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Just a reminder what a disaster the Australian bid was We got ONE vote!My memory of things accords with Wookie, that a lot of soccer fans were beating their chests over this, thinking they had boarded a juggernaut that would steamroll everything before them, and then were laughed out of Geneva with one solitary vote!
Also, it seems a lot of soccer fans had trouble understanding that the AFL Commission would give priority to running the AFL, first and foremost, and they would pay little heed to helping FIFA members line their own pockets.
What a strange set of priorities they had at the time!
What a waste of $44 million of taxpayers money!
Country Australia | Vote 100 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Total Votes | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | |
3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |