bid and the Socceroos at the

World Cup in South Africa then

Not since she raced through my

lounge room twenty six years ago

chucking a wheelie before bunny-

hopping up onto the coffee table and

jumping out through the window have I

been so overcome with a newly realised

shared joy passion and desire

Sure she might have been only slightly

more animated than a cardboard cut out

in the launch video for Australiarsquos bid to

host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or

2022 but you couldnrsquot deny that ldquoour

Nicolerdquo is the perfect soccer mum to

launch our campaign

During the eighties she captured the

hearts and passions of Australia and

started the BMX revolution where you

werenrsquot an Aussie kid unless you had a

badass BMX Of course now we have

outgrown our BMXs and most who

remember the days are now parents

But that doesnrsquot stop us reliving our

dreams

As the children of Australia see Nicole

Kidman in the bid video and ask who

she is parents around the country will

tell old folk stories of the queen banshee

of the BMX Bandits and will inflame the

a new generation of bandits around the

country Soon the kids will be juggling

soccer balls down the city streets and

along the dusty country lanes around

the country taking on the baddies with

well directed overhead scissor kicks and

power blasts They will be juggling and

shooting with football on the mind but

with bandits branded on their heart

Danny Cameron reckons

a bad ass BMX bandit

could win Australia the

World Cup bid

(Can our Nicole seduce the world and

win Australia the world cup bid HTH

says hells yeah)(photo by Rita

Molnaacuter)

We can reveal here first to Halftime

Heroes that it is in this culture of

bandits that Australiarsquos true intention

lie Sure we might be seeking to host the

ldquotournamentrdquo but what truly happens

during the lead up to the games

Here we reveal the cunning plan

All Australians know of the perfect get-

out clause to keep the golden trophy in

our arms ldquoIrsquom not playing anymore Irsquom

taking my ball and going homerdquo

So when we hear the official catch cry

for the Australia 2018-2022 World Cup

hosting bid when we hear Nicole

Kidman say ldquoCome Playrdquo we sneakily let

out a wry smile and the bandit in us

grins large

In our very own lifetime we will be

presented the trophy (apparently to

hold onto in the build up to the games)

and we will take this trophy and in our

moment realised we will hold it aloft

like the champion thieves we are The

World Cup will be ours

ldquoSurely you jestrdquo I hear you cry

But it is evidently plain for all to see the

underlying truth in Australia

From our early white man settlement

origins of stealing the land off the

indigenous folk continuing with our

early populous of convicts sent from old

blimey for stealing and on with our

celebrated pride for the bushranging

culture and finally to the our World Cup

representative the BMX Bandit

teachings of Nicole Kidman we have

learnt that if we are not good enough to

have what we want then we have to

just go out there and take it

Even in the official opening of

proceedings of our bid where a team of

Australians travelled to Cape Town to

present our new bid film in conjunction

with the 2010 World Cup Draw we

managed to hijack England bidding

representative David Beckham in a

perfect guerrilla marketing move

Federal minister for sport Kate Ellis and

eight children from around Australia

who represented Australias football

playing youth vitality and

multiculturalism ambushed Beckham in

a perfect Ned Kelly moment and asked

him ldquoCome Playrdquo in Australia in 2018 or

2022

Footnote The other bidders include

England Spain amp Portugal Netherlands

amp Belgium Russia Japan Korea

Indonesia Qatar and the USA A decision

on the successful hosts for 2018 and

2022 will be made by the 24 members

of the FIFA Executive Council on 2

December 2010

To help Australia win the right to host

the greatest show on earth in Australia

the team has developed a website

wwwaustralia2018-2022comau

[hyperlink in report] Log on and show

your support

Irsquom sure there are some very

happy (but possibly unaware)

employers in Sydney because the

Sydney forums (SFCU) have been down

The temporary forums arenrsquot as great

but they are keeping everyone in the

loop a little and our forum creator is

working on getting it all up and running

again

Wersquove also seen a new group emerge

over the past few games the Sydney FC

Youth They march from railway square

up to the SFS and have been standing in

the cove encouraging everyone to

participate and bringing more energy to

the games Theyrsquove been attending the

W-league games and showing support

for the ladies

A few months ago the cove had some

visitors from DC United After

thoroughly enjoying the match he sent

some of the boyrsquos merchandise

including a fence banner which debuted

at the home game against Newcastle as

a thank you They are going to return

the favour and send them back some

Sydney FC merchandise

Our biggest away game of the season is

on the horizon ndash Sydney FC vs

Melbourne Victory Wersquore slightly back

on form as shown with a win against

North Queensland and Wellington

Phoenix itrsquos no wonder everyone is

getting fired up The last trip down

south resulted in a delicious 3-nil win

and as itrsquos almost the holiday season a

win would mean a very happy

Christmas

I donrsquot know what banners are going to

be used or what new ones have been in

the making Word is on facebook there

may be something in the works If the

flag tifo from the Newcastle home game

is anything to go by Irsquom confident some

people will have put a lot of effort into

something epic

A lot of Sydney fans are looking forward

to the trip There will be plenty of

drinking maybe winning some money

at Crowne casino and supporting

Sydney Hopefully we can get 2 goals or

more to go top of the table again

Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove

Ireland ndash Probably the Best Team in the Worldhelliphelliphellip

Now that the furore has finally died

down I would like to express my delight

as an Ireland fan to the decision that

there will be no replay of the most

disputed result in history This means

that no matter what team goes on to

triumph in South Africa in 2010 Ireland

fans can say lsquoit could have been us if

only we werenrsquot cheated out of itrsquo and

the rest of the world will probably have

at least some sympathy for the claim

Of course the best possible outcome

would be for the French to lift the Cup

and then it would be even clearer to all

that if this is now officially lsquoThe Best

Team in the Worldrsquoreg and Ireland are

better than them the ability of the Irish

team would be unfathomable Never

before would any team have been so

clearly better than the lsquoThe Best Team in

the Worldrsquoreg It doesnrsquot matter that

Ireland never actually beat France and

may well have conceded an honest goal

in extra time or gone out on penalties ndash

Henryrsquos act has forever frozen in time

the limitless possibilities of the possibly

limited squad assembled by Giovanni

Trapattoni

If a replay had been agreed would it

have been of the whole second leg with

Ireland starting in Paris at 0-1 on

aggregate and having to match or better

their best ever away result in 90

minutes twice in a couple of weeks just

to get to the point of being level

Anything else (replaying extra-time

holding a one-off decider match etc)

