1970 and Other Stories of the Australian Game

If you are a footy fan (I mean real football) you will remember where you were when Carlton, in a shock comeback, beat Collingwood by 10 points in the last quarter of the 1970 grand final-the greatest final in AFL history. This was the final where Jesaulenko flew into the air to make the mark that is the great game's most memorable. The final where, or so the myth goes, Ron Barassi reinvented the way the game was played.In 1970Flanagan relives that famous game. He meets its players, recording what they have to say almost 30 years down the track, and tries to find out where the facts end and the myth begins. But, one thing is for certain: these were the days before the game became commercialised, training relentless, formula's fine tuned, and bucks became all that matters. This was the year the big men flew.Also included are the highlights of Flanagan's recent footy columns where he discusses everything from going to a game with B.A. Santamaria, the magic of Gary Ablett and the bravery of Alistair Lynch, to going to watch a footy match in Moe.Flanagan, Martin is the author of '1970 and Other Stories of the Australian Game', published 1999 under ISBN 9781865081878 and ISBN 1865081876.