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CRAIG Moore’s retirement was always going to leave a gaping hole in the Socceroos’ backline but Geelong’s Matthew Spiranovic reckons he is up to filling it.
The 22-year-old has been viewed by many as one half of Australia’s central defence for the next decade.
Injury and a lack of first team football thwarted his [...]
Author: Bradley Green Courtesy: Geelong Advertiser
WHEN Josip Skoko lined up a long-range shot against Everton on Wednesday night, his mind briefly drifted back four years.
On a Wednesday night in May 2006, Skoko scored a memorable goal for Australia against Greece in front of 90,000 fans at the MCG and said those memories came flooding [...]
Joey Didulica, AZ Alkmaar’s goalkeeper and former North Geelong junior is making an appearance at training on Friday night 21st May, we have asked Joey to make himself available and to make his way around the squads as they train.
The coaches will have a chance to ask Joey on his thoughts about the Warriros set [...]
Author: Bradley Green
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TWELVE months ago, Joey Didulica left Australia not knowing whether he would ever play another game as a professional footballer.
Didulica had spent 18 months lurching from one medical expert to the next, seeking a diagnosis to crippling headaches.
In desperation, Didulica returned home to Geelong in late 2007, spending four [...]
Author: Bradley Green Courtesy: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/
NORTH GEELONG soccer star Matthew Spiranovic is a step closer to his dream of representing Australia at this year’s Beijing Olympics.
Spiranovic and Jan Juc’s Adrian Leijer will attend two Olyroos’ training camps, one this week and one later this month, from which coach Graham Arnold will choose his final squad to [...]
Author: Michael Auciello Courtesy: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/
JOSIP Skoko is likely to return to where his overseas career began, with the [North] Geelong soccer export likely to sign with Croatian club Hajduk Split in the next week.
The 32-year-old was released from his English Premier League club Wigan last month, and has been in discussions with three European-based clubs.
Skoko’s [...]
Author: Michael Auciello Courtesy: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/
IT’S taken a long and painful recovery for Joey Didulica to realise that money can’t buy happiness.
More than 15 months on from copping a cracking strike to his chin while in goals for his Dutch club, the Geelong-born soccer export is still making his slow way back to the top of [...]
Author: Brad Green Courtesy: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/
The Olyroos’ Beijing Olympics campaign in August is his main priority, but Spiranovic also hopes to be involved with the Socceroos’ World Cup qualifying campaign that starts against Qatar in Melbourne next month.
The 19-year-old flies back to Germany today after enjoying a Christmas break at his parents’ Highton home and said [...]
