Grand Finals Volume 1: 1897-1938
Edited By Ashley Browne
$40.00
In the football mad cities of Melbourne and Geelong, there was no greater sporting prize than the premiership of the Victorian Football League, as variously, eight, nine and then 12 clubs battled every week to determine which team would be the premier.
Played at first at different locales around the city before finding a permanent home at the. Melbourne Cricket Ground, the League Grand Final became an obsession for fans of all clubs, with tickets keenly sought and the winners hailed as heroes in the days and weeks that followed. In good times and bad, interest in the battle for the VFL premiership would reach fever pitch every September.
In Grand Finals Volume I (1897-1938), leading football writers and historians, marked by their passion for the game and even more so, the clubs, have come together to tell the stories of how each League premiership was won.
Who were the boom recruits and where did they come from?
What were the big issues and controversies along the way?
What were the important milestones and challenges the winning teams took on and overcame on the way to premiership glory each season?
Who played well and who kicked the goals? And what happened next?
This book paints the picture of an evolving society, an evolving Australian personality, and a rapidly evolving game that had taken deep roots in Victorian life, roots that explain much about its passionate following today.
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