'Alastair Campbell and I spent hundreds of hours together during the peace process and, fair to say, a lot of the downtime was spent talking about football.   A story  that brings together so brilliantly football in the 70s and the  dark days of the terrible violence we worked so hard to end is a must-read for any fan of football or any friend of Ireland.’

Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach of Ireland

‘With a lot of football and a fair bit of Ireland, this book was made for me.’

Johnny Giles 

'A gripping combination of football (as we  used to know it) and terrorism (as we still know it). And no, I didn't anticipate the explosive climax.'

Delia Smith

‘A brilliantly told story about football when it was a proper mans’ game.’

Ron Harris

'A great book. It has everything - thrilling suspense, intrigue, funny - and what an ending.  I couldn’t put it down.'

Brian Flynn

‘I nearly bought Paul Fletcher from Burnley when I was manager at Manchester United. It could have been my biggest mistake!! Great book, though, all about my era.’

Tommy Docherty

‘Magical story of football in a wonderful era, fascinating ending.’

Tom Watt