My love of football started as a young age while growing up in Liverpool, England. Our family, like thousands of others, were football-mad and our beloved team Liverpool were the object of our affection. Football brought the community together for a few hours every Sunday afternoon as we forgot about our poor living conditions and the high unemployment rate at the time. I was very good at football for my age.
Unfortunately, a few weeks from travel the trip was cancelled due to lack of funding. In 1981 I was selected again and joined the Australian team at a training camp in Sydney and then travelled to New Zealand to play in the Trans-Tasman Cup. We had to pay for our flights and accommodation, but we did get the tracksuits for free.