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Forget Sgt Pepper! 50 years ago today the indomitable Rale Rasic guided a bunch of part-timers to the 1974 World Cup in West Germany when Jimmy Mackay scored the goal, against South Korea in Hong Kong, that was enough to get Australia to its first World Cup finals. 

Hell for Leather is Phil's autobiography and traces not just Phil's life but more than 50 years of Australian sporting history. Cricket, rugby league, Aussie Rules, rugby, football, racing, tennis. 

The second of our football books released in March is available now. When Mum and Dad See Me Kick from Stuart Thomas comprises ten thoughtfully crafted short stories that demonstrate that the 'beautiful game' is home to the world's biggest community. 

Join us for the launch of When Mum and Dad See Me Kick by Stuart Thomas and The Yawning Giant by Mark Bowman at Gleebooks, 181a Glebe Point Road, Glebe on Tuesday March 28th, 2023.

The second of our exclusive extracts on Australia's World Cup goalscorers - this time Craig Goodwin.

An exclusive extract on Mathew Leckie, 2022 World Cup goalscorer, from the Encyclopedia of Socceroos Centenary Edition 1922 to 2022 by Andrew Howe.

We profile Mitchell Duke, goalscorer against Tunisia at the 2022 World Cup, with an extract from Andrew Howe's Encyclopedia of Socceroos Centenary Edition.

We put the author of the 'Encyclopedia of Socceroos', Andrew Howe, to the test with a 'Mastermind'-style quiz.

40 days to go to the 2022 World Cup, and 40 days until we unleash our World Cup book offerings.

Emerging Women Writers initiative as part of the 2023 Football Writers Festival.

For a small, independent publisher, May was a big month. We had two books rolling off the presses and out into really good bookstores everywhere.

Vegemite, Yankee Stadium, Vitamin D tablets, comic books, centre court at Wimbledon, the blender, and the BBC. Just some of the objects and institutions of our lives that turn 100 this year - along with the team we now know and love as the Socceroos. Join us as we celebrate with a book and football in the pub!

Emeritus Professor John Maynard on Michael Fiddian's debut novel, The End of the Game.