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You'd have to be to get a book about Phil Gilbert published.

Emotive moments and 5000 pages of tributes aside the fact that he was 'famous' explains why anybody would put out a book about Freo.

Maybe, but the day I saw that somebody had actually put out a book by some idiot writing about his life following the Fremantle Dockers I started to wonder wtf was going on with the publishing industry in this country. I've got the feeling that there's a truckload of books from various angles - journos etc.. - about your "big four" but maybe it's the norm for the rest of us. I think there are South Melbourne/Sydney and St Kilda histories out there that are written by sympathetic journos but they might have been doing it for the club for all I know. Either way, get writing kids.

Went past Melbourne Sports Books today and picked up Dumb Like A Fox and the Urge To Merge. They've also got copies of the Flower book there. Strikes me that there has never been a book about the club that wasn't either produced by the club itself or from an ex-player/coach/identity.

Shame neither of them did anything!

I just nabbed the Flower book thanks to the Buy It Now feature. $13 with postage maybe slightly OTT but screw it, it's easier than trawling op shops. How's the guy trying to sell an ex-Library copy of Grand Old Flag for $65? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/GRAND-OLD-FLAG-History-Melbourne-Football-Club-hcdj-/370418070302?pt=AU_Non_Fiction_Books_2&hash=item563ea3331e

Unfortunately while Google News Archive itself is genius (scans of actual newspapers) the search feature is complete rubbish and tells me that there's no articles with Crosswell's name from 1980 onwards despite the fact that I found about ten mentions of him looking at Saturday papers from during early 80's footy seasons on there. If I stumble across any of the columns accidentally (and that's what it'll have to be) I'll take some screenshots and post them. Also to add to the original post on the thread I believe there's a Jacko book called Dumb Like A Fox from sometime in the late 80's though I've never seen it.

How can the championship team be overrated?

Maybe that's where the quotes in the Barassi book come from, they're written as if they're from a book (or a newspaper column) rather than an interview which is what made me think there had been an autobiography. What era were the columns? Google News Archive has scans of The Age up to 1989 so I should be able to turn up a few of them. My favourite Crosswell gimmick is when he got reported in what was going to be his second last game and told the tribunal he was going to retire anyway so he'd may as well not even bother showing up to the hearing.

One tweet before he said Phil Hughes would get a ton in the first innings about nine minutes before he got out.

Is there a Brent Crosswell book from the 80's? Obviously wouldn't be more than a handful of pages about when he played for us, but it'd be an entertaining read considering he's so left-field.

The ones I have include; 100 Years of Football - The story of the Melbourne Football Club by ECH Taylor (1958) 150 Heroes - 150 Players. 150 Years. Melbourne Football Club by Garrie Hutchinson (Hardie Grant Books) Barassi by Peter Lalor (Allen & Unwin) Melbourne FC - An Illustrated History by Various Authors (Geoffrey Slattery Publishing 2008) Ron Barassi - Icons of Australian Sport (Hyperactive Publishing) <--- this is a cracker, a scrapbook of news clippings from his career. Sacked Coach by Stan Alves and Col Deane (Crown Content) The Demon Within by Garry Lyon (HarperSports) The Red Fox by Ben Collins (Slattery Media Group) Tom Wills - His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall by Greg DeMoore (Allen & Unwin) Would love to read the Flower and Stynes books as well. Not so sure on the Schwarz book unless I can get it second hand considering it's wafer thin and far too expensive for what there is. Also wouldn't mind a copy of Grand Old Flag by Lynda Carroll if anyone has one lying around that they want to get rid of.

Are you sure you were in the airport and not a bar?

No wonder Thwaites always looks so depressed walking down the street.

I'd rather die than wear them (and if this year is anything to go by I'll probably never even bother to pick the package up) but if other people want to then go nuts. Still, seems like as with face paint, flags and placards it's something for the under 13's and teenyboppers to get into.

Dingo walked past me in an Eagles scarf at our game against them. Was the same week he'd been named in the women's mags as an epic rooter.

As promised here's Battiston vs Norris And your NEW number one ticket holder, Kenny Rogers Apologies for the rubbish quality.

Not counting the likes of Mundine and Ivanovic who just got handed a jumper and held it up for a photo shoot with no idea what they were doing here's a list I've put together over the years. Although I'd effectively put John So in that bracket as well, he must have been nearly the most rubbish #1 ticketholder we've ever had. On the topic of celebrity photo shoots I've also got pictures of Kenny Rogers holding the jersey aloft and Chuck Norris being tackled by Adrian Battiston.. Will post later when I'm home. http://wiki.fcmelbourne.com.au/Famous+Fans Terry Bracks - Wife of former premier Steve Bracks David Bridie - Singer/Songwriter Nicky Buckley - Television presenter Geoff Cox - Television presenter Greg Evans - Television presenter Ian Henderson - Newsreader Rob Gell - TV weatherman Derryn Hinch - Television/Radio presenter (disputed) Brad Hodge - Cricketer Rod Laver - Tennis player Nick McCallum - Journalist and radio announcer Neil Mitchell - Radio announcer Steve Moneghetti - Runner Beverley O'Connor - Broadcaster John "Dr. Turf" Rothfield - Radio announced Mike Sheahan - Journalist (disputed) Rob Sitch - Comedian John So - Former Lord Mayor of Melbourne Alan Stockdale - Former Victorian treasurer James Tomkins - Rower Mal Walden - Newsreader Wilbur Wilde - Musician

Might have said the same about Woey at this moment in '99. Will never forget wandering into the TAB and thinking "Yes, I think I'll have a fiver at 200-1"

And for god's sake intervene if you kid tries to put a rookie's number on their back. My #54 Brent Heaver jumper was good for about three weeks before he changed numbers.

I'll be on Sylvia too thanks

Make the kid pick a number out of a hat, then tell tham that's their new favourite player. Then when they draw #29 say it was a practice and get them to do it again.

Here's to him playing for them with the same baffled look

He's been in the job since 1997 so thanks for your timely comments.

Anyone for BF? No, didn't think so