Damo's Bedside Guide to the World Cup
Damien Lovelock
[Damo became] 'a member of SBS's The World Game team, where in effect he represented the ordinary fan. Yet his writing is far from average. It flows, has humour, is full of trivia but also tells a serious sporting story, albeit subjectively, about Australia's thirty-year attempt to make it to the final stages of the World Cup.'
Wray Vamplew, University of Sterlng (Reviews in Australian Studies)For those who came in late one man’s fearless journey to the beating heart of the beautiful game.
In the long and proud history of Australian sport nothing compares to the strange tale of the Socceroos’ quest for World Cup glory. Finally, after three decades of disaster, betrayal, and sheer bad luck, Australia has taken its place at the biggest sporting event in the world the FIFA World Cup.
Join Damien Lovelock as he takes you on a fantastic voyage through the story of world football featuring all the greatest matches and individual players who have made the World Cup the greatest show on earth, as well as the epic and unforgettable tale of how we overcame ‘the curse of the Socceroos’.
Packed full of incredible stories and trivia for both seasoned fans and newcomers, Damo’s Bedside Guide to the World Cup is everything you never knew you needed to know about the world game and more.
Damien Lovelock
Damien Lovelock is probably best known as the singer and songwriter for The Celibate Rifles. However, he has also been covering football, as a freelancer, for over twenty-five years for JJJ, Vega FM, SEN Sports Radio, ABC Radio and TV, and most notably SBS TV's The World Game, where he brings a unique and often hilarious perspective on the beautiful game.
His writing has appeared in Inside Sport, Soccer Australia, Rolling Stone, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Age, and he is the author of Soccer: Great Moments, Great Matches. He lives in Sydney.
Damien Lovelock will feature as part of SBS's exclusive coverage of the 2006 World Cup.
Extent: 208pp
Size: 210mm x 135mm
ISBN (10): 1920769 897
ISBN (13): 9781920769895
RRP: $24.95
Pub date: June 2006
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