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25.01.2022 'Through exhaustive research and the collection of personal anecdotes it paints a vivid picture of the sport and recognizing the struggles of the past generations it gives the current success context while warning of what can be lost in the future if the game is taken for granted.' Fab review over at https://thewomensgame.com//never-say-die-incredible-highli.

21.01.2022 Football Victoria is running a competition to win some copies of our book.

20.01.2022 'When students ask me for advice with regard to how to make it as a writer, I tell them to get a job that also gives them time and space somehow to write; I tell them find a job that, if they still have it 10 years from now, it wouldn’t make them sad. I worry often that they think this means I don’t think their work is worthy; that I don’t believe they’ll make it in the way that they imagine making it, but this advice is me trying help them sustain themselves enough to make the work I know they can.' https://www.theguardian.com//a-dirty-secret-you-can-only-b'

20.01.2022 'At last there is a history of women’s football, the round ball game, in Australia which will open many eyes to the struggle that generations have put in to bring the code to its present position.' Another lovely review: https://www.footyalmanac.com.au/book-review-never-say-die-/

20.01.2022 First review is in (and not from someone we know!): https://www.canberratimes.com.au//womens-history-to-make-u.

16.01.2022 Thanks for the mention, SBS The World Game!

14.01.2022 'In the days after Matilda Katrina Gorry was flown business-class to the Philippines and feted as the 2014 Asian Women’s Footballer of the Year, she fielded media interviews on short breaks out the back of the Brisbane cafe where she worked part time. Answering media questions near the unglamorous cafe which she could only do because her boss was accommodating was illustrative of female footballers’ predicament: being good at football doesn’t necessarily equate to earning a living from it.' I got to put together a brief piece for the Sydney Morning Herald thanks to the Matildas' massive pay parity announcement. https://www.smh.com.au//showing-them-the-money-why-the-mat

10.01.2022 Chatted to fellow women's football documenter Ashley Morrison about Never Say Die on Not the Footy Show: http://notthefootyshow.ashleymorrisonmedia.com/podcast-72/. The book will be released through NewSouth Books Australia on 1 November.

09.01.2022 '2017 was a breakout year, surpassing every benchmark for success on the pitch and for fan engagement. But it’s been a long time in the making.' A preview of Lee McGowan's and my forthcoming book, Never Say Die: The Hundred-Year Overnight Success of Australian Women's Football (available through NewSouth Books Australia from November): http://www.newsouthpublishing.com/articles/never-say-die

04.01.2022 'Australia's newest footballing superstar is something of a link between the old and the new of women's football.' https://www.abc.net.au//womens-world-cup-2023-hos/12383574

02.01.2022 Come join us for this Brisbane Libraries event on International Women's Day. We'll be talking about the incredible history of Australian women's football.

02.01.2022 We got to chat with ABC Hobart's Ryk Goddard about Never Say Die. It was a really fun interview to do. https://www.abc.net.au//br/never-say-die-matildas/11720536

01.01.2022 Pretty humbling to receive a mention on Stoke Hill Press's blog for 2019 Australian sports books: https://www.stokehillpress.com//the-best-australian-sports. Thanks for the shoutout!