Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 10, 2009, 7:40 am
Cast your vote now and go into the draw to win $5000 This prestigious sporting award – the Sports Performer of the Year is presented by Colonial First State. An expert panel of leading sports j...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 9, 2009, 9:18 pm
Queensland Rugby has for a while claimed that it has been the nursery for the Super 14 talent in the Australian Super Rugby franchise, and to be honest a few years ago that was the case. One of the p...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 9, 2009, 8:16 pm
Steve Hooker deservedly won the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) Athlete of the Year award on Friday evening for his remarkable performance in the pole vault at the World Championships ear...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 8, 2009, 11:19 pm
Australia continues its Asia Cup qualifying campaign this week against Oman. As important as this competition is to the continued development of the game one can’t help feeling that there is a littl...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 5, 2009, 2:28 am
If you watch the footage on Footballwest.tv of the Flexible Signage Solutions Grand Final between the Western Knights and Perth, you will hear victorious coach Graham Normanton state, “ This is the ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 3, 2009, 10:00 pm
Tonight we have a very special show as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Western Australian Institute of Sport. This establishment, that is now such an integral part of the sporting landscape h...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 3, 2009, 7:00 pm
Scottish football record. Glasgow Rangers striker Kenny Miller scored five goals against St Mirren at Obrix Park, equaling a Scottish Premier League record for a single match. Dundee United’s ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 3, 2009, 9:48 am
On the subject of football promoting itself, is it just us, but why is it that football is one of the few sports in Australia that insists on using stars from other codes to either be MC’s at footba...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 3, 2009, 2:07 am
Anyone who listened to the Perth Glory Youth league coverage of their game against the AIS on 990am Information Radio would have heard a suggestion made by ex Perth Glory Coach and probably the best d...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 2, 2009, 2:20 am
The Blue Bulls triumphed at the weekend in the Currie Cup finals to wrap up a great twelve months for South African Rugby. They have won the IRB sevens title fro the first time ever, the Springboks wo...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 2, 2009, 2:06 am
Congratulations to all concerned with Flexible Signage Solutions Top Five Final on Saturday between Perth Soccer Club and the Western Knights. Whereas I personally feel the champions are the team who...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Nov 1, 2009, 10:26 pm
One of the mantras in the Hyundai A league seems to be go with youth, even if the players are not up to the standard just yet. We say that the Newcastle Jets if they want to turn their season around n...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 27, 2009, 11:00 pm
Imagine being bedridden for six months and then your first sporting event is a national championships, and you are entered in six events. One of our guests tonight not only found that to be the case, ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 27, 2009, 9:00 pm
On Not the Footy Show we will be interviewing the 2009 Australian Pole Dancing Champion, Allegra. This form of dance requires incredible stamina, strength and agility but if you don’t believe us...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 27, 2009, 8:00 pm
Fraser breaks swimming record without tumbles Australian dual gold medalist Dawn Fraser became the first woman to swim 100 metre in under a minute during the Commonwealth Games trials in Melbourne. A...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 27, 2009, 1:02 am
The Football West Gold Medal dinner has quite rightly become the main event in the football calendar in Western Australia, and congratulations must go to Anthony Green and Jodie MacCullum, for raising...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 22, 2009, 9:43 pm
Now, we all know that exercise is good for us but let’s face it most of us are just too lazy/ lethargic to do it. Even something as simple as taking the stairs instead of the escalator falls in ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 22, 2009, 12:05 am
Congratulations to Lauren Mitchell and her team of Coaches at WAIS on their combined success at the Gymnastics World Championships; Mitchell winning two silver medals on the Floor and the Beam. Her t...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 21, 2009, 11:54 pm
The Emirates Western Force may have lost some big name players but this is the season of truth. In season one in 2006 there were some big name signings and the more of the same in fact in 2007, but ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 21, 2009, 11:12 pm
There has been a great deal of uproar about Robbie Deans decision to overlook Matt Giteau in a leadership role with the Wallabies. This is one of those tough decisions, from a public perspective, that...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 20, 2009, 11:00 pm
Western Australia keeps on churning out amazing sporting achievements and once again we plan to share some of those with you tonight, as well as previewing two upcoming golf events and reviewing the H...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 20, 2009, 8:30 pm
Bikila takes back to back Olympic marathons. Ethiopia’s defending champion Abebe Bikila became the first to win back-to-back Olympic marathon titles when he defeated British runner B. Basil He...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 20, 2009, 4:18 am
It is easy to harp on about how bad the standard of officials are in the A league and the state league, but the question is how do we improve the situation? I was at the Perth Glory v the Gold Coast ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 13, 2009, 11:00 pm
Every week we try to bring you fresh sports stories and stories about successful West Australian individuals or teams, tonight is no different as we feature two sports for the very first time, Jiu-Jit...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 13, 2009, 8:00 pm
Olympic track and field tussle In one of the most exciting finishes in Olympic track and field history, unknown American Billy Mills and Tunisia’s Mohamed Gammoudi both improved their personal ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 13, 2009, 1:39 am
