News Archive
Legendary McInroy tops the 1961-1990 era
WHEN given the enormous task of compiling a Dream Team from over a century of contenders one name jumps out – John McInroy, the little Scotsman
WA’s Best Of The Best: 1902 – 1960
WHEN Football West contacted the Football Hall of Fame to unearth our finest footballers to have represented the State over a 118-year period, I felt
The Cup that cheers – and surprises
SWAN Italian Club, regarded as one of the minnows of the WA State League since going from the amateur to professional ranks in 1986, can
A guide to deciding on the ultimate star line-up
HOW hard is it to name a Dream Team that covers 118 years? Three or four teams are possible, maybe – but one? There have
A chance to pick your Dream Teams
FOOTBALL West and partner Gold Fields are putting together the ultimate State Dream Teams – and want the Western Australian football public to help pick
Vale Peter Bonetti, the Cat who got the cream
FORMER Chelsea and England goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, who played twice in WA against the State team, has died at the age of 78 after losing
Book Review: Were You Any Good Sir?
VERY few of our senior Western Australian football fans will not know Doug Stewart. This humble Burmese-born champion has experienced more than most – yet
WA’s Asian joy after Cardiff woe
THE WA State team’s embarrassment at receiving a 6-1 thumping by Cardiff City at Perry Lakes Stadium in July, 1968, proved the perfect wake-up call
Sweet memories of that winning feeling
IT IS difficult to beat the elation of a winning feeling. There have been many in the past 60 years since Western Australia embraced semi-professional
Joondalup Jacks jump out of the box
ONE OF the great success stories in Western Australian football since the introduction of the play-for-pay structure in 1960 has been the evolution of ECU
Bayswater City among the elite champions
BAYSWATER City joined the elite list of teams to have won senior Western Australian league championships with unbeaten records when they scooped the NPLWA crown
Bayswater Inter – The West’s Super Invincibles
SINCE the introduction of semi-professional football in WA in 1960 only one senior team has so far succeeded in winning every one of its league