Book Description

United! Dispatches from old Trafford is a final collection of pieces written for Manchester United supporters throughout the glorious '90's by Richard Kurt, stalwart of the top finzine RED ISSUE and author of seven books on the club. A pioneer of the partial, passionate, post-f ever pitch school of fan-writers, his work has been praised by such diverse figures in the worlds of football and books as Hunter Davies, Alex Ferguson and Nick Hornby himself. The 90's have also seen Kurt as fan-activist, footie-pop music producer, documentary scriptwriter and musicbiz author as well as a contributor to programmes on vitually every national TV and radio station. Now dispatches brings together some of his best work for a fresh audience. Read as a whole, it carries the reader along the journey from United's first Premiership title to the edge of the new millennium, an alternative fan's eye history of sensational footballing era at Old Trafford. The pieces sum up the United experience from every angle: in-depth studies of major personalities and events; comic romps at the expense of hated rivals or unloved club personnel; snapshots of life on and off the Old Trafford park; and, as a constant theme the story of the progressive disenfranchiseme