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A People’s History of Newcastle United
A history of the best supported underachievers in world football; a club that still draw crowds of over 52,000 despite being champions of England so long ago that Wyatt Earp and Thomas Hardy were still alive when they last won the First Division in 1927

‘A brilliant history of the club I love. Passion, pride and pain – it’s all here’ ALAN SHEARER

‘No-one writes with as much flair, authority and sly wit about the North and Northerners as well as Dan Jackson. a loving, forensic, engaging history of his beloved Newcastle United’ STUART MACONIE

‘An outstandingly rich, entertaining and thoughtful book’ DOMINIC SANDBROOK

‘Not just an outstanding portrait of a club and its history, but also of a city, a region and even the people of the Geordie Nation’ DUNCAN HAMILTON

What is the real history of Newcastle United? Why has this gloriously exaspera