Fiona Crawford

The inspirational story of the past, present and future of Australian women's football—its players, fans, and the game they love. Australian women's football rides high on the sporting landscape now, but this book shows that success has been one hundred years in the making. It shares stories of triumph in the face of overwhelming odds, and tales of heartbreak and...

The Matilda Effect is the exciting, inspiring, sometimes infuriating and always colourful story of the Australian women's football (soccer) team, the Matildas, and their ultimately successful struggle, alongside other women from around the world, to compete in World Cup football. From the 1980s, when women had to pay to participate in the pilot Women's World Cup, to 2019, when the...

The 2023 Women's World Cup semi-final gripped Australia in a way that few sporting events have achieved. On any level, it was transformative, capturing the highest TV audience since records began. It was hard on the back of the Matildas' nail-biting quarter-final, which ended in the longest penalty shootout in World Cup history. To chronicle the Matildas' euphoric World Cup...