News Archive
The Black Swan Flies Again
FOOTBALL West has given a valuable nod to the past – and helped protect the history of the game in WA – by resurrecting the
RIP Peter Dimopoulos, a great servant of Australia
PETER Dimopoulos, who was one of WA football’s hardest-working and most committed coaches and administrators, died on August 23 at the age of 90.Just a
Re-living Tricolore’s Good Old Days
THERE surely never was a more pleasant walk down memory lane than at the East Fremantle Tricolore Past Players Reunion at the South Beach Hotel
Vale Ross McGinn
ROSS McGinn, a stalwart of the very successful Stirling Macedonia team of the 1980s and early 90s, has died at the age of 53.Ross was
RIP John Davies – fine player, terrific coach
JOHN Davies, the successful coach to the WA State team, Spearwood Dalmatinac and Perth Azzurri during the 1980s, has died at the age of 67.He had
English clubs salute WA stars
FORMER State team stars and Hall of Fame inductees Graham Normanton and Peter Holt have received the “superstar” treatment by their old clubs back in
A Salute to Bob – One of the Original Builders
BOB Brown, one of the original Football Hall of Fame Committee members, has stepped down after nearly 20 years of dedication to preserving the history
Vale Ernie Hannigan – great player, wonderful character
ERNIE Hannigan, one of the legendary figures of WA football as a player and coach and a wonderfully exuberant character, died on May 21.He was
Ernie and those heady days with Preston
ERNIE Hannigan, who died in Perth on May 21, was never forgotten in Lancashire in England where he played for Preston North End in the
Celebrating a Year of Excellence
THIS year marks 40 years since Western Australia enjoyed what has become known as the State team’s “Year of Excellence.”In a remarkable period during 1975,
Football West honours John O’Connell
JOHN O’Connell, the voice of WA football for many decades and a State team record-holder as a player, has been made a Life Member of
WA’s link to football’s founding fathers
SPORTS historian Andy Mitchell has uncovered the Australian origins of one of the founders of English football – and he is a West Australian.When an