Shortlisted for the Best New Writer Award at the 2010 British Sports Book Awards, I am the Gloryhunter traces Spencer Austin's incredible odyssey across the country as he sought the ultimate adrenalin junkie high of only supporting winning teams. Randomly picking an English football team to support at the start of the season. Whoever they were, wherever they were, he vowed to go and live there and support the team, becoming a part of the club, its fans and the local area... at least until they lost... then he moved on to follow the team who beat them. Wallop. What a season. Rejoice in his uplifting tales of what it is like to be Britain's ultimate football fan who ends the season on a huge high!
Shortlisted for the Best New Writer Award at the 2010 British Sports Book Awards, I am the Gloryhunter traces Spencer Austin's incredible odyssey across the country as he sought the ultimate adrenalin junkie high of only supporting winning teams. Randomly picking an English football team to support at the start of the season. Whoever they were, wherever they were, he vowed to go and live there and support the team, becoming a part of the club, its fans and the local area... at least until they lost... then he moved on to follow the team who beat them. Wallop. What a season. Rejoice in his uplifting tales of what it is like to be Britain's ultimate football fan who ends the season on a huge high!