India is a world power in cricket, but a minnow in world football. Dennis Gedling details the farce of India’s qualification attempt for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 63-India’s Barefoot World Cup That Never Happened (1950)
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Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 62-Das Bomber! (1974)
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Dennis Gedlings celebrates the goal scoring career of the Bayern Bomber, Gerd Muller, who broke records and won World Cups for his country.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 64-Hristo Stoichkov and the Mighty Bulgarians (1994)
April 13, 2014 by 1 Comment
Not a bad effort for a work-shy nut-job, writes Dennis Gedling of Hristo Stoichkov. The Bulgarians made the semis in 1994.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 65-Jesus Saves! (…Australia’s blushes) (2013)
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Dennis Gedling relives all the tension of the Socceroos qualification for Rio.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 66-Pickles Finds Something In The Garden (1966)
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The bizarre story of the stolen World Cup trophy and the wrath of the soccer gods.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 67-Kuwait Tries To Run The World Cup…Just For One Day (1982)
April 9, 2014 by 1 Comment
In the days when Kuwait was a soccer force in Asia, their very own Mr Sport tries to run their match against France – from the grandstand, then the sideline, then wherever he can.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 68-Sir Alex and His Scots Deny Arok and His Aussies (1985)
April 7, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling tells how Australia under Frank Arok had built a better team and campaign in 1985. They fell at the last hurdle against a Scottish side managed by an unknown (!) Alex Ferguson!!
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 69-Ronny’s Audacious Chip (2002)
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Dennis Gedling tells how in the 2002 World Cup, some moments of Ronaldinho genius ended an England team favoured to go all the way.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 70-The Humble Vuvuzela (2010)
April 6, 2014 by 2 Comments
Put your fingers in your ears, and read Dennis Gedling’s story of how the vuvuzela drone influenced the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 71-Worse Than Franco (1981)
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Does anyone remember the Socceroos qualifying campaign for Spain’82? Gutendorf, Arok, Scheinflug? Dennis Gedling tells the story of New Zealand football’s finest hour.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 72-Gazza’s Turin Tears (1990)
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You must remember this, a miss is just a miss. A cry is just a cry.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 73-Give It A Lash Jack! (1990)
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Dennis Gedling tells how ‘Irish Eyes were Smiling’ at Italia ’90 for St Jack’s foreign legion.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 74-Poland’s Golden Boy (1974)
April 1, 2014 by 2 Comments
Who is the best Polish footballer of all time? Podsiadly? No, world football you dill. Dennis Gedling knows and lets you in on his World Cup heroics.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 75 – The Hand of Frog (2009)
March 31, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling tells how the qualifiers for World Cup 2010 were mired in controversy. The French (predictably) underperformed while the Irish cried ‘we wuz robbed’.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 76 – Argentina’s 25 Pass Wonder Goal (2006)
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A thing of beauty: Cambiasso’s memorable goal for Argentina.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 77 – Five-star England Belt the ‘Old Enemy’
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With only one exception, England have been West Germany/Germany’s bunnies on the football pitch since ’66. But in the 2002 World Cup qualifier, there was a surprise Munich thrashing.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 78-Verbeek Bores Australia Through to South Africa (2009)
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Although Aussie Pim delivered the goods in the qualifying rounds for 2010, doubts lingered.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 79-The Redemption of ‘Golden Balls’ (2002)
March 27, 2014 by 2 Comments
A look back at a defining moment in the career of one of the game’s true superstars.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 80 The Arok Aussies Fall Short Again (1989)
March 26, 2014 by 1 Comment
This time it’s the qualifiers for Italia ’90. Dennis Gedling recounts that the Kiwis dudded us and the referees robbed us. Oh, and we did a pretty good job of shooting ourselves in the foot again.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 81-Another French Football Farce (1993)
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Dennis Gedling revisits a magic moment in Bulgarian football. The French were merde.
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