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331: The NASL's San Antonio Thunder (+ More!) - With Derek Currie
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 1:22:21
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It's the adventure-filled story of how a late-60s-era Scottish top-league footballer helped start the first-ever professional soccer circuit in the then-British colony of Hong Kong - punctuated by an unexpected off-season loan to one of the most forgotten franchises in North American Soccer League history. Derek Currie ("When 'Jesus' Came to Hong Kong: The Remarkable Story of the First European Football Star in Asia") joins us live and direct from his home in Bangkok,Thailand for an anecdote-rich romp through the international pro soccer scene of the 1970s/early 1980s - including his memorable Texas summer of 1976 wearing the "Stars and Stripes" for the NASL's oft-overlooked San Antonio Thunder! + + + SPONSOR THANKS: Old School Shirts (promo code: GOODSEATS): https://oldschoolshirts.com/goodseats BUY/READ EARLY & OFTEN: When 'Jesus' Came to Hong Kong: The Remarkable Story of the First European Football Star in Asia (2023): https://amzn.to/3H0snJm FIND & FOLLOW: Website