Matthew HallNicky Salapu can count to 57 or How the players of American Samoa lost every game but really wonCoffs Harbour, Australia, April 2001·6 min read·Dec 26, 2023----
Matthew HallA brief story about Australian football (or soccer, if you must) fans in the 1990s before the…Sydney/Zagreb 1999·12 min read·Dec 20, 2022----
Matthew HallThe Invisible ManWhat happened when an ex-pro footballer from Australia called Andy Bernal landed in Madrid to look after superstar David Beckham…·11 min read·Apr 21, 2021----
Matthew HallDesperately Seeking Clarification: Queensland Football President Ben Richardson and his CV…Why attention to detail is important when you launch a legal case·5 min read·Aug 10, 2020----
Matthew HallHammer the Hammer: The curious case of an invoice, a job vacancy, and the cost of playing football…(Or Parables for Wooden Ears, Brisbane, 2020 Remix)·14 min read·Jul 31, 2020----
Matthew HallHow mosh pits helped Christian organizations recruit teenagers in the 1990s.I am tossed backward and forward, left and right, up and then down, with the ebb and surge of the mosh. I am a sardine, pitching in a sea…·11 min read·May 21, 2020----
Matthew HallSon of a preacher man: Jay Bakker and his Christian RevolutionOn a tiny stage of a tiny bar in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, a tattooed guy with black-rimmed eye glasses, wearing a black t-shirt…·11 min read·Mar 14, 2020----
Matthew HallLos Angeles, The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy and Brian De Palma: “You would rather fuck me than…Her body was found cut clean in half. On her back, in the dirt, her arms raised above her head in an almost perverse victory salute. Her…·10 min read·Mar 14, 2020----
Matthew HallHunters and gatherers: US Marshals nab their quarry and let others ask the questions“If something kicks in, there’s no round in the chamber,” says US Deputy Marshal Tom Smith bluntly, thumbing at the Colt AR-15 automatic…·13 min read·Dec 3, 2018----
Matthew HallComedian Jim Jefferies: Gun control, religion, and fighting for the right to say ‘c**t’.Some gigs go great. Others go not so well but still become nights of legend. For Australian comedian Jim Jefferies, that time in 2006 at…·10 min read·May 28, 2018--3--3