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Joe Callaghan

Welcome to bizarre Qatar: a World Cup you won't forget - Joe Callaghan

It was a Thursday, apparently…Thursday December 2, 2010. Just 12 years but a lifetime ago at the same time.

Anyone who has moved to Australia from this part of the world should be automatically forgiven for struggling with times and dates, anything mildly specific really. You’re asked where you were when an earth-shattering sporting event happened and after some fumbling around at the back of the brain, remember you were living in Down Under at the time. So the answer, invariably, is ‘bed’. The world watched on with amazement. Everyone in Oz watched the back of their eyelids. 

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