Mark: I looked on YouTube and all I could find were videos of Harry playing for the national team in his long mullet.

Harry: Oh sure…I’m sure he saw it all.

Mark: My Mum said it was in Woman’s Day.

Harry did you know about the mayhem about to unfold. it was like Lady Gaga arriving!

Mark: I’ve never heard you described as Lady Gaga [cue laughter]

Harry: I’ve been fortunate enough…

Mark: … To meet Lady Gaga?

Harry: No! I’ve been fortunate enough to walk out to two lots of crowds where you can be appreciated. Obviously to turn up at Melbourne after the long flight and you’re sitting there and the doors open and you could hear just all this ranting and you think, ‘What’s that?’. You know?

So you had no idea what was brewing?

Harry: I had no idea. And then after a while the police started surrounding me and I’m thinking ‘well’s what’s going on?’ So I asked and they said there were a few people out there. I actually thought it was my Mum, just to welcome me and all that. But I had all my luggage and as you come out you can just hear them start singing and all of that. And just before the doors completely opened then bang it just hits you.

You know, it’s just [pauses]… I don’t know. I suppose you can have all the stuff in the world but something like that you’ll always remember. And my flight was delayed and I think the fans were there since 5am and I didn’t come out till 7am.

FFT: 7.12am actually!

Harry: Oh, okay [cue laughter]. And that’s what I mean. A lot of people got up very early and I can only thank them. I don’t know unless you’re there. It’s like when you score, it’s a great feeling when you look up and see the crowd roaring and they’re feeling your passion, it’s something special. I go back to 2005 when we qualified. One of my favourite pictures is the team running. I actually stand there and I’m behind for a quick second. But I actually stood there and actually watched. So when John [Aloisi] put it in and then that split second…

Mark: I was actually quicker than you and John! Do you remember that?

Harry: But don’t forget you don’t run in the game! They make me laugh they come in [the keepers] and say, ‘When are we training next?’ You serious? I just ran 13km in a game in stinking heat or freezing cold and you’re like, ‘Yeah it’s okay’!

But going back to that night... I had a chance when John scored to take it all in and it was exactly like that day [at the airport]. You wish you could step out of it and look at it from a higher view. It happens in an instant and that’s when you look back and think when it’s on TV, ‘Well that’s just fantastic’. And teenage girls screaming which of course happens with you Schwarzy…

Mark: Mine are the older ones – the mothers and grandmothers! [cue laughter].

Harry: I can’t put it into words. It’s something that’ll always be dear to me, when you get a reception like that. You kind of think, this feels great. This feels where want to be.