The Score: Western Bulldogs to release a book detailing inside story of its historic premiership win

[Axe Man]

The Score: Western Bulldogs to release a book detailing inside story of its historic premiership win

3 more books on the way!



THE inside story of the Western Bulldogs fairytale premiership will be in print later this year.

Author Martin Flanagan and publisher Random House are behind the project with the Dogs providing full access to all the important players involved in the historic victory.

Coach Luke Beveridge has been a big supporter of the book alongwith captain Bob Murphy but don’t expect to read too much from president Peter Gordon.

It turns out Gordon is planning his own book to celebrate the occasion.

Esteemed cricket writer Gideon Haigh has been linked to the project to chronicle the life and times of Gordon who originally helped to save the club from merger back in 1989.

But wait, there’s more.

A third book about the premiership is also likely in the near future with Murphy signed to give his insider’s account of the flag which he missed because of injury.

The Dogs skipper released a book in 2015, ‘Murphy’s Lore: Tales from the West’, which was a collection of his regular newspaper columns from recent years.

It’s understood that part of that deal was a second book down the track with the publishers now keen to tap into Bulldogs premiership juggernaut.

[bulldogtragic]

I hope the club is making a bucket load of cash of these books.

[Twodogs]

I hope the club is making a bucket load of cash of these books.

The first one probably. But Gordon's biog. and Murph's book I wouldn't think so.

[Murphy'sLore]

I'm going to need some more bookshelves.

[Twodogs]

I'm going to need some more bookshelves.

I am such an idiot. A couple of months ago they had a beautiful bookshelf at the op shop. It was about 4 foot by 3 foot and only fifteen bucks. But I inflicted my self inflicted rule and cooled down for half an hour whilst some more impulsive* type bought the bookshelf.


*I did consider the possibility of someone with the same rule starting the process earlier than I did but I doubt the bookshelf was put out on sale long before I saw it. It would have been bought by one if those types with loose morals who are tearing down our society otherwise. They know who they are...

[Murphy'sLore]

Bloody readers. Wreck everything for everyone. Always the way.

[Twodogs]

Expecting artists with a real voice to tailor their views in order to not wreck comfortable world orders!


Go doggies!

[bornadog]

Bloody readers. Wreck everything for everyone. Always the way.

Nah it's the authors writing too many books for us readers.

[comrade]

Looking forward to the Gordo bio.

[LostDoggy]

Looking forward to the Gordo bio.

Ditto.

[Murphy'sLore]

According to Facebook, Bulldog Tragician's book will be available in a few weeks. That's come up fast!

[bornadog]

According to Facebook, Bulldog Tragician's book will be available in a few weeks. That's come up fast!

Check the thread here where I have a link to pre-order her book.

[FrediKanoute]

I hope the club is making a bucket load of cash of these books.

Depends. Realistically, the market is probably no more than 10,000 to 20,000 units. For the publisher to make their money back they are not going to pay a huge amount for the rights, so it's depends on how the marketing plays out. The fact that they have missed the key selling period for Flanaghans book (Xmas) makes it all the more difficult.

[Twodogs]

Depends. Realistically, the market is probably no more than 10,000 to 20,000 units. For the publisher to make their money back they are not going to pay a huge amount for the rights, so it's depends on how the marketing plays out. The fact that they have missed the key selling period for Flanaghans book (Xmas) makes it all the more difficult.

Just the fact that Flanagan comes back to Whitten oval nearly 25 years after Southern Sky, Westegn Oval to write another book about us really fascinates me. What a shame he wasn't aboard right from the start.

That's what I want to read. An outsider's inside account of their year on the inside as an outsider. I guess Murph's book will be from someone who was there from the start and he is a very talented writer.

[Murphy'sLore]

I'm still searching for Southern Sky, Western Oval secondhand, never seen one. I guess it will turn up one day.