The Nowhere Men

Name: The Nowhere Men
Brand: Cornerstone
SKU: 9780099580263
Price: 14.88 EUR
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★★★★★

3.73 (1,180 ratings by Goodreads)

English

By (author): Michael Calvin

Winner of The Times British Sports Book Award 2014.

A fascinating insight into the enclosed world of football scouts in the UK

A teenaged boy plays football in a suburban park. His name is Raheem Sterling. The call is made: Get down here quick. This is something special.

Another boy is 8, going on 28. His name is Jack Wilshere. The referee, an Arsenal scout, spirits him away from Luton Town.

A young goalkeeper struggles on loan at Cheltenham Town in League Two. His name is Jack Butland. Within months he will be playing for England.

Welcome to footballs hidden tribe. Scouts are everywhere yet nowhere, faceless and nameless, despite making the informed decisions worth millions. Award-winning sportswriter Michael Calvin opens up their hidden world, examining their disconnected lifestyles, petty betrayals and unconsidered professionalism of men who spend long, lonely hours on the road.

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Product Details

Weight: 277g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 12 Jun 2014
Publisher: Cornerstone
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780099580263

About Michael Calvin

Michael Calvin is one of the UKs most versatile sportswriters having worked in more than 80 countries covering seven summer Olympics and six World Cup finals. He was named Sportswriter of the Year for his despatches as a crew member in a round the world yacht race and has twice been named Sports Reporter of the Year. He is currently chief sports writer with the Independent on Sunday and has held similar positions at the Daily Telegraph Times and Mail on Sunday. His last book Family: Life Death and Football was shortlisted in the 2011 Sports Book Awards. It was a critically-acclaimed study of a season embedded at Millwall one of English footballs most notorious clubs.