Noddy by Philip Micallef - ISBN: 9781925914849
Paperback
From Aussie football legend to selfless service: Noddy’s untold story.

Noddy

The Untold Story of Adrian Alston

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  • Paperback

    148 pages

  • Release Date

    14 November 2023

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Summary

Adrian Alston, commonly known as ‘Noddy’, was a key member of the semi-professional team that defied all the odds to become the first Australian team to reach the 1974 World Cup finals.

Noddy: the untold story of Adrian Alston is a tell-all account by Philip Micallef of the flamboyant striker who lit up the local football scene after moving from England to Australia in the late 1960s. Alston looks back on a career that took him from the little ground of Woonona on the NSW sou…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781925914849
ISBN-10:1925914844
Author:Philip Micallef
Publisher:Fair Play Publishing
Imprint:Fair Play Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:148
Release Date:14 November 2023
Weight:310g
About The Author

Philip Micallef

Philip Micallef is a retired sports journalist who has worked full time for Fairfax (Illawarra Mercury) and News Ltd (Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph). He also was a long-time contributor to SBS (The World Game). He has covered many important football events such as the World Cup, the European Championships, the Copa America, the UEFA and AFC Champions League tournaments plus dozens of Socceroos, the National League, and the A-League matches. He also has interviewed enough top footballers to be able to compile a strong ‘World XI’. He is the author of The World Cup Story, An Australian View that was published in 1994, and Quote, Unquote published in 2022. Philip, who was born in Malta, migrated to Australia in 1981 and lives in Sydney.

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