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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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John Davidson

Debutants dazzle for Socceroos to add vigour to Arnold’s hardened pros

John Iredale, fourth from left, is mobbed by  teammates after scoring his first goal for Australia in the 5-0 win over Lebanon in Canberra.
John Iredale, fourth from left, is mobbed by teammates after scoring his first goal for Australia in the 5-0 win over Lebanon in Canberra. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

The kids are all right, but so are the old boys.

“You can’t win anything with kids” was Alan Hansen’s immortal TV line about Manchester United, back in 1995, after they lost to Aston Villa on the first day of the season. United, of course, famously went on to win the double that season and countless trophies in the years that followed in a team built around the youthful exuberance of the Neville brothers, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and one David Robert Joseph Beckham.

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