Dimensions
117 x 178 x 37mm
From a nine-year-old who was initially rejected by his local under-12's team because he was 'too small and needed to go home and eat more porridge', to leading the Socceroos from 1964 to 1974 through three World Cup campaigns as captain and vice-captain, Johnny Warren has witnessed every stage of Australia's soccer journey for over fifty years.
From the days you were called a 'sheila', 'wog' or 'poofter' if you played soccer to today when players such as Harry Kewell are celebrated as our brightest sporting stars and prized by overseas clubs; from the curse placed on the Socceroos in 1969 by an African witch doctor through to more than thirty agonising years of trying to qualify for soccer's Holy Grail, the World Cup, Johnny Warren reveals the highs and lows of Australian soccer's past and present, and how its future success can be achieved.
This updated edition includes a chapter reviewing all the action from the 2002 World Cup - the Cup that caught the hearts and imaginations of Australians everywhere and stopped a nation. The surprise victory of the Socceroos over England has ensured that soccer is reaching fever pitch in Australia.
