A Footy Fan's Memoirs of a Life on the Outer Looking In
Late-1970s, suburban Melbourne. Another time, another world. 'Cop Shop' is the hottest show on television and Malcolm Fraser has set up house in the Lodge. Skyhooks are corrupting young minds and Simon Townsend still has Woodrow by his side.
Against this backdrop of political upheaval and social unrest, a young boy discovers Australian Rules Football and the man that will shape his destiny - St Kilda star Trevor Barker. Soon, his flirtation with the sport becomes an obsession and weekend trips to the outer assume an almost religious significance. But a new decade brings with it new hormones, and soon our hero is trading his football cards for condoms. Nothing, however, it quite as easy as it seems.
Taking up where 'Fever Pitch' left off, 'Saturday Afternoon Fever' is the poignant and funny account of one socially confused football fan's painful journey into adulthood and the ups and downs of his beloved club's bumpy ride into the 1980s and beyond.
