| TheOriginalWinger

How awesome would this be? Besides the tetanus shots you'd need afterward.....

It was the summer of 2006, and Australia was in the World Cup for the first time in 32 years.  Australia first beat Japan, then lost to Brazil, and finally tied Croatia to became the first Oceania team to make it to the knockout stage where they lost to Italy.  Amidst rising hopes and in a sea of supporters, Colin Hay came to a tv show in ...

Slovenia 2 - 0 Australia Second goal after the jump... (more...)

'A ghostly apparition has been appearing on Melbourne's streets during the Tim Burton exhibition.'

Tim Cahill opens up the scoring for Australia in their final group stage game against Serbia and the Aussies go to win 2-1. With their 4-0 loss to Germany in their first game, this win wasn't enough to see Australia through to the round of 16. (more...)

A bit of good news for the Socceroos after FIFA declined to hand down a multiple game suspension to Everton striker Tim Cahill following the 30 year old's somewhat controversial Red Card against Germany. (more...)

Down 2 - 0 at the time... And now Tim Cahill's 2010 World Cup will probably be over when FIFA hands down a two match ban.

Film star John Travolta landed at an airstrip in Lanseria on Thursday ahead of the World Cup football tournament. Amongst the bleary-eyed arrivals from long-haul flights was the winner of the Miss World 2009 beauty pageant.  Travolta supports the Socceroos, and is scheduled to give a pep talk to the Australian players before their big opener ...