Newcastle United Stole My Heart: Sixty Years in Black and White

Michael Chaplin's lifelong obsession with his city and its football club is chronicled in this football memoir, which recreates iconic matches and explores the changing face of Newcastle and Michael's own life and career. It is a must-read for Newcastle United supporters and football fans everywhere.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2023
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

The magnificent story of a writer's lifelong obsession with his city and its football club is brought to life in this captivating memoir. When 5-year-old Michael Chaplin arrived in a strange city of ships in the late 1950s, he searched in vain for something that would anchor him to it and make him feel at home. Then, one Saturday afternoon, it came: the roar of a crowd, and a football team to support. Young Michael became an avid Newcastle United fan, and has remained one for over sixty years. In this football memoir with a difference, the celebrated playwright and screenwriter tells the story of his six-decade love affair with the club, each chapter recreating an iconic Newcastle match. The players who graced the game, the managers in the dug-out, and the backdrop outside the stadium—both the changing face of Newcastle and the ups and downs of Michael's own life and career—are all vividly brought to life. This vivid, thoughtful, and entertaining book is an absolute must-read for all Newcastle United supporters, and indeed—given that the club is often described as everyone's second favourite—for football fans everywhere.

Weight: 402g
Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805260394
Edition number: New ed