Support Your Local League by Antony Sutton
It Takes a Villager is a treasure trove of collected newspaper columns written by a sharp, insightful and provocative ex-New Yorker from his adopted California seaside village home, Laguna Beach. These delightful commentaries are selected from over 50 years of Arnold Hano's observations of the local history and politics of the town and the foibles of its inhabitants. They demonstrate his affection for Laguna Beach; his effective social activism, including constant vigilance to insure that Laguna retains its village atmosphere; and his love for his family and friends, all leavened with his wry, irreverent humor. This collections rounds out Hano's productive writing life, in which he has written 26 books, including A Day in the Bleachers, as well as hundreds of magazine articles and over 200 newspaper columns.
Sutton, Antony: - Antony doesn't remember a time when football wasn't part of his life, but he also isn't entirely sure how it all started. His earliest memories are of being given Arsenal books and programmes in the early 1970s, listening to the BBC World Service commentary from his home in Belgium on a Saturday afternoon, mentally kicking every ball as he was doing so. He went to his first football match a few weeks after returning to England to live in 1973, travelling on a double-decker Southdown bus to watch Brighton play Plymouth Argyle with his father and older brother. This was the Brighton of Brian Clough though he was unaware of that fact at the time. Antony says his abiding memory was of not being able to get a programme! It took more than 20 years to finally track one down but he soon learned that football was about memories. From supporting his passion - Arsenal - and his home side - Aldershot - from a young age, the next logical step for Antony was to see some football overseas, a past time that began in 1984 in continental Europe and continued for more than 30 years starting with Australia - where he adopted St George as his team - to Asia where he lived for a while in Thailand, a brief return to England and Germany before settling in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, where he started the popular blog, Jakarta Casual in 2006. Antony says that marriage and Jakarta Casual helped give meaning to his life and reignite his love for football, and marks the second half of his 30 years of expat life which provide the sub-text to his book, Support Your Local League - A South East Asian Football Odyssey.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780648133322 |
| ISBN 10 | 064813332X |
| Title | Support Your Local League |
| Author | Antony Sutton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fair Play Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 270 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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