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Farewell Eddy, one of WA’s most loveable characters
ONE of the great characters of WA football, Eddy Czekalowski, has passed away. He died on December 27 at the age of 80.Eddy was closely
Top referee whistling up a recruitment campaign
FOOTBALL West has launched its referees recruitment campaign for 2019 with a slick promotional video inviting football lovers to “Come On – Give It A
Sam Kerr goes from grinning youngster to global superstar
WHO would have thought 11 years ago that the girl with the cheeky smile, pictured second from the left on the front row of the
RIP Frank Smerilli, a stunning striker
IT IS with much sadness that the Committee of the Football Hall of Fame WA passes on its condolences to the family of former West
Sainsbury takes over from a WA Football Legend
TRENT Sainsbury has replaced Football Hall of Fame Legend Gary Marocchi as the WA-born player who has captained the Australian international team on the most
A Devil of a record in the offing at Optus Stadium
WHEN Manchester United visited WA for the first time on June 27, 1967 their clash with the State team attracted what was then a record
Welcome to Alex Vagliviello
FORMER Perth Azzurri player, State junior representative and leading amateur administrator Alex Vagliviello has been appointed a Committee member of the Football Hall of Fame
WA football devastated by ‘war to end all wars’
THE 100th anniversary of the end of World War One (1914-18) will provoke poignant memories for one WA football club in particular. Caledonians, founded by
Death of a Chelsea legend who wooed the WACA
KEN SHELLITO, a classy right back who played for Chelsea against the WA State team in an international challenge contest at the WACA Ground in
A slice of WA football history is re-discovered
THE DISCOVERY of an old Annual Report of the Junior Soccer Association of Western Australia has led to another discovery…that of three WA youngsters making
Re-writing the football record books
THE 55,522 hardy souls who braved driving rain and wind to watch English superteam Chelsea beat Perth Glory 1-0 at Optus Stadium on July 23
The Ager Cup – up there with the best
ONE of WA football’s least-known trophies, the Ager Cup, is sharing pride of place with some of WA sport’s best-known awards in the lavish memorabilia display