Canberra Cosmos still making news..in the Guardian

BREAKING THEIR HEARTS

Do you remember this game. We didn't have to many highlights when the Cosmos were around, but this and the 8-1 win over Sydney United were surely up there.

And good to see Canberra football is making the Guardian pages...thanks to Canberra ex-pat and Socceroos fan Andrew McDonald for sending it in.


http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1538910,00.html

BREAKING THEIR HEARTS

Will Dyer says: "I have a vague memory of sleeping off my jet-lag shortly after arrival in Australia 1996, while watching the TV highlights of a game in which an Australian league team came back from 5-0 down to draw 5-5. Was it a dream, or did it really happen?"

"Will was close," explains helpful Sydney resident Thomas Haerland. "On February 16, 1996, Newcastle Breakers drew 5-5 with Canberra Cosmos, yet it was only a measly four-goal comeback. After Canberra scored an own goal in the 49th minute to make it 4-0 to Newcastle, they pulled a goal back through Paul Wade soon after, before a 62nd-minute Troy Halpin strike (completing his hat-trick) left them 5-1 down. However, goals from Michael Musitano (69), Norman Kelly (78), Jason Dunn (83) and Wade again (88) helped them force the draw. The majority of the 2,817 crowd in the Breakers Stadium went home a little frustrated."