A Passion for the Game : Real Lives in Football

Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. Very Good/Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 1851587144 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. Colour & b/w Illustrations / Photographs. 316 pages clean and tight. Football is for dreamers, no question. Every fan knows the weekly routine of frustration and disappointment, lit up by unforgettable moments of intense and improbable joy. While Old Trafford and the Abbey Stadium, Highbury and Gresty Road may seem a million miles apart, in terms of what football means to the devoted fans that follow the game, they've got everything in common. Tom Watt has spent a season visiting clubs all over the country, watching teams at every level of the professional game. He asked people working at these clubs to tell their stories, in their own words: everyone from players, managers and chairmen through kitmen, physios and coaches to groundstaff, secretaries and matchday volunteers, not forgetting journalists, commentators and agents. A Passion for the Game is 90 stories from behind the scenes. The voices are distinctive, committed, articulate and controversial. The big names are here as are the legends and the cheerfully eccentric. What they all share is an enthusiasm for football which every fan will recognise and understand. A Passion for the Game provides a unique insight: it is the story of football told from the ground up, by the people who make it happen. .