In a sport that stops the world the Socceroos on Wednesday night qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. What a incredible achievement for Australia to be one of only 32 teams at the biggest sporting event on earth, considering 207 other participants have all tried to qualify over the last two years. Think about that for a minute some 175 other FIFA recognised nations will be sitting at home and pondering over spilt milk. Italy is one just example of this devastation. What a night though in Sydney as 77 thousand packed stadium Australia and a further 2.1 million tuned in on the idiot box to watch the mighty Socceroos get the chocolates 3-1 over a passionate Honduras. After a gruelling nil all result away from home in front of a hostile and shocking water logged pitch the game was perfectly set up for the return home leg. The game copped a bit of backlash from the uneducated biased anti soccer media after a nill all result and of course that 900k plane flight home, but to be fair FIFA kicked in 200k on travel and to fly a squad the size of the Socceroos business class [...]