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Hey guys,

On a lighter note, I thought I'd post a heads up about the up-coming book titled "Richo".

Matthew Richardson, known as Richo, retired in 2009 as the most popular player in the AFL. Why was that? The careers of other great players like Nathan Buckley and Michael Voss amount to a sort of sporting perfection. Richo's career didn't. He was fallible. His kicking was flawed and he had an inability to hide his feelings on the ground but in other respects he was extraordinarily gifted. He was one of the best marks in the competition and it is said he could have run for Australia. His father, Alan Bull Richardson, played in Richmond's 1967 premiership team, a pivotal result in the history of the club. On his mother's side, he is descended from a black American sailor who arrived in Sydney in 1840. The average AFL career lasts three years. Richo's lasted 17 seasons. In that time, the general public got to appreciate his great bravery and his passion for both the game and his club. They also learned that, off the field, he was a humble, polite man who was always last on to the team bus because he was signing autographs. Richo , the book, is essentially an account of the last two years of his football life with flashbacks that trace the outline of his long career. In the process, the author, Martin Flanagan, discovers a man who is worldly and much-travelled, who has a deep love of music and who thinks and uses words in a novel way. Richo is an Australian original. The book climaxes with the 2008 season when Richo, in what was seen as a prelude to his delisting, was taken from the key forward position he had dominated for nearly two decades and put on a wing. At age 33, he responded by almost winning the Brownlow medal.
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Information:

By: Flanagan, Richardson
Imprint: William Heinemann Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9781741669725


ISBN 10: 1741669723
Publication Date: November 2010
Audience: General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Availability: October 26
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Richo will be doing signing's of his book on the following dates:

October 26th - Richmond Football Club Punt Road Oval Yarra Park Richmond VIC 3121 10.00am

October 26th - Devonport Football Club James Street Devonport TAS 7310 6.00pm

October 27th - Birchalls Launceston 118-122 Brisbane St Launceston TAS 7250 11.00am

October 27th - Burnie Football Club 7.30am

October 27th - Book City Eastlands Lower Level Eastlands Shopping Centre Hobart TAS 7000 4.30pm

October 28th - Dymocks Hobart Shops 206/207 Centrepoint Hobart TAS 7000 12.30pm

October 29th - Target City Store 236 Bourke St Melbourne VIC 3000 12.00pm

October 29th -BIG W Eastland 171 - 175 Maroondah Hwy Ringwood VIC 3134 6pm

I'll be getting the book on day one...Tempted to take the day off and go down to Punt Rd on the 26th. :D:thumbsu:
 
...FLANAGAN...is a good footy writer...love his writing on and about the game...

...should be a cracking read about RICHO...one of the greats in the game...

...looking forward to getting myself a copy of this book...
 
I'm gonna wait for the Collector's Edition. It has a chapter titled, "Blokes Who Kicked it Over my Head or to my Boots when I had done my Opponent Cold on the Lead." This chapter runs longer than the rest of the book apparently.
 

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Strawbs said:
I'm gonna wait for the Collector's Edition. It has a chapter titled, "Blokes Who Kicked it Over my Head or to my Boots when I had done my Opponent Cold on the Lead." This chapter runs longer than the rest of the book apparently.
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I'll be going to tigerland to get my signed copy.
Good on richo for making it down to tassie too.

Anyone else find that note in the description about having one African American person in his lineage 170 hears ago conpletely random- especially for his synopsis of the book?

Anyway flannagan is a good footy writer so should be a great read
 

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Hey guys, jump on the Richmond site and head to the Tiger Den... the book is available for pre-order and the first 500 people to buy will have it signed. To be delivered early Nov and there is also a special members price.
 

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Can't find my membership card! Anyone got any ideas where else you can work out your membership number? Can't recall if the club sent it on any letters, would be filed if that was so.
 
Tiger_Stripes said:
Can't find my membership card! Anyone got any ideas where else you can work out your membership number? Can't recall if the club sent it on any letters, would be filed if that was so.
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Tiger_Stripes,

I just checked a letter I had from the club and it didn't have my membership number on it. I'm guessing your best bet is to call the club and give them your details. Hopefully they can get your membership number through the database?

Also, If anyone else here is planning on ordering the book from the website please don't make the same mistake as I do. Was too busy/excited to read all the info and just placed the order. After I placed the order I decided to read the information only to realize I didn't write in my membership number. Thanks to RFC_Official for helping me out, he is a true champ. :thumbsu:
 
JR#8 said:
Tiger_Stripes,

I just checked a letter I had from the club and it didn't have my membership number on it. I'm guessing your best bet is to call the club and give them your details. Hopefully they can get your membership number through the database?

Also, If anyone else here is planning on ordering the book from the website please don't make the same mistake as I do. Was too busy/excited to read all the info and just placed the order. After I placed the order I decided to read the information only to realize I didn't write in my membership number. Thanks to RFC_Official for helping me out, he is a true champ. :thumbsu:
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Cheers, means I'll have to leave it till tomorrow afternoon before I can call. Seeing as they've sold 350 already here's hoping I make it in for the 500 copy limit with Richo's signature.
 
Tiger_Stripes said:
Cheers, means I'll have to leave it till tomorrow afternoon before I can call. Seeing as they've sold 350 already here's hoping I make it in for the 500 copy limit with Richo's signature.
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Hopefully you get in. Worst case scenario you can go down to the club on the 26th and get it personally signed by the great man yourself? :thumbsu:
 

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