Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 10, 2012, 2:15 am
Thirty years ago they would have been arch rivals because of what they represented politically, but now former Olympic Gold medalists Lord Coe and Sergei Bubka are rivals of a different kind. Both are IAAF vice presidents, and both are running for the much sought after role of President. Bubka, wh...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 10, 2012, 2:03 am
Today the World will farewell a man who was blessed to work with two of the greatest boxers of the last century, Muhammed Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard. Angelo Dundee passed away at the age of 90 having attended his former charge Muhammed Ali’s 70th birthday celebrations and will be laid to rest toda...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 7, 2012, 2:21 am
“Not The Footy Show” has been asked to make its listeners and followers aware of the football tournaments being played up in Borneo at the end of this year. FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT DATES: • Borneo 7s (Veterans) : 08th , 09th September 2011 • Under 16 (Born 1996 or after): 23rd , 24t...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 6, 2012, 10:59 pm
Gold Coast coach Miron Bleiberg believes that Perth Glory can be a title contender this season, and there would be few who at this current time would disagree. He also stated that it is good for the people of Perth that the club is in this position as they always used to be a strong club in the old...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 6, 2012, 10:43 pm
Perth Glory once again won the Iron Ore Cup last night with their 4-0 demolition of Gold Coast United, but one has to say who cares? This may have been a gimmick when it started and gave both owners bragging rights, but it has not created the great rivalry between the two teams everyone hoped, and ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 6, 2012, 3:22 am
Lord Coe has been working tirelessly over the past eight years, first of all to win the Olympic games for London, and secondly to deliver a Games of which Great Britain can be proud. So dedicated is he to the task in hand that he has declined an invitation to this week’s Laureus Awards, Sport’s...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 6, 2012, 3:06 am
This year’s Super Bowl was edge of the seat stuff as the New York Giants edged out the New England Patriots and showed that it does not matter what has happened earlier in the season its all about peaking at the right time. A lesson for all teams with finals in this country! At one stage this sea...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 6, 2012, 2:53 am
It’s been a case of so near yet so far for the Wizard of Oz, Simon Whitlock in 2012. In January he was eliminated from the World Championships thanks to a mystery breeze blowing into the arena. Then last night along with Paul Nicholson he lost out by the narrowest of margin on being crowned World...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 2, 2012, 5:10 am
The federal Court’s decision to rule in favour of Optus and its Now technology which allows people to be able to watch games virtually live, albeit through making a personal recording for their own use, rather than having to watch pay TV, is great news for the punter, but bad news for the business...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Feb 2, 2012, 4:36 am
Boxing fans will recall the “man in the hat” who was ringside talking to the judges – which is an absolute no-no – during Amir Khan’s loss of his World light welterweight title to Lamont Peterson. That particular judge changing his scorecard! The ‘man in the hat’ proved to be Mustafa...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 30, 2012, 11:51 pm
Tony Sage said that he would judge Perth Glory coach Ian Ferguson over the 27 games of the A League season and this week came out and said that this position has not changed, despite the teams recent unprecedented unbeaten run of seven games. Sage is to be applauded for sticking to his guns when ma...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 30, 2012, 11:37 pm
News that former top-level footballers are being snapped up at auction for a new IPL-style Premier League Soccer competition in India is in fact all very sad. There is no doubt that the game in India has never recovered from the decision to head home from the 1958 World Cup for which they had quali...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 29, 2012, 9:25 pm
The Swiss Court of Arbitration is heading to the United Kingdom in March to hear the British Olympic Association’s case for banning drug cheats at the games for life. Most sports fans would think this would be fairly straightforward but current Chair of the BOA Sir Craig Reedie believes that the...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 29, 2012, 9:05 pm
There were many things to be happy about in the Men’s final of the Australian Open. First of all what a superb game of tennis, played by two true gentlemen and sportsman, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The match went five hours and 53 minutes and was almost an hour longer than the previous lon...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 24, 2012, 10:51 pm
Everything about the Perth Glory’s performance at the weekend against the Melbourne Victory was exceptional. There was a big crowd roaring the team on, – one that a visitor from Brisbane ranked the best he had experienced anywhere in the A league! – and there was a supreme performance on the p...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 24, 2012, 10:47 pm
It is not often that a referee awards three penalties in a game and receives not criticism. Throw in an additional sending off and still not criticism and one would think the man in black/yellow or green, has had a good game. Peter Green the man in the middle for the Perth Glory against Melbourne Vi...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 24, 2012, 7:19 pm
