Saturday Afternoon Fever

Name: Saturday Afternoon Fever
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781740513500
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By Matthew Hardy

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Saturday Afternoon Fever by Matthew Hardy is a humorous memoir that delves into the world of Australian Rules football, reflecting on the author's early life and his obsession with the sport. Intertwining personal anecdotes with the cultural impact of football in Australia, the book captures the fervour and nostalgia surrounding "footy" in the 1980s and 1990s. It offers an engaging look at the highs and lows of fandom amidst poignant life moments.
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You might enjoy this book if you're a fan of sports, particularly Australian rules football, and you're interested in a humorous and nostalgic take on the cultural impact of the sport. It provides a witty and engaging insight into the experiences and stories surrounding the football community.

Saturday Afternoon Fever

An hilarious journey through the colourful, confused and committed life of a footy fanatic. Matthew Hardy's obsession develops from the moment he receives his first Sherrin and survives years of standing in the outer watching his team fail week after week. This is a rites of passage story of a boy and his family.

Description

Late 1970s, suburban Melbourne. Another time, another world. COP SHOP is the hottest show on television, and Malcolm Fraser has set up house in The Lodge. Skyhooks are corrupting young minds, and Simon Townsend still has Woodrow by his side.

Against this backdrop of political upheaval and social unrest, a young boy discovers Australian Rules Football and the man who will shape his destiny—St Kilda star Trevor Barker. Soon, his flirtation with the sport becomes an obsession, and weekend trips to the outer assume an almost religious significance.

But a new decade brings with it new hormones, and soon our hero is trading in his football cards for condoms. Nothing, however, is quite as easy as it seems.

Taking up where FEVER PITCH left off, Saturday Afternoon Fever is the poignant and funny memoir of one socially confused football fan's painful journey into adulthood and the ups and downs of his beloved club's bumpy ride into the 1980s and beyond.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781740513500

Publisher: Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2004

Country: Australia

Imprint: Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 252g

Pages: 272

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Biography & Memoir Matthew Hardy Non-Fiction Penguin Books Sports

About the Author

Matthew Hardy is a comedian who was the writer for the ABC's THE FAT, is currently a writer for TEN's THE SKETCH SHOW and appeared on Triple M before joining Melbourne sports radio SEN drive time program THE RUN HOME, with Dermott Brereton and Anthony Hudson. He was a regular performer at The Comedy Store in London before returning to Australia for the Melbourne Comedy Festival, where he performed a one-man show of his bestselling book, SATURDAY AFTERNOON FEVER, to rave reviews.