Newspapers & Magazines

This section contains Australian soccer newspapers and magazines. Sometimes the distinction between the two forms can be blurred.

Aussie Soccer magazine
See National Soccer Monthly magazine.

Australian Soccer Weekly / Australian & British Soccer Weekly newspaper (1980-2009)

Long-running Sydney-based soccer newspaper. It changed its name from Australian Soccer Weekly to Australian and British Soccer Weekly in 1991. The number of available digitised issues in this archive varies widely per year.

									1980
1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

Australian Football Weekly magazine (2008-2010)
Apart from being a weekly soccer magazine, Australian Football Weekly also doubled up as a match-program for that week's A-League fixtures. This archive currently contains just one issue from 2008, and one from 2009. This magazine is also available for digital read-only access via state library websites. See also the A-League programs sections in Programs.

2008

2009

2010

Canberra Soccer News newsletter (1999)
This upload contains extant digitised issues of the Canberra Soccer News newsletter from 1999. Not to be confused with Canberra City's National Soccer League match program series from the 1970s (which shared the same name), this newsletter focused on soccer at a local level in and around Canberra and the ACT. It is unclear if this newsletter lasted beyond its inaugural year of 1999.

1999

GOAL magazine (1980)

GOAL magazine was a national monthly soccer magazine. This archive contains two editions from 1980. It is unknown how many issues were published, or how long the magazine ran for.
Available here.

Goal! Weekly newspaper (2005-2015)

Melbourne-based weekly soccer newspaper, run by Costa Koutropoulos. From 2005 to September 2011, Goal! Weekly, ran during the Australian winter state league seasons; from October 2011 until it ceased publication in early 2015, the newspaper ran during the summer A-League competition. Archives for all years of the newspapers's run are currently available, in varying states of completeness. Volume and issue numbering, even when absent on the masthead, is based on Goal! Weekly's own system. 

				2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

Inside Soccer newspaper (1993-2000)

Sydney-based newspaper with a national focus, largely run by Bruce Campbell. Prior to its late 1998 revival/resurrection, Inside Soccer was a fortnightly publication; afterwards, it was a weekly. It is possible that there were no issues published in 1997. Inside Soccer also used volume numbering systems inconsistently, and by the end, not at all.

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Leopold Method - Quarterly Edition journal (2014-2015) 

Before it was a quarterly magazine, Leopold Method was a website which focused on higher level tactical analysis of Australian soccer, as well as in-depth discussion of Australian soccer politics and business. The print edition of Leopold Method was launched after a successful crowdfunding effort. Initially funded to run for at least eight editions, the magazine ceased publication after just three issues. Nevertheless, the website and magazine served as a launching pad for several young Australian soccer writers. 

This archive contains all three issues of Leopold Method Quarterly Edition, as well as a drawing of Besart Berisha by artist Jamie Osborne, which was to be on the cover of Issue 4. 

Archive available here.

National Soccer Monthly / Aussie Soccer magazine (1985-1990)

An official publication of the National Soccer League, published monthly during the NSL season. The magazine changed its name from National Soccer Monthly to Aussie Soccer in 1987 and likely ran to sometime in 1990. It is unclear if there were any issues released in 1988; the magazine's numbering system restarted in 1989, dispensing with volume numbers.

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

Northern Soccer News (1963-1968)
Northern Soccer News was the official news organ/program of the Northern Soccer League in New South Wales. This archive contains two issues from 1963, and a larger number of issues from 1964. A catalogue search on the New South Wales state library site suggests that this publication ran until at least 1968.

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

Round Ball magazine (1972-1974?)
Round Ball was a weekly soccer magazine from Canberra, which ran from 1972-1974. It primarily covered the local Canberra soccer scene. This archive currently contains one issue each from 1972 and 1974, and nine issues from 1973.

1972

1973

1974

Shoot Australia magazine (local extracts), 1994-1995

In the mid-1990s, the British soccer magazine Shoot began printing its magazine in Australia, adding on 8 to 10 pages of Australian content for the local market. This upload contains extracts of the Australian pages from selected 1994 and 1995 issues of Shoot's Australian edition. The most notable element of these extracts are several high quality full-page photos of Australian soccer players and teams.

