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 Scottish club game is drifting towards its lowest
ebb once more, Stramash singularly falls to wring its hands and
address the state of the game, preferring instead to focus on Bobby
Mann's waistline. Part travelogue, part history and part mistakenly
spilling ketchup on the face of a small child, Stramash takes an
uplifting look at the country's nether regions. Using the excuse of a
match to visit places from Dumfries to Dingwall, Gray surveys
Scotland's towns and teams in their present state. Stramash
accomplishes the feats of visiting Dumfries without mentioning Robert
Burns, being positive about Cumbernauld and linking Elgin City to
Lenin. It is ae fond look at Scotland as you've never seen it
before.REVIEWS: 'There have been previous attempts by authors to
explore the off-the-beaten paths of the Scottish football landscape,
but Daniel Gray's volume is in another league' - THE SCOTSMAN'Truly
splendid' - ARTHUR MONTFORD'An excellent book about the country's
smaller teams - [Stramash] captures the vague romance that still
clings to these smaller Scottish clubs. It will make a must-read for
every non-Old Firm football fan - and for many Rangers and Celtic
supporters too' - DAILY RECORD'As he takes in a match at each
stopping-off point, Gray presents little portraits of small Scottish
towns, relating histories of declining industry, radical politi and
the connection between a team and its community. It's a brilliant way
to rediscover Scotland' - THE HERALD'A great read, because Gray
doesn't write about just football, he uses football as an excuse to
explore the histories of small towns in Scotland' - THE SKINNY'Why do
the Gers and Hoops have retail outlets in the capital? Why do buses
depart for Glasgow on a Saturday morning from every corner of
Scotland? Gray's book is a splendid attempt to answer these questions,
and more besides - The result is sociology at its best, which is to
say eminently readable - Stramash may turn out to be a memoir of the
way we were, and an epitaph' - SUNDAY HERALD'I defy anyone to read
Stramash and not fall in love with Scottish football's blessed
eccentricities all over again - Funny enough to bring on involuntary
laugh out loud moments' - THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL BLOG
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ISBN
9781909912281
Publisert
2016
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Vendor
Luath Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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