wouldnrsquot really be a replay would it It

would not be beyond the realms of

possibility for France to be 2-0 up at

half-time with the bewildered looking

Irish players knowing that there were

still 45 humiliating minutes to pass with

the eyes of the world on them before

the World Cup dream was over

As it stands in the World of What-Might-

Have-Beens Ireland still have a chance

of being proved to be arguably lsquoThe

Best Team in the Worldrsquoreg (incidentally

this will be Irelandrsquos second World Cup

victory in the lsquoWorld of What-Might-

Have-Beensrsquo following on from the lsquoif

only Roy Keane had not walked outrsquo

(probable) victory in JapanSouth Korea

in 2002 where a draw against eventual

runners-up Germany in his absence

proves that Ireland would have been

Damien Keane

thanks Thierry Henry for

making Ireland the 33rd team

at next yearrsquos World Cup

better than lsquoThe Second-Best Team in

the Worldrsquoreg if hersquod played and

therefore lsquoThe Best Team in the

Worldrsquoreg (alongside Brazil of course)

There will now be no disappointing

World Cup exit after failing to beat

Honduras or Switzerland (teams that

frighten us more than Brazil or

Argentina)

My heart can enjoy (another) stress free

tournament this summer So come on

France Show the World who the best

team in it really is ndash Ireland

Thanks Thierry for making us for all

eternity the only team that could have

won the World Cup in 2010 (apart from

whoever actually does ndash a minor detail

when viewed through historyrsquos eyes

from the distant future)

ldquoThis will be Irelandrsquos second

World Cup victory in the lsquoWorld of

What-Might-Have-Beensrsquo following

on from the lsquoif only Roy Keane had

not walked outrsquo (probable) victory

in JapanSouth Koreardquo

Off with their heads

I think were now in a position where we can safely say that this year has not quite gone to plan for Adelaide United Two thirds of the season has passed and were sitting dead last with misfiring strikers a leaky defense and a coach whose motivational genius is exemplified by his suggestion that his players might benefit from having their heads severed from their bodies Well at the moment anythings worth a shot I do feel for Vidmar though Hes obviously a capable coach and hes still got some brownie points up his sleeve after the feats of last season and the ACL But the pressure is definitely on and its showing Bad results piling up unhappy players and behind-the-scenes issues at the club create a vortex that is very difficult to escape from And the fans want blood Football supporters arent known for being the most rational creatures when things arent going well Once a scapegoat has been identified the knives come out Viddie is number one

with a bullet on the terrace hate-list at the moment with a few of the players not far behind Of course by and large we supporters dont know what the hell were talking about If decisions were made based on terrace opinion Kristian Sarkies would have been sent packing last season This year hes been our best player Two up front became a mantra earlier in the season for supporters sick of drab football - well now Viddies tried it and the team played worse than ever Once things are going this badly the vortex of negativity is so strong that it starts to override anything positive Last home game for example there was a period of play where Adelaide actually kept possession for a little while The team was holding the ball patiently passing it around outside Newcastles penalty box probing for an opening Fair enough it wasnt quite like watching Brazil circa 1970 but it was the right idea Behind me though there was a bloke going absolutely off his nut Put the fcking ball in the box you muppets You are FCKING USELESS

Bill Skinner

finds it tough being an

Adelaide United supporter

this season

This was the same guy that made donkey noises whenever Cornthwaite or Hughes went near the ball and gave Vidmar a massive spray every time a substitution was not made Obviously that guy was a moron But for all his negative irrational idiocy one thing about his ranting struck me at least he cared It takes a lot of commitment to hate your own team so strongly Its better than the antipathy of some of my mates who have just gradually stopped coming to games because they cant be arsed any more It would be nice if we could all go to every match happy watch some great

football and come away with a win every week but reality doesnt work like that Through the bad times its the discontent injustice and endless disagreement that keeps us going as fans Itrsquos not pretty but being a football supporter rarely is

ldquoVidmara coach whose

motivational genius is

exemplified by his suggestion

that his players might benefit

from having their heads

severed from their bodiesrdquo

But Buckle-Up you were my best man

AFL Chief The Big D (Andrew Demetriou) had heard the news from South Africa about the Australiarsquos bid to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 And it wasnrsquot good

