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Contents; Foreword by Dr David Cooper; Preface; Place, community and football; Manchester: Old Moat Juniors, Parrswood Athletic and the Sky Blues; Barrow-in-Furness: You are awful (but I like you); Morecambe: Never do business with Mr Blobby; Accrington: Unwanted dumplings and useless wingers; Carlisle: The lucky soup and other football rituals; Wigan: Pies, the pier and fantastic fanzines; Macclesfield: Living on the Edge; Bolton: Stephen! Blackrod is calling your name!; Chester: The dire warnings of Mr Suspicious; Kidderminster: The renowned cuisine of Brian and Joan; Stockport: The manager who keeps coming back; Liverpool: The greatest game Anna ever saw; Leyton: The new Shoreditch or the old East End?; Gateshead: Worm sandwiches and world-class stag and hen parties; Fylde: There’ll be dancing in the streets of Kirkham and Wesham; Northampton: Sixty miles by road or rail to Northampton; Stoke-on-Trent: The survival of the Football Special bus; Birmingham: Cardboard pasties and volleys of expletives; Lincoln: The remarkable programme notes of Colin Murphy; Walsall: Whatever happened to Bill ‘Chopper’ Guttridge?; What Happened Next; Reflections; Acknowledgements; Index
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Steve Leach grew up in Stockport and has lived in a number of towns and cities, mainly in the North of England, whilst pursuing a career in education. In all the places he’s lived and worked, football has provided a common thread. He’s spent many a windswept Saturday afternoon on terraces from Barrow to Birmingham, Liverpool to Leyton.Mais ebooks do mesmo autor(es) / Editor
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