Manton St Tales
In the final edition of InDaily’s long-running soccer column, Paul Marcuccitti reflects on his time writing about the game that invokes a passion that reverberates just as powerfully in an Adelaide suburban ground as it does in the great stadiums of the world.
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Usain Bolt’s proposed A-League trial will go ahead – but only if Football Federation Australia agrees to contribute around $900,000 from its marquee fund should the Jamaican sprint king prove worthy of a contract.
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Triumph, embarrassment, rock bottom, uncertainty. You could call those the four seasons of Adelaide United’s last 12 months.
New-look Adelaide United’s first A-League match of the season provided an odd mix of the unknown and the very familiar, writes Paul Marcuccitti.
In the second part of his meditation on the game(s) that shaped Australian Rules, Paul Marcuccitti argues that the ‘code wars’ dividing supporters are doing more harm than good – and explains why he, as a lover of soccer first and foremost, will be glued to the AFL Grand Final this weekend.
As we count down to the AFL (and NRL) Grand Final, and the start of a new A-League season, Paul Marcuccitti ponders why football codes leave fans so divided. After all, as he explains in part one of a two-part essay, they were all spawned from a shared history.
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