Description
Title: Never Say Die: The Hundred-Year Overnight Success of Australian Women’s Football
Author: CRAWFORD FIONA
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/11/2019
Imprint: NEW SOUTH WALES UNI PRESS
Price: $20.00
Publishing status: Active
Australian
women’s football rides high on the sporting landscape now, but this book shows
that success has been one-hundred years in the making. It shares stories of
triumph in the face of overwhelming odds, and tales of heartbreak and obstacles
that seem insurmountable. But it is also about community, endurance and
collective success.
Eye-opening
and celebratory, it tells the story of amateur women kicking a ball around a
century ago to Australia’s national team being one of the best in the world.
The Matildas are forty years old and no longer have to wear hand-me-down men’s
kits, pay for their own medical insurance and do it all for love not money. But
there have been no free kicks along the way as they have faced prejudice and
even outright hostility.
Never Say Die takes in dusty archives, rainy
pitch-side evenings and heart-breaking and heart-warming interviews – including
with FIFA and FFA board members, Matildas past and present, W-League coaches
and players, state and club administrators. But at its heart are fans from
every level of the game who could not love it more.
ISBN: 9781742236667
Dimension: 210mm X 135mm
Pages: 288