A sensational account of Swansea City's 2011/12 season in the Premier League covering 12 months in the life of a Welsh football club that in 2003 was just 40 minutes away from extinction and relegation from the football league. Taking up the story where he left off at the end of Walking on Sunshine, Keith Haynes gives a vivid and passionate biographical account of Swansea City's first successful season in the Premier League. Playing with the top teams in England was never going to be easy, but under the expert guidance of manager Brendan Rodgers, Wales' top football side have shown they are more than capable of holding their own. This is a gripping follow-up to the best-selling title Swansea City 2010/11 - Walking on Sunshine.
Shine on Swansea City: 2011/12: A Season in the Sun
and over 1.5 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more
| |||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. Special Offer until June 30, 2013: Receive an additional £5 promotional Gift Certificate, when you trade-in at least £10 worth of books. Learn more. |
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.
Product Description
About the Author
Keith Haynes is a lifelong Swansea City fan and has written eight books as well as countless articles for fanzines and the Swansea City match day program. He lives in Gloucester.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Gavin Tucker
Format:Paperback
Shine on Swansea City delivers a honest, passionate, emotional and at times hilarious journey following The Swans in their debut season in the Premier League
Having enjoyed Keith's previous book, I already knew to a certain degree what to expect and was not let down. Excellently written and totally engrossing, the book touches on the history of the club, the darker days and it's meteoric rise.
With no holds barred opinions of the modern game, insight on agents, media, other clubs, managers, players. Tales of travels and memories past and a enthralling biographical account of his journey following Swansea City's debut Premier League season.
The passion and emotion shines through as you read. There are moments of pure comedy, of tradgedy and perspective.
If you're a football fan, even if your not a Swans fan, there will be much you can relate too. You'll laugh, you'll maybe cry and you will definately enjoy.
Having enjoyed Keith's previous book, I already knew to a certain degree what to expect and was not let down. Excellently written and totally engrossing, the book touches on the history of the club, the darker days and it's meteoric rise.
With no holds barred opinions of the modern game, insight on agents, media, other clubs, managers, players. Tales of travels and memories past and a enthralling biographical account of his journey following Swansea City's debut Premier League season.
The passion and emotion shines through as you read. There are moments of pure comedy, of tradgedy and perspective.
If you're a football fan, even if your not a Swans fan, there will be much you can relate too. You'll laugh, you'll maybe cry and you will definately enjoy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
As with Keith's previous Book charting and emotionally embracing Swansea City's rise to the Premier League, "Shine On..." adopts the very-few-holds-barred approach to chronicling the Club's gradual ascent of the League, to the lofty heights of 11th place by season's end.
And it's none the worse for this: Keith's prose style is at times stream-of-consciousness, at times more studied and reflective, and always eminently readable, as he takes the reader along the footballing rollercoaster that was SCFC's 2011-12 season.
Where there is criticism to be levelled, Keith is never afraid to take aim and fire; those in the firing line will not enjoy reading some incisive home truths. Equally, where praise is due, it is given, even to the point where some judgements made in the last book are revisited and rethought.
You end this book feeling a little exhausted but extremely satisfied, as the emotional drama and the intense highs and lows of the season finally conclude in a victory over Liverpool, a fact not lost upon Swansea supporters in light of the events of this summer. All in all, it's an old-fashioned page-turner, a footballing adventure story as Swansea City defy the odds and David goes 38 rounds with Goliath and wins on points.
Highly recommended reading for the thinking football fan.
And it's none the worse for this: Keith's prose style is at times stream-of-consciousness, at times more studied and reflective, and always eminently readable, as he takes the reader along the footballing rollercoaster that was SCFC's 2011-12 season.
Where there is criticism to be levelled, Keith is never afraid to take aim and fire; those in the firing line will not enjoy reading some incisive home truths. Equally, where praise is due, it is given, even to the point where some judgements made in the last book are revisited and rethought.
You end this book feeling a little exhausted but extremely satisfied, as the emotional drama and the intense highs and lows of the season finally conclude in a victory over Liverpool, a fact not lost upon Swansea supporters in light of the events of this summer. All in all, it's an old-fashioned page-turner, a footballing adventure story as Swansea City defy the odds and David goes 38 rounds with Goliath and wins on points.
Highly recommended reading for the thinking football fan.
By hglscfc
Format:Kindle Edition
what brilliant book sees into the true swans! i would recormend to any swansea fan. keith haynes an ausome writer
By Caroline W
Format:Paperback
Firstly, in order to protect the innocent I should state that this is a review by Medwyn Williams and not my wife Caroline, as I appear not to have an Amazon account...
If you're a football fan and whether you follow Swansea City or not this is a great account of how it really is to follow a football team over the course of a season. It captures the highs and the lows and above all the passion, and the sometimes irrational and inexplicable emotions that football engenders in a way that the rest of life (thankfully in many ways!) simply doesn't. The strength of this book and in Keith's writing is that he tells it as it is, not how the mass media thinks and often portays it to be and simply ignores or completely don't get what it's like to have a love supreme that is your football club. The countless hours spent following, travelling and simply thinking about the irrelevant minutiae is captured here in a way that very few football books have ever acheived.
Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a book solely for Swansea City fans it's not, but then again if you're a Cardiff City fan then it MAY not be top of your reading "to do" list...
If you're a football fan and whether you follow Swansea City or not this is a great account of how it really is to follow a football team over the course of a season. It captures the highs and the lows and above all the passion, and the sometimes irrational and inexplicable emotions that football engenders in a way that the rest of life (thankfully in many ways!) simply doesn't. The strength of this book and in Keith's writing is that he tells it as it is, not how the mass media thinks and often portays it to be and simply ignores or completely don't get what it's like to have a love supreme that is your football club. The countless hours spent following, travelling and simply thinking about the irrelevant minutiae is captured here in a way that very few football books have ever acheived.
Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a book solely for Swansea City fans it's not, but then again if you're a Cardiff City fan then it MAY not be top of your reading "to do" list...
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
A fab story of teh SWans first year in the Premier League, written from the heart. Another great read from Keith Haynes.
By Mapp
Format:Paperback
This new book takes up the story where 'Swansea City 2010/11: Walking on Sunshine' left off. The build-up to Swansea's appearance in the Premier League is told in Keith Haynes' inimitable style and there's plenty of fun and unfettered opinion on the way through the 2011/12 season, which was ultimately a great success for the club. A thoroughly recommended book, and it really is no-holds-barred stuff.
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
