Product Description
Far from the massive crowds is a journey which traces the fortunes of Guisborough Town Football Club in the STL Northern League Division 2 as they strive for promotion. The season has more twists and turns than Johan Cruyff as the reader is taken on a North Eastern journey which chronicles not only football in the area, but also the historical and social backgrounds to places which have made them what they are today. Far from the Premiership and far from predictable, this is grassroots football at its best.
Praise for Far from the massive crowds
"Cowan casts STL Northern League Division Two in a social context, examining the towns and villages that host Northern League games and their history, giving the reader a real insight. A great idea.." (When Saturday Comes, May 2013)
“Hugely entertaining” (Northern Echo)
“This is a damned sight more engaging than many a football book that will muscle its way onto the shelves of your local Waterstones. It is funny in places, sad in others...It’s the kind of witty, observational humour that is not always easy to write well, but the author proves a dab hand at it. Highly recommended” (Programme Monthly, March 2012)
“A beautifully crafted and nakedly passionate book” (Northern Ventures magazine, September 2011)
“Entertaining, carefully crafted and richly enjoyable” (Northern League website)
“A real joy from start to finish - heartily recommended to anyone at all be they non league, big league or no league...A delightful book; thoroughly enjoyable and a local classic” (Fly Me To the Moon fanzine, Middlesbrough FC)
“I’ve read quite a number of these sporting travelogues, specifically of the non league football variety, and this one is up there with the best. An extremely good read and very well written, with plenty of witty observations” (Hopticklist)
Praise for Far from the massive crowds
"Cowan casts STL Northern League Division Two in a social context, examining the towns and villages that host Northern League games and their history, giving the reader a real insight. A great idea.." (When Saturday Comes, May 2013)
“Hugely entertaining” (Northern Echo)
“This is a damned sight more engaging than many a football book that will muscle its way onto the shelves of your local Waterstones. It is funny in places, sad in others...It’s the kind of witty, observational humour that is not always easy to write well, but the author proves a dab hand at it. Highly recommended” (Programme Monthly, March 2012)
“A beautifully crafted and nakedly passionate book” (Northern Ventures magazine, September 2011)
“Entertaining, carefully crafted and richly enjoyable” (Northern League website)
“A real joy from start to finish - heartily recommended to anyone at all be they non league, big league or no league...A delightful book; thoroughly enjoyable and a local classic” (Fly Me To the Moon fanzine, Middlesbrough FC)
“I’ve read quite a number of these sporting travelogues, specifically of the non league football variety, and this one is up there with the best. An extremely good read and very well written, with plenty of witty observations” (Hopticklist)
