Bomber: The Whole Story by Thompson, Mark

Bomber: The Whole Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143785231)

Vendor: Mark Thompson
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$32.95
$32.95
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Bomber: The Whole Story by Thompson, Mark

Bomber: The Whole Story

$32.95
Bomber: The Whole Story by Thompson, Mark

Bomber: The Whole Story

$32.95
Format: Paperback
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Telling it as he sees it, this is a rare insight into one of football's most intriguing characters. Mark Thompson sets the record straight on a career that has had more than a few challenges and dramas in this candid, entertaining, opinionated story of the enigmatic coach who changed the game of AFL. After 34 years in the game at a thousand kilometers an hour, Mark 'Bomber' Thompson stepped away from AFL footy following the Essendon drugs scandal. In this candid and uncompromising autobiography, he sets the record straight on his often controversial career. We ride the bumps of the playing field, the coaches' box the boardroom and the press conferences as Thompson handles things his own way. He talks about his mentors, his protégés and his contemporaries with insight and candour, and reveals what he considers to be the trademarks of a successful coach. This is as good a book about football as you'll get, by a purist who understands and loves the game, and who refuses to put up with politics. Mark Thompson's legacy is some of the greatest footy to be played in the modern era

Author: Mark Thompson
ISBN-10: 0143785230
ISBN-13: 9780143785231
Publisher: Michael Joseph Australia
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2017
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
By Mark Thompson
By Mark Thompson
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Mark 'Bomber' Thompson played 202 games for Essendon Football Club from 1983 to 1996 under legendary coach Kevin Sheedy. He captained the side for four seasons. Thompson played in three premierships in 1984, 1985 and 1993 alongside some characters and champions in an era where footy was a game, not a brand. After a stint as an assistant coach at Essendon and then at North Melbourne under Denis Pagan, Thompson sold his electrical business and became the senior coach of the Geelong Football Club, where he seized the opportunity to combine his own ideas about footy and management with what he'd learnt from Sheedy and Pagan. After surviving a major review of his football department in 2006, Thompson coached the greatest team of all to the club's drought-breaking premiership in 2007, then took them to another flag in 2009. In November 2010 he left Geelong, burnt out but leaving the legacy of a winning culture. He returned to Essendon as senior assistant coach to James Hird in 2011, and was then appointed senior coach for the 2014 season when Hird was suspended. He left Essendon at the end of 2014 and is now a panelist on Fox Footy.

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