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Generation Game
Charlie Morris (Journalist)
其他書名
One Football Club, One Family and a Century of Obsession
出版
Goldford Publishing
, 2019
ISBN
1916031404
9781916031401
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=H_0R0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
"What should a fan do when his football club is besmirched by a child abuse scandal? Remain loyal, or sever a family connection spanning three generations? Charlie Morris's moving and witty story tackles this tortuous dilemma while examining his family's obsession with Crewe Alexandra throughout most of its history. Much more than a conventional fan memoir, it explores the very roots of football fanaticism. He relates how the game helped his grandfather through the horrors of First World War battlefields, his own reliance on it as an escape from life's heartbreaks, and chronicles Crewe's miraculous transformation under manager Dario Gradi. But from success with stars such as David Platt, Neil Lennon, Robbie Savage and Danny Murphy, dark secrets emerge, leaving the author with an agonising decision to take..."--