Came from Nowhere on SBS – Walkley award-winning journalist Marc Fennell charts the incredible rise of the A-League’s controversial Western Sydney Wanderers, who in two short years went from having no players to winning the AFC Asian Champions League – the highest championship an Australian club can win in global football.
On the tenth anniversary of the Western Sydney Wanderers historic victory, Fennell looks back at the
club’s origins and how western Sydney, the heartland of Australian football, finally got its team seven
years after the A-League launches.
Fennell explores how the Wanderers passionate and sometimes contentious fans quickly drew the ire of shock-jocks, politicians and the police, delving into the subsequent culture war that erupted between western Sydney football supporters and critics.
Along the way viewers will meet a range of key players who were on the scene for the rise of the
Western Sydney Wanderers, including former team members Ante Covic, Mark Bridge, Nikolai Topor-
Stanley and Shannon Cole; superfans such as former Australian Idol judge Ian “Dicko” Dickson; former
Socceroos captain, seasoned broadcaster, and 2022 FIFA World Cup SBS commentator Craig Foster;
and Western Sydney Wanderers CEO (2014-2022) John Tsatsimas.
Came from Nowhere on SBS and SBS on Demand – Premiere / Sunday 26 May at 7.30pm
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