http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/ Matthew Hall has reported from three World Cups and watched Australians play football in Zagreb, Madrid, Milan, Montevideo, and Wigan. He once drove around Bondi in a Hyundai Excel with Harry Kewell. en Copyright 2009 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:32:33 +1000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In the week's least surprising news (ever), England are now destined to win the World Cup. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/09/maradona_englan.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/09/maradona_englan.html Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:32:33 +1000 "All I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football." http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/09/football_and_th.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/09/football_and_th.html Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:08:13 +1000 Outrage swept across England earlier this year at the prospect of Rome hosting the final of the UEFA Champions League Final. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/will_football_y.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/will_football_y.html Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:19:23 +1000 Members of Australia's "bid team", some of the people working to bring the FIFA World Cup to Australian shores in 2018 or 2022, fly to Switzerland this weekend. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/international_c.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/international_c.html Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:41:20 +1000 Right minded people - and there must be a few of you out there, surely - will prefer Manchester City be relegated from the Premier League this season. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/the_complicated_1.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/the_complicated_1.html Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:30:01 +1000 Quotes, chaos, drama, soap, egos, idiots, and entertainment. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/post.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/post.html Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:11:58 +1000 It's a great time for football in Australia - except for one thing we dare not talk about. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/the_elephant_in_1.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/08/the_elephant_in_1.html Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:31:23 +1000 Thankfully, Cristiano Ronaldo's soap opera transfer saga was painlessly short this year. But that just left more time for suffering elsewhere. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/07/the_silly_seaso.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/07/the_silly_seaso.html Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:49:51 +1000 This weekend, David Beckham will run on to the pitch with AC Milan. Unfortunately for him, he'll be wearing a Los Angeles Galaxy shirt. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/07/beckhams_epic_a.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/07/beckhams_epic_a.html Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:24:08 +1000 80,000 Spaniards can't be wrong. Can they? http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/07/recession_what.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/07/recession_what.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:29:42 +1000 If they could, would Australia's Indigenous kids want to be David Beckham? http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/07/when_worlds_don.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/07/when_worlds_don.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:01:49 +1000 Last week's win by the USA over Spain has wider implications than just another case of flukey giant killing. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/06/bring_back_aust.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/06/bring_back_aust.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:03:18 +1000 And on the seventh day, we finally got some truth. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/06/tim_cahills_dru.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/06/tim_cahills_dru.html Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:35:41 +1000 It's official: the world has gone mad. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/06/cristiano_ronal.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/06/cristiano_ronal.html Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:03:03 +1000 By the time you read this, it's likely Australia will have qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/06/do_the_socceroo.html http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2009/06/do_the_socceroo.html Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:18:15 +1000