Overview
Drawing inspiration from the history of the game in our country and some older inspirational Australian football books, Surfing for England - Our Lost Socceroos looks at the players who might have or could have played for Australia but who didn’t, for one reason or the other. It starts with Craig Johnston and continues right to the current day with ‘righting the wrongs’ of those who did want to play for Australia but who had to fight to do so in the landmark FIFA ruling known as the ‘Cahill Rule’. The book includes 8 pages of colour images highlighting some of our 'lost Socceroos'. $1 from the sale of every edition of Surfing for England will be given to the DT38 Foundation by Fair Play Publishing.
Full Product Details
Author: Jason Goldsmith
Publisher: Fair Play Publishing
Imprint: Fair Play Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.230kg
ISBN: 9781925914009
ISBN 10: 1925914003
Pages: 84
Publication Date: 20 August 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Unlike any other account of our game, Jason Goldsmith's history of who didn't play for Australia as opposed to who did - is unique. He ushers us through a labyrinth of sliding doors into a parallel universe of whys and why nots that leaves us thinking not just about the shortcomings of the past but how to deal with the challenges of the future. And fear not - if theories, conspiracies, football politics or sports psychology are not your cups of tea, Surfing For England - Our Lost Socceroos is, at its heart, a collection of ripping stories - quintessentially Australian. SANTO CILAURO
""Unlike any other account of our game, Jason Goldsmith's history of who didn't play for Australia as opposed to who did - is unique. He ushers us through a labyrinth of sliding doors into a parallel universe of whys and why nots that leaves us thinking not just about the shortcomings of the past but how to deal with the challenges of the future. And fear not - if theories, conspiracies, football politics or sports psychology are not your cups of tea, Surfing For England - Our Lost Socceroos is, at its heart, a collection of ripping stories - quintessentially Australian."" SANTO CILAURO
Author Information
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. Jason's love for Australian football began with Ned Zelic in the spew shirt taking the Olyroos to the Barcelona Olympics in '92 and then intensified with Maradona mania, as Diego and Argentina took on the Socceroos in the final playoff for the 1994 World Cup. His best moment as a player was scoring in the Dads v Coaches win at a Thornbury United Junior Football clinic for his son. His best moment as a fan was convincing his wife to honeymoon in South Africa in 2010, taking in all the Socceroos group games. He lives in the inner north of Melbourne with his wife Sophie, children Henry and Ivy. A collector of Australian soccer/football books and a self-described amateur historian, Jason saw a gap in some Australian stories that needed to be told and went about putting together Surfing for England, all about the Lost Socceroos. He hopes this is the first book of many.
