I awoke with my first real shocking hangover of the tour and it was back to our new spiritual home and the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg for our first “neutral” game, Aussie versus Ghana, to be honest though we weren’t really neutral as most of the crew were backing the Ghana boys, though there were a few sados supporting the Oz. The pre-match banter with thousands of Aussie fans there was gold with our “Hands up if you’ve got a point’ a particular favourite, though it all ended in great ANZSAC spirit with a joint rendition of the Home and Away theme song.
So, clad to newly acquired Ghana headband it was off to the game, soaking up the sun on a much better Rustenburg day then our game, the Aussie fans dominated the stadium and scored early, not helping my hangover, this however improved when Harry Kewell was red carded and Ghana scored from the spot. It was essentially a game of missed chances by Ghana but their fans were awesome, chanting the whole time whilst the Aussie fans just got angry and at one stage threw bottles on the field, not only out of order, but a waste of piss! Though they only serve Budweiser at the games so that is about the best thing to do with it. The game ended 1-1, so we needed a new chant as the Oz got their first point.
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