How it went

Nothing New

Friday 12 June 2026 · Melbourne

A day of social football, second-hand shirts and long conversations about the game.

Mixed teams, bibs over whatever you turned up in, and a pitch that ran all afternoon. Off to the side: rails of pre-loved football shirts, coffee, and a couple of proper sit-down conversations with a microphone going.

Nothing new — that was the point. Old shirts, old stories, and a game that doesn't need anything fancy to be worth showing up for.

The recap

Teams got sorted the way they always do — count off, grab a bib, work it out on the way to the halfway line. No squads, no fuss, plenty of people meeting for the first time.

Between games people drifted over to the shirt rails. Milan, Croatia, Brazil, a hundred others, all with somebody else's season already on them. That was the whole idea: nothing new, everything with a bit of history.

There were talks too — a couple of chairs, a microphone, and a crowd that actually sat down and listened. Coffee going the whole time.

Then trophies. Handmade, sitting on a fold-out table next to a sign someone had lettered by hand. Which is about right.

Rails of second-hand football shirts hanging at the event — Nothing new

Someone looking through the rails of vintage football shirts — Somebody else's season

Two people sitting on chairs with a microphone, talking to the crowd — Sit-down conversations

A speaker with a microphone mid-sentence — On the mic

An interview taking place beside the pitch — Between games

Two players challenging for the ball on the turf — All afternoon

A player running onto the ball — Down the wing

Two players walking together during a game — Mixed teams

A player smiling on the pitch — Good day for it

Players laughing together beside the goal — Between games

Someone pulling a face with their hood up — Cold one

A young man in a beanie looking at the camera, park behind him — Sidelines

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