Australia 1-0 Sweden and Heidelberg 1-3 South Melbourne (1992) | Paul Wade

Paul Wade scores the winner for Australia against Sweden before featuring for South Melbourne in an entertaining National Soccer League clash with Heidelberg United. This compilation brings together match footage, interviews and television news coverage from February 1992. The video opens with Seven's Sportsworld, with Bruce McAvaney interviewing Socceroos captain Paul Wade and national coach Eddie Thomson. Australia then face Sweden at Olympic Park, Melbourne, on 2 February 1992. In front of 10,800 spectators, Wade scores the decisive goal in the 65th minute to secure a 1-0 victory for Eddie Thomson's side against Sweden, coached by Tommy Svensson. Following the match footage is a brief Network Ten news report by Stephen Quartermain covering Australia's victory. The action then shifts to Olympic Village in Heidelberg West on 16 February 1992, where 12,000 spectators watch Heidelberg United take on South Melbourne in the National Soccer League. Ferenc Puskás's South Melbourne defeat Gary Cole's Heidelberg side 3-1, with Paul Wade featuring in South's starting line-up. Con Boutsianis opens the scoring in the 23rd minute, followed by Paul Trimboli in the 63rd. Goutzioulis pulls one back for Heidelberg in the 68th minute before substitute Danny Wright adds South Melbourne's third in the 83rd. The compilation concludes with a post-match interview with South Melbourne's Paul Trimboli. Presented as part of Captain Socceroo: The Paul Wade Story - a digital archive preserving and sharing Paul Wade's digitised personal VHS collection.