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When Eddie met an old friend…
WA’S most celebrated referee, Eddie Lennie, caught up with the world’s most decorated – and recognisable – whistler, Pierluigi Collina, in Kuala Lumpur last week.The

Brett Klucznik joins the Hall of Fame Committee
HIGHLY-RESPECTED WA football historian, website editor/reporter and photographer Brett Klucznik has joined the Committee of the Football Hall of Fame WA.“I am honoured to be

Pim Verbeek helped WA make World Cup history
PIM Verbeek, the Dutch-born coach who led Australia to the World Cup finals in South Africa in 2010, will always have a special place in

Thanks for the marvelous memories, Peter
THE Committee of the Football Hall of Fame WA has stepped up its search for memorabilia that could one day be put on display to

Our salute to the three history-makers
THREE of the history-makers of Western Australian football were honoured at a special Football Hall of Fame WA function at Dorrien Gardens on November 15.Hall

Back to the future with the Black Swan
THE FOOTBALL Hall of Fame WA has a new logo. It is made up of a black swan (the WA State bird symbol), an old

Coaching supremo Normo is not done yet!
SUPER coach Graham Normanton turned 60 last week – but he is anxious to remind everyone that there is still plenty of life left in
A chance to own some football history
SOME OF Western Australia’s most important football history will be on display at a special function to launch the new-look Football Hall of Fame WA

A salute to Con Purser, our Olympic trail-blazer
WITH AUSTRALIA’S bid to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games football tournament in Japan on the line when they take part in the Asia Under-23

Inductees can see Perth Glory in action
THANKS to Perth Glory, Football Hall of Fame WA inductees have the chance to see WA’s only A-League team in action at HBF Park this

It’s anniversary time for Eddie Lennie
IT IS 21 years since Edward McGregor Lennie OAM JP, to give him his full name and titles, made history by becoming the first referee

WA’s first team of football champions
IT WAS 110 years ago that a Western Austrailan senior State squad ventured into the unknown – and stunned their opponents on the east coast