Titans of the Teardrop Isle: A Season as a Pro Footballer in Sri Lanka

Seth Burkett is invited to join a professional Sri Lankan football team, Trinco Titans, owned by Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara. He is unaware of the quality of football, the standard of pitches, the local political tensions, and the dates of the fixtures. He is immersed in the Titans family, experiencing new friendships, beaches, a relaxed approach to organization and time-keeping, thousands of new Facebook followers, and a crash course in the country's recent troubled history.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 19 April 2021
Publisher: Floodlit Dreams Ltd

When Seth Burkett responds to a tweet inviting foreign players to join a professional Sri Lankan football team in a new tournament, he has no idea what awaits him. The team is Trinco Titans, owned by Sri Lankan cricket legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, and he will spend the summer playing in the North Eastern Premier League. Unfortunately, he is in the dark about the quality of football, the standard of pitches, the delicate local political tensions, even the dates of the fixtures. Before long, he is fully immersed in the Titans family, experiencing everything the country has to offer him: new friendships, picture-postcard beaches, a relaxed approach to organization and time-keeping, thousands of new Facebook followers, and a crash course in the Teardrop Isle's recent troubled history. There will be results to forget, but it will be a summer to remember.

Weight: 346g
Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838030018