Football (Soccer, Association football)
Description
We Brits are suckers for plucky losers, or so we’re told. But more than this, we love to see a heroic upset. In Underdog!, Tim Quelch calls upon a lifetime of watching struggling teams to show how post-war football’s most improbable successes were achieved – all set against a beautifully painted backdrop of grinding lower-division hardship, and changing times. Tim has spent 50 years following teams through temporary slumps in fortune (such as Chelsea and Manchester City) and more permanent economic downturns (play up, Burnley and Preston!). During Tim’s windows of fandom, Northampton Town and Leyton Orient punched briefly, yet triumphantly, well above their weight; while Hastings United remained almost entirely below the radar. Underdog! is a tale of unlikely successes and abject failures – the infrequent high points of Tim’s football-supporting life leavened with inspirational stories of more celebrated giant killers, from Hereford United to the Crazy Gang.
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World ex GB
Author Biography
Tim Quelch is the author of Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets, the story of England's troubled reign as Test match kings during the fifties. Like Underdog!, it was written to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. A retired local government officer, Tim has also penned a number of books reflecting his oft-painful yet enduring love for Burnley FC.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Pitch Publishing
- Publication Date October 2011
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781908051134 / 1908051132
- Publication Country or regionGB
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 14.99 GBP
- Pages448
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions240 x 160 mm
- IllustrationApprox 30 black and white imag
- Reference CodeBDZ0012992474
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