Australia’s World Cup bid

June 19th, 2009 | By: Pat | 4 Comments »

For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here is the video package in our official World Cup bid. The slogan for the bid is “Come Play!” and the video is a montage of a football being kicked through diverse regions of Australia. I personally think this concept has been done to death, and that by the looks of some of the acrobatic moves on the video, it could also act as an ad for a kung-fu company.

Nonetheless, it’s a good start to our bid, and now let’s hope the likes of Frank Lowy et al will use the Government’s $50 million grant wisely and bring the Cup here.

Tags: Australia, Frank Lowy, Group F, Socceroos, World Cup Bid

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By Kieran | June 20th, 2009 at 3:26 am

See those kids kicking the ball around to parliament house? They go to my school, why wasn’t I invited to be part of the video

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By marco | June 20th, 2009 at 8:44 am

could be better by adding more queensland sites. love the kevin bit

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By Andrew | July 8th, 2009 at 9:32 am

I was reading today that England will once again be bidding for the World Cup and will therefore compete with Australia to host the tournament. Can I just say, as a Brit, I really hope you win?

Besides the obvious problems, such as the hooligan English fans who make the chimpanzees at Taronga Zoo look sophisticated and the small problem that Britain’s so broke that it won’t even be able to buy a football by 2018, there are a lot of good reasons why countries like Australia, and New Zealand for that matter, are ideal for football tournaments.

Most importantly of all, it is Winter in the Southern hemisphere when the tournament takes place. The Australian late Autumn/early Winter makes for the ideal place to play football. Not too hot, not water logged, not too much snow unless you go up a big hill! Absolutely perfect for all those of us who grimaced watching Ronaldo huff around the football pitch in sweltering weather a few years ago.

There’s also the fact that Australia is one of the most exciting teams in the world at the moment. So, investment in football and rectangular pitches in Australia will hopefully see an explosion in soccer talent. Eventually, a football tournament replicating the Ashes could be formed, so you guys could regularly beat us at that too!

Add to that the fact players actually want to go there because Australia is perhaps the most perfect country in the world for a holiday. Unlike Britain, which is normally soggy, or South Africa, where you’ll probably get shot. Plus you can get a floatie at half time, which beats tea and oranges.

And finally, I’ll have a great excuse to visit your beautiful country again, if I haven’t managed to persuade immigration to let me in by then!

Posted from Canada

By Pat | July 11th, 2009 at 9:26 pm

Thanks for your kind words on Australia Andrew, if it were up to me the World Cup would be held here every time. But unfortunately I’m sure politics is going to play a massive part in deciding where it goes, so we can only do our best and give them the best pitch we’ve got.

During the week the Ruddster had tea with Blatter and gave the big fella the clincher line, “If Australia gets the World Cup I promise we’ll do a good job.” With heartfelt tearjerkers like that it hard not to see Blatter give it to us…

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