One town. One football club. One struggle for greatness.
James Button fell in love with the Geelong Football Club as a boy. It was a family affair. But as the years wore on and the defeats mounted, one nagging question became louder and louder- would his team ever win a premiership again?
Comeback tells the Geelong story-how a town unloved by the big city up the road turned to football to show it was as good as anyone.
It paints the characters-two Gary Abletts, 'Polly' Farmer, Bob Davis, 'Bomber' Thompson, Matthew Scarlett, Joel Selwood and many others-who helped to make Geelong a byword for excitement, and it explains how a bunch of talented but flashy individuals ended years of despair by finding the magic ingredient that makes a great team. More than a book about sport, Comeback shows how the history of a town and the spirit of a place can be funnelled through the fortunes of a football club.
- ISBN:
- 9780522866155
- 9780522866155
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Category:
- Australian Rules football
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
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29-08-2016
- Publisher:
- Melbourne University Press
- Country of origin:
- Australia
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x154x26mm
- Weight:
- 0.48kg
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