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LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Powerful and poignant' Henry Winter
'Empathetic and poignant ... the game's answer to A Journal of the Plague Year' Harry Pearson
'The Durham City midfielder wore the resigned look of a man trying to find a jar of harissa in Farmfoods. Up front for Jarrow, a centre-forward darted around frenetically, as if chasing a kite during a hurricane...'
When football disappeared in March 2020, writer and broadcaster Daniel Gray used its absence to reflect on everything the game meant to him. That bred a pledge: whenever and wherever fans were allowed to return, he would be there.
The Silence of the Stands is the result of that pledge: a joyous travelogue documenting a precarious season, in which behind-closed-doors matches and travel restrictions combined to make trips to Kendal and Workington seem impossibly exotic.
Offering a poignant peek at a surreal age and a slab of social history from the two-metre-distanced tea bar queue, this is the moving, heartfelt and surprisingly uplifting story of a unique season that no one wishes to repeat.
Daniel Gray is a writer, broadcaster and magazine editor from York. He presents the When Saturday Comes podcast and has published a host of critically acclaimed books on football and social history, including The Silence of the Stands which was shortlisted at the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023. @d_gray_writer
Introduction - Jarrow 3 v 1 Durham City
1 Middlesbrough 1 v 1 Bournemouth
2 Lancaster City 1 v 2 Basford United
3 Workington 2 v 0 Mossley
4 Kendal Town 0 v 3 Tadcaster Albion
5 Southport 1 v 1 Alfreton Town
6 Cowdenbeath 2 v 0 Brechin City
7 Raith Rovers 3 v 1 Dundee
8 Rothbury 5 v 1 Forest Hall
9 Billingham Synthonia 0 v 2 West Auckland Town
Epilogue
Selected bibliography
Acknowledgements