
The Farther Corner
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'One of the funniest books I've read' Arthur Mathews, co-writer of Father Ted
Widely regarded as one of the best football books ever written, The Far Corner was a vivid portrait of the sport in the north-east and of the people who bring such passion to it. Now, a generation later, Harry Pearson returns to the region to discover how much things have changed - and how much they have remained the same.
In the mid-1990s, Kevin Keegan brought sporting romance and expectation of trophies to Newcastle, Sunderland moved the the Stadium of Light backed by a wealthy consortium, Middlesbrough signed one of the best Brazilians of the era and won their first major trophy - even little Darlington had a former safe-cracker turned kitchen magnate in charge, promising the world. The region even provided England's two key players in Euro 96 in Alan Shearer and Paul Gascoigne - the far corner seemed destined to become the centre of England's footballing world. But it never happened.
Using travels to and from matches in the 2018-19 season, The Farther Corner will explore the changes in north-east football and society over the past twenty-five years. Visiting new places and some familiar ones, catching the stories, the sentiment and the sound of the supporters, locating where football now sits in the life of a region that was once proud to be what John Arlott suggested was 'The Hotbed of Soccer', it will be about love and loss and the happiness to be found eating KitKats and joking about Bobby Mimms on cold February days in coal-scented northern air. The region may have been left behind in the Champions League stakes, but few would doubt the power of its beating heart.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Newcastle Benfield v Stockton Town
- Chapter 2: Dunston UTS v Pontefract Collieries
- Chapter 3: Ryton and Crawcrook Albion v Washington
- Chapter 4: Dunston UTS v North Ferriby United
- Chapter 5: Dunston UTS v Irlam
- Chapter 6: Dunston UTS v Chester City
- Chapter 7: Dunston UTS v Gateshead
- Chapter 8: Ryton and Crawcrook Albion v Brandon United
- Chapter 9: Newcastle Benfield v Seaham Red Star
- Chapter 10: Whickham v Newton Aycliffe
- Chapter 11: Dunston UTS v Sunderland RCA
- Chapter 12: Darlington v Southport
- Chapter 13: Esh Winning v Easington Colliery
- Chapter 14: Morpeth Town v Spalding United
- Chapter 15: Marske United v Cleethorpes Town
- Chapter 16: Consett v Newton Aycliffe
- Chapter 17: Dunston UTS v Guisborough Town
- Chapter 18: Sunderland RCA v Penrith
- Chapter 19: Heaton Stannington v Billingham Town
- Chapter 20: Newcastle Benfield v West Auckland Town
- Chapter 21: Hartlepool United v Salford City
- Chapter 22: South Shields v Warrington Town
- Chapter 23: Newcastle University v Killingworth
- Index (probably)
- Copyright
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