It took six years for the fog to clear after Daniel Arzani’s dazzling run as a teenager at the World Cup. The Melbourne Victory star spoke to ADAM PEACOCK about surviving ‘the worst place’ and turning hardship into happiness.
How can the large, complicated family that is Australian football thrive into the future? After speaking to more than 100 people during a month-long investigation, ADAM PEACOCK found a simple answer.
The Socceroos and Matildas thrilled Australia with epic World Cup runs. Yet as concerns rise over junior national teams and the absence of Aussie men in top leagues, ADAM PEACOCK probes what must happen to sustain the euphoria.
A-Leagues clubs already bleeding money now face slashed funding from a flawed TV deal, while a $140 million jackpot has been squandered. ADAM PEACOCK investigates how Australia’s elite competitions might stave off doom.
A-League clubs are set have their funding slashed by 50 per cent, reports ADAM PEACOCK in a CODE Sports EXCLUSIVE, laying bare the financial plight of the APL.
Getting a player from Under 5s to elite football in Australia is costly and confusing. In Part II of a special five-part series, ADAM PEACOCK examines parent payments, hidden transfer fees and the rooting out of poisonous coaching in the high-stakes search for stars.
Grassroots football is booming in Australia, particularly with women thanks to the Matildas. Yet in Part I of a special five-part series, ADAM PEACOCK is told by those on the ground about entrenched roadblocks facing the game.
Football in Australia is in trouble. Its problems have been laid bare time and again but solutions have been difficult to come by. We look to fix that by speaking to influential figures in the game from top to bottom.
If Harry Souttar wasn’t so committed to playing for Australia, he’d likely already have escaped club purgatory. He speaks to ADAM PEACOCK about Leicester City and the unheralded Socceroo who put a fresh twist on his freeze-out.
Graham Arnold speaks to ADAM PEACOCK about his frustrations, plans for the future and why he believes Asian Cup heartbreak will ultimately be a positive.