As always, it’s hard to pick a top ten with honourable mentions going to Bobby Despotovski’s infamous salute in the NSL, dodgy defending by the Matildas at the recent World Cup and an incorrect opposition national anthem played at one international match in Melbourne.

But here are our top ten heartbreakers from recent history...

10: Charlie’s clanger in 1989

A year earlier, Charlie Yankos’s stunning long-range goal against Argentina was one of the great sporting moments in Australia. But in the Socceroos’ desperate final World Cup qualifier against an equally desperate Israel, Yankos’s blunder - a slightly weak back pass to keeper Jeff Olver - was intercepted by Eli Ohana who nipped in to score a precious opener.

Sure, we pulled one back late on through Trimboli but that one moment killed us. Israel were never going to give up the lead and with the appalling refereeing of Carlo Longhi and the equally appalling theatrics and downright dirty tactics behind play going unchecked, we were doomed to another failed World Cup campaign.

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