The Point of It All: The Story of St Kilda Football Club
Sports Biography Australian Cultural History Australian Rules Football History AFL/VFL Reference Australian Sporting Nostalgia Collectible Sports Book Antiquarian First Edition
First-edition copies of “The Point of It All: The Story of St Kilda Football Club” (1992) are becoming scarce, especially in the hard-cover format still wrapped in its original dust jacket. This 318-page volume is the only comprehensive, officially-endorsed chronicle of the St Kilda Football Club from its beach-side beginnings in 1873 through to its early-1990s rebirth, making it the key reference work for AFL historians and die-hard Saints tragics alike. Because no later reprint has ever matched the quality of this first release, collectors tracking “St Kilda FC rare books” or “AFL first editions” consistently rank this title at the top of their want-lists.
Authors Russell Holmesby and the late Jules Feldmann—both Walkley-award journalists—interviewed every surviving captain, coach and club president to produce a narrative that reads like an epic novel while still packed with statistics, team photos and never-before-published anecdotes. Whether you need match-by-match VFL finals data, fashion-shots of the evolving Saints guernsey, or the inside story behind the legendary 1966 flag, every search term—AFL history, Australian football reference, St Kilda premiership, VFL grand final—brings readers back to this single source. Young adult readers browsing “footy books that aren’t boring” will find player profiles and behind-the-scenes drama, while older supporters searching “Australian sporting nostalgia” will relive Moorabbin’s roaring terraces and the heartbreak of the 1970s.
The copy offered here grades solidly “very good”: clean, tight and unmarked pages, no inscriptions, no dog-eared corners, and only light shelving wear to the lower board edge and a few speckles on the top edge—typical of a 32-year-old Australian sporting classic that has been carefully read once and then shelved. For gift buyers typing “unique Father’s Day AFL book” or collectors needing “St Kilda Football Club first edition hardcover,” this is the sort of presentable, investment-grade copy that disappears quickly from the secondary market. Secure it now and own the definitive Saints saga in the edition that will never be printed again.
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