And the winner is………………………..Aloooisi in Siiiidaneey! Dennis Gedling records the passion and sweat in the stands as Australia finally puts 32 years of shamateurism, disasters and follies behind it. We’re going to a World Cup and we belong there.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 1-On a Rainy Night in Western Sydney…. (2006)
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 4 -“Two World Wars & One World Cup….”
What do St Kilda and the English football team have in common? Dennis Gedling lets you know with this tale of solitary success in the 1966 World Cup.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 5-The Greatest (1970)
Dennis Gedling celebrates perhaps the greatest national team of all time, when Brazil rode their unique attacking flair to success in the 1970 World Cup.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 6-Hot Stuttgart Nights (2006)
It is the 2006 World Cup, and the Socceroos overcome some familiar Croatian faces to reach the last 16.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 7-The Iran Disaster (1997)
As we count down to Number 1 Dennis Gedling recalls the first leg heroics in Tehran 1997, which were followed by the disastrous events at the MCG.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 8-West Germany Halt ‘The Clockwork Orange’ (1974)
Dennis Gedling recalls the ’74 World Cup final when the Dutch ‘total football’ wilted under relentless West German pressure.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 9-Italy Ends The Party (2006)
Dennis Gedling recalls the brightest and darkest moment in Australian World Cup history. Guus Hiddink led us to a last 16 clash with the Azzurri in 2006. Denied by the ref?
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 16-The 1974 Pioneers (1974)
A tale of spirit from the 1974 World Cup. Two Germanys, Chile and Pinochet. ‘Advance Australia Fair’ announces the team’s arrival in West Germany. Underdogs we may have been but, as Dennis Gedling reports, we were there playing for and with pride.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 18-The Durban Disaster (2010)
Disaster in Durban. The Socceroos run out of luck and legs against a talented young German side. The new world-class stadium runs out of beer and Dennis Gedling is your unwillingly sober reporter for the entirety of the drubbing.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 19-Ronaldo Finds Redemption. Kahn Finds A Place To Hide (2002)
The 02 World Cup final in Japan featured South American powerhouse Brazil against European titans West Germany. Dennis Gedling tells the story of a dramatic contest.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 22-West Germany Come Out On Top In The Hack Fest of Rome (1990)
The 1990 contest between West Germany and Argentina was considered by some to be the Eric Olthwaite of World Cup Finals. Dennis Gedling explains why no-one was crying for Argentina that year, as the brilliant Germans prevailed.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 23-Australia Drag Out The Serbs With Them (2010)
The Socceroos finally salvage something from the 2010 World Cup tournament
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 24-Argentina Gives Australia Everything Except a Ticket to the World Cup (1993)
Denis Gedling recalls the two-legged play-off in 1993, featuring Maradona’s return to Sydney and a full house in Buenos Aires
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 25-Spain Finally Break Their Duck (2010)
Denis Gedling recalls the dour 2010 World Cup final in which Spain finally realised its potential
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 26-The Brilliant Dutch Denied…Again (1978)
Total Football Model with everything but the Cup. 1978. Sideburns. The Dutch lose, again. Dennis Gedling reports on the 1978 World Cup final between the Sky Blue & Whites and the Oranje.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 27-The Montevideo Nightmare (2001)
Dennis Gedling provides a dispassionate account of Australia v Uruguay 2001. Well, maybe not so much dispassionate. Maybe more heart-rent heart-sore therapy.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 28-Ghana hold the Socceroos on the Road to Nowhere (2010)
Dennis Gedling was your man at the ground (in the red dust) as Ghana took on the Socceroos in 2010. Dennis paid both the emotional toll and for too many rounds.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 29-Iran Defeat ‘The Great Satan’ (1998)
The diplomacy of football. Dennis Gedling reports on Iran v USA ’98. (Hang down your head Thomas Dooley)
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 31-The Greatest Semi-Final Of Them All (1970)
Dennis Gedling breathlessly reports on the 1970 semi-final between West Germany and Italy – in the Almanac community ‘but I was watching the game’ will always score you a Get-Out-Of-Gaol-Free card…
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