Slattery Media and Hawthorn Football Club today launched Playing To Win, the inside story of Hawthorn’s journey to its eleventh premiership.
In writing the account, award winning journalist Michael Gordon had total access to Hawthorn’s inner sanctum, tracing the journey from its premiership win in 2008, through difficult and turbulent times, to the 2013 premiership.
The result is a brilliant insight into the way a professional sporting club operates as it seeks to produce the best from its players, coaches and administrators.
Read extracts from Playing to Win
In his foreword to Playing To Win, Hawthorn Senior Coach Alastair Clarkson wrote: “Michael Gordon has chronicled the progress of the club intimately over the past six years and, true to form, our club has encountered some obstacles over that journey.
“This account is a compelling read for all footy lovers, especially those who enjoy tracking the spirit with which a group of people band together to chase a dream.”
Michael Gordon is the co-writer of the 2009 updated history of Hawthorn FC - One For All and from the completion of that book, he undertook the task of completing what was in essence the sequel of One For All.
Playing To Win is available exclusively in-store at HawksNest, Waverley or online at www.hawksnestonline.com.au
For a limited time only, HawksNest is also offering the Playing to Win book and 2013 AFL Premiership Coin for the special price of $39.95 (plus postage and handling).
Read extracts from Playing to Win
Book signing sessions
The following book signing sessions have been arranged in the coming weeks:-
Aurora Stadium, Launceston – after training this Thursday 20 February from 4.30pm*-5.30pm with Alastair Clarkson.
Waverley Park, Mulgrave – after training on Friday 28 February from 11.30am* with Alastair Clarkson and Brian Lake.
*Please note: Session times can change due to player scheduling.
Michael Gordon is a Melbourne journalist. He is the political editor of The Age, a Walkley Award winner and five-time winner at the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards. In 2005, he won the Graham Perkin Award for Australian Journalist of the Year. He is the author of several successful books, including One For All: The Story of the Hawthorn Football Club (2009), which he co-authored with his father, Harry.
