History Books

[McAlmanac]

Might check out my mate Santo @ Melbourne Sports Books.
Ta LL.

I'm not sure if Santo will be in the shop at the moment. His dad's murder trial is currently on in the Supreme Court.

[Leaping Lindner]

Might check out my mate Santo @ Melbourne Sports Books.
Ta LL.

I'm not sure if Santo will be in the shop at the moment. His dad's murder trial is currently on in the Supreme Court.

Dropped in and saw him monday. Alas no copies of The Master left by the looks of it.

[71/72]

I reckon Gerry has copies at the Toss of a coin.

[Big Phil]

Poms to Premiers - By Robert Laidlaw and Robin Mulholland

Very bias, but one of the best histroy books going around in the SANFL...

Plenty of non-Central supporting people have read it and say it is of the highest quality...

[Mr66]

Might check out my mate Santo @ Melbourne Sports Books.
Ta LL.

I'm not sure if Santo will be in the shop at the moment. His dad's murder trial is currently on in the Supreme Court.

He's in the shop, don't worry about that

[Mr66]

Got all of 'em...except 'The Master'
How recent is it LL?

Last 3 or 4 years. Fairly recent. Should still be a few copies floating around mate.

Might check out my mate Santo @ Melbourne Sports Books.
Ta LL. [/quote]

Guess what I just found in a box under my bed.

[PhilH]

If you are talking about THE MASTER ie Bob Hank Story

Ring the Eagles and ask them to look in their bunker under the cricket club .. saw a box or two just the other day.

[Mr66]

Yes it is Phil.
Didn't realise I had until I was looking for my old Football Times' yearbooks

[purch]

Title: Triple blue : Jack Oatey, John Wynne and the whole damned thing
Author: Barry Nicholls

Published in 2003 (Pioneer Books)



A brief history of Norwood and Sturt Football Clubs, the infamous 1978 GF, Des Foster, Mick Nunan, the coaches and much more, incl. the relative fortunes of each club in the next 2 and a half deacdes.

[Mr66]

Which was updated in 2008 and re-titled 'The Story of 78 - How Norwood gave Sturt the Blues'.

[oldtimer2]

Currently available as paperbacks from the Lulu publishing website with a search for South Australian Football:

1877 South Australia Football Season Records and Statistics

1878 South Australia Football Season Records and Statistics

The Bankers Football Club: A Short and Tragic History


also available are a number of 1906 season reports as Pdf downloads

[Mr66]

http://www.lulu.com

Just type in 'South Australian Football'.

[Big Phil]

Poms to Premiers - By Robert Laidlaw and Robin Mulholland

Very bias, but one of the best histroy books going around in the SANFL...

Plenty of non-Central supporting people have read it and say it is of the highest quality...

CDFC doing another print run of this book due to it's poularity...

Rinf the club on 8255 2555 to book a copy if you missed out first time round...

[oldtimer2]

Now available on Lulu website with a search for South Australian football as paperbacks or ebook downloads
1880 South Australian Records and Statistics
A comprehensive description of the 1880 South Australian Football Association Season, complete with detailled match reports, player profiles and photographs and all the records and statistics.

1960 through 1969 SANFL season report books

see sample cover images

[oldtimer2]

Now available "South Australian Football in the Sixties" by Trevor Gyss.

A portrait of South Australian football through the decade of the 1960s. Presents the premiership minor round, finals and interstate games. Includes the premiership teams and charts the season by season progress of every club. Profiles the major players through the period including the Magarey Medallists. Describes the issues and context influencing football at the time.

Available from http://www.Lulu.com with a search for Trevor Gyss as a 354 page paperback or ebook download