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The Silence of the Stands: Finding the Joy in Football's Lost Season by Daniel Gray

The Silence of the Stands: Finding the Joy in Football's Lost Season by Daniel Gray

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE 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.


Paperback
Publication: 10 Nov 2022, Bloomsbury

ISBN: 9781399404068

Extent: 176 pages

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