Soccer UK versus Australia - Dads take

We in Australia often cancel Soccer at the mere sign of rain.  Dad often talked about playing soccer in Scotland in the rain and the snow.  This clipping from a newspaper about an Australian soccer player Joe Marston who blazed a trail for Australian soccer players when he was drafted for UK team Prestons.  Dad notes on the clipping that Marston often played in mud, snow and ice as well as smog.