Penthouse and Pavement
How to Survive in Football without Sucking Up to the Old Firm
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1999
Mainstream Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84018-219-4 (ISBN)
Mainstream Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84018-219-4 (ISBN)
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Not for glory-hunters, this is about pain, the anguish of watching your team lose in the very first game you saw, the inevitability of defeat, despair and gloom. It's also about hope and dreams, which sometimes, just sometimes, come true. It is about being willing to accept a lifetime of frustration in return for one day of utter wonderment.
Penthouse and Pavement is not a book for glory-hunters. It is a book about pain. It's about the anguish of watching your team lose 9-2 in the very first game you ever saw, about the horrible inevitability of defeat that so many feel so often. It's about despair, dismay and black, frightening, deathly gloom. But it's also about hope. About dreams. And about dreams which sometimes, just sometimes, come true. Like the once-in-a-lifetime ecstasy of winning the Cup or a league. And as anyone who's had that moment-of-a-lifetime knows, the joy is even greater because you've known the pain. For Bill Leckie, who has followed St Mirren since 1964, it all became worthwhile when they won the Scottish Cup in 1987. This book is about these clubs and the people who love them. It's about the kind of fan who doesn't go to games expecting to win ...or, worse, demanding it. This book is about being willing to accept a lifetime of frustration in return for one day of utter wonderment.
Penthouse and Pavement is not a book for glory-hunters. It is a book about pain. It's about the anguish of watching your team lose 9-2 in the very first game you ever saw, about the horrible inevitability of defeat that so many feel so often. It's about despair, dismay and black, frightening, deathly gloom. But it's also about hope. About dreams. And about dreams which sometimes, just sometimes, come true. Like the once-in-a-lifetime ecstasy of winning the Cup or a league. And as anyone who's had that moment-of-a-lifetime knows, the joy is even greater because you've known the pain. For Bill Leckie, who has followed St Mirren since 1964, it all became worthwhile when they won the Scottish Cup in 1987. This book is about these clubs and the people who love them. It's about the kind of fan who doesn't go to games expecting to win ...or, worse, demanding it. This book is about being willing to accept a lifetime of frustration in return for one day of utter wonderment.
Bill Leckie is a former Bank of Scotland Sports Journalist of the Year and currently writes for the Scottish Sun. He does commentary for Scottish Football League matches for BBC Radio Scotland and often contributes to programmes on Talksport and BBC Radio Five Live. He lives in Falkirk with his wife and son.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.9.1999 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 329 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fußball |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84018-219-9 / 1840182199 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84018-219-4 / 9781840182194 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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