{"product_id":"faithful-city-fickle-football-chris-bishop-9781801509541","title":"Faithful City, Fickle Football","description":"The story of the renaissance of cash-strapped Worcester City, the club that kicked Liverpool out of the FA Cup. It offers a pitch-side view of a remarkable season that ended in a league championship and the team just a penalty kick away from Wembley.\nForeword by former Everton player and ex-Worcester City player and manager John Barton.\nTold by veteran journalist Chris Bishop, who has followed and written about Worcestershire non-league football for 50 years.\nInside this gripping book you’ll discover:\nA terrace-eye view of the rebirth of a once-proud non-league club\nA gripping, funny and raucous story of non-league survival that will resonate with football fans everywhere\nThe stories of two other teams connected with City for 120 years: Stourbridge, the club that spawned Jude Bellingham, and Kidderminster Harriers, the only professional side in Worcestershire\nHow all three suffer the same money and ground headaches in these trying times, despite a resurgence of non-league football in the face of Premier League greed\nA look at how fans are driving a resurgence in the non-league game as they are repelled and priced out of the Premier League\nThis is a love letter to non-league football where proud communities stand against penury, racism and oblivion, where the wrong moves are taken for the right reason: survival. It’s an unusual world where directors are prepared to put on a nappy and push a pram for miles for the love of their club.","brand":"Pitch Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50064271704352,"sku":"9781801509541","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781801509541.jpg?v=1781377217","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/faithful-city-fickle-football-chris-bishop-9781801509541","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}