Available here.

Simply Soccer magazine (1993-?)

An offshoot of the New South Wales based Super Soccer magazine, Simply Soccer was the official weekly magazine of the National Soccer League. This set contains six issues from 1993. It is unknown how long this magazine's run lasted.

Available here.

Soccer Action newspaper (1976-1987) - complete
Melbourne-based weekly soccer newspaper out of the Fairfax stable, largely run under the editorship of Laurie Schwab. This archive contains every edition of Soccer Action.

					1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987

Soccer Australia magazine (1992-1998)

Nominally monthly magazine, run under the direction of Ettore Flacco. It is unclear if it ran past 1998. This archive currently contains 23 issues spanning from no. 1 to no. 38.

Archive available here.

Soccer Scene magazine (1970-1972)
Soccer Scene was a Perth-based monthly soccer magazine which ran from 1970-1972. As of May/June 1971, the magazine merged with and/or /incorporated Australian Soccer Monthly, with the numbering system reflecting that change. This archive contains a selection of issues published in 1971 and 1972.

1970

1971

1972

Soccer News (Sydney) (1922-1928, 1933?)

The Soccer News was a match program/newspaper published weekly during the Sydney soccer season. It was an official publication of the Metropolitan Soccer Football Association, the governing body for club soccer in Sydney. 

	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928
		1933

Soccer News (Victoria) / Soccer Weekly / Soccer Tennis News (1948-1979)

Victoria's Soccer News magazine was the official news organ of the Victorian Soccer Federation, as well as its predecessor the Victorian (Amateur) Soccer Football Association. Though primarily published under the name Soccer News, the magazine went under a variety of names during its run. Most years are missing at least some editions, and some years also contain incomplete issues.

The magazine ceased regular publication after 1970, thereafter only appearing on the occasion of special events, such as visits by touring teams. In addition, the few copies I have from 1968 are quite incomplete and damaged, and for now I am not uploading them. If however, there is enough demand for them, I am willing to change my stance on this.

1924							1948	1949	1950
1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
1971	1972		1974				1978	1979

Soccer Review / Soccer News (South Australia) (1966 - 1979?)

South Australia's Soccer Review magazine (called Soccer News in its first year) was the official news organ of the South Australian Soccer Federation. Presently, this archive contains just a handful of issues of Soccer Review. Evidence suggests that the publication lasted until at least 1979, with at least a couple of volume and numbering restarts.

					1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979

Soccer Star newspaper (1988-1990)

The Melbourne based Soccer Star newspaper emerged in 1988 in the wake of the 1987 demise of Soccer Action. It ran until late in the 1990 season. At present, this archive contains just one issue of this newspaper, from early 1988.

1988

1989

1990

Soccer Voice newspaper (1983-1985)
A Sydney-based newspaper. At present the OzFootball Library has just three issues from this paper, one from 1984, and two from 1985. A very incomplete collection also exists at the NSW State Library, ranging from Vol. 1, no. 43 (17 Nov. 1983)-v. 3, no. 13 (17 Apr. 1985).

1983

1984

1985

Soccer Week newspaper (1974-1975)

A Melbourne-based weekly newspaper, Soccer Week covered the game mostly at a Victorian state level, including low level and industrial leagues, with occasional divergences into other states. It also had a heavy emphasis on the soccer pools. It is particularly notable however for the quality and quantity of its photographs. While the 1974 set available in this archive is mostly complete, the 1975 set is missing the vast majority of its issues.

1974

1975

Soccer World (1957-1982)

Long-running and influential Sydney-based weekly newspaper, affectionately known as the green paper, largely run under the editorship of Andrew Dettre. Initially an official news organ of the New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs, from 1964 it appears to have officially considered itself an independent publication.

Some of the uploads are far more complete than others.

							1958	1959	1960
1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
1981	1982

Super Soccer (1992-2001)

An official publication of the New South Wales Soccer Federation, Super Soccer was a weekly magazine from Sydney focusing on Sydney soccer competitions. 

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
2001

TSA Soccer News (Tasmania) (1983)

TSA Soccer News was a weekly newsletter/match program, produced by the Tasmanian Soccer Association. It is unclear if the newsletter ran after 1983.

1983