ldquoThose soccer idiots as if they are ever

going to win the rights to host the World

Cup in Australia in Melbourne The Feds

are supporting them and I havenrsquot heard

pip from Union and less from the Rugby

Leaguerdquo said The Big D

ldquoWell what can Union say that OrsquoNeill

bloke started all this And Gee Geersquos

probably knows his code can play in

10000 stadiums so itrsquos not like they can

get any compo

Whatrsquos to be done Big D itrsquos only soccer

itrsquos not that big is it At least itrsquos not that

big in Melbourne Like as it wersquore gonna

give em the G or the Domerdquo said the

McMinion ldquoItrsquos Ettihad not the Dome

How many times do I have to tell you

Wersquore in this for the money Now get

Buckle-Up down hereand quickrdquo

Just Three hours laterafter a dash

from Sydney to Melbourne Buckle-Up

wandered into the Bid Drsquos office

Big D Remember when you were my

best man at my wedding Buckle-Up

Buckle Up Canrsquot forget that day Big D

nor the Stag weekend Four AFL games

and a dinner at the G Awesome

Big D Remember when I was your boss

at AFL HQ

Buckle-up Canrsquot forget those days Bid D

That TV deal we done got squillions for

ourselves as well as the Code

Big D Mates

Buckle up Ben is upset his

best man Andrew Demetriou

is trying to scupper his World

Cup plans

Buckle-Up Always mates Big D

maaaatte

Big D So tell me what the hell are you

doing with this bid Itrsquos getting bigger

and bigger So now the gloves are off

Yoursquore not having Ettihad yoursquore not

having the G And why do you need both

anyway Know-nothing (Head of

Ettihad) says we can play AFL and

Soccer games at the Etihad anyway It

stuffs up the Victory games but they

seem to go okay so whatrsquos the problem

And why the hell would soccer need the

G Have you seen these A-League

crowds

Buckle-up Look maate love to help but

my hands are tied The Feds want this

thing more than I thought and it is

pretty big people travel to games from

everywhere

Big D We get that in AFL all the time

When Sydney play in Melbourne you

can see the Sydney colours in the crowd

I know they are mostly Melbournites

from the old Bloods but itrsquos sort of like

the away support

Buckle-Up No I mean people will travel

from overseas to watch games

Big D So it would be like Norths v The

Crows 20000 or so

Buckle-Up No more like Germany

Brazil or Croatia England 100000

Big D Ah I get it so like Essendon v

Collingwood

Buckle-Up Yep only ten times the

ticket prices

Big D Ten Times Essendon

Collingwood

Buckle Up Yep ten times

Big D Irsquom starting to get it Any chance

you can find a job for me

Buckle-up Get fd

Australian football fans would

be well aware of these two great

goalkeeping names from previous

World Cups KING Kahn Jens

Lehmann

But with Oliver Kahn (pictured

across page) fully retired and Lehmann

having hung up his national team gloves

are devotees of the Socceroos even

aware of whorsquoll stand in the last line

between them and Group D glory when

our Durban date against the Deutsche

rolls round on June 13

Sadly Irsquod suggest many wouldnrsquot be able

to give a reasonable answer to this

question A-League and EPL-minded

folk will learn it then spruik it in the

days leading up to the Socceroos

opener thanks to paperrsquos finally giving

coverage of our group stage rivals when

they really should be informing the

masses now

So for those of you who want to get

ahead of the curve here are the top four

contenders for the German number 1

jersey in South Africa Unlike Pim

Verbeek Deutsche boss Joachim Loumlw

still has a decision to make on his

starting stopperhellipand hersquos certainly not

short on quality

1 Reneacute Adler (Bayer Leverkusen)

Adler will be 25 by next June and is well

positioned to have a seriously long

tenure as Germany lsquokeeper He won the

mantle for best stopper in the

Bundesliga in 2008 and sat on the bench

behind Lehmann and Robert Enke as

Germany finished runner up at Euro

2008 Solid form in the New Year will

help this young custodians cause

2 Manuel Neuer (Shalke 04)

At just 23 Manuel Neuer has already

made over 100 appearances for his

beloved Shalke 04 While his German

national team appearances are more

modest at two in November he was the

only German lsquokeeper in a list of five to

be nominated for UEFA team of the year

Alongside Adler Neuer is a hot chance

Ben OrsquoNeill looks at

which Germans keeper the

Socceroos could face at the

World Cup in South Africa

(Oliver Kahn retires Photo by

Tsutomu Takasu)

3 Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)

At 27 Wiese is a veteran compared to

Adler and Neuer But having been

involved in the most recent squad ndash a

friendly against Ivory Coast ndash will

consider himself unlucky if he doesnrsquot at

least make the plane to Johannesburg

Champions League followers may well

remember his serious gaffe against

Juventus three years ago ndash he spilled a

routine save to allow Emerson to score

and the Old Lady to move through to the

quarter finals at the expense of his side

Hersquos a volatile character too so Loumlw

would be chancing his arm if he went

with Wiese

4 Timo Hilderbrand (TSG 1899

Hoffenheim)

Always the bridesmaid never the bride -

this is the story of 30-year-old Timo

Hilderbrand Having sat on the bench

behind Kahn and Lehmann at Euro

2004 Confederations Cup 2005 and

World Cup 2006 Hilderbrandrsquos torrid

time at Valencia in 200708 means he

hasnrsquot featured for Germany since

But a move back to the Bundesliga a

year ago has reignited the custodian

and there have been calls inside

Germany recently that he deserves

another chance

Until his recent tragic suicide Robert

Enke formerly of Hannover 96 was

favoured to claim the first-choice

lsquokeepers spot in South Africa

Ben OrsquoNeill has just launched a new blog dedicated to the Durban date ndash Australiarsquos clash with Germany on June 13 2010 Visit wwwdurbandateblogspotcom to explore

Group D

Germany Undefeated in a tough qualifying group Three goals were last year conceded in a draw in Finland (three key men were absent) and a month later Die Mannschaft were somewhat lucky to hold on against Russia to win 2-1 in Dortmund But only once did they concede in the seven remaining games and against Russia home and away Germany showed the attacking capability and aggression so important to their renaissance in the last few years In Dortmund last year Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski (pictured left) continued their fruitful partnership in attack while young goalkeeper Reneacute Adler did well at the other end Those three were again good value in Moscow two months ago as Germany impressively began on the front foot but also important was the young Mesut Oumlzil perhaps the type of creative schemer the Germans traditionally had but havent for some time Germany again hung on to win 1-0 this time in a manner hard to fathom when they were haemorrhaging goals four years ago The goal they did concede in their last seven qualifiers was at home to Finland in the last game but as in

Helsinki defender Per Mertsesacker was missing More concerning even with an experimental line-up was the very laboured play going forward We always have trouble playing against teams that pack their defence said frustrated full-back Philipp Lahm afterwards Germany does have the attacking ability not to have such issues but under the sometimes uninspiring overly methodical Loumlw they have often struggled to play to their best against minor opponents or in non-critical situations Hopefully they will take Australia lightly and their foot off the pedal in Durban but theyre likely to have too much firepower

