Australia is going to the World Cup!

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Australia is going to the World Cup!

Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:28pm

I am excited, so sue me. :p LOL

After 32 years the curse is finally broken! (Getting to the Soccer World Cup for Australia was in the same category as the Red Sox or White Sox winning the World Series - so it is nice to see all these other curses falling).

In qualification rounds we always manged to get to that final hurdle that final playoff, and loose. It sucked. Loosing to Iran in 1997 was extremely painful.

Though now we just didn't make it, we actually made it playing a pretty damn good team! (Uruguay)

In the space of just over a year two extremely long standing Australian Sporting Curses have been broken. Last year our Olympic Mens Field Hockey team finally managed to win the Gold Medal after a tonne of silver and bronzes in the past.

#2

re: Australia is going to the World Cup!

Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:32pm

I guess I can finally let the cat out of the bag - this is why Wildcat hasn't had time to post lately - he's the team captain! We're proud of ya, twinboy!!

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#3

re: Australia is going to the World Cup!

Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:38pm

HUP HOLLAND HUP!

DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES!

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#4

re: Australia is going to the World Cup!

Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:40pm

They all certainly played like wildcats LOL

#5

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Posted: 11/16/05 at 8:15pm

Viva Costa Rica!

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#6

re: Australia is going to the World Cup!

Posted: 11/17/05 at 1:39am

Fan of Costa Rica I assume

#7

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Posted: 11/17/05 at 1:48am

It's about time we made it.

The 2002 World Cup mishap for us was just terrible...I remember that last match all too clearly.

At least we got one up on Uruguay for once...

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Posted: 11/17/05 at 2:20am

Costa Rica all the way; but I'll be happy if we make it to round 2.

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#9

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Posted: 11/17/05 at 3:35am

paradox_error - 2002 in Montevideo was nothing compared to the misery of 1998 against Iran at the MCG. Oh that was a dreadful dreadful day.

#10

re: Australia is going to the World Cup!

Posted: 11/17/05 at 5:20am

It's just unfair how Oceania gets treated differently to all the other regions...

Why does Europe get so many participants, and Oceania so few?

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Posted: 11/17/05 at 6:48am

I know nothing about soccer but still watched it.! Suddenly I'm a soccer fan.The worst thing I heard today is that Mike Brady has already written a new theme for the team (ugh).

#12

re: Australia is going to the World Cup!

Posted: 11/17/05 at 7:36am

I need very little reason to get sucked back in as a soccer fan. There was a time when a large portion of my time was spent at games. Pelé, Beckenbauer, Chinaglia, Maradona. Saw 'em all. And I wouldn't be honest if I didn't admit to having had a little bit of a crush on Carlos Alberto...

I'm a lapsed fan in search of a team. Austrialia works just fine for me.

Congratualations! And keep up the updates.

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#13

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Posted: 11/17/05 at 7:42am

GO AUSTRALIA !!!! I'm sure Wildcat is taking good care of the team.

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#14

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Posted: 11/17/05 at 8:19am

wow, flit, those names just sent a flood of memories back to me. do you also remember ricky davis?

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Posted: 11/17/05 at 11:46am

Ricky Davis? Absolutely.

And how about Johan Neeskins and Marinho?

I still can't spot an offside to save my life, but those really were fun times. Enhanced, of course, by massive amounts of Jagermeister.

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#16

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Posted: 11/17/05 at 8:42pm

Why does Europe get so many participants, and Oceania so few?

Basically because everybody else in the conference sucks and any full place for Oceania would pretty much be a 'Australia by default' pos

This is the current placing for all the teams in the Oceania Conference in the world ranking (out of 205):

50 Australia
111 New Zealand
137 Tahiti
138 Solomon Islands
139 Fiji
148 Vanuatu
165 Papua New Guinea
178 Samoa
184 Tonga
185 New Caledonia
193 Cook Islands
205 American Samoa

And tnat is out of 205. Pretty pathetic ain't it? It is also the reason why Australia is leaving the converence and joining the Asian Conference where we will be playing real teams that are actually good.

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Posted: 11/17/05 at 10:37pm

Gosh. That list looks pretty similar to Bush's Coalition of the Willing...

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#18

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Posted: 11/18/05 at 2:24am

I loved Uruguay claiming that they a divine right to go the World Cup. They promptly lost to Australia.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.
Oy, Oy, Oy.

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#19

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Posted: 11/18/05 at 8:57am

i don't recognize those other names but i do have a picture of ricky davis holding me in his arms on the side of a mug - and also the same photo blown up as a full-sized poster!

they were fun times but i was more into yoo-hoo and hi-c than jagermeister at the time....

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Updated On: 11/18/05 at 08:57 AM

#20

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Posted: 11/18/05 at 9:06am

I'll hold him while you bitch slap him Iffy

#21

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Posted: 11/18/05 at 9:11am

what can i say? despite my irish catholic upbringing i was not imbibing alcohol at age 8!

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#22

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Posted: 11/19/05 at 2:05am

I need to see that photo RobbO. It sounds... delicious!

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Posted: 11/19/05 at 9:14am

i have the mug right beside me but i'm trying to figure out how to transfer the photo. i tried taking a picture of the mug but it comes out blurry....

i have to be around 7 or 8 in the photo, so i'm guessing it is 1978 or 1979. i know it was when the cosmos moved to giants stadium to play (plus, in the background of the photo a woman is holding a can of "TAB")

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#24

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Posted: 8/28/06 at 2:42pm

my aunt came through for me and found the photograph of me and ricky davis:



and a cleaned up version of the photo (although i kinda like the 80s chick and the tab):

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#25

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Posted: 8/28/06 at 2:44pm

WOW RobbO....you haven't changed a bit.

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