The following is a bibliography of Australian books about soccer or Australian soccer players.
It is compiled from titles in my own family library, research at the National Library of Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport Library in Canberra.

Though extensive, I make no claim for it being totally comprehensive and indeed would like to hear from anyone who can supply me with additional information. I can be contacted at the following address:

In compiling this bibliography I was struck by the relative dearth of publications compared to the other Australian football codes, and some glaring gaps, such as the need for a current history of Australian soccer or the National Soccer League (SU12 also notes this glaring omission). Many of the books listed in the bibliography would be quite hard to find second hand, and a few would be extremely scarce.
Most would not have had large print runs.

I mention in passing the following associated publications which are also of interest to the Australian soccer historian.

General Australian sporting encyclopedias - Examples include the "Encyclopedia of Australian Sport" and "Ampol's Australian Sporting Records".

Soccer Newspapers - "Soccer World" (Late 1950's to early 1980's), "Soccer Action" (1970's to 1980's), "Australian and British Soccer Weekly" (1980's to date), "Inside Soccer" (1996 to date).

Soccer magazines - "Shoot Australia" (circa 1994-94), Soccer International (circa 1994 to date), "Soccer Australia" (circa 1994 to date).

Individual soccer clubs and associations yearbooks, literature and programmes

Government reports and academic sporting journal articles

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIAN SOCCER

Alagich, Richard - Soccer Winning through Technique and Tactics - Sydney, McGraw- Hill, 1995
A cerebral coaching text for young players and coaches written by a master coach for the player who wants to compete at the top level. Meticulous detail.

Anderson, Tom - The Kickaburra How to Play Soccer Book - Adelaide, Rigby, 1981
An intermediate level coaching book for young and old. Coaching direction is by Karl-Heinz Heddergott. Includes colour photos of an Australia-New Zealand match from the late 1970's.

Baumgartner, Leo - The Little Professor of Soccer - Sydney, Marketing Productions, 1968
A charming autobiography of the soccer career of a player who arrived in Australia in 1958 after playing for teams such as Rapid Vienna and FK Austria in Vienna. Baumgartner recounts his subsequent career playing for Prague, South Coast, Apia, Canterbury and Hakoah.

Campbell, Donald - The Campbell Files - Adelaide, Margaret Bowden, 1995
The only Australian soccer book written by a retired top level referee. Contains interesting insights into the running of the game as well as personal observations on players, coaches and officials of the last twenty years.

Clues, Andrew and Jack, David - Soccer for Coaches and Players - Sydney, Australian and New Zealand Book Company, 1977
Handbook of coaching. Includes useful chapters on treating basic injuries. B/w photos of Australian players demonstrating skills.

Darby, Steve and Juric, Vicky - Let's get into Soccer and Rooball - Surry Hills, Aussie Sports Books, 1991
A coaching manual promoting soccer in its normal and 'rooball' style to both sexes. Includes many illustrations of female soccer players.

Dettre, Andrew - Complete book of Soccer - Sydney, Summit Books, 1981
Written in the centenary year of Australian soccer, this book covers the history, coaching, and tactics of soccer, as well as the laws of the game. Numerous colour photos of Australian and foreign players of the late 1970's adorn the book.

Dettre, Andrew - How to Play Winning Soccer - Sydney, Ure Smith, 1978
A book for the young school player. A manual on how to play the game as well as a source of tactical advice. Includes a glossary of soccer terms and a list of major international tournament results to 1978.

Dettre, Andrew - Soccer for Junior Socceroos - Sydney, Lansdowne Press, 1981
A humourous, yet instructive "How to Play Soccer" book for young children under ten. Cute illustrations by Simon O'Leary depict Australian animals such as kangaroos, koalas and crocodiles playing the world game.

Grant, Sid - Jack Pollard's Soccer Records - Sydney, Jack Pollard Pty.Ltd., 1974
An encyclopedia of Australian soccer crammed full of biographical, team and staistical information up 'til 1974. Numerous b/w photos. A must for the statistician and historian.

Iverson, Sandra - Jimmy's Goal - Melbourne, Macmillan Educational, 1995
A warm picture book story about a young boy playing his first soccer game. Great bedtime story for a budding under 6 star!

