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Ars longa vita brevis
A very entertaining and informative read - Paul Nicholls
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breathes life into the various football personalities, and provides sparkling match reports!
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June 1926 - a 'scientific soccer' teams' matchup in the Brisbane First Division - Thistle FC a *very* Scottish team, and their opponents Latrobe FC featuring some British players (image thanks to Mark Pringle) Thistle won 3-2
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The extant Hong Kong Football Club was founded in 1886 by James Haldane Lockhart, to play rugby and Association football Lockhart was born in Ardsheal, Argyllshire, Scotland - he joined the HK government as a civil servant in 1882
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To coincide with the centenary of the football First Test between Australia and the English FA XI in Brisbane in June 1925,
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has published
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Paul Nicholl's superbly written account of the English tour
www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/the...
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The Coping Stone
The Coping Stone—The First English Soccer Tour of Australia 1925 tells the little-known but fascinating story of how soccer fought for survival — and acceptance — in early 20th-century Australia. In a...
https://www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/the-coping-stone
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27 June 1925 - 100 years ago today - Australia played the English FA XI in the first match of a Test series, at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground Full match report and photos
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30,000 SPECTATORS THRILLED BY SPECTACULAR FOOTBALL - FIRST SOCCER TEST VISITORS IN GREAT FORM A FIVE-GOALS-TO-ONE WIN Australia's Brilliant Second Half - The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903; 1916 - ...
The English Soccer team scored a big victory in the first test match against Australia at the Exhibition grounds on Saturday afternoon, a crowd of over 30,000 watching the visitors get the first leg-i...
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220671573
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"NZ call for fresh Soccer Ashes clash with Australia" - original 1923 'Ashes' trophy hero
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features in the news again!
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MSN
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/nz-call-for-fresh-soccer-ashes-clash-with-australia/ar-AA1BEBOm
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Great photos (and a match report) from the first Australia vs 'England' team, played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1899 before 30,000 spectators The author of this article obviously did not want to mention Shaw and Shrewsbury's 1888 rugby tour!
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INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL—ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. - The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912) - 1 Jul 1899
THE first match ever played between teams representing England and Australia at football took place on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon under most favourable conditions as ...
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163687644
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