Perth Glory have decided not to appeal the decision made by the independent Match Review Panel – consisting of Barry Such (Chair), Brad Maloney and Alan Davidson – that the sanction of a t...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 12, 2009, 10:10 am
It was with great sadness I heard today of the passing of Paul Williams the former SBS commentator. I spent time with Paul in Uruguay in 2001 when Australia failed to qualify for another World Cup, a...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 12, 2009, 2:10 am
No doubt many football fans in Western Australia will be oblivious to the fact that this year is the centenary of the Western Australian State football team’s first interstate match. This issue was...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 12, 2009, 2:01 am
As a cancer survivor I feel that I am in a position where I can make comment on the increase in games being played for breast cancer. Now I have absolutely no problem with this and feel it is a very w...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 12, 2009, 1:45 am
I know people in glass houses should never throw stones but I am going to take a punt that this glasshouse has toughened glass. On Saturday night due to a prior engagement I was unable to watch the s...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 11, 2009, 10:59 am
Congratulations to Floreat on winning the 2009 Soccer Pools Cup Final on Sunday, commiserations to Inglewood United. However credit must be given to Inglewood for their spirited performance in light o...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 7, 2009, 12:00 am
As you will know if you want to get a complete coverage of sport you must tune into “Not the Footy Show” every week. After all it was good to see that this week one of the newspapers picked up on ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 6, 2009, 11:00 pm
Golfing moment to remember: Jack Newton returned to a golf course less than three months after suffering shocking injuries when he accidentally walked into a single engine airoplane propeller. The 1...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Oct 6, 2009, 8:32 pm
Amazing to hear on one Perth radio station that listeners were texting the station to say that Perth Glory coach Dave Mitchell should be sacked. How quickly people forget that the club was sitting ro...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 30, 2009, 1:40 am
The curator of the National Sports Museum at the MCG is planning to have a photographic exhibition next May and June to coincide with the Socceroos involvement in the World Cup. One theme of the exhi...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 29, 2009, 11:00 pm
Once again we have a jam packed show for you tonight, with a strong emphasis on Squash and football. If that gives you the hump, then we have even catered for you with a segment on camel racing! We g...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 29, 2009, 4:27 am
Now we are well aware that the advertising for the A league is handled centrally but that is no excuse, for the poor promotion, if anything it should be better. This weekend the Perth Glory place hos...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 29, 2009, 12:41 am
Once the Hyundai A League fixtures were announced for this season the FFA were aware that the planned friendly against the Netherlands was going to force them to call up local players from the A leag...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 29, 2009, 12:16 am
Australia will not have a figure skater at the winter Olympics next year. To some that may not be a major blow, as Australia is not always associated with the Winter Games, but it is a major blow to t...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 28, 2009, 2:01 am
On October 02 there are going to be three very disappointed nations as the IOC vote by secret ballot on who will host the 2016 Olympic games. The four cities in with a chance of having their names re...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 22, 2009, 11:00 pm
Tonight should be the perfect show if stereotypes of men are to be believed, as we have three outstanding female athletes lined up, and a good dose of motorsport. Hopefully once again we will satisfy ...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 22, 2009, 9:30 am
So had Argentina substituted Maradona after the hand of God would that have made everything alright? Had Greg Chappell resigned as captain of Australia following his instruction to his brother to bowl...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 21, 2009, 8:28 pm
We hear that the FFA’s media department put a hold on all of the Westfield W League clubs allowing one of their players to be photographed in a sexy way for a sports publication. The reason being th...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 21, 2009, 8:06 pm
After last night witnessing Sam Newman being criticised on Media Watch for his racist comments we would like to stress that “Not The Footy Show” is as far from being associated with the Ch...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 17, 2009, 10:33 am
When Time magazine asked if the greatest athlete was a dancer with Rudolf Nureyev gracing the cover I don’t think they had this in mind…It’s not quite artistic ballet and who knows w...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 17, 2009, 8:52 am
While voicing over the highlights (www.footballwest.tv) of the last round of the Footballwest State Premier league I called the Western Knights, who will now finish top of the League Ladder “champio...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 15, 2009, 11:00 pm
Tonight’s show has a strong focus on Western Australian success, as we focus on success already achieved by some great athletes, in the Perth Wheelcats and newly crowned Muay Thai World Champion Cal...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 15, 2009, 8:26 pm
Four titles in the cabinet and I’m still rolling along should be the new version of the famous song Four wheels on my Wagon, as the Perth Wheelcats won their fourth consecutive Wheelchair National b...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 15, 2009, 8:13 pm
Perth Glory bemoans the fact that they struggle to attract members in the numbers of yesteryear, but they have to look at one aspect of that membership. Sure it was a gut-wrenching draw against the G...
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Ashley M. posted an article on Not the Footy Show - Sep 15, 2009, 7:57 pm
The rumours are circulating that Mark Viduka will return to Australia to finish his career in the Hyundai A League in Melbourne where he started it, either with the Victory or the new Melbourne Heart;...
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