James, Chris - The Name of the Game is Soccer - Surry Hills, Aussie Sports Books, 1991
A basic coaching book. Some photos of Australian players.

Johnston, Craig, with Neil Jameson - Walk Alone, the Craig Johnston story - Sydney, Collins, 1989
Johnston recounts his extraordinary career which saw him rise through sheer determination rather than skill, from a Port Macquarie junior to a Liverpool regular in the 1970's. His youthful Australian years are of interest to the local reader.

Kelly, Jim - How to play soccer - North Sydney, Pollard Publishing, 1975
Useful handbook on soccer for young players, by the South Coast soccer legend Jim Kelly. Contains interesting b/w and colour photos of Australian players and teams of the late 1960's and early 1970's.

Lusetich, Robert - Frank Arok My Beloved Socceroos - Sydney, ABC Books, 1992
Stirring account of the Australian soccer team under Frank Arok. Tactics and psychological ploys of the 'wily fox' are recounted in detail. Australian team line-ups under Arok are of interest to the statistician.

Mallett, Ashley - John Kosmina, Master Soccer Player - Richmond, Hutchisons, 1983
Brief biography of the career of the former Socceroo captain. Includes interesting early photographs.

Micallef, Philip - The World Cup Story, an Australian View - (Publisher unknown) Caringbah, 1994
General coverage of World Cup Finals. Only a chapter about Australia's 1974 World Cup exploits seems pertinent to the title.

Nettleton, B and Smith, R - Soccer for Teachers, Coaches and Players - Adelaide, Rigby, 1977
Handbook of soccer coaching for junior players with a particular emphasis on fitness training.

Olivier-Scerri, G.E. - Encyclopaedia of Australian Soccer - Sydney, Showcase Publications, 1988
Title of this book is misleading. It is specifically a history of the Australian soccer team between 1922 and 1988. The book mainly consists of reproductions of newspaper reports and photographs. Pre 1960's and especially pre 1945 information is fascinating. A list of Australia's international results is at the back of the book.

Schwab, Laurie - The Socceroos and their Opponents - Melbourne, Age Publications, 1979 (?)
Contains valuable information and statistics on the Australian national team. Contains pen pictures of likely players in the 1982 World Cup squad. Many black and white photos.

Wade, Paul - Captain Socceroo, the Paul Wade Story - Harper Collins, Sydney, 1995
This autobiography of Australia's national team captain provides a fascinating contemporary insight into the life of a dedicated soccer professional in Australia. English born Wade's dedication and enthusiasm for his chosen sport and adopted country shine through.

Warren, Johnny and Dettre, Andrew - Soccer in Australia - Sydney, Paul Hamlyn, 1974
Possibly the most popular book on Australian soccer. Released prior to Australia's participation in the 1974 World Cup Finals it provides a history of the world game within an Australian context. Contains useful chapters on skills and tactics as well as interesting photos from Australian World Cup campaigns in the 1960's as well as a listing of Australian international players from 1965-1973.

Warren, Johnny and Dettre, Andrew - Soccer the Australian Way - Sydney, Paul Hamlyn, 1977
An update and re-release of the book "Soccer in Australia". Includes photos and comment in Australia's performances in the 1974 World Cup finals.

Warren, John and Schwab, Laurie - John Warren's World of Soccer - Sydney, Liahona Books, 1980
A history of Australian soccer which includes photos of many late 1970's NSL players and coaches. Comprehensive listing of champion Australian state youth teams, and international matches of value to statisticians.

Warren, Johnny and Dettre, Andrew - Soccer the Australian Way (New Revised edition) - Sydney, Paul Hamlyn, 1979
A revised edition of "Soccer in Australia" (1977). Cover photo shows action from a Marconi v Newcastle United fixture. Listing of international players from 1965-1976 included.

White, John M. - The Young Soccer Player - Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1991
A thorough coaching book for children with intermediate skills. Includes b/w photos of Australian players.

Most scholarly sources on Oz Soccer and sport have been published through the Australian Society for Sports History. Each year the Society puts out two editions of its Bulletin and journal, Sporting Traditions. There's a regular series of monographs on special themes and the Society has organised the publication of such major books as The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport and Cambridge UP's Sport in Australia.

