They came from a land down under
The birth of the Socceroos and how they qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup finals
Seiten
2024
The Choir Press (Verlag)
978-1-78963-480-8 (ISBN)
The Choir Press (Verlag)
978-1-78963-480-8 (ISBN)
The story of how a group of mainly immigrant part-timers represented Australia at the 1974 Word Cup in West Germany.
Australia had never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals and the odds were stacked against them when they started their campaign for West Germany 1974 with only the top 16 nations qualifying. But with a team of part-time players mostly born outside the country, often subject to abuse and written off as no-hopers, the Socceroos, under their brilliant young coach Rale Rasic, shocked everyone.
Australia had never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals and the odds were stacked against them when they started their campaign for West Germany 1974 with only the top 16 nations qualifying. But with a team of part-time players mostly born outside the country, often subject to abuse and written off as no-hopers, the Socceroos, under their brilliant young coach Rale Rasic, shocked everyone.
Duncan Mackay is an award-winning journalist based in the UK. He is the founding editor of insidethegames and insideworldfootball and worked for The Guardian and The Observer newspapers, respectively, in London for 17 years. Mackay was voted UK Sports Journalist of the Year in 2004 and UK Internet Sports Journalist of the Year in 2009. He has been a fan of the Socceroos since his Uncle Jimmy scored the winning goal that qualified them for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. The eight-year-old Mackay was fortunate enough to be living in Germany at the time and attended all three of Australia's matches.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.11.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 190 b&w and colour illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Gloucester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78963-480-6 / 1789634806 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78963-480-8 / 9781789634808 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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