(Lukas Podolski photo by MKBN)

Shane Davis takes a

close look at Australiarsquos Group

D opponentsrsquo

(Chelsea and Ghana star Michael Essien photo by Magnus Manske) Ghana The first African team to earn qualification although The Black Stars had their troubles getting out of the first group stage towards the end of which current Serb coach Milovan Rajevac was appointed From there things have generally been on the up The likes of captain Stephen Appiah in midfield and leading qualifying goalscorer Matthew Amoah in attack played more in the second group stage and four wins from four were enough to seal their place in South Africa Ghana werent as free-scoring as the other qualified African teams but did concede the second least amount of goals in the second group stage all two of which came in the final Appiah and Michael Essien (pictured above) provide further security in midfield and along with Sulley Muntari are also good value for Ghana going forward Of Australias three group opponents the Africans may replicate most the quick agile attacks that have often worried us in Asia but should also finish better

Serbia Their 2-1 loss in France last year came only weeks after Radomir Antić was appointed and before he changed the dynamics of a previously more negative-minded team significantly By the time Serbia drew 1-1 with the French in Belgrade two months ago only a point was really needed and last months 2-1 loss in Lithuania came after qualification was secured Aside from that the Beli Orlovi won seven out of seven The highlights were going 3-0 up inside 25 minutes in Austria in a 3-1 win scoring another three and showing good resolve to win 3-2 in Romania before wrapping up qualification with a 5-0 win over Romania at home Milan Jovanović scored in all of those games and is a skilful operator on the left wing while on the other side is the highly promising Miloš Krasić But Serbias biggest strength though is their general attacking style and confidence Unless they lose their heads or a possible lack of defensive ability in midfield gets exposed they will be very tough opposition for Australia

(Serbian left winger Milan Jovanavic

photo by Steindy)

Difficult amp Thorny Issue - Reece

Caira

FIFA in an attempt to stop the

exploitation of young boys in Africa

wrote a law into its governance of

football that anyone under the age of 18

needed the clearance by their national

association to sign a contract with an

overseas club Further it was believed in

countries like Australia the best talent

would stay longer and not go on at times

to play for other nations

All good stuff But laws need to be applied with common sense otherwise innocents get caught Reece Caria is IMO one such case Football Federation Australia have picked the right cause but the wrong example

Hersquos father is English and his mother Irish they migrated to Australia Reece was not selected for a representative side or the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Reece was 15 when his father sent a video off overseas Aston Villa (AV) replied if you are ever in the UK come and trial AV offered no money or help with air fares

or UK accommodation In fact they offered him a trial with no guarantees

Reecersquos parents returned to the UK Both his parents got full time jobs Reece has his extended family around him and he is attending school Then Reece trials with AV AV have an academy with a requirement that all boys at the academy also get a high school education

Lawyers will tell you if you want to draw a line in the sand make sure it is a case you cannot loose This case looks almost un-defendable especially if you consider how important it is in a playerrsquos development at his age Compare AV Training academy with specialised school teachers against a Central Coast park team and a local high school

FIFA have exemptions to this FIFA law but the exemptions are approved club by club FIFA do not have a policy where they say if clubs meet this standard they can be quickly assessed and approved

Where are we today AV have Reece in their training academy where he attends school as well Reece goes home each night to his parents home I would assume also see his extended family FFA say you cannot sign or play with AV as you are under 18 yet many other Australian players recently have signed and been under 18 with no protest from FFA

AV are now taking FIFA to the European courts IMO there is almost no way they can lose given the facts as presented through the media The sting in the tale

Glen Seiver

looks at the case of young

Australian Reece Caira

is if FIFA loose and the law is overturned It is overturned for everybody even the kids in Africa Those agents and third level clubs in Europe will be popping champagne corks

In heavens name Can a boy who has never made a representative side or taken one dollar of taxpayer money go back to England with his parents Trial with a club and be knocked back to play park association football on the Central Coast by FFA

(Reece Caira has a club but canrsquot play due to red tape image from imagesmirrorcouk)

It is a part of the history and culture of our nation We voted against conscription twice in World War 1 despite the exhortation of the national government to support it we voted against the banning of the communist party at the height of the Cold War despite the national government strident support we ignore our national governments direction not to participate in the Moscow Olympics

I can see the frustration and anger in his parents because I and many Australians would react in a similar manner

It is distinctly Australian to question and debate to oppose decisions made by our governments and big business That is part of who we are sad will be the day when it does not occur

In closing I think FFA chose the right cause but the wrong kid

ldquoFFA say you cannot sign or play with Aston Villa as you are under 18 yet many other Australian players recently have signed and been under 18 with no protest from FFArdquo

Living the dream The Theo

Markelis story

Itrsquos every young footballerrsquos dream To be

selected to travel to Europe play against the

best youth sides in the world and trial at

famous Italian and Spanish clubs

Except for young Australian Theo Markelis itrsquos

not a dream it been the past few years as a

young football star

Markelis recently signed a five year deal with

Spanish superpower Valencia Club de Fuacutetbol

Theo Markelis started his incredible journey

from Green Gully under 15s to Valencia CF

when he attended a football clinic in Melbourne

ldquoI went to this clinic this training academy and

started training and then he (the guy who

organised the clinic) formed a team to go to

Italy to play some games We went to Italy and

played against youth teams from Juventus

Genoa AS Roma And I was the youngest there

I was fourteen years

old at the time and I

there were some clubs

interested in merdquo

He returned to

Australia but only six

month later went back to Italy to trial with

some clubs ldquoAbout six months later I went back

to go trialling and I went to Genoa I trialled did

well and before they wanted to me sign a guy

said to go to Valencia to trial for Valencia So I

went to Valencia for a week trialled for a week

played a tournament and finished top goal

scorer and after that they wanted to sign me

for five yearsrdquo

Unsurprisingly Markelis originally found it hard

to adjust to Spain ldquoAt the start I was very

nervous I didnrsquot know the language and I found

it very nerve racking I wasnrsquot with my family

so found it a bit hard The first year that I was

here (last year) was hard I didnrsquot know anyone

so the first couple of months were difficultrdquo

(Theo asks for a translator)