'Sporting Traditions' conferences have also been held biannually since 1977. This year members of the Society organised the inaugural 'Football Conference' in Brisbane, 21-23 March. Melbourne is to host the second such conference in 1998, probably out at VUT (Victoria Uni.) Sunbury, and from then on biannual events are planned on alternate years to 'Sporting Traditions' conferences.

Membership of A.S.S.H is cheap, currently $20 p.a. for individuals, students $10 p.a. (It might go up soon, but not by much.)

NB. Club histories, celebratory or anniversary histories, biographies, autobiographies and journalistic works have been excluded from the bibliography. So too have been non-sports specific books, mostly centred on ethnic communities, which deal in part with soccer. Manuscripts and obscure reports have been omitted as well.

1. Published Books & Articles ( ** denotes Key Reading )

Dabscheck, Braham "Assaults on Soccer's Compensation System; Europe and Australia Compared", Sporting Traditions vol 12 no 1 (Nov 1996) **

Dabscheck, Braham "Submission to the Soccer Enquiry Conducted by the Honourable Donald Gerard Stewart", A.S.S.H Bulletin no 21 (Dec 1994)

Dabscheck, Braham "Early Attempts at Forming Soccer Players Unions in Australia", Sporting Traditions vol 12 no 2 (May 1994) **

Hallinan, Christopher J. & March L. Krotee "Conceptions of Nationalism & Citizenship Among Non-Anglo Celtic Soccer Clubs in an Australian City". Journal of Sport & Social Issues vol 17 no 2 (Aug 1993)

Harrison, Graham "What's in an Ethnic Name?: Soccer Clubs in Australia", Canberra Anthropology vol 2 no 2 (oct 1979)

Hay, Roy "Another Abortive Soccer Players' Union", A.S.S.H Bulletin no 24 (Jun 1996)

Hay, Roy "Marmaras's Oyster or Seamond's Baby?: The Formation of the Victorian Soccer Federation", Sporting Traditions vol 10 no 2 (May 1994) **

Hay, Roy "British Football, Wogball or the World Game?: Towards a Social History of Victorian Soccer", in Ethnicity & Soccer in Australia: A.S.S.H Studies in Sports History no 10 (Feb 1994)

Hughes, Tony "A Soccer Fan's Forgotten Dream: The William Kennard Cup", A.S.S.H Bulletin no 24 (Jun 1996)

Hughson, John "Football, Folk Dancing and Fascism: Diversity and Difference in Multicultural Australia", Australian & New Zealand Journal of Sociology, forthcoming

Hughson, John "The Bad Blue Boys and the 'Magical Recovery' of John Clarke", in G. Armstrong & R. Giulianotti (eds.) The Anthropology of Football; Conflict, Identity and the Carnivalesque, Berg, Oxford 1996

Hughson, John "Australian Soccer: 'Ethnic' or 'Aussie'?: The Search for an Image", Current Affairs Bulletin Mar 1992

Roy Jones & Philip Moore "He Only Has Eyes For Poms': Soccer, Ethnicity & Locality in Perth, WA", in Ethnicity & Soccer in Australia: A.S.S.H Studies in Sports History no 10 (Feb 1994)

Miller, Toby "The Unmarking of Soccer: Making a Brand New Subject", in Celebrating The Nation: A Critical Study of Australia's Bicentenary, (eds.) T. Bennett et al, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards 1992

Philip Mosely, Richard Cashman, John O'Hara & Hilary Weatherburn (eds.) Sporting Immigrants: Sport and Ethnicity in Australia, Forecourt Press, Sydney 1977**

Mosely, Philip 'Judy Masters', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 15, Melbourne UP, Melbourne 1997-8 forthcoming

Mosely, Philip "'Father of Australian Soccer': John Walter Fletcher 1847-1918 - A Biographical Sketch", A.S.S.H Bulletin no 23 (Dec 1995)

Mosely, Philip Ethnic Involvement in Australian Soccer: A History 1950-1990, Australian Sports Commission, Canberra 1995 ****

Mosely, Philip "Ethnically-Based Sporting Clubs: Constructive Multiculturalism?", Locality (Centre for Community History, UNSW) vol 7 no 3 (Summer 1995)

