'The State is divided. It's not life or death, it's more important.'So says a poster on Dennis Cometti's wall - and that's what David Whish-Wilson and Sean Gorman found when they interviewed 40 fans of the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers.The book features James Baker, Julie Bishop, Fedele Camarda, Maria Camporeale, Kevin Croon, Jesse Dart, Ron Elliott, Les Everett, Alison Fan, Glenis Freemantle, Maria Giglia, Mark Greenwood, Gaby Haddow, Julie Hoffman, Adrian Hoffman, Greig Johnston, Justin Langer, Deanne Lewis, Dennis Lillee, Lesley the Voodoo Lady, Luc Longley, Alsy Macdonald, Carla Mackesey, Ross McLean, Shaun McManus, Clive Mercer, Ian MacRae, Kia Mippy, Peter Mudie, Jeff Newman, Gillian O'Shaughnessy, Melissa Parke, Parsi, Janet Peters, John Prior, Matt Quinn aka Mr Q, Kim Scott, Glen Stasiuk, Bill Sutherland, Bevan Taylor, David Wirrpanda.
My Rating: 3.5/5
Being a Western Australian football fan who has attended more than half the Western Derbies I know first hand what this rivalry means to our state.
Overall there were 40 stories told from 20 supporters/players from each team.
Being a Fremantle supporter myself I obviously liked the stories told from my fellow purple army supporters a lot more than the others but some of the other stories were not as bad as I had thought they would be.
I think all Western Australian footy fans would enjoy reading this book and non-WA fans should read it if they want an insight into our unique rivalry.
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