Evertonians The Chosen Few: We are born, we do not choose

[rascal]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1780912315/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cliff Green has been an Everton fan for 43 years. From 2004 until 2012, while overseas, he was a regular contributor to the now defunct fanzine ‘Speke from the Harbour’. These 31 articles discuss every pressing issue of the modern day game from why England will never win anything to what happened to the obstruction rule? From racism to Rooney, from fair play to financial crises. And while this book gives a chronology of recent events in the goldfish bowl of the professional game, there’s always the underlying theme of what it is to support a team that is so close and yet so far from Champions League football. Success guaranteed by a foreign billionaire investor or heritage and self-respect preserved as the trophy cabinet gathers dust? A dilemma faced by many real fans and Cliff Green expresses this anguish better than most.

Anyone read it? Just been reading the previews and it looks interesting enough. Although one chapter is called 'David Moyes; a man ahead of his time?'

 

[dholliday]

"Success guaranteed by a foreign billionaire investor or heritage and self-respect preserved as the trophy cabinet gathers dust? A dilemma faced by many real fans and Cliff Green expresses this anguish better than most."

Required reading before being allowed to post in the Board/Kenwright thread?

 

[Blue Cheese]

I may purchase that and have a read, could be interesting.

 

[dholliday]

Evertonians The Chosen Few: We are born, we do not choose

Anyone else feel a slight cringe when reading that title back?

 

[rascal]

Absolutely. What is wrong with a simple title like 'the musings of a Everton fan over a ten year period'?

 

[big_daddy]

Although one chapter is called 'David Moyes; a man ahead of his time?'

Raymond verhiejen doesn't like this

 

[dholliday]

Absolutely. What is wrong with a simple title like 'the musings of a Everton fan over a ten year period'?

I enjoy the born, not manufactured sentiment. But the wording is off, it just overdoes it. Makes us sound like something from the Bible.


I'd go with something like: Evertonians are born, ffs

 

[blaggerblue]

Anyone else feel a slight cringe when reading that title back?

we are suckers for this kind of thing like

 

[Toffeelover]

The title IMO is nonsense, it belittles all those fans who are abroad and those who were not born in Merseyside.

 

[big_daddy]

Anyone else feel a slight cringe when reading that title back?

Especially considering the writer decided to support Everton because of a title challenge when he was 9

 

[Pat's Van]

Especially considering the writer decided to support Everton because of a title challenge when he was 9

what was your reason ???

 

[mezzrow]

The title IMO is nonsense, it belittles all those fans who are abroad and those who were not born in Merseyside.

We too, are born Evertonian. We just have to wait many years for it to be revealed to us. Not a problem.

 

[Pat's Van]

Big Daddy scuttled off again eh ??? ah well

 

[big_daddy]

what was your reason ???

Big nev, you?

 

[lmurkder]

Big nev, you?

You're a red. You virtually admitted it on the world football thread today.