Published in 2014 by Hardie Grant Books

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Copyright text © Les Murray 2014

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The World (Game) according to Les Murray
eISBN 9781743582947

Publisher: Pam Brewster
Project Editor: Paul Connolly
Cover design: Luke Causby, Blue Cork Design
Text Design: Kerry Klinner, Megacity Design
Photographs: Courtesy of Getty Images, except photographs in chapter seven captioned, "European teams FK Austria Vienna and Hungary's Ferencvaros play each other during their 1957 Australian tour. They played a series of matches against local clubs and twice against each other. The next year several players had migrated to Australia, leading to the suspension of Australia's FIFA membership for failing to pay transfer fees to their European clubs."; "Deportiva Saprissa goalkeeper Juan de Nunez punches the ball clear in one of the Costa Rican club’s two games against New South Wales during a three-match tour in 1959."; "A big crowd watches Prague play APIA in the semi-final of the Sydney Federation of Soccer Clubs competition at Sydney Athletic Field in 1959."; "Austrian Leo Baumgartner aka ‘The Little Professor’ [second from right, playing for Sydney club Prague against Hakoah], had a huge influence on the way the game was played in Australia after he first came to the country with touring team FK Austria in 1957."; "Australia’s Atti Abonyi scores his second goal in Australia’s 5–3 friendly win over New Zealand in the Vietnam National Day Tournament held in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1967, at the height of the Vietnam War."; "Dale Wingell and Bobby Despotovski celebrate a goal for Perth Glory against the Canberra Cosmos in 1996." and "Players from Australia’s National Soccer League clubs gather at Circular Quay in Sydney to launch the 2000–2001 NSL season.", courtesy of the Les Shorrock and Laurie Schwab collections at Deakin University Library Archives.