In the lead up to the Perth Glory’s home fixture against Melbourne Victory, Western Australia’s most capped Socceroo, Stan Lazarides came out and stated, as many before him have and many in the future will, that the Victory’s Harry Kewell is Australia’s David Beckham. Be honest does he real...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 17, 2012, 9:54 pm
It is good to hear that British Olympic Association Chairman Colin Moynihan will not be using the chauffeur driven limousines available to VIPs to attend this year’s London Olympics, insisting that he will be travelling by the London underground to get to the stadium. Lord Mayor of London the col...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 17, 2012, 9:43 pm
It is not just in Australia that the impact of a sport being dropped from the Olympic Games is far reaching. The Great Britain women’s fast pitch softball team looks like missing the World Championships in Canada because they cannot afford to go. Ranked one of the top three teams in Europe the...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 16, 2012, 11:46 pm
It appears that Great Britain’s female athletes are outstripping their male counterparts in more ways than one. They are currently well ahead in the 2012 Cashpoint stakes with a gold medal being valued in the region of GBP 2 million in terms of sponsorship and endorsements. World sprint cycling ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 16, 2012, 11:44 pm
It has been interesting to read the twitter row between Fox Sports Robbie Slater and SBS Craig Foster, but one has to ask whether this disagreement would not have been better aired in private or in a telephone conversation. Irrespective of who is wrong or who is right and in truth both are simply a...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 12, 2012, 8:36 pm
Not the Footy Show must be getting old and grumpy, or maybe we are simply traditionalists at heart. We are not fans of television stations have cameras in the dressing rooms, believing that these are the one place a players privacy should be sacrosanct. Neither do we believe in the modern trend of ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 12, 2012, 8:05 pm
With the third test between Australia and India about to get underway in Perth Western Australia, the focus has sadly shifted from the game ahead to the fact that the WACA Ground staff were caught on the pitch having a beer the evening before the test. This is supposedly a tradition that groundsman ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 12, 2012, 12:56 am
Many were surprised at the announcement of Irishman Jim Magilton as the Melbourne Victory’s coach replacing the sacked Mehmet Durakovic, but so far it would appear that it could be an inspired choice. Magilton showed good Irish humour in his press conferences and has also made it clear that he is...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 10, 2012, 9:02 pm
FIFA’s head of security, Englishman Chris Eaton yesterday warned that players lives could well be at risk if they engage in match fixing. “In any exposure to organized crime lives are at risk, these people are ruthless and we need to have some process in place to protect people who expose them....
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 10, 2012, 8:58 pm
Acro dance may be not officially classed as a sport although we do believe that dance and sport are very closely aligned. This is certainly very close to being synchronised aerobic gymnastics. Whatever you think definitely worth checking out some of the incredible moves and the strength, co-ordinat...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Jan 10, 2012, 8:50 pm
Many readers may recall that Not the Footy Show stated that Many Pacquiao’s last fight would indeed be the much awaited and hugely rewarding bout against Floyd Mayweather and that in the past year the on again off again nature has been part of the dance. It has helped pique interest and also helpe...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 2, 2011, 9:49 pm
There is no doubt that even if you do not follow Boxing the average sports fan will recall Heavyweight Mike Tyson biting a chunk out of opponent World Champion Evander Holyfield’s ear in round two of their 1997 bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. At the time it was one of the most biza...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 2, 2011, 9:40 pm
Most sports fans are traditionalists, they do not like to see their game tampered with too much. Innovation is all very well as long as it is promoted as bringing new audiences to the game. T20 Cricket slipped past the traditionalists because it brought the game much needed cash, although there are...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 2, 2011, 9:25 pm
Regular readers of this site will recall we mentioned the fact the at the London 2012 Olympics football tournament Great Britain will be entering a team. This is a rare occasion, as all of the nations within the United Kingdom compete independently on the World stage and in Europe under FIFA and UEF...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 1, 2011, 1:29 am
Spare a thought for cricket umpire Sudhir Asnani who umpired the third ODI between England and India it was his first international game for 12 years 211 days.  His wait for his next game is longer than any player. Jeff Wilson of New Zealand waiting 11 years 329days, but in the gap he was playing ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 31, 2011, 11:38 pm
Usually it is football that throws up the phrase ‘it’s a funny old game,’ but the same could be said of cricket in the past week. England may be the spiritual home of cricket but India is undoubtedly where its heart beats. India has just thrashed England in the one day series without many of ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 31, 2011, 2:41 am
The AFC are to be congratulated on meeting last week to discuss the Hijab. The aim of the seminar was to propose how to resolve the issue in a way that respects both the Laws of the Game and culture as well as promote football for all women without discrimination. A very touchy subject in some quart...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 31, 2011, 2:41 am
