The sessions from the 2022 Football Writers Festival, held at Jamberoo from 25-27 March 2022.

2022 Football Writers Festival

Former Socceroo, Sydney Olympic, and Reading player and the first Aussie to play in La Liga, Andy Bernal, talks with journalist Simon Hill about his life and book 'Riding Shotgun - the Autobiography of the Original Wizard of Oz'.

FWF 2022 - Andy Bernal With Simon Hill

Head of A-Leagues, Danny Townsend, in conversation with SBS-TV's Danny Townsend.

FWF 2022 - Danny Townsend with Adrian Arciuli

A discussion about the sensitivities and nuances of writing stories about people and, when it comes to real people, doing them justice. In the case of Michael Fiddian (The End of the Game) and Texi Smith (Anna Black et al), it's fiction. For Philip Micallef (Quote, Unquote), Greg Downes (Dedicated Lives) and Antony Sutton (The Itinerant Coach), it's non-fiction.

FWF 2022 - You Can't Write That!

Journalist and self-described 'soccer mum' Vicky Krayem talks with one of the great intellects of the game, Brendan Schwab, currently executive director of the World Players' Association.

FWF 2022  - Plus Ca Change Plus C'est La Meme Chose

"The Prime Minister of Australian football", Craig Foster, in a Q&A session hosted by Adrian Arciuli.

FWF 2022 - Craig Foster

A discussion centred around Hunter Fujak's 'Code Wars' (2021) with former executive management with experience in football as well as other sports, notably AFL and rugby league: Brendan Schwab, Archie Fraser & Rabieh Krayem. Hosted by Michael Zappone at the Football Writers Festival, March 2022.

Pictured: Manchester United star Marcus Rashford with a Sherrin, July 2022.

FWF 2022 - A Photo Op With A Sherrin

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