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Nowhere to run : the trials of a non-league football club owner

Sayer, Jonathan2023
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On the second oldest football pitch in the world, Jonathan Sayer stands atop a beer crate to address the assembled fans of Ashton United FC. As his initial optimism and disillusionment begin to slip through his fingers, the new co-chairman and co-owner (alongside his dad) starts to realise the scale of the challenge ahead. Battling to keep the club afloat, a record number of games without a win sees hope turn to despair as Jonathan contends with a mutiny from a group of octogenarian supporters, constant battles with the local council and a star striker who arrives on crutches despite somehow passing his medical. Chronicling the bitter disappointments and euphoric highs of the less glamourous side of the beautiful game, 'Nowhere to Run' is the hilarious, heart-warming tale of life in the hot seat of a non-league football club.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bantam Press, 2023.
Collation:
288 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781787636897 (hbk. :)
Local class:
SPORT/FOOTBALL
Language:
English
BRN:
2345551
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