Team Spirit Behind Under-13s Nationals Success

It’s Saturday 7 September, 1974, and the final whistle sounds on the Under-13 National Championship. The bumper crowd rise to cheer the West Australian squad who are celebrating a hard-fought 1-0 win over New South Wales in the tournament final played at the Velodrome in Mount Hawthorn. The sixteen players have written themselves into the […]

1980: AC Milan Unsettled by State Team Late Show

Italian giants AC Milan arrive in Perth shortly ahead of a blockbuster friendly against Serie A rivals AS Roma at Optus Stadium. It will be the second time the nineteen-time Italian league champions have played in Perth, their previous visit being the final game of an end-of-season tour of Australia 44 years ago. On that […]

The Story of Western Australia’s First State Game

It can be argued that first international game of football played in Australia under British Association rules took place at Fremantle Oval on Monday 24 March, 1902, when Western Australia squared off with an England team composed of visiting Ashes cricketers. The game came about through the progressive thinking of Alec Peters, secretary of the […]

2001: Corey Hugo Keeps Red Star In Check

Corey Hugo played the starring role when Western Australia faced the might of Red Star Belgrade on the evening of 28 January 2001. But despite the goalkeeper’s heroics, the Yugoslav giants scored at either end of the 90 minutes to claim a 2-0 victory in front of 4,000 supporters at Litis Stadium. Mihajlo Pjanovic opened […]