Rob Parker | November 17, 2009
When football pitches explode
Australia’s Asian Cup qualifier against Oman was pretty bad-tempered throughout, so when a firecracker went off just metres away from players from both sides it didn’t really help to cool the situation.
Spotted on World Cup Blog
Rob Parker | June 18, 2009
If you thought it was Waltzing Matilda prepare to be disappointed
Australia’s Dutch coach Pim Verbeek was so keen to integrate himself in Aussie life that he drank his bodyweight in Foster’s and hypnotised a stray cow promised to sing the national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, on TV if they qualified for the 2010 World Cup. [...]
Rob Parker | June 14, 2009
The guys over at 888 are covering all the latest sports and online gaming events. And they are currently putting a bit of focus on the Down Under market: the home of Tim Cahill, Mark Viduka and, erm, Mark Bosnich.
888’s sports betting Australia section features many sports options, including football. Be that the Premier [...]
Rob Parker | April 29, 2009
More Socceroo hatred
After Monday’s Bahrain video and last month’s effort from Uzbekistan, Japan are the latest of Australia’s World Cup qualification opponents to turn to alternative training methods in their quest to see off the mighty Socceroos.
At first we suspected Nike were behind this, but the final shot in this video is a bit of [...]
Rob Parker | April 27, 2009
4×4 reactions
This Nike (?) viral follows hot on the heels of the crazy Uzbekistan training video we brought you. And it follows the similar narrative of Australia’s World Cup qualification opponents going to great lengths in their training to keep the Socceroos at bay.
In what could prove to be an effective training technique for Premier [...]
Rob Parker | April 1, 2009
Uzbekistan’s hardcore training is in vain
The Socceroos have become the first side to qualify for next year’s World Cup in South Africa after a 2-0 win over Uzbekistan. A goal from Josh Kennedy (no relation to Dr Karl) and a Harry Kewell penalty gave Australia the victory they needed to secure qualification with three games [...]
Rob Parker | March 11, 2009
Hardcore training with Uzbekistan national team
This video seems to be fake, but I can’t workout why someone would go to the effort of creating it. The spiel on YouTube says this is the Uzbekistan national team in training. The point being that Australia had better be worried about their upcoming match given the accuracy of [...]
