Money is one thing in Australia, money and footy quite another.
Thus there must be a book, immediately if not sooner, before he disappears from the front pages. Melbourne's president has in a short space of time, if not changed the face of football, at least added to it some interesting wrinkles. Footy's faithful have grown accustomed to the incongruous sight of a short, heavily bearded Orthodox Jew sharing in their own weekly communion, jumping about excitedly, an invariable but endearing half a beat behind his club's cheer squad. The game's grandees have had to learn to accept a president who toes no line but his own. Diamonds and Demons is a perfectly competent and workmanlike chronicle of Gutnick's life and works, but wants for both the intimate close-up and the revealing panorama.