After a successful start to the season the previous Saturday, it was less so this last weekend, but no less enjoyable. With uncertainty around the longevity of the season with Covid closing in again, we’re just making the most of it while we can. It all kicked off with the early game at West EppingContinue reading “Some wins, some losses”
Category Archives: NUFC
Rocking all over the world
Today saw the end of a glorious two week period with the Unashamed Football Novels featured on nufc.com. Starting with a competition to win a copy of the first two books, this then morphed into a promo for the third book, Jarrod Black Guilty Party, which came out unofficially on May 25th. The traffic onContinue reading “Rocking all over the world”
Into the Top 20!
This morning, Amazon UK had Introducing Jarrod Black in the top 20 … the top 20 American football books that is. Hey I’ll take it! Amazon is a peculiar beast – the rankings for each country appear to be totally independent of each other, and the classifications tend to be a little mixed up. IContinue reading “Into the Top 20!”
Excitement levels high!
The release date of Jarod Black Guilty Party looks to have been set on Amazon, at least on the US site, for Wednesday 27th May. That’s in two days time. After an eight month incubation since it was submitted to Fair Play Publishing, overcoming a difficult period with bush fires, the demise of a keyContinue reading “Excitement levels high!”
Who is the Guilty Party?
We’re so close, it hurts. The absolute final edits were made to the third Unashamed Football Novel today, down to the last comma to remove and the last grammar error to correct. The book is now up on the Fair Play Publishing website, it has an ISBN for both the paperback and the eBook, andContinue reading “Who is the Guilty Party?”
What’s it all about then?
So, you’ve stumbled upon these Unashamed Football Novels. The question has been asked though – why should I invest the time to read them? First things first, if you love football, if you play yourself, or if you are in a family that plays or loves the game, you will definitely find this series entertaining.Continue reading “What’s it all about then?”
Howay the Toon!
Anyone who knows me will be aware of my fanatical support for the Toon. It’s no surprise really – growing up in Morpeth, just north of Newcastle, you don’t really get much of a choice in the matter. A first visit to St James, Pat Heard’s debut in a 1-1 draw when Chris Waddle scored,Continue reading “Howay the Toon!”
Play on …
When Fair Play Publishing floated the idea of an online football magazine to get us through the lockdown phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, I was straight on to it. The theme for Edition 1 was ‘old soccer and new football’, and the contributors could decide how they interpreted that theme. The resulting piece compares theContinue reading “Play on …”
The Boy on the Shed
I don’t know what possessed me to get this book. I found it online by chance. The title of the book doesn’t exactly give it away, but seeing the familiar name of Paul Ferris, a player around in the time when I was starting to go to St James Park regularly, it was an obviousContinue reading “The Boy on the Shed”