Pissants

Brandon Jack

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SUMMIT GROUP
02 July 2025

Nothing like this has ever happened at a footy club. Honest.

The embittered fringe players of an unnamed Football Club follow rules of their own. Kidnapping a teammate’s dog for a gag. Taking potent painkiller suppositories to get through the living nightmare of a sponsors’ event. Ticking off their Pissants bingo cards to survive the weirdness of meetings with the club psych. Fangs, Stick, Squidman and Noodles speak in a cryptic code of inside jokes and WhatsApp exchanges, chained to each other by their place on the outskirts of the team.

Together, these characters present a jaw-dropping snapshot of life within the chaotic world of a professional sports club. The psychotic rituals. The dementing cliches. The adulation. The pressure. The broken staff. The despair. The life-saving friendships. The flatlining sexual encounters. The towering egos.

Trainspotting gets munted with A Visit from the Goon Squad in Ted Lasso’s Front Bar in this brutally hilarious, unhinged and at times surprisingly moving insider’s glimpse into one anonymous footy club – and what might happen behind the headlines, off the field and out of sight.

By: Brandon Jack
Imprint: SUMMIT GROUP
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781761633072
ISBN 10: 1761633074
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 02 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Brandon Jack played for the Sydney Swans for five years. He is the author of the acclaimed 28: A memoir of football, addiction, art, masculinity and love.

Reviews for Pissants

'Brandon Jack has talent and daring in abundance' -- Christos Tsiolkas 'Brandon Jack is a force for good' -- Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, hosts of the Shameless podcast 'Like Andre Agassi's Open, this is a transformative book; it is going to change our way of seeing' -- Malcolm Knox ‘A yearning heart and mind propels Brandon’s writing. I’m hugely expectant for what is next.’ -- Tim Rogers