brisbane roar into the record books
by markdivision2
The fact that Brisbane Roar have set a new Australian sporting record by going 36 games unbeaten will no doubt not receive the local media attention it deserves. That’s a shame, as it would be truly a remarkable achievement in any team sport, but possibly more so in football. The game, as you’ve no doubt noticed, is a contest of particularly fine margins where a goal has weight and severity, unlike say, Aussie Rules where they’ll even throw you a point for missing. Both rugbys, I’m reliably informed, give you opportunity after a try to further add to your tally with a second chance of a kicked field goal. As for basketball, its scoring appears so limitless, so boringly infinite, that no one can even be bothered to check if there was a winner half the time, while cricket hands out fours and sixes like pinball multi scores. The point being, in most sports a lead, once established, is generally built on whereas football’s goals are often a rare and precious thing to be savoured as there might not be another along for some time. All this makes Brisbane’s benchmark unlikely to ever be matched in this country, and certainly not by another football team of any stripe. That they’ve also done it in such swaggering, swashbuckling style only adds to the achievement – now, if only anyone heard about it.
