Socceroos get ready for Bahrain

Tim Burrowes

April 24, 2009 10:11

This video has appeared on YouTube in what looks like the next instalment of Lowe Sydney’s viral campaign for Football Federation Australia’s Socceroos’ World Cup qualification campaign.

The previous video – which has gained about a third of a million views on YouTube – featured the Uzbekistan team in extreme training. The new instalment doesn’t stray too far from that formula, this time featuring a Bahraini goalkeeper stopping shots from hitting the manager’s new car.

The Socceroos play Bahrain in the qualifiers on June 10, in a game which could see Australia qualify for the 2010 tournament in South Africa.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.