It was good to see FIFA having to back down to the laws of Brazil last week, and agreeing to make tickets for the 2014 World Cup available at half price to citizens aged 65 and over. Brazilian law states that people aged 65 and over are entitled to half price tickets. FIFA initially refused to move...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 31, 2011, 2:40 am
In order to appreciate its true worth a diamond has to be polished. It was a polished display by the Diamonds, Australia’s netball team that saw them win them clinch not only a series win over arch rivals the Silver Ferns, but also reclaim the number one spot in the World. Caitlin Bassett from th...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 31, 2011, 2:25 am
Volleyball WA hosted their first Country of Origin tournament at Lords on the weekend and it was great to see so many people from different nations and cultures coming together in the name of sport and the spirit in which the games were played was a credit to all those taking part. Thank you to the ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 25, 2011, 9:40 pm
It can be an unpopular, thankless and lonely task exposing corruption or wrong doing in any walk of life, but probably never more so than in sport, and especially football, the most popular game in the world. For a start the egos in the game are massive, and secondly not many are prepared to rock t...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 25, 2011, 9:21 pm
It has taken England a long time to gain the honour of hosting the 2012 Olympics, in fact it will be 64 years since they last hosted them when the games get under way next year. They are determined to make every post a winner, no doubt in the hope that they can convince FIFA in due course that they...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 25, 2011, 8:57 pm
A week ago the World Darts Grand Prix event was held in Dublin, at the new convention centre. The event was won by Phil “The Power” Taylor but organizers were far more impressed by something other than Phil’s propensity for doubles. Over the seven days the tournament was on 1.5million Euros w...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 24, 2011, 1:36 am
From the French National rugby team’s response to the All Black Haka, last night’s Rugby Union World Cup final surpassed all expectations. Most finals are like a woman in labour for eighty minutes, a lot of huffing and puffing, but no real quality action, until eventually someone is declared the...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 24, 2011, 1:14 am
Whenever anyone dies young it hurts those who knew them so much more than if they have lived a full life. When it is a young talented athlete, the attention is greater and the grief widespread. Such is the feeling around the world after the death at the weekend of MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli aged ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 21, 2011, 10:03 pm
It was all meant to be so easy for West Ham United, the 2012 Olympics that is, as once the Olympic Games Caravan left London they could move into the Olympic stadium, making it their brand new home, and leaving the much loved Upton Park. However in modern day sport such things are never that straig...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 21, 2011, 9:39 pm
Football in Australia has continually shot itself in the foot as certain individuals and clubs have put themselves before the good of the game and the big picture that united we can in fact move forward and make a difference. This weekend saw the end of an era, and the loss of a man who never put h...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 17, 2011, 9:49 pm
The Alcohol Think Again Perth Heat are just two weeks away from attempting to retain their Australian Baseball League title, and win the Claxton shield for the fourth time in five years, and it would be a brave man to bet against them. The Heat have become a leader in Australian Baseball both on an...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 17, 2011, 9:37 pm
Congratulations to Australia’s Casey Stoner for winning his second MotoGP World Championship. It must have been quite a day, as not only did he win it on his 26th birthday but also in front of his home crowd at Phillip Island. IT was also his fifth straight win at Phillip Island. During the build...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 16, 2011, 11:07 pm
Modern sport cannot survive without sponsors, all sports fans are aware of that, but should controls be tighter? There are already calls for the betting establishments to have restricted exposure as we see players accused of fixing games, betting on results of games they have connections with etcete...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 15, 2011, 11:07 pm
Congratulations to Balcatta’s Steve Burton on winning the McInerney Ford Gold Medal in the All Flags State Premier League in Western Australia last night. There are few who would disagree with the award, as he did have an outstanding year. A thought must go out to Johnny Mirco, who missed out on ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 15, 2011, 11:07 pm
Everyone knows the story of the Three Musketeers, and how D’Artagnan, at the end of the book became a fourth. We would like to acknowledge someone we feel is in the D’Artagnan mould at the present time. At the Football West Awards Dinner last night the goalkeeper of the year award was shared by...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 13, 2011, 8:27 pm
On the weekend the South African Football Association (SAFA) has lodged an appeal with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) regarding the outcome of qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, which is to be held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. South Africa finished top of G...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 12, 2011, 8:17 pm
The Perth sporting public have been casting an envious eye across the nation and to many other cities around the world as new sporting stadia are built and open for use, while here in the most isolated city in the World our politicians pontificate and we crawl towards having a much needed world clas...
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