First Australian to play in the top flight

The first Australian to play in the top flight was Joe Marston, who played 185 games for Preston North End between 1950 and 1956.

Marston, who captained the Australian national side for much of the 1950s, was also the first Aussie to play at Wembley, turning out for Preston in their 3-2 FA Cup final defeat against WBA in 1954.

Recently Marston was acclaimed as the fourth most outstanding footballer of the century in the Oceania region - behind Wynton Rufer, Frank Farina and Christian Karembeu.