They came from a land down under: The birth of the Socceroos and how they qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup finals
Author:   Duncan Mackay
Publisher:   The Choir Press
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Pages:   326
Publication Date:   12 November 2024
Format:   Hardback
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They came from a land down under: The birth of the Socceroos and how they qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup finals


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Australia had never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals and the odds were stacked against them when they started their campaign for West Germany 1974 with only the top 16 nations qualifying. But with a team of part-time players mostly born outside the country, often subject to abuse and written off as no-hopers, the Socceroos, under their brilliant young coach Rale Rasic, shocked everyone.

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Author:   Duncan Mackay
Publisher:   The Choir Press
Imprint:   The Choir Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9781789634808


ISBN 10:   1789634806
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   12 November 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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Duncan Mackay is an award-winning journalist based in the UK. He is the founding editor of insidethegames and insideworldfootball and worked for The Guardian and The Observer newspapers, respectively, in London for 17 years. Mackay was voted UK Sports Journalist of the Year in 2004 and UK Internet Sports Journalist of the Year in 2009. He has been a fan of the Socceroos since his Uncle Jimmy scored the winning goal that qualified them for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. The eight-year-old Mackay was fortunate enough to be living in Germany at the time and attended all three of Australia's matches.

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