New LOI book

Hi

I am currently putting together a new LOI book (sort of a follow-up to Just Follow The Floodlights) which will include a story (or stories) from fans of each current League of Ireland team (and some that are gone) At the moment I'm only missing Athlone Town from the current league, but if there are any fans of teams like Monaghan United, St James Gate, Kildare County etc that would like to put their own memories of their club , be it a favourite season, game, european adventure, fight with owners, cult player, or such then I'd be delighted to hear from you.
Hopefully the book will come out in time for the end of league season or Christmas. At present I'm looking for a good name to wow the publishers and when it's out I'm hoping some clubs will let me launch the book .
Included in the book is the section "Are You Calling Me A Cult" which will have one cult hero from each club. Tough task. But hopefully we'll get the right guy and contact him to give his own view!
Any input from those wishing to help out is always taken on board.

Kind Regards
Brian

Hey Brian, I'm sure many here will be looking forward to your new book. Some names for your book:

Still Following The Floodlights
Diary of a Problem Child
Through The Turnstiles

Or you could go with this beauty, The League of Ireland - It's not that bleak!

'League of Ireland Book - Is Cool'

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Originally Posted by ger121

Diary of a Problem Child

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Brilliant!

Some great names there!

A Shower of Problem Child Cults

"Creating the Atmosphere" - Short stories from the Greatest League in the world.

Others include - "Paddy Get The Nets", Blind Devotion - League of Ireland Love Letters , Mud, Bets & Beers , A Beautiful Shame , Concession Confession - Tales of the Turnstiles..

How about " It's always the same....sometimes"

"The next Asterisk"

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Originally Posted by ger121

Hey Brian, I'm sure many here will be looking forward to your new book. Some names for your book:

Still Following The Floodlights
Diary of a Problem Child
Through The Turnstiles

Or you could go with this beauty, The League of Ireland - It's not that bleak!

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Thats class, please go for that...........:D

Yeah, that's the stand out for me. Although it may mean little to those outside the league.

It's amazing what comes to you over breakfast. I remember seeing there is a new Diary Of A Wimpy Kid movie coming out and it must have stuck in my head.

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Originally Posted by writerbk1969

Hi

I am currently putting together a new LOI book (sort of a follow-up to Just Follow The Floodlights) which will include a story (or stories) from fans of each current League of Ireland team (and some that are gone) At the moment I'm only missing Athlone Town from the current league, but if there are any fans of teams like Monaghan United, St James Gate, Kildare County etc that would like to put their own memories of their club , be it a favourite season, game, european adventure, fight with owners, cult player, or such then I'd be delighted to hear from you.
Hopefully the book will come out in time for the end of league season or Christmas. At present I'm looking for a good name to wow the publishers and when it's out I'm hoping some clubs will let me launch the book .
Included in the book is the section "Are You Calling Me A Cult" which will have one cult hero from each club. Tough task. But hopefully we'll get the right guy and contact him to give his own view!
Any input from those wishing to help out is always taken on board.

Kind Regards
Brian

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BTW, cheers for giving us JFTF. It was a great read.

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Originally Posted by Mr A

Yeah, that's the stand out for me. Although it may mean little to those outside the league.

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Fun and FAIl's -The Dairy of a problem child! Im sure some legal eagle in Abbotstown would have fun working on keeping that out of print somehow.

"Tales from the Terrace "

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Originally Posted by Nesta99

Fun and FAIl's -The Dairy of a problem child! Im sure some legal eagle in Abbotstown would have fun working on keeping that out of print somehow.

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Bit of a cheesy title. No need to milk the FAI for joke titles, surely you can cup up with something a little bit butter than that.

Some good names there. Others I got are

A Kick In The Grass
Your Blood Your Sweat Our Tears
"How Is He Ref?"
At The End of The Day ...
Friday Night Heights

etc

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Originally Posted by El-Pietro

Bit of a cheesy title. No need to milk the FAI for joke titles, surely you can cup up with something a little bit butter than that.

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Good spot you cheeky git :p

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Originally Posted by writerbk1969

Some good names there. Others I got are

A Kick In The Grass
Your Blood Your Sweat Our Tears
"How Is He Ref?"
At The End of The Day ...
Friday Night Heights

etc

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I like that one! Be a good one for a club specific book maybe though.

Work work work!!

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Originally Posted by vinnie

"The next Asterisk"

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'Asterisk the Goal'.

Call all the chapters after characters from the original -
Unhygienix - the stink from the FAI
Getafix - the Athlone Town saga
Cacofonix - why won't anyone listen to Roddy?
I'll leave the rest to yourself.

Why did I ever buy a season ticket to see this lot!

A Tale of Two Cities, Two Towns, a Pair of Rovers and a Couple of Uniteds

Still following when the floodlights fail

The good, the bet and the ugly

A few men
and their dogs

How many copies of Just Follow the Floodlights have been sold Brian, and how does that compare with what you expected in advance ?

C0ck pi$$ delaney

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Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

How many copies of Just Follow the Floodlights have been sold Brian, and how does that compare with what you expected in advance ?

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Not sure that'll fit on the cover

Out of our league.

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Originally Posted by Longfordian

Not sure that'll fit on the cover

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I beg to differ.

http://foot.ie/attachment.php?attachmentid=2560&stc=1

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Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado

C0ck pi$$ delaney

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Cook pass Betaney?

Just Follow The Floodlights sold around 2,000 copies Nigel. I'd hope to sell 1,000 + with this if its self published. If a publisher involved , maybe more.

Delighted to hear that Brian, as I'm sure EatYerGreens is!

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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Delighted to hear that Brian, as I'm sure EatYerGreens is!

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Haha !

Thanks Nigel. I've always wanted a minion ;)

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Originally Posted by writerbk1969

Just Follow The Floodlights sold around 2,000 copies Nigel. I'd hope to sell 1,000 + with this if its self published. If a publisher involved , maybe more.

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That's a decent amount Brian - great work. I hope the publisher was pleased, as it'll help the case for more LOI books in future.

I wonder what's been the best selling LOI book in recent years - Who Stole Our Game ?

To be honest the publisher was delighted at first and went for a reprint but then I think overstretched with a 2nd reprint and he was left with a couple of hundred copies and became a miserable *******! Didn't seem to care about the thousands of euros he made on the book, just the 100/200 left.
I done most of the promotion and made small money on each copy.
Best selling LOI book? Well it's not a book called Gods & Mortals by Paul Keane but it's certainly one of the best. Tells the story of LOI clubs taking on big European clubs in the European Cup (Limerick v Real Madrid, Waterford v Man Utd etc) well worth a look.

What about "Ireland On The Ball" By Donal Cullen? It was a classic in the early 1990s.

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Originally Posted by bluemovie

Cook pass Betaney?

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LOL.
Cheers for fixing that Michael!:D

The original fix:
http://pics.imcdb.org/0is257/alanpar...r8003.7619.jpg

Just Follow The Red Lights. Oops, eh wrong thread. That was meant for LOI In Europe 2017.