The Silence of the Stands - Finding the Joy in Football's Lost Season (Paperback)

'Powerful and poignant' Henry Winter 'Empathetic and poignant ... the game's answer to A Journal of the Plague Year' Harry Pearson 'The Durham City midfielder wore the resigned look of a man trying to find a jar of harissa in Farmfoods. Up front for Jarrow, a centre-forward darted around frenetically, as if chasing a kite during a hurricane...' When football disappeared in March 2020, writer and broadcaster Daniel Gray used its absence to reflect on everything the game meant to him. That bred a pledge: whenever and wherever fans were allowed to return, he would be there. The Silence of the Stands is the result of that pledge: a joyous travelogue documenting a precarious season, in which behind-closed-doors matches and travel restrictions combined to make trips to Kendal and Workington seem impossibly exotic. Offering a poignant peek at a surreal age and a slab of social history from the two-metre-distanced tea bar queue, this is the moving, heartfelt and surprisingly uplifting story of a unique season that no one wishes to repeat.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Sport
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	Daniel Gray
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-399-40406-8
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Football (Soccer, Association football) > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-399-40406-7
Barcode:	9781399404068

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