Peter Glass

Welcome everybody to episode 62 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. There are some exciting interviews to come, which will cover people from different decades and clubs. I apologise for the lack of content in recent times, however synchronising my timetable with potential interviewees’ timetables in the past few months has been hard but please be patient. And remember I sincerely appreciate the people who support this podcast.

Peter Glass is our interviewee in episode 62. Born in 1941, Peter grew up in the northern suburbs of the Illawarra and started playing soccer with Woonona Primary School. After Woonona Primary he then played for Bulli Junior Soccer Club, Illawarra junior representative teams, Corrimal High School, Bulli Senior Soccer Club as a 15 year old in the IDSA league, Woonona-Bulli in the Association state league, Woonona in the IDSA league, South Coast United in the Federation and Corrimal Rangers.

Peter played and watched football in the Illawarra during the 1950s and 1960s, an important time for the game in this region. He talks about great players from the era such as Charlie Stewart, Billy Williams, Keith Learmonth along with discussing games he went to watch such as the 1951 English touring team and the 1955 Rapid Vienna tour.

Peter talks about the NSW football association/federation split of the late 1950s, the early years of South Coast United, Jimmy Kelly and other football snippets.

It was fantastic to hear Peter’s recollections about parts of his footballing journey. My appreciation and respect go out to him for giving up a couple of hours to record this podcast. Please note there are some audio issues due to recording on my mobile phone and I sincerely apologise for these issues. Please enjoy episode 62!