We Are Geelong: The Pictorial Story to Geelong's Campaign to Win a 10th VFL/AFL Premiership

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We Are Geelong is the ultimate commemorative keepsake for all AFL and Geelong Football Club fans. Relive the Cat's incredible journey to their 2022 AFL Premiership triumph with glorious, action-packed photos from the season's most exciting highlights and behind-the-scenes commentary and insight. The 2022 Premiership came after a long wait - though the Cats were consistently the most winning team in the competition for years, they just couldn't seal their in-season form with finals glory. In the 11 seasons since coach Chris Scott led Geelong to the 2011 flag, the Cats had missed only one finals series (2015). It was a puzzle that had caused many to query the way the club approached the cut and thrust of finals. More eyebrows were raised after the team lost the 2021 preliminary final, humiliated by the eventual premier, Melbourne. Even more questions were asked when it entered the season with one of the oldest lists in the game's history. Too old, too slow were constant refrains from friends and foes alike, but all that was forgotten as the Cats entered the finals on a 13-game winning streak, casting all potential competitors in their wake. Could they keep it up at crunch time? You bet they could. Too old? Well, yes, they were; the Grand Final team was the oldest team to take a field in the League's history. Too slow? Not a bit of it. Too good? They surely were. Tracking the most defining moments of the season right up to finals victory, We Are Geelong is a book to take pride of place on the mantelpiece for any self-respecting Geelong fan.

Peter Di Sisto is a Melbourne-based writer and editor. He has written about sport, travel, food, and popular culture for more than three decades. Editor of the AFL Record for four years, he has also edited and contributed to multiple books on Australian Football. Dan Eddy is the author and co-author of 16 books, including biographies on Australian football Legends Dick Reynolds (King Richard) and Peter Hudson (A Football Genius), plus Peter Crimmins (Crimmo). Eddy also has a Master's degree and PhD, and is one of Australia's most prolific non-fiction writers of the past decade. Andrew Gigacz is a freelance writer with twin passions of footy and history, which he combines at every opportunity. His previous works include, Grand Finals Volume III, Against All Odds (the pictorial story of the Western Bulldogs' 2016 premiership) and contributions to North Melbourne football club's history, The Shinboners. Geoff Slattery is an editor and publisher, who spent almost 20 years managing the publishing needs of the Australian Football League, including the AFL Record. He has written for, and published, dozens of books on Australian football, including biographies, magazines, club histories, and almanacs.