Simon Carter

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Gus Honeybun... Your Boys Took One Hell of a Beating: Life in the Lower Divisions of the Football League

Beschreibung

Gus Honeybun . . . Your Boys Took One Hell of a Beating tells the story of a lifetime aboard the emotional roller-coaster of inconsistency which is Exeter City--one of English soccer's most unfashionable and unsuccessful clubs. Like many soccer fans, author Simon Carter's soccer supporting life is a long way from the glitz and glamor of the Premier League; instead, its high points are memorable trips to Halifax, Crewe, Carlisle, and Maidstone. With the self-deprecation you'd expect from an Exeter City fan, on his travels with the Grecians he meets Brad Pitt and Freddie Starr; writes about Uri Geller in the local newspaper, with miserable consequences; and wins a tenner for scoring a goal in front of 3,000 fans--albeit past a small girl dressed in a large turkey costume! Gus Honeybun . . . Your Boys Took One Hell of a Beating provides the perfect antidote to those many books which chart tales of glory and success, and gives a light-hearted and real-life insight into what it's like being a fan on the bottom rung of the ladder that is English professional soccer.

Autor

Simon Carter worked as a sports reporter on the Western Gazette in Yeovil, the Derby Evening Telegraph, the Exeter Express & Echo, and the Bristol Evening Post prior landing his current role as the Southampton-based Southern Daily Echo's sports editor in 2002.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pitch Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 137mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781785311321
• ISBN-10: 1785311328
• Artikelnr.: 44746429