Episode 83 - Glorious lockdown shambles

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Still doing the show from our respective home bases, and boy oh boy, technical problems! And being caught out saying bad words! And Frank Brunoskevic! And tedious banter! And strange noises in the background! And Ian not speaking clearly into his mic, even at home!

Then catching up with feedback, sort of, because we're a bit discombobulated. Ian's also still stuck in the 1930s, and what's going on with Preston at that time, and the arcane, unclear nature of player transfers, and spelling variations in player names.

(Paul is also distracted by scrolling through Brunoskevic related antics on Twitter during the show)

Tony Persoglia has been trying to update the first four seasons of the national women's soccer league from the 1990s on OzFootball. Paul also relates some correspondence he received from the son of long-serving Victorian referee Jim Fokianos, and the difficulties in trying to track down referee appearances.

Then Paul gets a bit upset at the "Greece" episode of the Football Belongs episode. You can read a version of his issues with that segment here.

After the break, 100 Years Ago Today, we begin in Ipswich, with a multi=sport carnival, including junior soccer as the feature of a Colliery employees day; then to Brisbane, and the story of a landslide and a delayed mail train, and the Queensland state soccer team; an update on said team, which got off at the next stop at Armidale; the beginnings, sort of, women's rugby league in Sydney, and why they might not have chosen soccer instead; and then finally to Melbourne's results.

In the final segment Ian continues with his research into George Macaulay, including the invitations to trial and play with the Victorian state team. It's an insight into the process of being selected; trialling, travel, publicity, equipment, and all necessary arrangements. Ian also discusses a letter written within the Macaulay family, which alludes to a soccer committee meeting taking place in the Macaulay household, and a soccer match to Wonthaggi - what that means for George Macaulay's playing career, and his personal life.