Country footy history book - every club in SA!

[200 Killer Wasps]

Great Father's Day Gift Idea

Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs

If your looking for something different to for your dad this year on Fathers Day and he enjoys his country footy then he will love 'Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs'.

Here is an opportunity to depart from the usual humdrum of socks and hankies and buy your Dad something that will afford him hours of enjoyment.

With over 100 team photographs in the book your Dad may even be in one of them or he may have played for one or two of the almost 1000 clubs featured in the book.

'Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs' is reasonably priced with most book stores and newsagencies selling it for $45.00


'Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs' is available from the following outlets-:

Dymocks – Rundle Mall
Matilda Bookshop – Stirling
Murray Bridge Newsagency & Toyworld
Karoonda Mini Mart
Gawler Books – Main North Rd, Willaston
Book City – Commercial Rd West, Mount Gambier
Balaklava Newsagency
http://www.sportswriter.com.au
Melbourne Sports Books
Volume Books – Port Lincoln
Port Pirie National Trust Museum
The Whistling Fish Bookshop – Robe
Manfield McLaren Vale Newsagency
Roger's Deli & Cafe, Kingscote Newsagency, Dauncey Street, Kingscote
Clare Newsagency
Browzers Bookshop - Broken Hill
Roxby Downs Newsagency

For further information you can contact and order direct from the author Peter Lines on 0438 819 391 or at bplines@bigpond.com.

The Author with his book at the 2008 NEFL Grand Final at Redhill.

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[A Mum]

Saw an advertisement on our club notice board last night for this book.
Hope sales are going well

[200 Killer Wasps]

Thanks 'A Mum' sales are good but could always be better. Here's hoping Fathers Day is as successful this year as it was last year.

The author, Peter Lines can be heard tomorrow morning on ABC 639 after 7 am talking to Andrew Male about his book.

[Swamp Donkey]

Mallala Football Club celebrated its 100 year birthday this season with the launch of a fantastic publication which summarizes each and every year of the 100 years of the footy club since 1909. Written by the Thorne family, it is a fantastic read. I realize not too many posters on this forum would be interested but I think it is a great way capture the history of a club and particularly to educate the younger people of the club about the pride and success of the over such a long period of time. The book launch and subsequent read of this publication was very inspiring as a current player and I am sure it inspired many of our clubs volunteers, members and players to keep up the great work and to maintain Mallala FC as one of this states great country footy clubs.

[Swamp Donkey]

Congratulations to the author of the 'Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs' too, fantastic initiative and what better way to capture the tradition of our country footy clubs. Well Done

[best on hill]

Great Father's Day Gift Idea

Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs

If your looking for something different to for your dad this year on Fathers Day and he enjoys his country footy then he will love 'Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs'.

Here is an opportunity to depart from the usual humdrum of socks and hankies and buy your Dad something that will afford him hours of enjoyment.

With over 100 team photographs in the book your Dad may even be in one of them or he may have played for one or two of the almost 1000 clubs featured in the book.

'Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs' is reasonably priced with most book stores and newsagencies selling it for $45.00


'Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs' is available from the following outlets-:

Dymocks – Rundle Mall
Matilda Bookshop – Stirling
Murray Bridge Newsagency & Toyworld
Karoonda Mini Mart
Gawler Books – Main North Rd, Willaston
Book City – Commercial Rd West, Mount Gambier
Balaklava Newsagency
http://www.sportswriter.com.au
Melbourne Sports Books
Volume Books – Port Lincoln
Port Pirie National Trust Museum
The Whistling Fish Bookshop – Robe
Manfield McLaren Vale Newsagency
Roger's Deli & Cafe, Kingscote Newsagency, Dauncey Street, Kingscote
Clare Newsagency
Browzers Bookshop - Broken Hill
Roxby Downs Newsagency

For further information you can contact and order direct from the author Peter Lines on 0438 819 391 or at bplines@bigpond.com.

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[200 Killer Wasps]

I guess you wouldn't have had to look too far too find a KFC logo around your house Best on Hill.

[Catattack]

Good to see killer wasps umpiring with his twin brother from mid west in the grand final reserves game at cowell on saturday well umpired boys

[200 Killer Wasps]

Thanks Catattack, not easy out there with the wind and heat but apart from that it was a fairly straight forward game to umpire.

