Dennis Gedling revisits a magic moment in Bulgarian football. The French were merde.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 81-Another French Football Farce (1993)
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Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 82-Don’t Cry For Me John Kosmina (1977)
March 25, 2014 by 3 Comments
Dennis Gedling explains how the Australian Soccer Federation single-handedly destroyed our World Cup Qualifying campaign in 1978.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 83-Ray Houghton and Paul McGrath Are The Kings of New York (1994)
March 24, 2014 by 2 Comments
Dennis Gedling tells the tale of a boozer with bad knees leading Ireland to a memorable first round defeat over favourites Italy.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 84-Ronaldo Breaks the Goalscoring Record (2006)
March 23, 2014 by 2 Comments
Dennis Gedling remembers Ronaldo as a goal scoring genius across 3 World Cups, even if he was overweight and unfit by 2006.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 85-The Hand of Suarez (2010)
March 22, 2014 by 2 Comments
Dennis Gedling tells the tale of Africans ‘bottling it’ and South American ruthlessness triumphing in a tense Quarter Final in 2010.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 86-The Ulsterman Forget Their Troubles (1982)
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Dennis Gedling tells how the Ulster Paddies of 1982 briefly lifted Ireland out of its ‘troubles’.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 87-Better Than Sex! (1978)
March 19, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling relives the Scots’ unfailing capacity to lose gloriously.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 88 -The Great Cheating Condor of Chile (1989)
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The Condor Rojas and his less than surgically precise attempt to promote his country, Chile.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 89-Kennet Andersson’s ode to humble goal umpire. (1994)
March 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dennis Gedling tells the tale of how AFL goal umpiring was demonstrated on the World Cup stage.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 90– Zaire’s World Cup from Hell (1974)
March 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dennis Gedling tells the sad story of the Zaire team at the 1974 finals. Terrorised more off the field by a brutal dictator, than by their on-field opponents.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 91– The Great Lev Yashin (1966)
March 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Lev Yashin was a keeper and a star for USSR. He was also a real character, writes Dennis Gedling.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 92-Archie’s World Record (2001)
March 14, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling recalls Australia’s 2001 thumping of a second-string America Samoa in an Oceania qualifier.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 93 – The Red Devils of Belgium Shock the other ‘Red Devils’ (1986)
March 13, 2014 by 2 Comments
Dennis Gedling recalls a World Cup where the under-achieving Soviets looked the goods – for a while.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 94 – La Ola! The Mexican Wave! (1986)
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Love it or hate it, the Mexican Wave hit the big time in 1986.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 95 – Diana Ross’ Penalty Miss (1994)
March 10, 2014 by 3 Comments
Dennis Gedling continues his World Cup lead up with the story of the day Diana Ross missed a sitter.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 96 – Argentina ‘go the hack’ at Wembley
March 10, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling explains the fierce Argentina-England rivalry which exploded in this match in 1966.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 97 – The World Cup Hits The Pop Charts (1990)
March 8, 2014 by 2 Comments
Dennis Gedling goes all Spicks and Specks with this revisiting of the great and gross of World Cup music.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 98 – Lothar ‘The Panzer’ Matthaus Breaks The World Cup Appearance Record (1998)
March 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In the third of his series Dennie Gedling tells the story of the iron fist of The Panzer Matthaus and his record at the World Cup.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 99-Robbie Baggio’s Penalty Redemption (1998)
March 6, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling tells the tale of Roberto Baggio’s banishment and redemption as an Italian football hero.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 100-Rivaldo’s dive against Turkey (2002)
March 5, 2014 by 1 Comment
In this World Cup year, Dennis Gelding begins his series of 100 World Cup moments from an Australian perspective. He starts with Rivaldo. [Great idea DG. Looking forward to the countdown – Ed]
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