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I might add that Mr C was voted as one of Australia's favourite football books by SBS World Game readers a few years back. That was nice.
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Sign Up Now!Mate, you don't have to plug Mr C the football book. I'll do it for you. I'm reading it and I'm at the 155 page mark. I'm loving it! I'm a huge fan of it and your writing. I've posted about the fiction aspects of the book in the general Book Reading thread.I might add that Mr C was voted as one of Australia's favourite football books by SBS World Game readers a few years back. That was nice.
LFC, you have to read it.Well done Mr C
Nice to have a good author on here, Mr C.What can I say Decentric? I'm humbled by your review.
All I can say is that if you're only up to p 155 the best part of the book is still stretching out in front of you.
Keep telling everyone though. Vulgar Press were only small with bugger all marketing clout so despite finding a niche audience, Mr C is still fairly obscure. My most popular novel is about a very naughty lawyer - Straight Jacket.
Thanks!The cover is cheesy but it's written by an agent from the point of view of a Club Secretary set over the course of a season. Very entertaining.
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Came out a few years ago. Simon Hill with a bit of a blurb about it.
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Simon Hill: Why football exists on the margins of Australian society
‘The game that never happened’: Why football exists on the margins of societywww.foxsports.com.au
No other Aussie would have made that Liverpool side, not Kewell, not Viduka, no one.sure he was stupid quoting playing for the Roos was like surfing for England but it was about right back in the day as much as it hurts, I was embarrassed recalling that interview.
Those days OS Clubs played much harder ball not to release players and then there was issues with the ol SAF over monies/flights
treated and he also made the error if reports are true wanting match/week payments equal to his LFC salary ????
At the time he was the biggest name in Oz playing for a top flight winning side (what a side) and being absent he would have lost his place for sometime for thats how it was back then.
There we're times HK/Dukes didn't make themselves available due to their commitments and the long travels.
Yes we all have regrets that he would, the Kop loved Roo so I expect the book was well recieved, be interesting to know.
NO aussie player will get this much on their mantle piece or man cave playing top flight football
- Football League First Division (5): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88
- FA Cup (1): 1985–86; runner-up: 1987–88
- League Cup (2): 1982–83, 1983–84
- FA Charity Shield (1): 1986
- European Cup (1): 1983–84
Kewell at his peak (early 20s) might have made it.No other Aussie would have made that Liverpool side, not Kewell, not Viduka, no one.
Kewell at his peak (early 20s) might have made it.
No-one else though.
No, not at all. I grew up with that Liverpool team, so age it isSutho
Are you a closet red follower ? Or that you just know the era as well as me due to our good ageor the few ex Rangers players went to Anfield ?
Grobelaar?Who would he have replaced ?