Union Jock
€17.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780224080156 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Yellow Jersey |
| Publishing Date | 26/06/2008 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €16.89 |
| Tax | €1.01 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €17.90 |
| Availability | 1 unit in external warehouse |
Product Description
July 30, 1966. Bobby Moore is lifting the Jules Rimet trophy, Denis Law is playing golf, and a young boy in Edinburgh is being taught the most important lesson of his life: no matter who England are playing, you support the other lot. If the opposition have a dodgy human rights record, or are cruel to wasps, or can''t even be located on a large-format map - too bad. You support the other lot.
Forty years on, and Aidan Smith has done a pretty good job of supporting the other lot. But these days he should be old enough, and ugly enough, to be above petty, playground-formed sporting squabbles. Besides, the World Cup is coming, Scotland haven''t made it, and he''s about to marry an Englishwoman. Maybe it''s a sign. But can a Scotsman ever cheer for ''Ingerland''?
In Union Jock, Aidan Smith investigates the age-old England-Scotland emnity, both on and off the football field. The Scots may have suffered at the hands of the Auld Enemy for centuries - Braveheart, Culloden, Jimmy Hill calling David Narey''s goal a "toe-poke" (against Brazil in the 1982 World Cup, top right-hand corner) - but now they''re a nation on the rise, with a spanking new parliament to prove it. But what do the fans, players, politicians, and Sassenach invaders really think about their English neighbours? Would supporting England be a denial of their Scottishness?
Join Aidan Smith on his quest to put an end to centuries of not-so-friendly rivalry. That''s if the Scots don''t get him first. Or the English.