Monday will be the 40th anniversary since Australia won its first trophy in Asia since 1967. Held in Singapore, this was the inaugural iteration of the Merlion Cup, which was an invitational football tournament with all fixtures played in October. Our opponents Group A consisted of hosts Singapore, Korea Republic, Malaysia and Brunei. Australia was drawn in Group B which contained Indonesia and Thailand. Our coach Les Scheinflug was Australia's Head Coach at the time. Scheinflug had served as Rale Rasic's assistant at the 1974 World Cup and was later at the helm between 1981 and 1983, before experiencing a couple of caretaker roles.

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