- Paperback: 300 pages
- Publisher: BERTRAMS; 2Rev Ed edition (1 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1898030065
- ISBN-13: 978-1898030065
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,865,231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Question: What do you get when you take a loyal football fan whose motto is "Sunderland Till I Die, I Know I Am, I'm Sure I Am...", and you throw in an unhealthy obsession with the Internet, running an online fanzine in the hope of becoming a dot-com millionaire, divorce, depression, redundancy, intimidation, paranoia, jealousy, promotion, relegation, and a revised motto of "Sunderland Till I Die, I Know I Am, Well I Think I Am..."? Answer: This book! Starting from Sunderland's relegation in 1997 to Sunderland's devestating relegation in 2003, "Why Do I Do It", indeed begs the question of "why" when it comes to supporting Sunderland AFC, and the rollercoaster ride of highs and lows it can bring (and more than often, too many lows). "Why Do I Do It", also asks why I persist in running a web site - Ready To Go (RTG) www readytogo.net - when my vision/dream/desire/delusion is to become a dot com millionaire, yet for all the success of the web site brings in terms of visitors, revenue remains oh so low. And why is so much abuse is thrown at me and my colleagues albeit electronically, from supporters who only agree to disagree with any editorial comments that are made?"Why Do I Do It" also asks why, in terms of life, as I unveil some rather personal issues, yet hopefully I've managed to put them across in an ironic and humourous manner, though at times very dark, and sinister-ish! Either way it is a fascinating insight and one in which you are invited to read, whether or not you support Sunderland AFC, or, even if you don't like football, or the Internet, this book will hopefully keep you entertained.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Why Do I Do It? - Radical, Truthful, Graphic, Sad, Malevolent, Beguiling? You decide and catch its wry, ironic, often controversial and very personal thoughts which portray premier passions of fever pitch proportions."
Steve Dean Sec. Jarrow Branch SAFCSA - Sunderland Association Football Club Supporters Association.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Take away the football element and what you have is the story of an ordinary married man struggling through life over the past few years, redundancy, divorce, illness, intimidation, victimisation - a lot of what it says on the back cover.
Written in an in your face "terrace" style, such open issues mixed with following Sunderland AFC make for a great read, and with the humerous attempts to become a dot com millionaire you have to applaud the author for such a wide variety of tales.
Why Do I Do It? - I've ased that question many times myself watching SAFC, I remember the play-off final, beating the Mags 2-1 in the rain, the heartbreak of being relegated at Wimbledon and the aweful 2003 season, but like the author I still follow SAFC, through thick and thin.
Sunderland till I die! or Sunderland till I Die?
You decide!
6 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Why does he do it? Has the world not had enough of these "look at me, I gan to the footie and I'm git mint me man" type publications to satisfy even the most loyal club supporter?
Yet another, been there, done that, ate the balti pie diatribe of a football fans trials & tribulations of going to the game.
Millions of people travel hundreds of thousands of miles, travelling the length and breadth of the country (and in some cases, continent) to go to football games in the course of a season, yet still the uber-fan with an eye for a bit of self-publicity, or self-gratification feels the need to tell us all about his experiences.
Who hasn't broken down on the way to a game? Who hasn't kipped in railway stations after missing the last connection home? Who hasn't been chased off by the locals, or welcomed into their boozers?
Still, if it floats your boat, buy it to gather a bit more dust on your shelf rather than sitting collecting dust in the Amazon warehouse eh?
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