The History of Soccer in New South Wales

It seems the appalling lack of decent record keeping in Australian football is not a nationwide phenomenon. Thanks to Greg Stock sending me a USB full of pure football history porn, I've seen the work of Sid Grant and Harry Hetherington in documenting NSW football history, and it is breathtaking in it's detail.

I haven't really had a chance to go through it, as there is so much there plus I've had to do a bit of work to make it more shareable. Using www.ilovepdf.com I converted hundreds of single jpg images into pdfs at 20 a time, then merged those pdfs into larger ones to produce the following 17 volumes.


History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 1

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 2

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 3

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 4

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 5

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 6

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 7

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 8

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 9

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 10

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 11

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 12

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 13

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 14

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 15

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 16

History of Soccer in New South Wales Volume 17

Sid Grant was the man behind Jack Pollard's Soccer Records, the first book to chronicle the game in Australia to a wider audience.

The book, of course, is only a small glimpse of the records he, and later Hetherington, kept. Final tables, results grids, goalscorers, appearance records, they are all there. It's an incredible volume of work, and anyone wanting to research the history of the local game can now freely do so online.

The links will also be permanently added to the History Documents page.

Enjoy!