PAT NEVIN - FOOTBALL AND HOW TO SURVIVE IT with NIGE TASSELL

Walthamstow Rock 'n' Roll Book Club is thrilled to welcome PAT NEVIN back to Walthasmtow Trades Hall for a night of talk, great music and part two of his memoirs: football and how to survive it

"So, you fell into football by accident. You've played for Chelsea, Everton and your country at an international level. But what happens when you discover you're in so deep that football has taken over your whole life?'

In this brilliant new memoir, Pat Nevin takes us on a journey to the less glamorous side of football. From Tranmere to Kilmarnock, he plays some of the best football he's ever played. Then, in an unprecedented twist of fate, finds himself both player and Chief Executive of Scottish First Division club Motherwell.

What follows is an entertaining and revealing tale of the side of football that you rarely see as Pat tries to keep the lid on simmering tensions between owner and the manager; travels in Lear jets one moment, but has to sell off half the team, the next.

So much is madness, like being the manager's boss, and his player at the same time; or discovering that the ground's goalposts are higher on one side than on the other!

And with impossible challenges at every corner, such as learning that their son is autistic, and the club hurtling towards administration, Pat strives to walk the impossible line between player, parent and boss.

Football and How to Survive It is a real one-off, uncovering the sport in all its complex, confusing and calamitous glory. Once you've read it, you may never look at the game in the same way again.

Of course running through the book is a constant stream of music, Half Man, Half Biscuit (obv.)New Order, Joy Division, Durutti Column, Oasis, Pains of Being Pure of Heart and more.

What to expect:

Pat will be in conversation with Nige Tassell (Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids/Field of Dreams: 100 Years of Wembley in 100 Matches).

Last time Pat came he was going to do a DJ set but he was yakking so much there just wasn't time. We'll still have some music and we will have a paid of CDJs waiting in case he has his USB with him.

Talk/Q&A/Book Signing/DJ's/Cheap Bar

'The good news for those who loved The Accidental Footballer: this new book is even better. There were times as I read Pat Nevin's account of his years running - or, trying to run - Motherwell, I had to remind myself to breathe. It's a thrilling read - funny, nerve-wracking, precise and very, very human.' - Roddy Doyle

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Walthamstow Trades Hall, 61-63 Tower Hamlets Road, London, United Kingdom