http://www.handsonfootball.com For the Travelling Football Fan Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:49:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Australia and Asian Football. Since our acceptance as a Member of the Asian Football Conference and of course our successful sojourn to Germany in 2006, Australian Football both Internationally and Nationally has grown. We now find ourselves in the 4th and final round of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South ... http://www.handsonfootball.com/161/australia-and-asian-football/ Happy Fathers Day What a present. Up at 4:45am to watch the Socceroos and they WIN. 2-1 to the boys in Green and Gold. I thought it was a good all round performance by the starting 11 and will go a long way to boost their confidence on Wednesday in Tashkent. As usual ... http://www.handsonfootball.com/160/australia-v-netherlands/ What is going wrong with young men these days???????????????? Last night my son and 5 of of his mates were attacked by a group of 30 or so heroes who are apparently from a local gang called the "South Side Soldiers". A Soldier is a person of honour and valour who ... http://www.handsonfootball.com/159/i-am-so-angry/ It's All Good Football in this country is looking very healthy now. Our national men's team has started preparation for round 4 of the Asian WC Qualifiers with a 2-2 draw to South Africa in London. There were some good performances and was a game to dust off the cobwebs before ... http://www.handsonfootball.com/158/its-all-good/ Well the Olympics are over now and I for one loved watching them. We did not do well in the Football and there are many calling for the Head of Graham Arnold. I believe this is justified giving his poor record in charge of senior sides at a National level. ... http://www.handsonfootball.com/157/olympics/ I apologise to those regular readers for being so slack in the past couple of weeks. I would like to blame the Olympics, but I think I was just lazy. I don't find writing that easy, but I started this and I will keep it going. http://www.handsonfootball.com/156/appologies/ Olyroos Get a Lucky Point On Thursday night the Football tournament started the night before the official opening ceremony. And our Olyroos kicked it off with a match against first timers, Serbia. The score ended up 1-1 which is obviously better than losing. Tonight we take on defending Olympic champions, Argentina and ... http://www.handsonfootball.com/155/olympic-football/ I am Feeling Very Olympic Today (Say that with a Jamaican accent and it will sound heaps better. Anyone remember the Jamaican Bobsled Team?) I love the Olympics and I love being Australian. It is obvious that my favorite sport is Football, but I do have passion for the Worlds Biggest Sports ... http://www.handsonfootball.com/152/i-am-feeling-very-olympic-today/ Pride Of Australia There is a Banner down on the left side of this site for "Perth To Paradise". I have mentioned it before, and young Jack gets another guernsey tonight. In todays Courier Mail there is a great article about Jack and his 4500km journey across Australia which kicks off ... http://www.handsonfootball.com/150/what-a-champion/ Phone Home Calling home is something most Football travelers do not do very often, unless you are keeping in touch with your better half who has graciously let you loose in a foreign country. What we do, is call our mates we are travelling with. The thing about that is the ... http://www.handsonfootball.com/147/phone-home/