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Initially a blog filed for ESPN Soccernet, On The Road follows Daniel Harris as he travels around England and Europe watching the famous Man United anywhere but Old Trafford. Witty, stylish, intelligent and true, if you love football, and even if you don't, you'll love this. Foreword by Michael Crick.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By strangeways
Format:Paperback
If you are like me, you may have had doubts about the basic premise of this book: a week-by-week review of United's 2009/2010 season. However, from the first page your attention will be instantly grabbed by the iconoclastic take on events on and off the field. Only when you make it through to the final match of the season will you realise you've been exposed to anything but the typical blinkered views you may have been expecting from what is obviously a hardcore fan. In particular the views expressed about Sir Alex Ferguson may not be agreed with, but they are certainly thought-provoking. This is easily one of the most stylish, insightful, self-aware and philosophical narratives of its genre and I recommend you buy a copy quick.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Daniel Harris must have a lot of journalist friends, because the comments promoting this book are baffling. I was expecting acerbic and amusing football commentary mixed in with social observation as the author travels around the country. Instead, it's just a blog transferred into print, written with all the feel of a man sat in front of a computer (which is where he watches a fair few of the matches). Some of the football criticism is good - his criticism of Ferguson is refreshing and necessary - some of it not so good, such as his ongoing demand to replace Nani with Obertan, but the book mostly reads as a rant written by a not particularly pleasant football fan. Any social observation consists of "Blackburn really is a horrible place" and at Sunderland "the crowd was a particularly dense shade of fat." All I came away with was a sense of the vituperative nastiness of the modern fan reared on TV, so it's authentic in that sense at least.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By cpf
Format:Paperback
Compelling reading. No other book i've come across has managed to mix insightful football analysis with such cutting humour. Can't recommend it enough
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A shot off target
Not one of the best 'follow United for a season' books. Too much of a rant about Glazers owning the club, Ferguson's poor selection and tactics, and way off the mark players... Read more
Published 14 months ago by David Taylor
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Not what it seems ....
Book cover shows lots of ticket stubs ..... "on the Road....." .... "Journey through ... " led me to believe this was a book about a fan's weekly visits to watch Manchester United... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Amazon Bookworm
3.0 out of 5 stars
Misery in Manchester
Well written. I even laughed a couple of times but on the whole the feeling I got was that the author is just a miserable git. Read more
Published 22 months ago by MightyMariner
2.0 out of 5 stars
Another diary of a season
I got this as it was recommended but it turned out to be yet another boring diary of a season, but better written and with literary quotes beginning about a quarter of the... Read more
Published on 11 April 2011 by Michael Haughey
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A good read
Daniel Harris has done what most United fans of his generation has talked about doing over many a pint in many an English town, as as one of those fellas I salute him. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2010 by Stephen
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great read
Here's a book that tells it like it is. A real fan's perspective of the slings and arrows of supporting one of the world's greatest clubs. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2010 by balding eagle
5.0 out of 5 stars
great stories - made me hungry for the new season
Revved up for the new season so picked this up for a bit of a holiday reading to keep me in the mood whilst lying on the beach. Great stories in here that made me laugh out loud. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2010 by Keano
5.0 out of 5 stars
quality read
if you watched last season then this book is great. it is the kind of thing that has you turning pages to see what harris has to say next, sometimes intersting, sometimes... Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2010 by Miss Pathak
5.0 out of 5 stars
Intelligent and hilarious - and I don't even like football...
This is a brilliant piece of writing, which as others have said, goes way beyond its remit of an account of a football season. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2010 by Elie
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From the Heart
Incisive and insightful; entertaining and erudite. This is the voice of the real supporter.Critical, maybe,frustrated,perhaps; but always and ultimately on the side of the club he... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2010 by Kenton Dave
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