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FINDING THE FAR CORNER AGAIN

JONNY BRICK PLUCKS ANOTHER BOOK FROM THE SHELVES OF THE FOOTBALL LITERARY SOCIETY, THIS ONE A CULT CLASSIC PUBLISHED IN 1994

The way it was: Middlesbrough’s old Ayresome Park ground and, inset left, Harry Pearson

MY UNCLE Clive recommended The Far Corner to me as the best book about football. I own a copy of the 2007 edition, which is the seventh reprint, and since Harry Pearson wrote it, his beloved Middlesbrough have reached the final of a major European competition and hired one former and two future England managers.
By the time we spoke late last year, chairman Steve...

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