Silencing the Terraces: The Death of Active Support in Australia

Melbourne Victory Ultras

In this guest post, reader Zachary Rees reveals the truth behind the contemporary political forces throwing their weight around in Australian Football. All words and opinions are the author’s own.


When I first moved to Australia, my interest in the local Football league, the A-League, was Continue reading

The Wild Wild Western Wanderers

Western Sydney Wanderers Home Fans

Contemporary Australian Football (Soccer) players do not fit the European stereotype of the average Australian. Jedinak, Cahill, Schwarzer, Kruse. They’re a diverse bunch, as are Australian fans watching Football. Australia is a lot more culturally and ethnically heterogeneous than Europeans tend to imagine, as the Socceroos demonstrate.

The cliche Aussie tends to be a tall, Protestant, heavy-drinking yet muscular type called Mitch with Continue reading