Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil

Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil
Author :
Publisher : Saint Andrew Press
Total Pages : 178
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780861538744
ISBN-13 : 0861538749
Rating : 4/5 (749 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil by : Ron Ferguson

Download or read book Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil written by Ron Ferguson and published by Saint Andrew Press. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 21 years after its publication, a new edition is being published with updated text and new chapters as well as a new Introduction, written by one of the book’s many fans and the biggest name in British football, Sir Alex Ferguson. But this is a book about much, much more than football It is loved not only by Sir Alex but also by Gordon Brown, Alistair Campbell, Ian Rankin and the Rev Kathy Galloway and it was a huge favourite of poet, George Mackay Brown. So why have the trials and tribulations of Cowdenbeath football club – one of the most unsuccessful football clubs in Britain - excited the imagination even of those who have no interest in football and who have never been to Cowdenbeath? Cowdenbeath’s story is set against the rise and decline of the local mining industry and the life after mining. It is very funny, deeply spiritual, moving and also a little bit political. But what makes it so interesting to so many groups is the uplifting story of a real community spirit throughout all of the ups and downs of a town and a football club that is at its social heart and core. It is also the most autobiographical book that Ron Ferguson has written, never taking himself very seriously. The book’s quirkiness appeals across the religious, local, national, and footballing worlds. Long out of print, this is the new and updated 21st-anniversary edition.


Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil Related Books

Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Ron Ferguson
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-30 - Publisher: Saint Andrew Press

GET EBOOK

21 years after its publication, a new edition is being published with updated text and new chapters as well as a new Introduction, written by one of the book’s
Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil NEW EDITION
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Ron Ferguson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-12 - Publisher: Saint Andrew Press

GET EBOOK

Very funny, moving, uplifting and spiritual, this is no ordinary football book. Set against the rise and decline of the local mining industry, readers join in w
Stramash!
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Daniel Gray
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-22 - Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

GET EBOOK

Fatigued by bloated big-game football and bored of a samey big cities, Daniel Gray went in search of small town Scotland and its teams. At the time when the Sco
The Book of Football Quotations
Language: en
Pages: 576
Authors: Phil Shaw
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-30 - Publisher: Random House

GET EBOOK

The greatest football quotations collection ever, now in its ninth edition. This compilation includes quotes from everyone – Shakespeare to Suarez, Camus to C
Chasing the Wild Goose
Language: en
Pages: 189
Authors: Ronald Ferguson
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-03-05 - Publisher: Wild Goose Publications

GET EBOOK

The history of the Iona Community including the work of George MacLeod whose inspiration placed Iona firmly on the Christian map once again in the twentieth cen