Craig Johnston
Craig Johnston
Craig Peter Johnstonis a South African-born Australian former footballer and he is forever remembered by his fellow countrymen as one of the first Australians to make a big stamp in English and European football. He is remembered for his time spent with Liverpool throughout the 1980s. After retiring, he designed and created the prototype for Adidas' Predator football boot, worn by many footballers and rugby players. He was eligible for the Australian and South African national teams, but only ever...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth25 June 1960
We came here tonight feeling like we could be balanced on offense, but you know how it goes: As the game went on, we tried to see what they were giving us, and the running game ended up being the key to the win for us. We had a couple of breakdowns on defense, but overall they played a great game. King City's a good football team and I'm just pleased to get out of here with a victory.
So for a year I spent all my time hiding from Jack Charlton in the car park practising my skills.
I have a real affinity with Ireland and Dublin and the Irish, and I'm your greatest fan whenever there's a World Cup or European Championships on.
The new structure looks good. One day I would like to get involved from top to bottom.
It's strange, it's a British Inventor of the Year and I'm Australian, but I've been here for 25 years, so I guess I'm sort of qualified.
It was the lowest point of my life and I needed help,
I want to learn from this mistake and learn what I have to. I feel real bad about this. Parents were watching. I wasn't trying to pull anything.
There is a reason I sit up in the booth and observe. I have a lot of faith in my staff.
Our football program is bigger than any one person.
The main thing I do now is I coach kids, and all of these stories along the way are based in reality.
OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.
I've been ignored for 20 years but now it's heartening to get some recognition.
Now Jack Charlton wasn't wrong, I was a bad footballer.
It used to be standard practice that the pre-match meal consisted of egg, steak and chicken. But I talked them into changing to complex carbohydrates. So now they will sup on porridge, pasta or rice.