Adrian Arciuli speaks to former Socceroos coach Rale Rasic about qualifying for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. 

0:45 – How Australia qualified for the 1974 World Cup

2:28 – Victory doesn’t immediately sink in for the players

3:37 – A heroes reception at Sydney Airport

4:04 – Why the world knew little about the Socceroos

5:30 – Who was Ray Baartz

7:00 – How Ray Baartz’s career was cut short

7:30 – Rale Rasic explains his disputes with Arthur George

9:54 – Australia learns its World Cup opponents

11:20 – The Socceroos begin their campaign against East Germany

13:13 – Jim Scane steals the headlines

14:40 – Australia looks to shock West Germany

17:10 – The Socceroos aim to finish on a high

18:40 – The everlasting memories of the 1974 World Cup

20:22 – Is this the greatest achievement in Australian football

What is the best ever A-League moment? We want the fans to decide. But before they did, we needed to narrow it down to 32 nominations. Fox Sports' Simon Hill, two-time A-League champion Clint Bolton and Sydney Morning Herald football journalist Vince Rugari joined Lucy Zelic and Nick Stoll to nominate and veto the contenders. 

Former Socceroos defender Robbie Cornthwaite and Nick Stoll are LIVE discussing footballers and political protests, the A-League restart and Robbie's new podcast. 

Adrian Arciuli presents History FC. On this episode, former Socceroos defender Luke Wilkshire talks about Australia's historic first victory at a FIFA World Cup against Japan in 2006. 

0:35 – A selection shock from Guus Hiddink

1:32 – Calming the nerves before kick-off

1:53 – What was Australia’s Plan B?

2:58 – Why the Socceroos didn’t panic when Japan scored

3:56 – How Australia seized the momentum

4:24 – Tim Cahill makes Australian football history

4:54 – Why Lucas Neill was the team’s long-throw in taker

5:23 – The Socceroos sense victory is within reach

6:00 – Tim Cahill does it again

7:26 – John Aloisi caps off a memorable victory

7:48 – Why celebrations were measured

Sydney FC coach Steve Corica joins Lucy Zelic and Nick Stoll to discuss the crazy situation of managing a team during the enforced break, taking over a successful team and maintain that success, the balance between tactics and man-management and his own playing career. 

Zeljko Kalac joins Lucy Zelic and Nick Stoll to discuss the state of the game, why clubs keep losing money and who on AC Milan was as competitive as Michael Jordan. 

FFA CEO James Johnson and Socceroos coach Graham Arnold discuss a range of issues surrounding the sport with Lucy Zelic and Craig Foster. Topics include; the state of the game, creating a transfer system in the A-League, player pathways, the cost of playing at the grassroots, generating money, state member federations, James Johnson's 15-20 year vision for the game, a national second division, women's football, the future of the national youth league and Australian coaches. 

Adelaide United director of football Bruce Djite speaks to Lucy Zelic about a range of issues facing both the league and Adelaide. Australian football.

Football Victoria CEO Peter Filopoulos joins Lucy Zelic and Nick Stoll to discuss the response at a grassroots level to COVID-19, the future of the A-League, the importance of stadium experience, building a football culture and what role state federations have to play in Australian football. 

Craig Foster and Lucy Zelic discuss FFA's new initiative to have former players form a starting XI committee.