Ange Postecoglou
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And the only reason we went there, they would sponsor families to come across.
They would offer you housing and...
and sort of employment, no promise of anything else.
And Greece is one of the countries that they kind of... And there was a strong Greek community in Melbourne, which helped us for sure in terms of, like I said, just a source of comfort because, you know, I always say there was two places of worship on a Sunday.
It was the church in the morning and it was the football in the afternoon.
Yeah.
where my dad and my mum could go and feel totally at ease again, away from the weeks kind of grind of, you know, not speaking the language, trying to get the simplest things done in the best way they could for their kids, you know.
Aussie rules, yeah.
Aussie rules, especially in Melbourne, is everything.
Cricket's everything.
And like I said, my dad just didn't like it, mate.
I...
I took him to the cricket once, because I love cricket.
I took him to a test match, and it was Australia-England Ashes, but Chris Tavare was batting.
Chris Tavare, oh, my gosh.
And my dad was sitting there.
And my dad, back then, he smoked.
He went to light up his cigarette, and he dropped his lighter, and he went, bent down, and as he bent down, the wicket, and there was a wicket.
He goes, no, Dad, it was a wicket.
He missed it.