Kieran Pender charts the

incredible rise of 18 year old Theo

Markelis a young Australian playing

for Valencia in Spain

(Theo and his Valencia youth team mates)

But even though Markelis originally found it

difficult adjusting to life in Valencia living life

away from his family and friends he has now

settled in well ldquoIrsquom still young and I had to

leave my family but now Irsquove gotten used to it

Irsquom happy hererdquo He can now also speak Spanish

fluently

Although Markelis is still at school in Valencia

football is now the major part of his life

ldquoSchoolrsquos every day but we train four days a

week then have a day off for a rest and then

play a Saturday or Sunday youth gamerdquo And

although he stresses that all the training is hard

he is still finding it enjoyable ldquothatrsquos what I like

to do Irsquoll be training four to five hours a day but

itrsquos still fun Irsquove always wanted to do this I

made a sacrifice to leave home and come here

to play this is what I want to dordquo

While he says that his time at the Spanish

football giant has been very enjoyable overall

Markelis believes his most enjoyable moment

so far was winning a youth cup in Holland

against the likes of Real Madridrsquos famed youth

academy ldquoWe had a tournament last season in

Holland and we won the tournament Teams

like Real Madridrsquos youth side were in it teams

from all around Europe and we won the

tournament thatrsquos basically been the best thing

thatrsquos happenedrdquo Another highlight of his

career so far has been the extensive travelling

ldquoWersquove been to Holland wersquove been to Japan

and wersquove been to Abu Dhabi to play

tournaments to Italy as well so Irsquove done a lot

of travellingrdquo

Another perk of playing for a major club is

being able to meet the stars in Markelisrsquo case

his role model David Villa ldquoI look up to David

Villa (as my role model) and Irsquove spoken to him

before Irsquove met him He knows who I amrdquo

However Villa isnrsquot the only player hersquos met

ldquoIrsquove met (David) Silva Irsquove met (Juan Manuel)

Mata Irsquove met Joaquin Irsquove spoken to them

before but Villarsquos my favourite playerrdquo

One experience that would not have been as

positive for Markelis was the financial crisis

that his club Valencia recently went through

The crisis culminated in Valencia not being able

to pay some of their players but Markelis

stresses that it hasnrsquot affected his time at the

club ldquoI was fine I was just concentrating on

training and playing

ldquoWe had a tournament last

season in Holland and we won

the tournament Teams like Real

Madridrsquos youth side were in it

teams from all around Europe

and we won the tournamentrdquo

(Theo at Valencia training still waiting for a

translator)

