Andrew Durante 1623201613,1623201613
IT’S a bit of a shock to realise that I won my first championship almost half my lifetime ago. I was barely 20 when Sydney Olympic won the NSL in 2002 and I think I took it for granted a little bit. I just thought: This is normal and this happens all the time.
Then of course you start to realise how difficult it is just to get to the grand final, let alone win it. So six years later, as a relatively senior pro at Newcastle Jets, I made sure that I enjoyed every moment when we qualified to face the Mariners in 2008.