Day -745 WorldCup2018
It is Sunday and there is some humour and World Cup relevance in this,
in an Australian way: as in the kind of humour and another case of
Australia almost qualifying for the World Cup.
Yesterday I
mentioned Frank Farina and reading about him reminded me of a post-match
interview incident he was involved in a number of years ago when he was
managing the Australian team. I wish I could find video of it, but
there doesn't seem to be any. Rather than me relating it, here's a an excellent explanation of it and all the background to it.
In my time in Australia, SBS television was my saviour, my way of
keeping up with football news mostly from England. And it was where I
watched Manchester United's epic Champions League win against Bayern
Muich in 1999. 5am, I believe, in Cairns. It definitely was the "Soccer
Broadcasting Service".
This is a very quick easy read. And it can
only be in an Australian newspaper report that a journalist can talk
about "Cranky Franky" and mention someone who wrote a book called,
"Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters". And we are supposed to read this and keep a
straight face because of the seriousness of it all.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Football/The-Muppets-jibe-that-fuelled-a-war/2005/04/02/1112302291294.html
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