THE prospect of unification under the South Coast Football banner was raised with officials of the A-League bid and Wollongong FC yesterday.

Draft week joined two players who first met playing under-age football in Mornington, Karen Lyon writes.

DAVID Dickson spent an hour and a bit at the Eastern Ranges football club last week, telling four young boys why they had not been chosen in his team for the AFL's under-18 championships.

COACHES across the country have backed a return to state-of-origin football after the AFL confirmed matches could be played as soon as next year.

SOMETIMES, a footballer's on-field personality reflects precisely what he's like off the ground. Other times, it doesn't. The thing Scott Gumbleton likes most about football is that it lets him hurl himself around. "You can get out there and run and jump all day," he said. "I like to get..read more