How did a country/regional football club in a metropolitan competition come from being broke and forced to withdraw from the competition to win back-to-back flags, set records unbroken to this day and be regarded as one of the all-time champion teams, all in the space of a decade?

This is the story of the Geelong Football Club's premiership triumphs of 1951-52 that saw Geelong change the way the game was played with an emphasis of speed and agility over brawn, and a direct attacking style that started from the backline.

Contents include:

The events leading up to Geelong's withdrawal from and readmission to the competition.

The rebuilding of the team 1944-1950.

A description of and statistics from all of Geelong's matches 1951-1952.

Many photos not published in 60 years or more, including ones in colour.

Plus features on:

Recruiting and payment of players.

Playing positions of the time.

Football and the media.

The 11 opposition clubs.

Profiles of all the premiership players.

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