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I wasn't much of a fan of Pointless - it should've been football gold, but I found the author to be a pretty bland writer who had a knack for glossing over weeks in a matter of a page.
It's not British football, but The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss is similar and far superior.
- Mark Hodkinson's 'Believe In The Sign' and 'Life Sentence' are pretty good. Probably more so if you happen to support Rochdale.
- A great book on England's 1990 World Cup campaign that I can't remember the name of - all I recall are two passages: one where Bobby Robson tells Scott Minto that he could be a future star and another after the 1990 semi-final penalties in which Stuart Pearce was so gutted at his miss that he took him all night to provide a sample for the post-match testing.
(Just remembered - it was All Played Out by Pete Davies)
- Graeme Souness: A Manager's Diary - think Souness during his early years at Rangers impersonating Adrian Mole.
Originally posted by andyinuk:
Pointless was very intersting. it's about East Stirlingshire, the worst team in Scotland for many years.
Bits of it are good, bits of it are inaccurate and bits of it are embellished.
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Originally posted by andyinuk:
yea the writer was sort of hinting that the owner was a tw*t whose sole interest is try to sell the ground and made money. Whether or not the fans felt that way is another matter.
That bit is true and he (Alan Mackin) is universally hated by the fans. He's close to being bought out by Spencer Fearn, who's now the new owner. It's not a coincidence that since the new owner came in, East Stirling's fortunes have changed for the better.
They were pretty much a pub team and I doubt any of their fans would disagree. They stopped cutting the pitch, which I think is mentioned in the book, to save money and to stop the opposition playing decent football. We won promotion (I'm sure it was the season that the book covers) on their pitch, which was covered in daisies and dandelions.
Originally posted by miketheheadlesschicken:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by andyinuk:
Pointless was very intersting. it's about East Stirlingshire, the worst team in Scotland for many years.
Bits of it are good, bits of it are inaccurate and bits of it are embellished.
Quote:
Originally posted by andyinuk:
yea the writer was sort of hinting that the owner was a tw*t whose sole interest is try to sell the ground and made money. Whether or not the fans felt that way is another matter.
That bit is true and he (Alan Mackin) is universally hated by the fans. He's close to being bought out by Spencer Fearn, who's now the new owner. It's not a coincidence that since the new owner came in, East Stirling's fortunes have changed for the better.
They were pretty much a pub team and I doubt any of their fans would disagree. They stopped cutting the pitch, which I think is mentioned in the book, to save money and to stop the opposition playing decent football. We won promotion (I'm sure it was the season that the book covers) on their pitch, which was covered in daisies and dandelions. </BLOCKQUOTE>
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