Obviously they donrsquot pay us as much as the

players in the first team theyrsquore the ones that

had the problems not usrdquo

However while Theo Markelis may be one of

Australiarsquos brightest young stars his

international alliance is still at stake Markelis

still hasnrsquot been called up to any Young

Socceroos squad and he doesnrsquot even know ldquoif

they know Irsquom hererdquo Markelis has a strong

Greek background and the option to play for

Greece is definitely open ldquoI have a Greek

passport and itrsquos possible I could play for

Greece it just depends who gives me the call

firstrdquo

However while itrsquos possible Markelis could

become the next Australian to represent

another country he still professes his loyalty

and desire to represent Australia ldquoIrsquod really like

to play for Australia because thatrsquos where I was

bornrdquo

Letrsquos just hope that one day Theo Markelis will

be turning out for the green and gold of

Australia and not the blue and white of Greece

Markelis is currently playing well in Spain for

Valencia U19 but he stresses the importance of

not getting ahead of himself ldquoTheyrsquore (the

coaches) are saying Irsquom doing well so at the

moment Irsquom going well but everything here can

changerdquo Markelis hopes to continue playing

well at U19 level and then move up to Valencia

Mestalla (Valenciarsquos reserve team) but once

again he realises that nothing in the football

world is certain ldquoI suppose Irsquoll move on

Valencia Mestalla but it all depends on what the

directors think of merdquo

While Markelisrsquo debut for the Socceroos is still a

long way off and in possible doubt letrsquos hope

that in a few years time hersquoll be Australiarsquos next

football superstar

The Damned United- HTH Movie Review By Con Stamocostas

The Damned United charts Brian Clough

managerial career starting in Derby where the

Northern English Club is on the bottom of the

old Division Two

Michael Sheen plays Brian Clough and is fast

becoming one of the best impersonators of

some of Britainrsquos most famous people He has

carried on his fine work from other movies

where he played Tony Blair in the Queen and

David Frost in Nixon Frost

The beginning of the film begins when Brian

Cloughrsquos Derby faces Leeds in the FA Cup and

those dirty buggers Leeds cheat their way to a

2-1 win with a dodgy penalty

The Leeds Manager Don Review played by Colm

Menie disrespectfully ignores the Derby boss

and from then on Clough uses that snub as

motivation to one day beat him

The film cuts between periods of Clough

coaching at Derby and at Leeds virtually

ignoring his most successful period when he

won the European Cup with Nottingham Forest

The Damned United is primarily a Bromance

between Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor

played by great English character actor Timothy

Spall Itrsquos at Derby where the relationship

between the two se them take Derby from the

old Division Two to the top of Division One

Cloughrsquos ego threatens all of Cloughrsquos

relationship particularly with the directors of

the clubs he manages and it also becomes

strained with Taylor as well

You get a sense of the megalomaniac of Clough

why he was both loved and hated when the

chairman of Leeds on his first day describes

him as the best young manager in the country

and Clough quips back with ldquoIrsquom the best old

one as wellrdquo

Sheenrsquos work is amazing in this film He is

almost in every scene and his portrayal of

Clough was impressive

If you are a football fan you will love this film

the story is well told with strong performances

from all the actors The film is not cheesy at all

which is what can happen with sport films The

mixture of old footage from the 70rsquos gives the

film an authentic feel

I give it five HTH stars

ldquoThe Damned United may not be the best

movie about an English Football Manager

ever made but itrsquos in the top onerdquo

La Happenings The Drop

Last month I focused on the real

battle in La Liga the battle for the

remaining Champions League places

but there is an even more intense battle

taking place in La Liga the fight for

survival in the top flight

After round 14 of La Liga the relegation

battle looks very scary for many Spanish

clubs The threat of relegation

realistically encompasses all from Xerez

in 20th to Osasuna in 11th but even

Villarreal or Gijoacuten (in 10th and 9th

respectively) are only a few losses away

from the pointy end of the table

While the battle for survival in Spain is

always exciting the form of two so

called lsquobig teamsrsquo has added to the

excitement Take for example Espanyol

while they may have been in the

relegation mire this time last season

they are still a decent side that finished

10th at the end of the season and would

have been expected to perform better

this time around Instead they find

themselves in 17th only one point from

the drop

Another notable side in trouble is

Atleacutetico Madrid or the lsquootherrsquo team from

Madrid While the insanity of Atletico

could fill many pages by itself the basic

story is that they are a shamble of a

club but with fairly good players who

go through managers faster than the

NRL go through cases of drunken

players acting badly (Sorry I really

should have been having a dig at AFL

instead of NRL after recent events)

After finishing fourth last season they

currently find themselves in 14th on

equal points with Espanyol and are

already onto their second manager of

the season

Kieran Penderrsquos

monthly roundup La Liga looks

at the intriguing relegation

battle

RCD Mallorca on the other hand is a

team that prior to the start of the

season was expected to be right in the

(Spanish Primera Divisioacuten 200506

trophy at FC Barcelona

museum)(photo by Electro07)

drop zone Even the staunchest Mallorca

fan would have to admit that at the

beginning of the season things looked

bleak They lost the players that had

staved off relegation the previous

season (Miguel Angel Moyaacute Juan Arango

and David Navarro to name a few) and

spent the lowest amount on new

signings in the entire first division

The club is a complete wreck financially

and shifty financial dealings saw money

move out of Mallorca at a time when

they are desperate for money

As notable La Liga expert Sid Lowe

wrote in his Guardian blog ldquoBecause

make no mistake Mallorca are rubbish

Or at least they should berdquo

But theyrsquore not They currently sit in 5th

place with 27 points only a point off the

Champions League spots So

congratulations to Mallorca and their

crazy battle against all odds

While in all likelihood it will be the likes

of Xerez Malaga and Real Zaragoza (the

current teams sitting below the drop)

that find themselves in the Segunda

division next season the excitement of

Espanyol and Atleacutetico Madrid being

down the bottom certainly adds to the

league

Lastly crazy accidents and disgruntled

readers telling Con to get rid of me

withstanding I will be back next month

for a complete run down of the big fight

the Barcelona v Real Madrid fight

Rostyn Griffiths - A Footballers

Fate

Furyrsquos inaugural A-League campaign has provided many spills and thrills with arguably one of the brightest storiesrsquos to have emerged being the rise of young footballer Rostyn Griffiths who at just 21 years of age has already endured an expansive and arduous football journey

This Journey begins in Western Australia where a talented youngster impressed for the Joondalup academy on a tour of the UK The stuff dreams are made of followed when offered an opportunity to join established premier league club Blackburn Rovers

Excelling with Blackburnrsquos academy Rostynrsquos dream was dealt a serious blow when breaking a leg playing for Australiarsquos U17rsquos He then made a strong return and continued progressing eventually signing his first professional contract

Fate would then take another future determining twist when Rovers top

flight side suffered a tumultuous period after manager Mark Hughes who initially signed Rostyn followed his ambitions to fellow Lancashire club Manchester City

Paul Ince took the Blackburn reigns loaning Rostyn out to gain some professional experience Ince had a horrendous start to his Blackburn tenure and was subsequently sacked and replaced by renowned hard task master Sam Allardyce

Griffiths further impressed while on loan for almost the entire calendar year of 2008 with Gretna in the Scottish Premier League and Accrington Stanley in Englandrsquos league two before returning to Blackburn and being released by current boss Sam Allardyce

Itrsquos a common trait with managers that a player valued by one manager is not always rated by another Hughes signed the player Ince saw potential loaned out to gain experience then Allardyce let the player go This trend was to follow after returning to Australia Signed by Adelaide as a finals injury replacement then released Rostyn set off to attempt to trial his way to an A-League deal First stop was the Mariners

Matt McGrath profiles the young player of the Month fury midfielderdefender Rostyn Griffiths

(Royston Grifiths Irsquom a midfielder Irsquom a defender) (photo by Cam W)

After playing some pre-season trial matches Lawrie McKinna decided that Rostyn was not what the Mariners were seeking Fate would once again determine his immediate future via Mckinnarsquos close links with former assistant Ian Ferguson now team boss at expansion club NQ Fury had seen the

two clubs meet in a trial match played in Rockhampton

Rostyn turned out for the Mariners and limped out of the game with a minor injury after just twenty minutes or so However Ian Ferguson saw something he liked and subsequently invited Griffiths to trial

Standing out over a series of trials Rostyn was offered a 1 year deal and first team opportunities arose after injury to key senior players The rest as they say is history and at the time of publishing Griffiths had started 17 of Furyrsquos opening 18 A-League matches

Excelling in the centre of midfield and deputising with aplomb at centre half after injury and form saw Ferguson re-mould his team Rostynrsquos form and consistent performance was recently recognised with a young player of the year nomination a just reward for a fine season to date

Rostyn Griffiths is a young footballer whose career thus far has been determined largely by fate however one thing for sure is that Rostyn is indeed a fine young footballer with a very bright future ahead who has worked his way to a position where he may finally get to call the shots in regards to the future direction of his career

ldquoExcelling with Blackburnrsquos

academy Rostynrsquos dream

was dealt a serious blow

when breaking a leg playing

for Australiarsquos U17rsquosrdquo

Herersquos why the Central Coast Mariners won the W-League Sydney FC are premiers of the W-

