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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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ROAD TO QATAR 2022

Abdulrahman’s return breathes life into UAE World Cup hopes

June 7, 2022 Paul Williams

On a typically balmy summer’s evening at Sydney’s cavernous Olympic Stadium for the quarter final of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, a collective gasp could be heard echoing around the barely quarter-filled stadium. It was […]

ASIANS ABROAD

Hasebe legacy continues to grow after European success

May 19, 2022 Paul Williams

Makoto Hasebe, European champion. It has a nice ring to it and is just reward for a stellar career that perhaps only now will get the recognition it deserves. Japan has produced some tremendous footballers […]

OPINION

OPINION: Fast food ahead of football says everything about A-Leagues direction

May 16, 2022 Paul Williams

As it turns out I, along with the 10,000 other fans at Coopers Stadium yesterday, was one of the lucky ones. Not because we saw another big-time display from fringe Socceroo Craig Goodwin, who chalked […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Opportunity awaits as Asia’s ‘next gen’ prepare for ACL challenge

April 13, 2022 Paul Williams

After an historic and intriguing start to the west zone of AFC Champions League over the past week, it’s time for clubs in the east to start their campaigns and the storylines look just as […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

OPINION: Asian Super League the wrong outcome to the right discussion

April 6, 2022 Paul Williams

The press release that dropped from the Asian Football Confederation last Wednesday evening seemed harmless enough. The formation of another Task Force – doesn’t football love a Task Force – to examine ways, to quote […]

OPINION

OPINION: Does it matter where you play?

April 4, 2022 Paul Williams

Saudi Arabia stamped their qualification for Qatar 2022 with a display against Australia at Jeddah’s King Abdullah Sports City Stadium that was the perfect encapsulation of modern Saudi football. They were disciplined and aggressive. They […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Gama’s dream clash 80 days in the making

March 11, 2022 Paul Williams

“I think about this game every day.” Clichés abound when you ask coaches about anything other than the next match in their schedule. ‘Just taking it one match at a time’ or ‘we’re only focused […]

INTERVIEWS

European success shouldn’t define Indian players: Jhingan

February 2, 2022 Paul Williams

So eager was Sandesh Jhingan to hit the ground running when he landed in Šibenik, a picturesque Croatian city on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, that despite the burning jet lag from a torturous […]

OPINION

OPINION: India’s withdrawal highlights challenges of playing through COVID

January 25, 2022 Paul Williams

Brave is the person who stages an international tournament in the middle of the worst global pandemic in a century. With players, staff and officials flying in from all different parts of the world, amid […]

ANALYSIS

Socceroos’ slump threatens to derail Qatar 2022 hopes

January 25, 2022 Paul Williams

As the Australian Open tennis draws to a close this week, it will be hard for much to cut through in the Melbourne sporting landscape, as the newspapers and talkback radio shows will be filled […]

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