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Dear All,
I hope a number of you will be interested in this.
I recently completed the 92 current league grounds - some of you will have seen my 'Derek Spence' thread after the Blackpool game. Well, another one on the 'bucket list' was to write a book so, killing two birds with one stone and after six months of toil writing, a book on my journey through the 92 grounds (well actually the 125 to get there) is now published.
I have not written it as a series of match reports - I didn't take notes back in 1971 and anyway I'm not sure folk will be interested in who passed to who to score the oppositions winner away at The Goldstone Ground in the early 70's etc. Instead it is my take on a tale of what it was like to be there and my experiences along the way much of which I'm sure all of you as footie fans will recognise having experienced similar yourselves. I have also sought to entertain by writing in a dry humour fashion (well, that was the aim, you will be the judge as to whether I achieved that).
Having met Derek at Blackpool, another bonus is that he agreed to write a Foreword for me - he is such a top man even though he never remembered me chairing him off the pitch at Plainmoor in 1981.
Although Southend naturally feature heavily in the book I have also spent time in Plymouth and Bristol plus on my travels have visited a number of new grounds as a neutral. I am therefore hoping it will be of interest to the wider footie family too.
The book is available either direct from the publisher (Completely Novel) or from Amazon. Both provide the paperback version though the kindle version is only available from Amazon. At present the delivery time is much quicker from the publisher, but Amazon will speed up soon as it takes a little time in the initial stages for their system to gear up to a new book.
You can either go direct to the publisher site or Amazon and type in 'Roots To The 92' to get to the book, or you can go via a website my son has prepared for the book which includes a short picture montage as well as more details on the book and the direct publisher and Amazon links.
Website: http://rootstothe92.co.uk/
This is not a mass money making exercise - I suspect I will be lucky to recover costs from the tiny royalty percentage - but that was never the point of it all. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of writing it - I hope you will find it an entertaining read and would welcome feedback (good reviews especially would be welcome posts on the Amazon site please!).
Cheers
SS
PS Dear moderators: do please forgive my excitement in posting this without asking your permission first, I hope this post is ok with you.
I hope a number of you will be interested in this.
I recently completed the 92 current league grounds - some of you will have seen my 'Derek Spence' thread after the Blackpool game. Well, another one on the 'bucket list' was to write a book so, killing two birds with one stone and after six months of toil writing, a book on my journey through the 92 grounds (well actually the 125 to get there) is now published.
I have not written it as a series of match reports - I didn't take notes back in 1971 and anyway I'm not sure folk will be interested in who passed to who to score the oppositions winner away at The Goldstone Ground in the early 70's etc. Instead it is my take on a tale of what it was like to be there and my experiences along the way much of which I'm sure all of you as footie fans will recognise having experienced similar yourselves. I have also sought to entertain by writing in a dry humour fashion (well, that was the aim, you will be the judge as to whether I achieved that).
Having met Derek at Blackpool, another bonus is that he agreed to write a Foreword for me - he is such a top man even though he never remembered me chairing him off the pitch at Plainmoor in 1981.
Although Southend naturally feature heavily in the book I have also spent time in Plymouth and Bristol plus on my travels have visited a number of new grounds as a neutral. I am therefore hoping it will be of interest to the wider footie family too.
The book is available either direct from the publisher (Completely Novel) or from Amazon. Both provide the paperback version though the kindle version is only available from Amazon. At present the delivery time is much quicker from the publisher, but Amazon will speed up soon as it takes a little time in the initial stages for their system to gear up to a new book.
You can either go direct to the publisher site or Amazon and type in 'Roots To The 92' to get to the book, or you can go via a website my son has prepared for the book which includes a short picture montage as well as more details on the book and the direct publisher and Amazon links.
Website: http://rootstothe92.co.uk/
This is not a mass money making exercise - I suspect I will be lucky to recover costs from the tiny royalty percentage - but that was never the point of it all. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of writing it - I hope you will find it an entertaining read and would welcome feedback (good reviews especially would be welcome posts on the Amazon site please!).
Cheers
SS
PS Dear moderators: do please forgive my excitement in posting this without asking your permission first, I hope this post is ok with you.
