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  1. billofengland

    billofengland Well-Known Member

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    Hope they got a better welcome than my mates and I got in OZ 1990, we were treated like ****e. Aussies are a throwback to the sixties, unions, strikes and just plain ****in lazy.


    Published on Thursday 3 May 2012 11:17



    A GROUP of aspiring football players made the trip from Down Under and said g’day to Sunderland stars.


    Australian academy Inzane, which coaches youngsters aged between three and 16 to play football, recently visited the Stadium of Light to see the Black Cats in action.

    A total of 60 people made the trip from the academy, which is based in the town of Merewether in New South Wales.

    During the visit they were treated to hospitality at the Stadium of Light and got to meet Black Cat stars Wes Brown, Titus Bramble and goalkeeper Craig Gordon.

    They also stopped off at the home of Queens Park Rangers, Loftus Road, and Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

    Clayton Zane, the founder of Inzane, said: “It was a real honour to attend such a great football stadium and watch a Premier League match in action.

    “The city has a deserved reputation for its passionate football supporters, as well as its warmth and hospitality, and that definitely came across when we visited SAFC.

    “Watching a fantastic football match, and letting our young people see just how rewarding a career in the sport can be was great, and the whole team at Inzane was left inspired by the visit to Sunderland.”

    Gary Hutchinson, commercial director at Sunderland AFC said: “It was a pleasure to host the team from Inzane.

    “We’re really passionate about working at a grassroots level, and it was great to be able to help inspire such a promising young team, as well as providing them with the great hospitality we’re renowned for as a club.

    “Building links internationally is great for the club.

    “SAFC is already well established on an international stage, but by making links with businesses and organisations around the world, we can really help to grow the reach of the club.

    “The fact that the team at Inzane is already considering another visit next year shows that we are doing a great job in making SAFC stand out from its Premier League competition off the pitch too.”
     
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  2. Wease555

    Wease555 Active Member

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    Worked in Oz for a year 1998, not much had changed since you were there Bill, worked on sites and a sheet metal factory while I travelled around, 90% were horrible stupid thick as **** lazy ****s, the other 9% were ****ers and 1% were very good people.

    Had great pleasure watching a chippy one day, who thought he was always funny taking the piss out of poms, put on 10 sets of double doors that lead onto a terrace on this office building. Waited until we knocked off to tell him I may be a pom but at least I know which side the beading should be on, he put all 10 sets on the wrong way round thick twat. One of many examples where they showed up their total ineptitude and had to be put in their place.
     
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  3. connor wigham

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    as a kiwi i can honestly there all dicks <whistle>
     
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  4. billofengland

    billofengland Well-Known Member

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    After two and a half years contracting in Oz, the resounding thought that I have is the biggest export Australia has to offer is "THE GOB"
     
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  5. Hairyhaggis

    Hairyhaggis Well-Known Member

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    Us Aussies are a funny bunch. We like banter, we give it out hard and expect it back. Our humors differ in some ways though, so alot gets lost in translation.

    We get alot of brits down here, and while most are alright, they aren't the ones you hear about. Lived in Bondi for 5 years working in a pub there, and every summer the influx would happens and Bondi would become little Europe. The English/Irish would come down here and wreck havoc, bringing football hooliganism with them (most aussies dont know about the epl and football, so the english fighting cos they are wearing different shirts and singing football songs drunk at the top of their voice at 4am is lost on aussies), throwing up everywhere, fighting, and vandalism about the place. Not saying it is just the poms doin it, but they were the most vocal and seen. Scots weren't as bad, but tbh when I was there we didn't see alot I them, but a **** load of English and Irish.

    As for the thick Aussies, we have bogans down here - equivalent of your chavs/Neds, just with different characteristics. They are ****in dumb, too much vb, their short shorts cutting off circulation to their body and their mullets putting to mug weight on their heads it's affecting their brain capacity.
     
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  6. billofengland

    billofengland Well-Known Member

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    One thing I do miss is VB on draught, downside/upside mother in law died Sunday, but daughter coming home from Oz for funeral. so good and bad mixed. Jesus roll on Monday, dying to see her.
     
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  7. Commachio

    Commachio Rambo 2021

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    What does pom actually stand for?
     
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  8. Black Cat Kiwi

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    When they act "up themselves or stupid etc" both Aussie's & Kiwi's call someone "A stupid Pommie Bastards"
    Generally we refer to the "Prisoner of Millbank" but not in the press as it's non PC. Now where's my helmet?

    The Official Lines
    The origin of this term is not confirmed and there are several persistent false etymologies.
    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) strongly supports the theory that pommy originated as a contraction of "pomegranate". The OED also suggests that the reason for this is that pomegranate is extinct Australian rhyming slang for immigrant. A popular alternative explanation for the theory that pommy is a contraction of "pomegranate", relates to the purported frequency of sunburn among British people in Australia, turning their fair skin the colour of pomegranates.

    Another unofficial explanation is that P.O.M. stands for 'Prisoner of Millbank ' or that P.O.H.M.E. stands for 'Prisoner of Her Majesty's Exile'. However, the OED states that there is no evidence for these terms or abbreviations being used and that they are an unlikely source.

    Historian Richard Holt maintains the origin of the term comes from English cricket tours of Australia where the English gentlemen amateurs would drink Pommery Champagne in preference to Australian beer.
     
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  9. Commachio

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    Must admit, i always thought along them lines, but took it as meaning Prisoners of Mother England....
     
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  10. Black Cat Kiwi

    Black Cat Kiwi Well-Known Member

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    No prizes for guessing who we rerfer to when mentioning sheep shagging shakle draggers then <whistle>
     
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  11. Hairyhaggis

    Hairyhaggis Well-Known Member

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    That would be the kiwi's of course... :p
     
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