The Bottom Corner
A Season with the Dreamers of Non-League Football
Nonfiction, Sports, Football (Soccer), Reference
| Author: | Nige Tassell | ISBN: | 9781473546189 |
| Publisher: | Random House | Publication: | September 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nige Tassell |
| ISBN: | 9781473546189 |
| Publisher: | Random House |
| Publication: | September 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital |
| Language: | English |
‘Not since The Football Man has a book so captured the passion of the game**.** The Bottom Corner is a wonderful journey through life in the lower reaches of the football pyramid**. A** fascinating tale of a very different world of football from that of the overpaid stars of the television age’ Barry Davies
In these days of oligarch owners, superstar managers and players on sky-high wages, the tide is turning towards the lower reaches of the pyramid as fans search for football with a soul.
Plucky underdogs or perennial underachievers, your local non-league team offers hope, drama or at least a Saturday afternoon ritual that's been going for decades. Nige Tassell spends a season in the non-league world. He meets the raffle-ticket seller who wants her ashes scattered in the centre-circle. The envelope salesman who discovered a future England international. The ex-pros still playing with undiluted passion on Sunday mornings. He spends time at clubs looking for promotion to the Football League, clubs just aiming to get eleven players on a pitch every week, and everything in between.
One thing unites them: they all inhabit the heartland of the beautiful game.
‘Not since The Football Man has a book so captured the passion of the game**.** The Bottom Corner is a wonderful journey through life in the lower reaches of the football pyramid**. A** fascinating tale of a very different world of football from that of the overpaid stars of the television age’ Barry Davies
In these days of oligarch owners, superstar managers and players on sky-high wages, the tide is turning towards the lower reaches of the pyramid as fans search for football with a soul.
Plucky underdogs or perennial underachievers, your local non-league team offers hope, drama or at least a Saturday afternoon ritual that's been going for decades. Nige Tassell spends a season in the non-league world. He meets the raffle-ticket seller who wants her ashes scattered in the centre-circle. The envelope salesman who discovered a future England international. The ex-pros still playing with undiluted passion on Sunday mornings. He spends time at clubs looking for promotion to the Football League, clubs just aiming to get eleven players on a pitch every week, and everything in between.
One thing unites them: they all inhabit the heartland of the beautiful game.
