{"product_id":"this-ayr-united-thing-more-iliad-than-illyria-9781849212625","title":"This Ayr United Thing - More Iliad than Illyria","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Duncan Carmichael\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Kennedy \u0026amp; Boyd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Kennedy \u0026amp; Boyd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Soccer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClub Historian Duncan Carmichael reflects on the curious consequences that supporting a local football club will have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty-five years of writing programme notes have done nothing to diminish Duncan's enthusiasms: practicing stoicism, patience, emotional control in times of stress, perfect knowledge of transport timetables, motorway toilets and recommended fish-and-chiperies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerations of Carmichaels have found their lives rearranged by fixtures and foul weather, and here Duncan blends family reminiscences with reports of battles won and lost on a journey featuring glorious defeats and routine victories, but as yet no happiness at the still-elusive end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuncan's databases and archives of epic proportions are the accurate grounding for a fascinating review of one club's mesmeric hold on a typical Saturday foot-soldier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46389387591831,"sku":"9781849212625","price":2216.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781849212625.webp?v=1768798751","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/this-ayr-united-thing-more-iliad-than-illyria-9781849212625","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}