The Mighty 'Bras

<p>When Matildas star Sam Kerr was just a kid when the inaugural A-League Women's season was still years away and when a World Cup on Australian soil was a fanciful idea a mob of mature Melbourne women threw caution asthma inhalers and orthopaedic inserts to the wind and formed a team to play in the lowest division of the metropolitan league. </p><p><br></p><p>Were the Mighty 'Bras as this Brunswick Zebras team became known the unheralded catalyst for the change of fortunes in women's football? No-one can say for sure. What's certain however is that this motley team of footballing novices became (their results notwithstanding) a roaring and enduring success.</p><p><br></p><p>As their coach author Paul Connolly documents in this hilarious and heartwarming memoir the Mighty 'Bras fell in love with a game; a love more intense for its late blossoming and the knowledge that injury pregnancy or perhaps even osteoporosis could end it in a second. More importantly these footballing novices discovered that their seemingly whimsical adventure turned out to be so much more and forged lasting friendships and a sense of community that made all the bumps bruises and calamitous losses worthwhile.  </p>