I've read both of those books they compare them to, and they're both great, so that's a genuinely ringing endorsement.
Minnowcore is a good name for it.
Reviewed in the current issue of When Saturday Comes -
As the game becomes ever more corporatised, homogenised, and artificially boosted, it's reassuring that a certain sub-genre of football publishing stubbornly refuses to die. We'll call it minnowcore, for want of a better team - the celebration of teams who aren't even household names in their own homes. Now, to the likes of Charlie Connelly's Stamping Grounds and James Montague's Thirty-One Nil, can be added this charming little tale of how a team of Irish students somehow fought their way into the second round of the Europa League.
I've read both of those books they compare them to, and they're both great, so that's a genuinely ringing endorsement.
Minnowcore is a good name for it.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
They're actually the two books I likened it to myself when contacting publishers. (Montague's publishers, Bloomsbury, asked for more info before deciding it wasn't quite commercial enough for them)
But yep, it's a better review than a simple "It's excellent" alright.
If I ever write my LOI memoirs I call it six nights in Esch-sur-Alzettet, Luxembourg is the most boring country on the planet. Must give this book a look.
Just finished it there. Really good read, would recommend it to any football fan. I never really knew how badly Dudelange's players reacted at the end of the tie.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
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