The Away Game

by Matthew Hall

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781925914207
Publisher:	Fair Play Publishing
Publication date:	10/29/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	298
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

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, FourFourTwo, and When Saturday Comes. He lives in New York City where he coaches youth teams for Brooklyn City FC.

Table of Contents

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