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About The Book

Nothing like this has ever happened at a footy club. Honest.

The embittered fringe players of an unnamed Football Club follow rules of their own. Kidnapping a teammate’s dog for a gag. Taking potent painkiller suppositories to get through the living nightmare of a sponsors’ event. Ticking off their Pissants bingo cards to survive the weirdness of meetings with the club psych. Fangs, Stick, Squidman and Noodles speak in a cryptic code of inside jokes and WhatsApp exchanges, chained to each other by their place on the outskirts of the team.

Together, these characters present a jaw-dropping snapshot of life within the chaotic world of a professional sports club. The psychotic rituals. The dementing cliches. The adulation. The pressure. The broken staff. The despair. The life-saving friendships. The flatlining sexual encounters. The towering egos.

Trainspotting gets munted with A Visit from the Goon Squad in Ted Lasso’s Front Bar in this brutally hilarious, unhinged and at times surprisingly moving insider’s glimpse into one anonymous footy club – and what might happen behind the headlines, off the field and out of sight.

About The Author

Photograph © Maya Cook

Brandon Jack played for the Sydney Swans for five years. He is the author of the acclaimed 28: A memoir of football, addiction, art, masculinity and love.

Product Details

  • Publisher: S&S/Summit Books (July 2, 2025)
  • Length: 416 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781761633072

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'Brandon Jack has talent and daring in abundance'

Christos Tsiolkas

'Brandon Jack is a force for good'

Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, hosts of the Shameless podcast

'Like Andre Agassi's Open, this is a transformative book; it is going to change our way of seeing'

Malcolm Knox

‘A yearning heart and mind propels Brandon’s writing. I’m hugely expectant for what is next.’

Tim Rogers

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