Saturday Afternoon Fever. A Year on the Road for Soccer Saturday
Автор:
Johnny Phillips, 266 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
9781909125100
You might already know Johnny Phillips. He is a football reporter for Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday programme and a man who gets beamed into the homes of fans across the country every weekend. For the 2012/13 season, Johnny decided to do something different. He wanted to look beneath the veneer of household-name superstars and back-page glamour to chronicle a different side to our national sport. As Johnny travelled the country, he found a game that he loved even more, where unheralded stars were driven by a desire to succeed, often telling stories of bravery and overcoming adversity. People who were plucked from obscurity, placed in the spotlight and, sometimes, dropped back into obscurity again. Football stories that rarely see the limelight but have a value all fans can readily identify with. The homeless African street kid who ended up playing for his country to the coach who conquered dyslexia. The world's most Eco-friendly football club, Welshpool Town's...