Australia's greatest footballer
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Just watching "The World Game" on Aussie TV and they launched some vote for Australia's greatest ever footballer.
After getting over the shock that they didn't say Soccer, I went along to vote for our Tim at greatesteveraustralianfootballer.com and found that you can vote as many times as you want ? so what, why not all of us put in a few votes for Tim?
You can vote for a first XI (didn't know they had so many players) but I went straight to the Greatest Ever Player vote.
So what's keeping you? Get voting now!
Jip Foster,
Darwin, Australia Posted 04/06/2012 at 13:09:48
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Some great players in there. Especially that Wes Scheinflug. What a player he is (Was?) Voted for Tim though.
It would only let me vote once though. If I go back in will it let me vote again or will a bolt of lightning from the monitor screen sort me out?
Only know two Australians, the other one is Rolf Harris...so Tim gets my vote too!!
I wanted to vote for Skippy, but they seemed to have a jump on me!
....oooh, and that Olivia Neutron Bomb - what a bonza Sheila she was, mate
Yes, Dick, I really AM that old!
Craig Johnston was pretty good .............
Craig Johnston wouldn't be fit to tie Tim's boot laces up.
Tim is the first Aussie to ever score a goal in a world cup and in the words of Rale Rasic, Tim Cahill is the best footballer ever to represent Australia and daylight is second.
You'd have thought they'd spell his name right!!
Jason Kearton.........that is all
Kewell and Viduka were better footballers, as was Bresciano. Just three that played in the same team as Tim that were better.
Johnny Warren was a fantastic footballer from a different era and paved the way for the likes of Cahill and Co.
http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/johnny_warren_collection
SBS TV proudly and strongly promoted the game down under decades prior to ESPN and SKY arrived on the scene.
The late Johnnie Warren, ex Socceroo who played for Australia an the 1974 World Cup Finals plus Les Murray were the driving force behind the games promotion.
Both of them positively hated the word Soccer and always used 'Football'.
Anyone who wants to know the struggle these guys had to promote football in Australia should read Warrens Book, Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters. think the title enough would give you an indication.
Duncan (433) - In the style of Woody Allen's 'What's Up Tiger Lily', some Aussie comedians (nb: the team responsible for the superb 'The Castle' and 'Frontline' ) got hold of a copy of Bluey, re-dubbed it and retitled it 'Barge-arse'.
Bluey, my God now we're talkin. Bluey's greatest line ever " Smile he's got a gun" to his sidekick. He used to run round the corner and in the next shot would have a different tie on. Fatter than Frank Cannon and as mobile as Ironside
Fecking great, Lucky Grills
Best Aussie player ever in my opinion Mark Viduka.
Tim scored not only the first world cup finals goal, but also the second, as memory serves me, in the same game. Legends are made of more than this (Trebilcock?) but his commitment to the cause has to count for a lot. Whatever they decide, he should be up there.
My youthful memories of Bluey include an undercover agent name of Reg Truscott - a fine name for a hero that. Earlier we had warmed to the amazing exploits of Erskine and his sidekick 'Adolf' in WW2 action drama Spyforce. Both series, as I recall, showed considerably more female cleavage than the usual US and Brit pap at the time.
Keith Glazzard. I was actually at that game and you are dead right that Tim scored our first two world cup goals. John Aloisi scored the third and those three all came in the last 10 minutes after Japan were up 1-0 from the first half.
Eugene Ruane. The show that the comedians did the Barge-arse shows was called The Late Show and the group was originally called the D-Generation. I remember watching it when it was on in the early 90's. They also did a similar thing in the first series overdubbing a show called Rush and called it The Olden Days. Both of them were very funny.
Thrills and spillls with Lucky Grills. What a show! How a 20 stone, sweating mess with a Stalin tash could pull birds like that is still hanging out there...
As for Australia's best player: Joe Bugner. No question.
I'm not having Bresciano. Poor man's Beckham but with about 20% of his free kick prowess and 5% of his overall ability.
Fair opinion, Ernie, but I see him differently. During our "successful" years around the 06 World Cup, Marco was one of our best players, and kept a place in a very good Palermo side. Much better all round footballer than Cahill.
Just remembered Joe Spitiri. What a player. His legs were only slightly longer than pint glasses, thus rendering him almort Weeble-like on the ball. Of course the down side was that Mr S was less mobile than a Weeble in a tornado...
Joe Spitiri still playing in Melbourne, for Werribee. He has a gigantic arse, and hold the ball up as well as anyone i've seen. Top bloke and top player.
I?m sure Mr. Spitiri is a splendid chap and I do not wish to offend, but might I suggest the he ?holds the ball up as well as anyone I've seen" because it?s usually wedged between his arse and the ground?
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It would only let me vote once though. If I go back in will it let me vote again or will a bolt of lightning from the monitor screen sort me out?