League Big deal

How come the team with the biggest

talent pool in the country gets to play

the easiest games during the (very

short) season

Newcastle Jets lost Kate Gill Cheryl

Salisbury Cheryl Salisbury (yes shersquos

worth two) Emily Van Egmond to name

a few and picked up no-one Surprise

surprise they wereinexperienced

conceding 6 on a number of occasions

Adelaide United was worse Pretty poor

last season they lost Matildas stars

Sharon Black and Emma Wirkus They

went backwards conceding 6 on many

occasions

In a league with 8 clubs teams get to

play 10 whole games to complete their

season And the top four head to the

semirsquos Clearly the team finishing first

has an advantage as they play the fourth

side who yoursquod expect to be weaker

Well Sydney won the Premiership but

played four games out of ten against the

Adelaide and Newcastle The Roar just

two points off the pace in third spot

played Adelaide and Newcastle only

once each

Blind Freddy and Chippy B both know

that Sydney and Brisbane are the

powerhouses of womenrsquos football but in

a short season these teams were only

set to play each other once unless they

made the finals They did

The game they played in the ldquonormalrdquo

season (whatrsquos normal about a season

ten games long) ended in a 1-1 draw If

they had played twice maybe the

Central Coast Mariners would have been

premiers and earned the easier Semi-

Final against Canberra As it was Sydney

got Canberra and despite having ten

players for 75 minutes they flogged

them 3-0

Sydney might be the Premiers but the

draw is a farce and when the FFA come

back from Zurich South Africa or

wherever they need to focus on the W-

League draw and for that matter the A-

League crowds as soon as possible

Chippy B still has a chip on

his shoulder and this month

itrsquos about the real W League

premiers

Photo of the Month

Sydney FC lost to eventual W-

League Champions Brisbane Roar in last

yearrsquos semi-final after a penalty shoot-

out Despite missing Sarah Walsh and

Heather Garriock for much of last

season Sydney still managed to run the

all-star Roar team so very close This

year itrsquos different

Everyone expected these two to make

the final and they have But few thought

the Central Coast Mariners top of the

league for so long would split the two

giants of the Womenrsquos game

In the end The Mariners missed top spot

after losing to Sydney FC in the very last

game of the season and then went down

1-0 to Brisbane in the semi

Big players win big games and Sydney

and Brisbane have bucket loads

Sydney played a player down for

seventy five minutes against Canberra in

their semi but no-one could tell They

controlled the game running out

eventual winners 3-0 against a vastly

inexperienced opponent

This is a different Sydney team to the

one the Roar faced last year Heather

Garriock and Sarah Walsh completed

the season Leena Khamis is a year

older Kyah Simon switched from the

Central Coast Mariners and Danish

International imports Cathrine Paaske

and Julie Rydahl have stood out

The Roar remains strong particularly

defensively Lauren Colthorpe (pictured

next page) is getting back to her best

Claire Polkinghorne and Kate McShea in

Eamonn Flannagan gets

excited about the W

League Grand Final

front of the leaguersquos best Aussie keeper

Casey Dumont will be tested by the

rampaging attacking Sydney line-up

Can Elise Kellond-Knight and Tameka

Butt provide the spark to light the Roar

or will the more experienced Danish

internationals win the day Jo Burgess v

Heather Garriock

(Leena Khamis has the skills to pay

the bills photo by Cam W)

