Books by Mike Critchley

Mike Critchley became sports editor of his hometown paper, the St Helens Star, in 2001 and is now also the senior sports writer on the Runcorn and Widnes World. Prior to returning north, Mike was chief rugby writer at the Birmingham Mail after starting his journalistic career as a news reporter on the Birmingham MetroNews. Born and raised in Dentons Green, Mike was bitten by the Saints bug in 1978 and an obsession was born - despite taking seven years to see Harry Pinner lift that first trophy. This is his third book after assisting ex-Saints skipper Chris Joynt in the writing of his autobiography The Quiet Man and penning The Patience of a Saint, 1978-96. For the past seven years Mike has helped Steve Prescott write his amazing story - One in a Million - which will be published in August 2014. Aged 47, Mike lives in Widnes with his wife Kate and daughter Rosa.