James Gilchrist (2)

A look at the present and past football culture at Saint Patrick's College, Ballarat. In the present this book follows the course of this schoolboys team through the 2009 season. It is an intimate portrait of the wins, losses, training and sporting tradition of this school. The journey through the season is revealed through the perspective of six players and the coach. The past is examined through the historical record and biographical chapters on famous old boys such as John James, George Pell, Barry Richardson, Mick McGuane and Drew Petrie. A well researched and structured book similar in approach to Emma Quayle's excellent The Draft. It provides an insight into the culture of a famous football school and its educational and spiritual environment.… (altro)