The Stolen Dream

by John Devaney

The book examines a period when football underwent a seismic and ineradicable change brought about by the determination of the Victorian Football League to wrest control of the game's development and destiny from the various state controlling bodies and the Australian Football Council. Whereas the VFL had initially been the first among equals, it gradually assumed the role of the sole and undisputed guardian of the code. The AFC, once football's ostensible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0244776903
• ISBN13: 9780244776909
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 2.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"