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Richard Wilson (Author)

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Product details

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd (5 Jan 2012)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1847678386
ISBN-13: 978-1847678386
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 88,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Since 1888, Rangers and Celtic football clubs have been locked into an intense and frequently explosive rivalry: Rangers the product of West Scotland's Protestant establishment, Celtic the team founded to raise money for the Catholic underclass of Glasgow. On 2 January 2010 the two teams met in the Old Firm's New Year Derby, a fixture that had been banned for ten years because of the trouble it brought with it. Richard Wilson puts that game at the centre of a book which delves into the history and widens out to the cultural resonance of the fixture within Scotland. Starting as the fans begin to arrive in Glasgow, and ending as the long night following the match stretches out ahead, Wilson talks to the fans, the players, the backroom staff, the referee, the ferry staff, the stewards and the paramedics to create a panoramic view of a cultural institution. It addresses the role football plays in working-class life, the social aspects of the game and why it is part of its surroundings in a way that no other sport is. Inside the Divide is more than just another football book. A rich mix of close-up observation and big-picture thinking, it has the insight, understanding and depth to make it a modern classic.

About the Author

Richard Wilson was born in Glasgow and spent almost 10 years at the Sunday Times Scotland, as deputy sports editor, then staff sports writer. In 2002, he won the Jim Rodger Memorial Award for best young sports writer. In 2003, at the Scottish Press Awards, he was named Sports Writer of the Year. He has regularly been nominated in the Sports Feature Writer of the Year category. He has written extensively about football, boxing and golf, as well as covering most other sports.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A different insight into the Old Firm, 17 Feb 2012

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This review is from: Inside the Divide: One City, Two Teams . . . The Old Firm (Kindle Edition)

This isn't like any other football book that I have ever read before and I've read a lot! I would say it appeals to Celtic and Rangers fans, as well as general football fans. I thought it was really different and some of it brought back memories

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous read, 17 Feb 2012

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I really enjoyed this book-a fabulous read and very interesting. I liked how it gave the perspective of a wide range of people about what the Old firm meant to them. I would recommend

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1.0 out of 5 stars Like the Daily Record........, 14 Feb 2012

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I read the review of this in the Observer and thought that sounds interesting, be warned its like reading an old daily record sports article............not what the reviewer described its just all football and no depth.......stay clear

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