Bob Murphy Book

[Pickenitup]

Hey Guys Just letting You Know Bob has a Book coming Out On march 25.
Its A collection of his articles over the last 7 years.
looking forward to getting my hands on one.

[LostDoggy]

TAKE! MY! MONEY!!

Seriously, I don't really go in for footballers' books, but my few exceptions will have to include this title.

[KT31]

Looking forward to reading it, only articles of Bob's I read are on Woof.

[F'scary]

Is there a book signing?

[Twodogs]

Is there a book signing?


Whitten Oval, most Thursday mornings.

[Murphy'sLore]

Who is the publisher, or is it a club thing?

[LostDoggy]

Definitely have to get one of these.

[Murphy'sLore]

Hey, he's stolen my bloody username (https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/murphys-lore/id943283644?mt=11)!! Where's my credit, Bobby boy?

[Bulldog4life]

Looking forward to reading it, only articles of Bob's I read are on Woof.

Won't be any this year according to a report I read. Apparently Murph is giving up his tv spot and his Age articles to concentrate on the captaincy this year.

[KT31]

Won't be any this year according to a report I read. Apparently Murph is giving up his tv spot and his Age articles to concentrate on the captaincy this year.

Its a shame but I love and admire his devotion to the club and captaincy.

[Bulldog4life]

Its a shame but I love and admire his devotion to the club and captaincy.

Agree. His appearances and writings were always positive publicity for the Club too.

[Axe Man]

Almost completely off topic but if anybody happened to watch Selling Houses Australia last week on Foxtel (Lifestyle Channel) Bob's sister Bridget featured. The episode was about a family with 5 kids living in a tiny house in Kongwak (near Inverloch in South Gippsland). There was no mention of her famous brother in the show but I know the family as they are originally from my home town. I did spot some Bulldogs scarves in the house at one stage.

Pity there is no uncle/nephew rule - Bridget and her husband Ben have 4 young boys and Ben himself is a handy country footballer. Great bloodlines!

Link (http://www.lifestyle.com.au/tv/selling-houses-australia/episode.aspx?id=485431)

[bornadog]

Almost completely off topic but if anybody happened to watch Selling Houses Australia last week on Foxtel (Lifestyle Channel) Bob's sister Bridget featured. The episode was about a family with 5 kids living in a tiny house in Kongwak (near Inverloch in South Gippsland). There was no mention of her famous brother in the show but I know the family as they are originally from my home town. I did spot some Bulldogs scarves in the house at one stage.

Pity there is no uncle/nephew rule - Bridget and her husband Ben have 4 young boys and Ben himself is a handy country footballer. Great bloodlines!

I did watch that one and didn't know about the connection. Thankyou for the update. They looked like a nice family and very happy with all those kids.

[Ozza]

Its a shame but I love and admire his devotion to the club and captaincy.

Bob is as good a clubman as we have had in my time.
Will go down as one of the most devoted Bulldogs ever.

[bornadog]

The Bulldogs’ beloved skipper Bob Murphy regular musings from his Melbourne newspaper column have been enshrined in book form, set for release.“Murphy’s Lore: Tales from the West” comprises the best of Murphy’s much-loved weekly newspaper columns in The Age - including his 'Fantasy Football League' teams of film stars, musos and pollies.

From the strange joy of a wet Melbourne winter to the challenge of playing on the sublime Stevie J, Murphy's Lore shines with the warmth, wisdom and charm of the Dogs' evergreen champion.
Murphy will be in store at the Bulldogs Shop at Victoria University Whitten Oval this Friday (13 March, 2015), between 2:00pm and 3:00pm, to launch the book to the Bulldogs faithful.
The Club captain will also be signing copies of the book for those in attendance.


'Life, death, love, zoneball and the whole damn thing.' Tex Perkins
'Bob's like an elegant gonzo journalist. He's in the thick of it, writing from inside the maelstrom of AFL footy . . . A gift every week of the season.' Tim Rogers

Event details:
Murphy’s Lore - Bob Murphy Book Signing & Launch
Friday 13th March, 2015
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Bulldogs Shop

Victoria University Whitten Oval


http://image.tmclient.ticketmaster.com/lib/fe9515707d640c7871/m/4/MurphysLoreStrip.jpg

[Murphy'sLore]

It's not a massively convenient time, but I'm going to be there tomorrow :)

[Daughter of the West]

It's not a massively convenient time, but I'm going to be there tomorrow :)

And introducing yourself as the original Murphy's Lore? ;)

I'm pretty sad about the time to be honest, I would love to go along.

[Murphy'sLore]

And introducing yourself as the original Murphy's Lore? ;)



I thought I might mention it, if the moment presents itself…!

[bornadog]

I thought I might mention it, if the moment presents itself…!

You can talk author to author.

Might be time to change your avatar to the book cover ( if that works, as I haven't seen the cover)

Edit: here it is.

http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9781863957281/murphy-s-lore.jpg

[Murphy'sLore]

Done -- the puppy has got the flick.

A few years ago when there was some discussion of Bob writing a YA book for my publishers, they suggested I could be his mentor… Needless to say, I thought that was a VERY good idea.

[Axe Man]

For anyone down Gippsland way who would like a chance to chat to Bob and get a signed copy of his book.

http://s28.postimg.org/sko7k4o71/Bob_Murphy_Book.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[craigsahibee]

For anyone down Gippsland way who would like a chance to chat to Bob and get a signed copy of his book.

http://s28.postimg.org/sko7k4o71/Bob_Murphy_Book.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

Pity I don't work on Sunday's. 10 minutes down the road for me.

[bornadog]

Pity I don't work on Sunday's. 10 minutes down the road for me.

You can always pop into work that day :D

[LostDoggy]

I'm in Morwell so thats good for me..might go along

[bulldogtragic]

Commentators mentioned he played 300 AFL games of all types, thus he got AFL life membership.

[craigsahibee]

You can always pop into work that day :D

Going to head down there and get a couple signed. Not going to work though.

[Axe Man]

I wan't able to head down to Bob's book signing on Sunday as I scored last minute world cup tickets, so I got my Mum and sister to go down and pickup a copy for me and they also took my daughter down to meet Bob.

http://s13.postimg.org/fsb7sfrgn/11001830_10153363072230769_4895797076320732706_n.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

She doesn't seem all that impressed at meeting the great man!

[Eastdog]

Bob is as good a clubman as we have had in my time.
Will go down as one of the most devoted Bulldogs ever.

Along with B. Johnson, C. Grant, R. Smith etc.