"Auckland achieved their greatest success at the 2009 Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Against all odds the plucky team of truck drivers, interior decorators, school teachers and shop assistants beat the champions of a multi million dollar Arab league (the host nations’ team Al Ahly) and the champions of one of FIFA’s largest confederations (TP Mazembe of Africa – who came runners-up at the 2010 Club World Cup).
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No matter what happens in Japan, Auckland City FC and Kiwitea Street will remain a bastion of “heart and soul” football in an increasingly commercialised football world. It is how football used to be and, in my opinion, how football should be."
Read more here:- Slide Rule Pass: A blog about football
Edit:- new link www.scribd.com - Auckland City: The Underdogs
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