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RecLink: Positive High

Photo courtesy RecLink
interview by Simon Sellars

‘RecLink: Positive High’ was originally published in Subterrain magazine #1, December 2005.

RecLink was established in Melbourne in 1990 to help people from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds enjoy sport and recreation on a therapeutic level, with knock-on benefits like improved health and well being. RecLink involves a network of agencies […]

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Three Socceroos: Dave, Shane & Yousef

Street Socceroo Training
All photography by Simone Egger
interviews by Simon Sellars

‘Three Socceroos: Dave, Shane & Yousef’: originally published in Subterrain magazine #1, December 2005.

In 2005, for the first time, Australia fielded a team in the Homeless World Cup, led by Big Issue editor Martin Hughes. The Cup, founded as a way to create opportunities for homeless […]

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Review: The Football Factory

Originally published in Abaddon # 2, Autumn 1999.

THE FOOTBALL FACTORY
Jonathan Cape
ISBN 0-224-04302-1
reviewed by Simon Sellars
The Football Factory, John King’s début novel, charts the lives of a group of football hooligans in present-day London, England. It has been re-issued to coincide with the release of England Away, King’s most recent book and the third part of […]

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