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Still An Ordinary Spectator : Five More Years of Watching Sport

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In this follow-up to his award-winning book An Ordinary Spectator: 50 Years of Watching Sport, John Rigg presents a collection of his wide-ranging sports writing over the last five years.

Still An Ordinary Spectator: Five More Years of Watching Sport captures the thrill of watching some of the best sportsmen of the modern era - Rory McIlroy, Robert Lewandowski, Cameron Smith et al - at the top of their game. But it's not all star athletes; John also introduces the reader to the casual acquaintances he has encountered and the local sporting events he has watched during this most recent stage of his long sports-spectating journey.

From high-school American football in San Antonio to club cricket in Saltaire, the book reflects on sport's inherent capacity to act as a barometer of the society around it with a rich combination of contemporary detail and historical digression.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781781326503
  • ISBN-10: 1781326509
  • Publisher: Silverwood Books
  • Publish Date: July 2017
  • Dimensions: 9.61 x 6.69 x 0.64 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.08 pounds
  • Page Count: 306

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