Be my guest : football superstars in Australia
Goldsmith, Jason2021
Book
Be My Guest' is a tribute to the many soccer superstars who have played club soccer in Australia, as well as the simple, elegant but often flawed logic that bringing soccer superstars to Australia will provide a turbo boost to Australia's domestic soccer competition whether that be the NSL or the A-League. From Australia's first guest star in Alex 'Sandy' Young from Tongala in 1914, through to household names such as Ossie Ardiles, Trevor Francis, Bobby Moore, Nicola Berti and George Best, Jason Goldsmith and Lucas Gillard recount the background and steps to get the superstars here and how the players, fans and competition benefited or, in too many instances, didn't. It is a book that will bring fond memories who remember the players and the times, as well as a welcome addition to the pantheon of Australian soccer and social history that serves as a reminder of what, or who, worked as a marketing strategy and who didn't.
Main title:
Be my guest : football superstars in Australia / Jason Goldsmith and Lucas Gillard.
Author:
Goldsmith, Jason, authorGillard, Lucas, author
Imprint:
Balgowlah Heights, NSW : Fair Play Publishing, 2021.©2021.
Collation:
viii, 232 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781925914177 (paperback)9781925914184 (ebook)
Dewey class:
796.334
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1904523