Take my hat off to the A grade umpires (Gus & Bert) handled a difficult situation very well.

[200 Killer Wasps]

One downside of writing a history book is that it will very quickly become outdated and so it has come to pass that with the end of the 2009 football season “Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs” is now two seasons out of date.

“Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs” while still containing several thousand grand final scores dating back to the late 1800's and up to date histories for over 900 clubs it does not have the scores from the 2008 and 2009 grand finals.

As a result of this I have contacted all of the following bookstores to discount the “Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs” by $10.00 which in most instances will drop the price to $35.00.

Dymocks - Rundle Mall
Gawler Books - Main North Rd. Willaston
Murray Bridge Newsagency & Toyworld
The Whistling Fish Bookshop - Grey Masts Robe
Karoonda Mini Mart
Matilda's Bookshop, Stirling
Kingscote Newsagency
Manfield McLaren Vale Newsagency
Clare Newsagency
Browzers Bookshop - Broken Hill
Roxby Downs Newsagency
www.sportswriter.com.au

Manfield Newsagency in McLaren Vale will be stocking “Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs” for two more weeks only. So those of you that live in the Southern Vales and Fleurieu Peninsula and have been meaning to purchase a copy, you had better hop to it.

Anyone ordering the book by mail order will also only pay $35.00. Those of you who knock on my front door to purchase a copy will only pay $25.00. If there are any further queries, please PM me.

[200 Killer Wasps]

“Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs” will be on sale at the Cowell Markets this Sunday November 1st between 9am and 1 pm.

The book that contains every South Australian country team ever formed will be available at the heavily discounted price of $25.00 per copy.

[200 Killer Wasps]

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY FOOTBALL CLUBS

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFER

BUY ONE BOOK FOR $35.00 (includes postage)

BUY TWO BOOKS FOR $70.00 (includes postage)

Limited stock available PM for further information

[200 Killer Wasps]

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY FOOTBALL CLUBS

Absolute last day to place an order for Xmas - Tuesday 22nd December, no later than 4 pm.

Local orders taken until noon Xmas eve.

[200 Killer Wasps]

Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs will be on sale at the Cowell Market on Sunday March 7th from 9.00 am

With only about 20 copies remaining in stock this will be the last chance for the public to purchase a copy.

The book has been heavily discounted to sell for $25.00.

See you at the Cowell Market on Sunday.

Anyone not able to attend the Cowell Market on Sunday and would like a copy please PM me.

[200 Killer Wasps]

Due to unforeseen circumstances I have found myself with a lot of free time of late so I am back researching country football archives for material to be used in a follow up book.

My next book will again be based around country football but this time I intend placing more of a focus on individual achievements through history more so than club success. I would like to invite SA Footy.com posters to make relevant contributions to my new book.

With my last book I set out to find every country football club that had ever been formed and I believe I had a 95% success rate in aiming for that target. This time I want to name every country bred footballer who has gone onto to play league football at SANFL and AFL level. Indeed a big call but I have already made a fair start and to achieve my goal I am now calling on the public to send to me details of fathers, uncles, grandfathers etc. who have played at the highest levels.

I am also asking for assistance from country football followers in creating top 100 lists for the following categories-:

Most games played in a career of country football - Kicking over 100 goals in a season - Most goals kicked in a grand final - Most goals kicked in a match – Most games for an umpire - Long serving presidents, secretaries, coaches and captains - Most club best and fairest awards - Highest score kicked by a country football team - Teams with records for consecutive wins and losses - Country footballers who excelled in other fields e.g. Rick Darling (Waikerie/Cricket), Rob Kerin (Crystal Brook/Politics) and Hayden Stoeckel (Berri/Swimming).

If anyone has any interesting or humorous anecdotes with regard to country football I would be most interested in considering them for inclusion in the book as well. I can be contacted by email bplines@bigpond.com. or just pm me



Peter Lines
Cowell

[Dogwatcher]

About time you put this up here.

[200 Killer Wasps]

I am sticking to a strict schedule.

[Dogwatcher]

Good luck mate, I'll have a chat with you about a few things in the future.

[A Mum]

Yes - Goodluck with this new book 200KW

[200 Killer Wasps]

Have had an excellent response, thank you everyone.

Consequently I am a long way behind answering every PM but rest assured I will answer them all by the end of this week.

Thank you all.


Peter Lines

Cowell