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About Paul Williams
Paul Williams is an Adelaide-based football writer who has reported on the comings and goings of Asian football for the past decade. Having covered the past two Asian Cups, he writes regularly about the J.League for Optus Sport in Australia, while he also regularly contributes to Arab News. Further, he has previously been published by outlets such as FOX Sports Asia, Al Jazeera English, FourFourTwo, and appeared on numerous TV and radio shows to discuss Asian football.
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Chow ready to put Chengdu on the map

September 17, 2025 Paul Williams

“Hey Asia! Guess who’s coming?” That was the message from the Chengdu Rongcheng fans emblazoned across their full-stadium Tifo display ahead of their AFC Champions League Elite preliminary playoff against Thailand’s Bangkok United. Three second-half […]

ROAD TO 2026

Uzbekistan finally banish past demons to herald a bright new era

June 13, 2025 Paul Williams

After so much heartbreak, and after so many near misses, Uzbekistan are going to the FIFA World Cup. It’s a sentence that just feels good to write down, and even better to say. Uzbekistan are […]

INDONESIA

Has Indonesia’s roll of the dice paid off?

June 13, 2025 Paul Williams

Erick Thohir rolled the dice at the start of 2025, abruptly sacking Shin Tae-yong and replacing him with the inexperienced Patrick Kluivert. It was a bold call by the president of the PSSI so close […]

AUSTRALIA

Australia writing their own history under Popovic

June 12, 2025 Paul Williams

History is written by the victors, and so when Australians look back on this qualifying campaign, they’ll do so looking through green and gold tinted glasses. And with good reason; Australia has qualified automatically for […]

ROAD TO 2026

The hard conversation Renard needs to have with his best player

June 12, 2025 Paul Williams

As they lick their wounds and look ahead to October’s do-or-die Fourth Round, which they will likely host, Saudi Arabia will look back and lament a number of missed opportunities that stifled their campaign before […]

ROAD TO 2026

The hard truth Palestine must face amid heartbreak

June 12, 2025 Paul Williams

As debate rages as to whether the referee was right to award a controversial penalty to Oman in the last minute of the game, there is a much more uncomfortable truth Palestine must confront. This […]

AUSTRALIA

Behich magic delivers golden win for Australia

June 6, 2025 Paul Williams

Tony Popovic’s face said it all. Perth Stadium was going wild, a flare was ripped among the Australian fans and the players were still smothering Aziz Behich near the corner flag after his stunning 90th […]

AUSTRALIA

Australian eyes firmly on the prize ahead of Japan showdown

June 5, 2025 Paul Williams

When Australia last played Japan, just weeks into the Tony Popovic era, they walked away with a hard-earned 1-1 draw after a pair of own goals at Saitama Stadium. It was a precious point for […]

AUSTRALIA

The A-League’s alarming ‘Melbourne Problem’

May 30, 2025 Paul Williams

Cast your mind back to the last time Melbourne Victory played an A-League Grand Final at AAMI Park. The season was 2014/15 and the game was between two of the league’s biggest rivals, Melbourne Victory […]

FEATURES

Sailors eye Asian glory after changing the game in Singapore

May 16, 2025 Paul Williams

Not since 1994 has a Singaporean side played in a game of such magnitude. Back then it was a pseudo national team, Singapore FA, playing in the Malaysia Cup that stirred the passions of the […]

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