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Be My Guest' is a tribute to the many football superstars who have played club football in Australia, as well as the simple, elegant but often flawed logic that bringing football superstars to Australia will provide a turbo boost to Australia's domestic football competition - whether that be the NSL or the A-League. From Australia's first guest star in Alex 'Sandy' Young from Tongala in 1914, through to household names such as Ossie Ardiles, Trevor Francis, Bobby Moore, Nicola Berti and George Best, Jason Goldsmith and Lucas Gillard recount the background and steps to get the superstars here, and how the players, fans and competition benefited - or, in too many instances, didn't. It is a book that will bring fond memories who remember the players and the times, as well as a welcome addition to the pantheon of Australian football and social history that serves as a reminder of what, or who, worked as a marketing strategy and who didn't. The authors give special thanks to Australia's small band of football historians who have dedicated many (mostly) voluntary hours poring over scanners and spreadsheets for the love of the game and whose work helped make the book possible.

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Jason Goldsmith grew up in Ferntree Gully in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. A massive sports fan, he was fed a diet of cricket in the summer (Ferntree Gully Cricket Club) and Aussie rules in the winter (Collingwood). His best mate from primary school, Jordan Caridi, was of Italian heritage and slowly introduced him to the world game. His best moment as a fan was convincing his wife to honeymoon in South Africa in 2010, taking in all the Socceroos group games. Lucas Gillard is a writer from Melbourne who has a background in marketing and has published longf orm football pieces for The Roar and The Football Pink. His love of football was forged in the Great Depression of 1997, and was only further inflamed while sitting in the Gardiner Stand at Princes Park to watch Carlton Soccer Club. Lucas collects jerseys, programmes and other bric-a-brac from football clubs around the world, including diving into every op shop he can find looking for NPL jerseys. He actively supports football's agency for social change, by providing content for Football v Homophobia. Lucas gained credits as a playwright and poet. Lucas’ comedy Love In the Time of Milkbars was warmly received in the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2009, and he placed on the podium for Best Play in the 2010 Short and Sweet festival.

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