OTD E0299 — 26 Aug 2005: Carl Veart heads home the first goal in A League history as Australian football launches yet another national competition. This time, it lasts. We trace the migrant clubs and NSL that built the foundations, Australia’s strange life in Oceania, the Crawford reforms, Frank Lowy and John O’Neill’s reset, and a league designed using ideas from MLS, Japan and Australian sport. Then: Asia, six straight World Cups, the Socceroos pathway — and whether the A-League has actually transformed Australian football.
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Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated daily
- Published26 August 2026 at 05:00 UTC
- Length10 min
- Season1
- Episode299
- RatingClean