Comeback: The Fall and Rise of Geelong
Author: Button, James
ISBN: 9780522866155
Publisher: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PUB
Year First Published: 2016
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 234mm x 154mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
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
Publisher: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PUB
Year First Published: 2016
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 234mm x 154mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
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.
