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The Overcoat Men: How Two Unsung Heroes Thwarted a Secret Plan to Kill Off a Football Club by Mark Hodkinson (Paperback, 2019)
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The story of two men who almost single-handedly saved their football club from extinction. In the early 80s David Kilpatrick and Graham Morris spied architects' plans to turn Spotland, the home of their beloved, beleaguered Rochdale AFC, into a housing estate. They set about saving the club but first had to take on the alleged 'enemy within'. They worked tirelessly, persuading companies to write off debts while securing loans and donations, a tricky proposition when your club is bottom of the Football League. Meanwhile, the town of Rochdale was on its knees, the last of the cotton mills closing down. The limit of most fans' investment in their club is routinely the price of a season ticket. Directors often risk their houses and businesses, sometimes forfeiting marriages, families and their health in the name of their club. People such as Kilpatrick and Morris - moderately wealthy local businessmen - who serve on football club boards are the unseen, unsung heroes of football, even in the modern age.Product Identifiers
PublisherPitch Publishing LTD
ISBN-139781785315251
eBay Product ID (ePID)22046656774
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Overcoat Men: How Two Unsung Heroes Thwarted a Secret Plan to Kill Off a Football Club
AuthorMark Hodkinson
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width138mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMark Hodkinson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 18 Dec, 2019
A book worth reading
Well written - actually bought as Christmas present for avid Rochdale fan.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 20 Jan, 2021
Enjoyable read.
A good true account. Interesting if you are interested in Rochdale afc history .Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 27 Dec, 2022
Great book
Great book, very interesting insight into the machinations in a lower league football club boardroom.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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