A book in which Wilf Mannion rubs shoulders with The Sunderland Skinhead: recollections of Len Shakleton blight the lives of village shoppers: and the appointment of Kevin Keegan as manager of Newcastle is celebrated by a man in a leather stetson, crooning 'For The Good Times' to the accompaniment of a midi organ, THE FAR CORNER is a tale of heroism and human frailty, passion and the perils of eating an egg mayonnaise stottie without staining your trousers.
- 'Savagely funny and frequently moving…some of the humour is as full-blooded as a tackle by Bryan Robson… at times the author wanders off at a tangent, like Chris Waddle on a bad day, then that is the capricious nature of football.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
- 'Forget Nick Horby's FEVER PITCH, this is the football book of the new age, a mix of heroism, humour and Norman Hunter, but mainly humour.' SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR
Paperback:
£9.99
Published 03/08/1995