Abstract
Since the 1960s, Croatian soccer clubs have been an important feature of all major Australian cities, and a number of regional towns, with the most significant of these being Melbourne Croatia and Sydney Croatia, both of which played in Australia’s now defunct National Soccer League (NSL) (1977–2004). Effectively barred from the new A-League, from 2005 to 2006, these clubs experienced marginalisation and discrimination similar to that experienced historically by Irish-Catholic clubs in Scotland. This article aims to explore both Croatian-Australian identity and narratives about exclusion through the perspectives of key Melbourne Croatia representatives.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 640-655 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Australian Studies |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 18 Jun 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- anticommunism
- Australian soccer
- Croatian-Australians
- ethnic identity
- Melbourne
- Melbourne Croatia
- Melbourne Knights
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