
I know that Roylion recommended this book, and it's taken me this long to get around to buying a copy. Part of the reason for my procrastination in getting this book is that there's a part of me that is dreading reading about North's involvement in the demise of this club. The dread has increased.
I wasn't going to write about this book until I finished reading it, but after getting through the first four chapters, I had to make a comment. In short, I am furious. Furious in the knowledge that Fitzroy could have been saved. Furious at the lack of principles in the operation of the AFL by Ross Oakley. Furious at the complicity of the media (if you hate Mike Sheahan now, you'll hate him even more after reading this book). Furious that money has ripped the soul out of our game. The front cover of the book says it all.
Bill Stephen wrote the foreward to this book. He acknowledges that part of Fitzroy's problems were self-inflicted. But there is a realisation that many people worked hard to save the club. And as you read, you will realise that it would have only taken the backing of the AFL, and a backing that would have been a mere drop in the bucket compared to the amount of money they spent on Brisbane, Sydney, and overseas exhibition matches, to save this club.
Read this book (I got my from Readings in Carlton). Feel disgusted. Go buy a membership for your club. Then go and buy one from one of the "insignificant" and "unimportant" clubs. Don't give the AFL any excuses to get rid of any more Melbourne clubs.
I wasn't going to write about this book until I finished reading it, but after getting through the first four chapters, I had to make a comment. In short, I am furious. Furious in the knowledge that Fitzroy could have been saved. Furious at the lack of principles in the operation of the AFL by Ross Oakley. Furious at the complicity of the media (if you hate Mike Sheahan now, you'll hate him even more after reading this book). Furious that money has ripped the soul out of our game. The front cover of the book says it all.
Bill Stephen wrote the foreward to this book. He acknowledges that part of Fitzroy's problems were self-inflicted. But there is a realisation that many people worked hard to save the club. And as you read, you will realise that it would have only taken the backing of the AFL, and a backing that would have been a mere drop in the bucket compared to the amount of money they spent on Brisbane, Sydney, and overseas exhibition matches, to save this club.
Read this book (I got my from Readings in Carlton). Feel disgusted. Go buy a membership for your club. Then go and buy one from one of the "insignificant" and "unimportant" clubs. Don't give the AFL any excuses to get rid of any more Melbourne clubs.