INTERVIEW: Former Socceroo Craig Foster remembers football legend Terry Venables

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Craig Foster and Terry Venables (left) in 1997 Source: Getty

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Former Socceroo and football commentator Craig Foster played under the late Terry Venables for the Socceroos, and Venables also signed him for Portsmouth in the UK. He looks back on his memories of the football legend with SBS's Janice Petersen, and tells her how Venables had a profound effect on Australian football and its future.

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