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Machine: The Inside Story of Football's Greatest T by McFarlane, Glenn

ISBN: 9781863958547 PUBLISHER: Nero FORMAT: Hardback PAGES: 176

DIMENSIONS: 29.6 x 24.2 x 1.9 centimetres

DESCRIPTION: Has there ever been a better quarter of footy teams than those that took the field in Collingwood jumpers between 1927 and 1930? The statistics and history books would say not. They remain the only team in VFL/AFL history to have won four Premierships in a row. The 1929 team is the only one to have gone through a home-and-away season undefeated. The teams and the players set records and benchmarks that stood for decades. And they did it all with such brilliant teamwork that they became universally known as 'The Machine'. But while the records and achievements of the Machine Team are well known, the stories behind them are less so. This book takes us inside the dressing rooms and behind the committee-room doors to see the dramas and sensations that the players had to deal with during their tilt at history - from threatened strikes and allegations of bribery to financial scandals and controversial sackings. The Machine is more than just a football book- it's also a book about football within a social context. There heroics of those Collingwood teams were played out against a backdrop of social upheaval, bleakness and gloom. The Depression was hitting hard when these teams were at their best - and it hit hardest in suburbs like Collingwood. As with other Depression-era sporting heroes like Don Bradman and Phar Lap, the grim social circumstances of the time seemed to elevate the significance of Collingwood's achievements. The relation

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