
Close Quarters
An Extraordinary Season on the Brink and Behind the Scenes
Neil Harman(Author)
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Published on 17. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-78531-717-0 (ISBN)
Description
Close Quarters is the inspirational, against the odds story of Wycombe Wanderers, the poorest club in League One, and how it shapes into a side that sustains a nine-month challenge for promotion before the global pandemic stops the team in its tracks. When the season restarts, Wycombe finds itself in the play-offs behind closed doors, an unprecedented opportunity through unprecedented turmoil. Led by the longest-serving boss in professional football, the charismatic Gareth Ainsworth, this becomes an astonishing campaign, witnessed up close by award-winning sportswriter Neil Harman thanks to his special access. Harman gets to the heart of the team, joins them in the dressing room, on the coach, in the medical room and in team meetings to chart this unparalleled challenge. He gets the inside story of Ainsworth's rise from a working-class upbringing on the back streets of Blackburn, through a rumbustious playing career, to a one-club manager moulding Wycombe while dealing with an American takeover that could make the difference between the club's life and death. Close Quarters is a book that resonates, not just with Wycombe supporters, but fans of underdog clubs everywhere.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78531-717-0 (9781785317170)
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E-Book
08/2020
Pitch Publishing Ltd
€11.99
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Person
Neil Harman, formerly of the Daily Mail and The Times, was SJA Sports News Reporter of the Year in 2007. He has collaborated with Sir Andy Murray and David Beckham on their stories, and written books including Court Confidential: A Year in Tennis and Gambling for Life, with Harry Findlay, longlisted for the William Hill prize in 2017 and named in the top ten Sunday Times sports books in the same year.