soccer — Body of Work

Busted Soccer Savs

With $750 million committed to Hobart's waterfront stadium, we now look forward to Premier Jeremy Rockliff delivering for the most popular participation sport in Tasmania.

To have the Premier, the Member for Braddon with his office in Devonport, home to the all-conquering NPL and Lakoseljac Cup winners, Devonport City Strikers, who played the A League's Wellington Phoenix during August provides us impetus to strike. There has been no bigger game in recent Tasmanian soccer history, and it was right in the heart of Mr Rockliff's electorate.

LeadershipBrian Wightman4 October 2022soccer, Association Football, AFL, stadium, participation, KGV

"The Beautiful Game"

The socials blew up with crass and sexist comments thinly disguised as appreciation of attractiveness or a play on words. It demonstrated a level of casual sexism, focussing more on a player's appearance and physical characteristics than the goal, which, for a football mad country, the perennial underachievers, brought them their first major trophy in more than 50 years.

NewsBrian Wightman8 August 2022football, women, World Cup, soccer, feminism, empowerment, sexism, Euro

#167 When too much sport is perhaps too much...

Many years ago, I could not wait for summer. The anticipation of longer days and sunlit evenings, which meant permission to hang at the Basin pool acting cool, was almost too much to bear.

But it was not just the Cataract Gorge nor the burning sun on pale skin of Northern Irish heritage that generated excitement, rather, it was the sound and smell of cricket.

The stale pong of a kit bag neatly put away at the end of the previous season with sweat remaining in the fabric from hands and legs seeping into protective wear.

ReflectionBrian Wightman21 November 2021sport, cricket, youngsters, soccer, football

Epping Frost

Winter has arrived.

Like an unwelcome knock on an old door my mood dials to tense.

I have come to dislike winter. A chill in my bones that no fleece can thaw. My legs, my toes, my joints, my nose - reacting anxiously to the enveloping dark and the gradual decrease in temperature.

Cold. Colder. Coldest.

Reflection, AnecdoteBrian Wightman6 June 2021winter, frost, driving, Hobart, Launceston, junior sport, soccer