| Description |
1 online resource (759 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Foreword; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Sport and leisure in colonial Australia; Football in its many forms; The battle of the football codes; Victoria v. New South Wales; British association football in Victoria; 2 New South Wales sets the ball rolling; Rules, rugby, association and the Old Boys; The Caledonian push; The immigrants' game; The flimsy social roots of the foreign game; 3 The all-Australia game; One nation, one football code-but which one?; New South Wales leads the way; International and interstate tours |
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The formation of the Commonwealth Football AssociationWars abroad and wars at home; 4 The turbulent 'twenties; Soccer boom; The first internationals; The 1927 tours; Breakaways; 5 Progress during the Depression; Interstate carnivals and the first internationals in Asia; New South Wales surges ahead; Soccer in the rules states; Overseas tours and international visitors; Ethnicity and violence; The Second World War; 6 Postwar renewal; The new world of Australian soccer; Interstate games; The national team and 'national' teams; The Olympic Games; The clash of cultures |
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7 The big split and its resolutionOrigins; Suspension by FIFA; Other states; Aftermath and consequences; 8 The new federations and the last throw of the states; Australia in the 1960s; New competitions; Interstate matches; Touring teams; The golden age of the state leagues; Violence-perception and reality; The outcome; 9 Australia joins the world game; History of the World Cup; Australia's place in world football; First attempt at World Cup qualification; When Australian footballers went to a war; Second attempt; Rale Rasic and the road to Germany; The Socceroos in Germany in 1974 |
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A bridge too farTournament interlude; Don't cry for me, Argentina; 10 The game goes national; Origins of the National Soccer League; Early plans for a national league; A national league at last; Experiments in Victoria; New clubs in other states; National Youth League, 1984-2004; 11 The long road to the World Cup again; youth shows the way; The comet that was Rudi; Kiwis block the road to Spain; Scotland stand firm against the Socceroos; No way to Italia '90; Maradona and Argentina shatter all hope of the Rose Bowl; The changing Socceroos; The great gamble of 1997 |
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The lost opportunity of Korea and JapanQualifying for Germany; Back to Germany, 2006; South Africa, 2010; Australia's youth in international competition; 12 Marking time; Football and its problems; How many people played the game?; The flagship competition struggles; Bradley Report; Stewart Report; From the summit to the depths; State and local leagues; 13 The second coming of Frank Lowy; Another near miss; The old order strikes back; Domestic woes; Crawford Report; Lowy returns; New structure; Into Asia; A-League; World Cup qualification again-at last!; Smith Report; 14 The women's game |
| Summary |
A History of Football in Australia, written by Roy Hay and Bill Murray, is the fascinating story of the fastest growing sport in Australia and the ties it has to our culture and identity. In coming years football will continue to excite sports fans throughout Australia. The Socceroos will contest the world's leading nations on the international stage. The Asian Football Confederation Cup of Nations will be held in Australia in 2015. The Matildas will defend their Asian championship crown in 2014 and aim to qualify for the World Cup in Canada in 2015. Men and women can also look forward to an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Soccer -- Australia -- History
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Soccer
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Murray, Bill
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| ISBN |
9781743582145 |
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1743582145 |
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