The lives of two international footballers are changed forever following a road accident. A young orphan learns lessons for life from his great-uncle, helped by a shared love of football, words and story-telling. A vicar thinks about his life and faith as he watches a disastrous performance by his team.
 
The 11 inter-connected short stories in The Strange Death of Football often have the feel of a novel as their protagonists, from Manchester to Portsmouth and Glasgow to Naples, cope with life's highs and low. For them, football is occasionally a curse, more often a blessing, but always more than a game. 
 
There's also a sting in the tail, a warning from the future. 
 
'Stories play off each other, key figures recur, connections reveal themselves. The result is a heartfelt narrative that's as much about family as football. '
GARY IMLACH
Journalist, broadcaster and author of My Father and Other Working-Class Football Heroes
 
'A beautiful album of short stories that performs the rare feat of using football as a stage, a structuring device and a metaphor. Wise and moving.'
JONATHAN WILSON 
Journalist, author and editor of The Blizzard