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Chaplin Michael
Newcastle United Stole My Heart Sixty Years In Black And White
Newcastle United Stole My Heart Sixty Years In Black And White
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Description: The magnificent story of a writer's lifelong obsession with his city and its football club. When 5 - year - old Michael Chaplin landed in a strange city of ships in the late 1950s he looked in vain for something that would anchor him to it make him feel at home. Then one Saturday afternoon it came: the roar of a crowd and a football team to support. Young Michael became an avid Newcastle United fan and has remained one if sometimes disenchanted for over sixty years. In this football memoir with a difference the celebrated playwright and screenwriter tells the story of his six - decade love affair with the club each chapter recreating an iconic Newcastle match: the players who graced the game the managers in the dug - out and the backdrop outside the stadium both the changing face of Newcastle and the ups and downs of Michael's own life and career. This vivid thoughtful and entertaining book is an absolute must - read for all Newcastle United supporters and indeed given that the club is often described as everyone's second favourite for football fans everywhere
Title: Newcastle United Stole My Heart Sixty Years In Black And White
Author(s): Chaplin Michael
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781805260394
Pages: 384 Pages, 19 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 12/1/2023
Category: Football (Soccer, Association Football)
Description: The magnificent story of a writer's lifelong obsession with his city and its football club. When 5 - year - old Michael Chaplin landed in a strange city of ships in the late 1950s he looked in vain for something that would anchor him to it make him feel at home. Then one Saturday afternoon it came: the roar of a crowd and a football team to support. Young Michael became an avid Newcastle United fan and has remained one if sometimes disenchanted for over sixty years. In this football memoir with a difference the celebrated playwright and screenwriter tells the story of his six - decade love affair with the club each chapter recreating an iconic Newcastle match: the players who graced the game the managers in the dug - out and the backdrop outside the stadium both the changing face of Newcastle and the ups and downs of Michael's own life and career. This vivid thoughtful and entertaining book is an absolute must - read for all Newcastle United supporters and indeed given that the club is often described as everyone's second favourite for football fans everywhere
Title: Newcastle United Stole My Heart Sixty Years In Black And White
Author(s): Chaplin Michael
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781805260394
Pages: 384 Pages, 19 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 12/1/2023
Category: Football (Soccer, Association Football)