Having seen his players put in a bold, battling but ultimately unrewarded performance in their first match at Wembley, Graham Arnold wants the Socceroos to take home a memento of Antipodean history from their London double-header.
Australia meet New Zealand at Premier League side Brentford’s ground on Tuesday night (Wednesday, 5.45am AEDT) and the “Soccer Ashes’’ are at stake. That is the century-old, recently rediscovered Anzac Soccer Ashes trophy.
Created in 1923, a year after the sport’s first trans-Tasman matches, it was contested until the mid-1950s, when it dropped off the radar. The trophy was found this year, in near-pristine condition, in the garage of a deceased former Australian football official and will be up for grabs in west London.
Like cricket’s Ashes urn it is, by modern standards, a small and unusual prize. A wooden casket made of Australian maple and New…
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