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Oct 11, 2024 6:21 PM

Author:Gary Edwards

Leeds United

He made you cry with laughter with Paint It White, now the celebrated Leeds-supporting, cartoon-drawing, painting-and-decorating eccentric Gary Edwards is back. It turns out that his first book was only an undercoat and now the story of his crazy life following Leeds needs a second coat.

No wonder: Edwards, you see, has seen every Leeds game - competitive and friendly anywhere in the world - since 17 January 1968*. During those 37 years, he's been there, done that and bought the T-shirt. So, after subtle prompts from his travelling companions, he's back with more tales that simply would not fit into the first volume.

There's barely a pub in the land he can step into without some well-meaning soul coming up to him and demanding, 'Loved the book, Gary! When are you going to do another - with me in it?' So here it is - another fabulously entertaining collection of travelling tales and friends remembered. Eventually.

In this follow-up instalment of high gloss and drama, Edwards recounts how he befriended a real-life Leeds-supporting Dalek, convinced Rolf Harris that the earth was flat, was accosted by firemen while trying to paint a fire engine white, appeared on the sides of buses with his face painted in Leeds colours and received letters from the Queen and the Prime Minister after he complained about David Beckham getting an OBE!

Leeds United: The Second Coat is another hilarious account of the scrapes, adventures and moments of comedy that a life's passion for Leeds United has brought Gary Edwards.

*OK, he missed one but he still has the match ticket, and only a strike by Spanish air traffic control stopped him getting to a one-off friendly in Toronto.

Reviews

'When it comes to true fans Gary Edwards takes some beating'.

—— Shoot Monthly

'Edwards treats the reader to some cracking tales from his many years on the road...This is as entertaining a sports book as you're ever likely to read. A book for all football fans, written by one of the biggest fans of them all'.

—— Scotland On Sunday

'Hilarious...Too many books written by fans wallow in self pity and noble defeat. This one's just a hoot'.

—— Programme Monthly

Suffused with a love of football that no amount of rejections, disappointments and defeats can destroy

—— When Saturday Comes

This is a very funny book

—— Independent on Sunday

Full of compelling anecdotes and perceptive analysis, and I would heartily recommend it even if it didn't also include a few excerpts from my own encounters with notable characters from the world of spin.

—— Brian Viner , Independent

Get hold of a copy of Amol Rajan's Twirlymen...This is a forensic and often lyrical examination of the history of spin

—— James Lawton , Independent

In Amol Rajan the twirlers have found a historian worthy of their deceptive art...a brilliant, revisionist book...which should be compulsory reading for anyone who claims to love the game even half as much as the author evidently does.

—— Simon Redfern , Independent

An eloquent, page-turning series of biographies about cricket's finest spin bowlers.'

—— Sunday Express

Amol Rajan provides a natty introduction to the spin bowler.

—— i

A charming history of spin-bowling

—— The Lady

Twirlymen is a splendid romp through the history of spin bowling. A delight from start to finish, it's a book I dearly wish I'd written myself.

—— Alex Massie , Spectator

A fine book

—— William Leith , Scotsman

Entertaining and informative

—— Brandon Robshaw , Independent on Sunday

This seductive book will engage those who don’t know a googly from a doosra and enlighten those who do

—— Independent
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