Can the Roar defence stop Kyah Simon

Sarah Walsh and Leena Khamis

Will Heather Garriock be allowed to run

free down the left or with central

defender Alesha Clifford suspended will

Coach Alen Stajic stifle Garriocks

creativity and hold her back

Both sides are strong have a heap of

internationals and are well organised

Brisbane keep the ball better than

Sydney but Sydney break with more

pace and flair

It will be a tightly contested game with

plenty of passion and skill Itrsquos a brave

person who picks the winner Brisbane

will find this final a much more difficult

proposition that last yearrsquos walk in the

park over Canberra Indeed Brisbanersquos

temperament may be exposed if things

are a little too close for comfort

It will be a cracker of that there is no

doubt

The Championship is on the line and you

can be sure national Coach Tom

Sermanni will be loving the pressure

games What better way to see who

heads into the Matildas Camps in early

January for the crucial World Cup

Qualifiers in May 2010

Will Dumont become Matildas number

1 Will Khamis force her way into the

full squad Is Servet Unzular Tameka

Butt or Elise Kellond Knight good

enough to get us to the World Cup

I think Sydney by one goal but whatever

the outcome it will be advert for

football Donrsquot miss it

Thanks to everyone who

contributed All who work on this fanzine

do it as a labour of love with no payment

Web DesignerLogo Designer

Peter Alexandrou

CartoonistLogo Designer

Wayne Snowden

httpwwwhappinessforsaleorgff

Editors Con Stamocostas

Send commentsfeedback or if want to

contribute in any way please e-mail Con

Stamocostas

cstamocostasgmailcom

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wwwafootballstorycom

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spotcom

Ben OrsquoNeil aufourfourtwocom amp

httpwwwdurbandateblogspotcom

Bill Skinner

httpwwwpissanttowncom

Kieran Pender httpan-aussies-

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Perth Glory

httpplanetpurplefanzinecom

Hello football fans and welcome

to Half Time Heroes Issue number 5

Itrsquos been another huge month in the

world of football both here in Australia

and abroad and just like a x-mas table

cloth does we got it covered

Australiarsquos World Cup opponents were

confirmed and the bookmakers say that

group D is the 3rd ranked group of

death

As Wayne Snowed HTHrsquos resident

cartoonist asks which one isnrsquot

Thanks to Australian media personality

Tony Wilson for answering some of

HTHrsquos tough questions

This month we also welcome Damien

Keane who gives us an insight into an

Irish fans response to the infamous

Henry hand ball

Danny Cameron also joins HTH and he

writes about an ndashex BMX bandit who

could hold the key to winning the world

cup bid for Australia

Ben Somerford looks at the Socceroos

midfield options

Fiona Crawford wants Boonie back but

not the ex Australian cricketer

Mike Salter the football tragic reckons

the Kiwirsquos have it easy in Oceania

Sunil Awashi counts down the top 10

Socceroos matches

Ben OrsquoNeill discusses German keepers

Shane Davis runs the rule of Australiarsquos

group D opponents

Kieran Pender interviews a young

Aussie starlet playing for Valencia in

Spainrsquos La Liga amp also does a roundup of

LA Liga

Sarah D goes behind the Cove

Chippy Brady is still chipping away at

the issues

Buckle up Ben is upset his best man

betrayed him

Eamonn Flanagan previews the W

League grand Final

Thanks to all the writers and readers I

hope you enjoy this monthrsquos HTH

Merry Xmas Peace and football

Con Stamocostas











fan







position















amazing moment






produce














Battle Royale in

Defensive Midfield



















yet met














League games



















was coachingrsquo









League



bloody goodrsquo



























group























performancesrsquo





season three



Oceans apart



Mike Salter argues






















Just because your


is not after you

















Of course












Libero website
















60)rdquo





















school field



















educational as well








game







successful





heavy price to pay


























launch our campaign









dreams


















World Cup bid




Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory












fan







position















amazing moment






produce














Battle Royale in

Defensive Midfield



















yet met














League games



















was coachingrsquo









League



bloody goodrsquo



























group























performancesrsquo





season three



Oceans apart



Mike Salter argues






















Just because your


is not after you

















Of course












Libero website
















60)rdquo





















school field



















educational as well








game







successful





heavy price to pay


























launch our campaign









dreams


















World Cup bid




Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory






produce














Battle Royale in

Defensive Midfield



















yet met














League games



















was coachingrsquo









League



bloody goodrsquo



























group























performancesrsquo





season three



Oceans apart



Mike Salter argues






















Just because your


is not after you

















Of course












Libero website
















60)rdquo





















school field



















educational as well








game







successful





heavy price to pay


























launch our campaign









dreams


















World Cup bid




Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory












Battle Royale in

Defensive Midfield



















yet met














League games



















was coachingrsquo









League



bloody goodrsquo



























group























performancesrsquo





season three



Oceans apart



Mike Salter argues






















Just because your


is not after you

















Of course












Libero website
















60)rdquo





















school field



















educational as well








game







successful





heavy price to pay


























launch our campaign









dreams


















World Cup bid




Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory














yet met














League games



















was coachingrsquo









League



bloody goodrsquo



























group























performancesrsquo





season three



Oceans apart



Mike Salter argues






















Just because your


is not after you

















Of course












Libero website
















60)rdquo





















school field



















educational as well








game







successful





heavy price to pay


























launch our campaign









dreams


















World Cup bid




Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory




bloody goodrsquo



























group























performancesrsquo





season three



Oceans apart



Mike Salter argues






















Just because your


is not after you

















Of course












Libero website
















60)rdquo





















school field



















educational as well








game







successful





heavy price to pay


























launch our campaign









dreams


















World Cup bid




Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















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your support









again









for the ladies




















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reports from inside

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this season





















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doubt




















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Wayne Snowden





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screens every month

Distribution




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Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


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Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory





















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is not after you

















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heavy price to pay


























launch our campaign









dreams


















World Cup bid




Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































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December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




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maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




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Collingwood


ticket prices


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Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















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Hoffenheim)













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D opponentsrsquo




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Caira



















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for five yearsrdquo




















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translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















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excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory


















school field



















educational as well








game







successful





heavy price to pay


























launch our campaign









dreams


















World Cup bid




Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















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Hoffenheim)













another chance






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Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















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for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















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old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















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short) season











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once each
















them 3-0










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Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory















launch our campaign









dreams


















World Cup bid




Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















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for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















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old Division Two


































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excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory





Molnaacuter)

















grins large






































2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







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reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






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Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















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for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























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translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















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Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory



















2022








December 2010






your support









again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















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for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































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short) season











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once each
















them 3-0










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Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory










again









for the ladies




















Christmas








something epic







Sarah D

reports from inside

the Cove





























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory






























Trapattoni






























Damien Keane












Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory










Argentina)




















Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory





Bill Skinner



this season





















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory






















get any compo


















at AFL HQ




Big D Mates




Cup plans


maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory



maaaatte













crowds





everywhere






the away support




Crows 20000 or so




Collingwood


ticket prices


Collingwood




Buckle-up Get fd





Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory






Lehmann

















masses now








short on quality

























Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory



Tsutomu Takasu)
















with Wiese


Hoffenheim)













another chance






Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory


Group D




Shane Davis takes a


D opponentsrsquo




photo by Steindy)


Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














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them 3-0










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firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

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Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






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Perth Glory



Caira



















Glen Seiver












Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory











Markelis story







young football star
















He returned to










for five yearsrdquo




















fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory









fluently



























of travellingrdquo

























translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory



translator)














firstrdquo






bornrdquo



















football superstar





old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory






old Division Two


































one as wellrdquo








































the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory




























the drop
















the season

Kieran Penderrsquos



battle




































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory





































league







Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory



Fate























League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory















League Big deal




short) season











occasions












once each
















them 3-0










premiers

Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory


Photo of the Month







































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory








































excited about the W

League Grand Final








Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory









Heather Garriock














pace and flair










doubt




















Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory






Peter Alexandrou


Wayne Snowden





Stamocostas



screens every month

Distribution




wwweurooblogspotcom


Fiona Crawford


rtwocom amp goalcom




spotcom



Bill Skinner




Shane Davis


Matt McGrath


aufourfourtwocom

Eamonn Fannagan


More Football talk


Tuesday 630pm


and on itunes






httpifmmvfcnet

Perth Glory


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