Written with a genuine passion for the game, ‘The Away Game’ gets beyond the usual stories and takes us to the should of Australians plying their trade overseas as professional footballers from the English Premier League to the Bundesliga, and from Serie A to Wollongong. Hall travelled around the world for more than a year meeting everyone from players whose names are not known struggling in little known competitions, through to multimillion dollar superstars such as Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell. First published in 2000, this 20th anniversary edition contains an updated Introduction from author Matthew Hall, an updated Epilogue as well as a new photographic collection.
Tabella dei contenuti
A Note on the 2020 Edition:
Everything Is Upside Down
Introduction to the 2006 Edition:
Rocks For Goalposts
Mark Schwarzer:
And Schwarzer Saves!
Joe Marston:
The Band Played ‘Waltzing Matilda’
Mark Viduka:
Truth and Consequences
Lucas Neill:
This is What it Feels Like in Brazil
Adrian Alston:
A Prawn Cocktail and a Schooner of New
Peter Wilson & Andre Krueger:
At Night He Dreams of Kembla Heights
Vince Grella & Mark Bresciano:
How Much Do You Want It?
Andrew Bernal:
Wembley, with Stanley Kowalski at Right-Back
Zeljko Kalac:
The Life They Choose
Jon Brady:
Career Advice
Harry Kewell:
Deconstructing Harry
Craig Johnston:
A Tiger by the Tail
Brett Emerton:
The Boy Most Likely
Josip Skoko & John Filan:
Beached by Wigan Pier
Steve Horvat:
Bruce Springsteen and the Croatian Question
Craig Foster:
Brokedown Palace
Paul Okon:
Last Tango in Cyprus
Stan Lazaridis:
Removing the Spoon
Tony Vidmar & Craig Moore:
Now They Want To Kill You
Aurelio Vidmar:
So Close, So Far Away
Robbie Slater:
I Think of You as a Brother
Bernie Mandic:
Despicable Scumbags
Ned Zelic:
There is Geometry, There is Picasso
Mark Bosnich:
This is Your Goalkeeper on Drugs
John Aloisi:
The Goal We Score In Our Back Yard
Hayden Foxe et al:
Kangaroos Don’t Play Football
Epilogue
Circa l’autore
Matthew Hall was born in Perth, Western Australia. He has written on football for Australian and international publications including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Sun-Herald, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Foreign Policy, FOX Sports, SBS-TV, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Four Four Two, and When Saturday Comes. He lives in New York City where he coaches youth teams for Brooklyn City FC.
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