It may be two decades distant but the pong of a past humiliation has wafted back into English football this week as the visit of the Socceroos brought back sensational memories and daft headlines.
'KANGA POO - Stinking England' and 'Roo-bish!' read the back-page banners in England's red tops back in 2003, after their national team, supposedly garlanded with a golden generation of talent, got well and truly turned over 3-1 by Australia's 'Shockeroos'.
Never mind that the visitors had some serious quality in their line-up, headed by Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka - the upset at Upton Park was viewed as one of those occasional humiliations to be buried in the hall of shame, down the corridor from England's unthinkable loss to the USA in the 1950 World Cup.
