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- ISBN 9781801509541
- Dimensions: 144 x 222mm
- Publication Date: 07 Apr 2025
- Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Foreword by former Everton player and ex-Worcester City player and manager John Barton.
Told by veteran journalist Chris Bishop, who has followed and written about Worcestershire non-league football for 50 years.
Inside this gripping book you’ll discover:
- A terrace-eye view of the rebirth of a once-proud non-league club
- A gripping, funny and raucous story of non-league survival that will resonate with football fans everywhere
- The 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
- How 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
- A look at how fans are driving a resurgence in the non-league game as they are repelled and priced out of the Premier League
This 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.
Chris Bishop worked as a journalist for 43 years and started out in Worcestershire where his family has lived since the 16th century. He has watched and written about non-league football since the day his father and grandfather took him to watch Stourbridge vs Kidderminster Harriers in September 1970. He has loved the game and followed the fortunes of north Worcestershire clubs ever since.
