Never Mind the Ball
100 Favourite Football Poems
Alistair Findlay(Editor)
Luath Press Ltd
Published on 15. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-906307-73-8 (ISBN)
Description
All the joys and frustrations of football are captured in this impressive collection from many of Britain's best 20th century poets. Covering the whole period of modern football "Never Mind the Ball" moves from the earliest poem written about football to the contemporary, with verses celebrating the talents of modern legends like Kevin Keegan and Kenny Dalglish. Proving that football is not just a lad's game, many of the poems are by women including Sarah Wardle, one-time poet-in-residence for Tottenham Hotspur, and die-hard Liverpool fan Parry Maguire. These alternately sad, uplifting, frustrating and laugh-out-loud funny poems celebrate the fans, the players, the managers and the teams making a brilliant collection which sums up the best and the worst of football spirit.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-906307-73-8 (9781906307738)
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Person
One of five sons of a shale miner, Alistair Findlay was born in Winchburgh, West Lothian, in 1949. Having had a diverse employment history, from clay miner to Golden Wonder lorry-loader, he now lives in Bathgate and works as a Senior Social Worker for West Lothian Council. Alistair was signed by Hibernian FC during seasons 1965-68. He has written of his experience as a player in his first collection of poetry in 2004, Sex, Death and Football.