As some of you may know, I live in Australia. Famously, there are lots of nice things about living here. Two of those nice things are:
- A vibrant football culture
- A political class than provides a cornucopia of comic material. Seriously, cartoonists here can’t draw quickly enough.
I tried to combine both in a series of cartoons I produced for The Guardian Australia towards the end of the last A-League season.
Firstly, this cartoon was a result of the startling news that Kevin Muscat had been named as captain of the A-League ‘Team of the Decade’. Thankfully, this is only a ceremonial title, so Kev won’t get the chance to break anyone’s shins:
To be fair to Muscat, he did manage to steer/terrify his Melbourne Victory side to the A-League Grand Final, where they would face Sydney FC:
Melbourne Victory cruised to a 3-0 win in the final, but Sydney could console themselves with a pair of high-profile friendlies against Spurs and Chelsea:
The new A-League season starts up in October, so hopefully I’ll be able to do a few more of these, if only to relieve the pressure on overworked local cartoonists.
The Sunshine Room 
David, you are the best thing in Australian media.
You have me laughing everytime you put pen to paper,
Thanks so much.