Philip Mosely & Bill Murray "Soccer", in The Cambridge History of Australian Sport, (eds.) W. Vamplew & B. Stoddart, Cambridge UP, Melbourne 1994 **

Mosely, Philip "'Life and Sweaty': Ethnic Communities at Play", in The Abundant Culture: Meaning & Significance in Everyday Australia, (eds.) D.Headon et al, Allen & Unwin, Sydney 1994

Mosely, Philip "Balkan Politics in Australian Soccer", in Ethnicity & Soccer in Australia: A.S.S.H Studies in Sports History no 10 (Feb 1994)

Mosely, Philip "F.I.F.A. Ban", in The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport, revised 2nd edition (eds.), Wray Vamplew et al, Oxford UP, Melbourne 1994

Mosely, Philip "Soccer" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport, revised 2nd edition (eds.), Wray Vamplew et al, Oxford UP, Melbourne 1994 **

Mosely, Philip "European Immigrants & Soccer Violence in NSW 1949-1959", Journal of Australian Studies no 40 (Mar 1994)

Mosely, Philip "The Game: Early Soccer Scenery in New South Wales", Sporting Traditions vol 8 no 2 (May 1992)

Mosely, Philip "Factory Football: Paternalism and Profits", Sporting Traditions vol 2 no 1 (Nov 1985)

Murray, Bill The World's Game: A History of Soccer, Univ. of Illinios Press, Urbana 1996

Palmer, Jocelyn "In the ACT of Soccer", A.S.S.H Bulletin no 22 (Jun 1995)

Vamplew, Wray Sports Violence in Australia: Its Extent & Control, Australian Sports Commission, Canberra 1991

Vamplew, Wray "Violence in Australian Soccer: The Ethnic Contribution", in Ethnicity & Soccer in Australia: A.S.S.H Studies in Sports History no 10 (Feb 1994)

2. Unpublished Material
2.1 Theses
Charles, Robert "The Growth of the Ethnic Soccer Clubs in Post Second World War Adelaide", unpublished BA (Hons) thesis, Flinders University 1994.

Dew, Stephanie Joy "Ethnic Involvement in Sport in Geelong, 1945-1990", unpublished MA thesis, Deakin University 1992.

Georgakis, Steven "A History of Pan Hellenic Football Club, 1957-76", unpublished BEd (Hons) thesis, University of Sydney 1993.

Hughson, John "A feel for the Game: An Ethnographic Study of Soccer Support and Social Identity", unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of NSW 1996**

Mcniece, Kian "Soccer-Related Soccer Violence: Towards a Theoretical Framework for the Australian Setting", unpublished BA (Hons) thesis, Australian National University 1991.

Mosely, Philip "A Social History of Soccer in NSW 1880-1957", unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Sydney 1987**

2.2 Unpublished Papers
Allan, Lyle "Reverse Multiculturalism & the Politics of Soccer", unpublished conference paper - Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, Canberra 1981.

Steven Georgakis & Bob Peterson "A History of Pan Hellenic Football club, 1957-76, a study in ethnic soccer", unpublished conference paper - Sporting Traditions X Brisbane, Launceston 1995.

Chris Hallinan & B Downes "Ethnic Identity & Ethnicity of Soccer Clubs in Australia", unpublished conference paper, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance Conference, San Francisco 1991.

Hay, Roy "Black (Yellow or Green) Bastards: Soccer Refereeing in Australia: A much Maligned Profession", unpublished conference paper - Sporting Traditions X Brisbane, Launceston 1995.

Hughson, John "Building a Brotherhood from Otherhood: A case study of Soccer, Male Identity & Ethnicity in Western Sydney", unpublished conference paper first annual Australian Conference on Men's Issues, Sydney 1993.

Kunz, Egon C.G.F "Australian Soccer: Ethnicity as a central Issue'", unpublished conference paper - Ethnic & Immigration Studies Conference , Sydney 1979

Mosely, Philip "Playing Ball with Asia: Asian-Australian Links Through Soccer", Sporting Traditions XI Conference, Perth 1996.

Mosely, Philip "Issues in Soccer: Assimilation or Multiculturalism?", unpublished conference paper - Sporting Traditions IX Conference, Launceston 1993.