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Francis Fields

Name: Daniel Campos (author name Francis Fields)           

Nationality: Australian/Chilean

Currently living: Melbourne, Australia

Involvement in sports: Former professional/youth football player, now junior development coach

Favourite football club: Colo-Colo, Chile

Favourite football player: Alexis Sánchez/Lionel Messi

Favourite football coach: Pep Guardiola/Marcelo Bielsa

Most memorable football game: Australia v Argentina, 1993 (USA '94 World Cup qualifiers) or the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League final won by Liverpool against AC Milan.

First ever football game you watched: Australia v Israel, 1989 (Italia '90 World Cup qualifiers)

If you were a footballer, who would it be and why: I did play professionally myself, but I would have liked to follow the footsteps of Mark Bosnich. He was my childhood hero and he grew up in Australia and tried his fortunes in England as a teenager, as a goalkeeper. He was an outstanding goalkeeper playing for Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea.

Message under your shirt after scoring the World Cup winning goal for your country:  “I told you so” – a message in the legacy of Australian football legend Johnny Warren.

 
Frank Tigani

Name: Frank Tigani

Nationality: Italian/Australian           

Currently living: Madrid, Spain

Involvement in sports: Football, Tennis,

Favourite football club: AC Milan           

Favourite football player: Kaka

Favourite football coach: Jose Mourinho

Most memorable football game: Milan 3-0 Manchester United Semi Final 2007 UCL

First ever football game you watched: Milan 4-0 Barcelona UCL 1994 Final

If you were a footballer, who would it be and why: Andrea Pirlo because he is absolute class in every way both on and off the field

Message under your shirt after scoring the World Cup winning goal for your country: For my Mother

 

 
Saikat Mandal

Name: Saikat Mandal

Nationality: Indian

Currently living: United Kingdom

Involvement in sports: Football Journalist

Favourite football club: None, but I have a soft spot for Barnsley FC

Favourite football player: Zinedine Zidane

Favourite football coach: Jose Mourinho

Most memorable football game: Liverpool’s 2005 Istanbul night

First ever football game you watched: 1994 World Cup Final

If you were a footballer, who would it be and why: Guti – Fame, Glory, Genius, Stardom, Draconian Devil blend with Da Vinci

Message under your shirt after scoring the World Cup winning goal for your country: Why Always Me?

 
 
Kieran Francis

Name: Kieran Francis

Nationality: Australian

Currently living: Melbourne, Australia

Involvement in sports: Football, AFL, Indoor Soccer

Favourite football club: Manchester United

Favourite football player: Paul Scholes

Favourite football coach: Sir Alex Ferguson

Most memorable football game: 2008 Champions League Final – Manchester United vs Chelsea (Moscow)

First ever football game you watched: 1999 Champions League Final – Manchester United vs Bayern Munich (Nou Camp)

If you were a footballer, who would it be and why: Mario Balotelli: Because I could pretty much do whatever I wanted

Message under your shirt after scoring the World Cup winning goal for your country: A picture of a kangaroo holding the World Cup trophy

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Paul Bastin

Name: Paul Bastin

Nationality: Australian/Greek

Currently living: Melbourne

Involvement in sports: AFL/football/cricket/basketball

Favourite football club: Collingwood/Liverpool/Melbourne Victory

Favourite football player: Tim Cahill

Favourite football coach: Brendan Rodgers

Most memorable football game: Australia vs Japan, 2006 World Cup

First ever football game you watched: South Melbourne vs Carlton - NSL 1997/98

If you were a footballer, who would it be and why: Joe Allen - not tall or overly quick, but a tireless worker and quality distributor in midfield.

Message under your shirt after scoring the World Cup winning goal for your country: G’day Glory

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Tim Collins

Name: Tim Collins

Nationality: Australian

Currently living: London, United Kingdom

Involvement in sports: Growing up in Melbourne meant that football (Australian Rules) cricket and golf were the main sports that I personally competed in before moving here to London in late 2011. Now that I'm here I play 5 a side football.

Favourite football club: Arsenal

Favourite football player: Thierry Henry

Favourite football coach: Arsene Wenger

Most memorable football game: A couple immediately spring to mind. The first occurred just recently (April 8, 2012) when I witnessed my first ever Arsenal home game at the Emirates stadium and saw my beloved Gunners defeat Manchester City 1-0. The second has to be the match between Australia and Uruguay in 2005 when John Aloisi scored the penalty that saw Australia qualify for the 2006 World Cup

First ever football game you watched: Chile vs Cameroon in 1999 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was a preliminary match for the 2000 Sydney Olympics

If you were a footballer, who would it be and why: Either Andy Carroll or Fernando Torres because I'd continually be missing sitters!

Message under your shirt after scoring the World Cup winning goal for your country: Lucky it wasn't a sitter!

 
Shaun Moran

 

Name: Shaun Moran

Nationality: Australian/Irish/Italian

Currently living: Melbourne, Australia

Involvement in sports: Football, lndoor Soccer

Favourite football club: Juventus/Celtic/Liverpool

Favourite football player: Alessandro Del Piero

Favourite football coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

Most memorable football game: FIFA World Cup 2006 Semi-Final - Germany-Italy (0-2) / FIFA World Cup 2006 - Australia-Japan (3-1)

First ever football game you watched: FIFA World Cup 1994 Final - Italy-Brazil

If you were a footballer, who would it be and why: Andrea Pirlo - Finesse, style, composure, creativity and a football brain.

Message under your shirt after scoring the World Cup winning goal for your country: A picture of a kangaroo embracing a football.

 
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