@rhysshelmerdine.bsky.social Hopkins st Footscray.

This is excellent, tragically so. Shows that Extra Judicial Killings have a long history in the Philippines, even before Duterte.

Marcos 1965. His actions in 1975 seem prescient.

Reading Philip Bowring’s excellent history of the Philippines. This passage about the end of ww2 is not surprising.

Philippines is woke? One of the most devout countries in the world can’t wish happy Christmas?

Sokkah novel. Terrible cover. Anyone read it?

The Artist Formerly Known As Prince 😂

@gedboy58.bsky.social ged. This will get you to Adelaide one day thekickoff.com.au/team/john-ac... Acraman’s first game used goal posts, round balls, no handling — things missing from the attached article.

Lofty ideals.

What’s a prar?

Shit pinball machine at Footscray market.

On Dynon road. To my mind this improves vacant lots.

Disney+ Been getting this message since I decided to unsub--any chance you could help me out?

not that we’re even a drop in this ocean, but Silver Lake and Paramount are currently some of the biggest investors in the A-Leagues. is this how we want our game to be aligned?

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” This must be the expression of empathy that so triggers the US right in relation to To Kill a Mockingbird.

Heads Up! You can now listen to ‘Rugby Reloaded’ and its back catalogue via YouTube. Just search ‘Rugby Reloaded’ and every episode is available conveniently at your fingertips!

You are morally compelled to tear them down.

Big thanks to Stefan Mauk for jumping on and chatting about his move away from Adelaide, life in Vietnam, a player's take on the Western United saga and plenty more.

As the #Socceroos take on #NewZealand tonight for the #FootballAshes, why not be really well informed about this important slice of Australian sporting history? We've got just the book for it. Available in e-book and softcover. buff.ly/DICVZG9 #AUSvNZL

Anyway. Walked down to the lawn below Footscray park where Melbourne victory’s ground was to be developed.

The new ‘Rugby Reloaded’ takes a long look at the history of concussion in men’s rugby union. Can the concussion crisis be solved simply by changing the rules of the game, or is it more deeply rooted in the traditional culture of the sport. Listen now at: on.soundcloud.com/znn4SnROyaaH...

We’ve reached 800 confirmed and completed soccer Anzac profiles with the story of Robert Gauld socceranzacs.com.au/profile/robe...

BTW let us pick out socceranzacs.com.au/featured-pla... This - on its own - is going to save me bucket loads of research.

Green and Gold FC podcast on the soccer Anzacs. Yours truly talking too much podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/g...

Fluke

Footscray moon

"On a winter's afternoon in August 1875, two teams gathered on the lawn of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum in Goodna for a game of football. This was the birthplace of Australian soccer." www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensl...

Lend me your ears! The documentary 'Roy Francis: Wales' Black Leader in a White World' is on BBC Radio Wales tomorrow (Monday) at 6.30pm. t.co/7GzPOw94Kl

@gedboy58.bsky.social pp 54-55 of James Coventry’s Time and Space. See Geelong’s kit. Quite spidery?

Why do we publish sport? Because it reflects everything: identity, struggle, culture, community. We are not just publishing books. We are building the literature of sport. www.fairplaypublishing.com.au ⚽️🏊🏼‍♀️🏑🏏🏈🏆✍️📚

Watching Heidelberg v Weston on YouTube. Old soccer v really old soccer. For the commentators: Weston is as storied as if not more storied than Heidelberg.

Just been told about this new football history website, covering the origins of the game in South Australia, created by Andrew Reilly in Adelaide. It's fascinating. thekickoff.com.au

I've just finished the first stage of The Kick Off. A digital history of how association football began in South Australia from 1840 to 1915. It’s interactive, so explore the timeline, story map and people profiles. thekickoff.com.au

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07... Now that a court has made this entirely obvious point perhaps even the universities can understand it.

#beezaydad22 on IG 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #nokings 🪧 JUNE 14 🗣️🗣️

Chapter 1: "23 December 1861, the colony of Victoria Atop the Cape Otway lighthouse on the windswept southern coast of Victoria, a lookout sweeps a broad expanse of Bass Strait with a telescope. He spies something on the horizon. A ship!" It's #football history. But not as you know it!

Delighted to introduce you to two of our latest authors, and they happen to be our youngest and oldest. Amy Coomer (left) #YA novel, 'Rosemary Boy', is out in October. Natalie Scott (right) memoir, 'A Secret Grief' is out in November.

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 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...

100 years ago today, Australia played its first football match against England at the 'Ekka' in Brisbane. It was the first of a five-match series played in Sydney, Melbourne and Maitland. We figure if we didn't tell you about it, who would? www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/blogs/news/h...

Here we are at Gleebooks for the launch of ‘The Coping Stone’ by @70smo.bsky.social

#NewRelease OUT TODAY 'The Coping Stone—the First English Soccer Tour of Australia 1925' by @70smo.bsky.social. Hear from the #author & @iansyson.bsky.social tonight at Gleebooks.

"Is he dead yet?" The opening line of our #newrelease, which is out tomorrow. And it's all about one of the oldest sporting rivalries: AUSvENG. It's #football history, but not as you know it. Join @70smo.bsky.social & @iansyson.bsky.social at Gleebooks.

Gross

What do a childhood on a remote farm, a career in academia, and the corrupt underbelly of global football have in common? @jeanolafc.bsky.social's latest book. A *must* read. #ComingSoon www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/collections/...

Would be great to see you there at Gleebooks!

Feel like reading some really good #fiction? buff.ly/5BUwtFl

'A little disappointed': A-League premiers concede 16 goals in two games: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-21/auckland-city-benfica-club-world-cup/105444926

#GVerse #PayAttention - If you are concerned that you may be illegally abducted and then tortured in a prison in El Salvador… DO NOT attend the FIFA World Cup.

REMINDER: It's 💯 years next week since the first #AUSvENG #football matches. Join us at Gleebooks for the launch of a book that dives deep into the 5-match series written by @70smo.bsky.social with special guest @iansyson.bsky.social. Thursday 26/06, 6.30pm.

All the mayhem in the world makes books feel like indulgences. Nevertheless, I’m chuffed to be doing Somewhere Here the Future’s Hid: The Life of Lesbia Harford with @monashuniversity.bsky.social some time next year.