Life and Chimes

Author:

By Richard Holledge

Format:

Paperback

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In print, usually dispatched within 48 hours.

Price:

£7.99

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Football, Football Teams, Portsmouth FC

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Further Details

• Published: 30th Jun 2003
• ISBN: 1904439012
• Pages: 168
• Photos: 30
• Size: 215mm x 135mm

From Word of Sport:

Readers of The Times will be familiar with Holledge's weekly ringing of the Pompey chimes - here he follows up the success of his column with a celebration of Pompey's promotion season. An incisive and intelligent account, but with enough room for a Las Vegas hotel and a Portsmouth knicker shop.

From the Publisher:

When journalist Richard Holledge began writing a weekly column in The Times in August 2002, charting the season of his beloved Pompey FC, he was expecting the usual mixture of elation, disappointment, high drama and base comedy typical of the 40 years in which he has supported one of Britain's less fashionable football clubs. Instead, Portsmouth headed straight to the top of Division One... and stayed there. And, just as Portsmouth's performances have made the rest of the football world sit up and take notice, Richard's column, Life and Chimes, has attracted a cult following of soccer fans from all parts of the country.

Witty, perceptive and completely original, Life and Chimes examines a year in the life of a football club and its supporters from a unique perspective. Like the team itself, Life and Chimes has enjoyed a heady journey round the grounds of Nationwide League Division One, taking in the like of a Las Vegas hotel and a Portsmouth knicker shop along the way. It is a voyage of discovery that all football fans, and especially those of Pompey, will enjoy.