Promised Land

A Northern Love Story

Anthony Clavane

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Yellow Jersey Press
15 September 2011

Social & cultural history; Sports teams & clubs; Football (Soccer, Association football)

Anthony's love letter to football, to his own club, Leeds, and the city that made it, was unviersally acclaimed in hardback and prize-nominated.

This is a book about football. It's about unconditional love for a club, even when it doesn't always seem to love you back. But it is also a book about much more than that.

Anthony Clavane loves Leeds - certainly the football club, but also the city, and the tribes that make it. Now that he is an exile in the South, his frequent pilgrimages to the stadium speak for themselves. But he no less loves the rarely-glimpsed back-streets of his youth; and even has a feel for the long-gone slums where his ancestors once settled. Leeds is his promised land; idealised and unreachable, yet still it defines him.

'Sports writing at its very best' Daily Telegraph

By: Anthony Clavane
Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 247g
ISBN: 9780224082648
ISBN 10: 0224082647
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 September 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anthony Clavane was born in Leeds in 1960, a year before Don Revie became manager. He started life as a history teacher and is now chief sports writer of the Sunday Mirror.

Reviews for Promised Land: A Northern Love Story

Absorbing, compelling and very personal. Brilliant * David Peace * 'Original, passionate, thought-provoking and hugely enjoyable' * The Times * 'Sports book of the year' * Radio 2 * 'Compelling...Glorious...Has an appeal far beyond football' * Guardian * 'Absolutely brilliant' * Independent on Sunday *