From the Beginning is a deeply researched history of men’s and women’s soccer in Australia written by legendary soccer journalist Ted Simmons OAM. Detailing the history of the game in each state and territory as well as the national scene, the book contains a wealth of historical pictures and new information. It takes readers from the coal mines, gentleman’s clubs and ethnic clans of soccer’s origins in Australia through its expansion, and the growth of women’s soccer, to its place today as the most-played sport in the country.
For the first time in Australian publishing, women’s soccer sits on an equal footing with the men’s game in this encyclopaedic body of work.