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y separately published work icon Offsider single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Offsider
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'From the moment he could kick a ball, Patrick Mangan was fanatical about soccer. And, what he lacked in skill, he made up for in a devotion not shared, sadly, by the residents of the Wimmera. Like Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch set among the gum trees and dust, this is the story of a weedy Pommy kid falling in love with the world game and his epic battle to convert the pagans of the outback to the cause. All with the added stigma of barracking for the hapless English team, Arsenal.

'Offsider is about how sport defines us, how nationality defines us. And how a boy came to love the occasionally heroic, sometimes tragic, World Cup-bound Socceroos.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Victory Books , 2010 .
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      Extent: vi, 258p.p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: May 2010
      ISBN: 9780522857214 (pbk.)
    • Stanmore, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Patrick Mangan , 2016 .
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      Alternative title: The Loneliness of the Long-distance Gunner
      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9780994507303

Works about this Work

Untitled Fiona Crawford , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 89 no. 8 2010; (p. 42)

— Review of Offsider Patrick Mangan , 2010 single work autobiography
How To Read the Game Dan Silkstone , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 June 2010; (p. 31)

— Review of Match Fixer Neil Humphreys , 2010 single work novel ; Mr Cleansheets Adrian Deans , 2010 single work novel ; Offsider Patrick Mangan , 2010 single work autobiography
How To Read the Game Dan Silkstone , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 June 2010; (p. 31)

— Review of Match Fixer Neil Humphreys , 2010 single work novel ; Mr Cleansheets Adrian Deans , 2010 single work novel ; Offsider Patrick Mangan , 2010 single work autobiography
Untitled Fiona Crawford , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 89 no. 8 2010; (p. 42)

— Review of Offsider Patrick Mangan , 2010 single work autobiography
Last amended 17 Aug 2023 08:05:03
Subjects:
  • Wimmera, Victoria,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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