Retro Balmain Tigers

Author : Nicholas R W Henning
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ISBN 13 : 9781660421015
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Retro Balmain Tigers written by Nicholas R W Henning and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1980s would become known as the retro decade, with its bold style as one of its most definitive characteristics, and during those memorable ten years, New South Wales Rugby League club the Balmain Tigers would become well liked for their charisma and as home to some of the biggest hairstyles in the sport. Wayne Pearce was a Balmain local, and he would start his first-grade career in 1980. He played each season of the eighties, and he would also captain the club for most of the decade. Balmain's journey during the eighties began as an evolving club, but it wouldn't take long for them to be a team brimming with talent, pushing their way higher up the competition ladder. Author Nicholas Henning explores each of Balmain's seasons of the 1980s, with insights from several players, and he also captures some of the time and place with music and events from the decade as remembered by Wayne Pearce. It was ten years of incredible resilience, playing other clubs that had created dynasties. Yet the Balmain players showed that loyalty was the heart of the team, and that certainly contributed to their success. Balmain won a generation of fans with their wholehearted effort during the decade, and they were proof that not all great stories of the 1980s needed a perfect ending.

Author : Kieran James
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244049866
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West Australian Football Golden Era 1984-86 written by Kieran James and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the memoir of Kieran James, and details his experiences as co-founder of West Perth Football Club's unofficial cheer squad from 1984 to 1986. The book details "traditional", "hot" support for West Perth Football Club among teenaged supporters from middle-class and working-class backgrounds. The book shows how, because of neo-liberal ideologies and the corporatization of football, the new national league (the "expanded VFL" / AFL) relegated the WAFL to a second-tier league in 1987. This move took place over the heads of ordinary football supporters and two WAFL club presidents. Moves to bring the game closer to the people in 1984, such as holding the best-and-fairest award count night at Perth Entertainment Centre, should be seen in this light. This book will allow supporters to relive great teams, great players, and great matches from a wonderful era in WA football 1984-86 before West Coast Eagles joined the expanded VFL.

Author : Kieran James
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244624119
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goodbye Leederville Oval: History of West Perth Cheer Squad 1984-86 written by Kieran James and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the author's experiences as co-founder of West Perth Football Club's unofficial cheer squad from 1984 to 1986. The book describes ?traditional?, ?hot? support for West Perth Football Club among teenaged supporters from middle-class and working-class backgrounds. The author shows how, because of neo-liberal ideologies and the corporatization of football, the new national league (the ?expanded VFL? / AFL) relegated the WAFL to a second-tier league in 1987. This move took place over the heads of ordinary football supporters and two WAFL club presidents. Moves to bring the game closer to the people in 1984, such as holding the best-and-fairest award count night at Perth Entertainment Centre, should be seen in this light. This book will allow supporters to relive great teams, great players, and great matches from a wonderful era in WA football 1984-86 before West Coast Eagles joined the expanded VFL/AFL.

Author : Bauer Books
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781925865509
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 40 Years of State of Origin written by Bauer Books and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 40 years, the finest players Queensland and NSW have to offer have squared off in a battle for State of Origin supremacy. From Immortals Beetson, Lewis, Johns and Meninga to all-time greats Lockyer, Thurston, Smith, Slater, Fittler and Daley, the roll call of Origin legends reads like a who's who of rugby league. Former Rugby League Week editor and author of '110 Years of Rugby League' Martin Lenehan unlocks the secret of what makes Origin so special and gets the inside story from the men who made the magic happen. This magnificent 224-page tribute showcases the great games and great names that have made State of Origin compelling viewing from the moment Big Artie and Tommy Raudonikis lit up Lang Park way back in 1980. Four decades of passion, pride and pulsating contests are brought to life in '40 Years of Origin' - from Mark Coyne's try for the ages in 1994 to the Geyer v Lewis showdown in 1991 and the Maroons' eight-year dynasty; from Alfie and Joey's comebacks to Freddy and Locky's emotional farewells. Featuring more than 150 incredible images and classic tales from the likes of Wally Lewis, Darren Lockyer, Johnathan Thurston, Steve Roach and Bill Harrigan, '40 Years of Origin' is the ultimate tribute to rugby league's showpiece event.

Author : Nicholas R W Henning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781660419098
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Balmain Tigers written by Nicholas R W Henning and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999 the Super League war was supposedly over, yet the peace treaty and unification of rugby league was far from complete, as the seventeen-club National Rugby League (NRL) competition still had to be reduced to fourteen clubs by the year 2000. The 1908 foundation club Balmain Tigers had been potent over many decades, yet the 1990s was perhaps one of their most challenging periods. Some might have seen them as easy prey to be culled to make way for the fourteen-club competition, but Balmain was a proud club, and while they were not the most winning of teams, they were still one of the most determined. Balmain would decide its own future in 1999, and the direction they chose was different from the past. The players that took the field for them in 1999 would be the last to do so at the NRL level. They were a unique group of characters with varying experience, and it was they who took the last steps as NRL Balmain Tigers. Their story comprises the final year of Balmain's ninety-two seasons. With exclusive insights from the coach, players, and the club's chief executive officer, Balmain's last season is explored with details from those who were there, and author Nicholas Henning assesses and pays tribute to the final season of one of rugby league's most admired clubs.

Author : Daniel Pain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646834955
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rugby League's Heroes of Yesterday - Book 2 written by Daniel Pain and published by . This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary Lester
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ISBN 13 : 9780994237330
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clouds of Dust Buckets of Blood written by Gary Lester and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Godfrey Charles Mundy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Antipodes; Or, Residence and Rambles in the Australian Colonies written by Godfrey Charles Mundy and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jack Pollard
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ISBN 13 : 9780701814793
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rugby League written by Jack Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Whiticker
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ISBN 13 : 9781862750005
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Balmain Tigers written by Alan Whiticker and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: