 I started in journalism in 1972 and I think my first involvement with covering a soccer game was 1973. At early 1980s I started covering the National Soccer League and they were great days, certainly a lot different to what they are now. Those days you're allowed to go into the dressing rooms and actually talk to the players after the game. Yeah, definitely different times. The people you met were fantastic, you're down to worth people, so passionate, so dedicated about the game. And that was the really good part of covering football those days. 1973 sitting in the lounge room watching the 1974 soccer who's beat South Korea and the late Jimmy McLeod scoring a thunderous goal that got us into the World Cup for the first time. I've never jumped so far off the lounge as I did or cheered so loudly and yeah that was a fantastic moment and as a journalist 32 years later watching John Aloisi score that penalty at A&Z Stadium and got us through to the World Cup. They're probably the highlights for me and actually covering that World Cup and covering the 2004 World Cup in Brazil. I think it's wonderful that the club like the one was a knowledge and past history of our game and I think every A-League club should get involved in terms of Western Sydney. It's a region that's full of tradition and passion and dedication in terms of football. A lot of great players and coaches and administrators have come from Western Sydney and it's vital and important we don't lose sight of the fact that we have history there and it should be acknowledged. The future football in this country it's such a tough question look but no doubt we're going through tough times at the moment. I've got a lot of faith in the ability of the game to really move forward and I would love to see everyone from grass roots up to the administrators get together and make it the best game the best sport in this country where it deserves to be.