{"product_id":"the-silence-of-the-stands-by-daniel-gray-9781399404068","title":"The Silence of the Stands","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2023\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023 - Football Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Powerful and poignant’ Henry Winter\u003cbr\u003e‘Empathetic and poignant … the game’s answer to \u003ci\u003eA Journal of the Plague Year\u003c\/i\u003e’ Harry Pearson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘The Durham City midfielder wore the resigned look of a man trying to find a jar of harissa in Farmfoods. Up front for Jarrow, a centre-forward darted around frenetically, as if chasing a kite during a hurricane...’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen football disappeared in March 2020, writer and broadcaster Daniel Gray used its absence to reflect on everything the game meant to him. That bred a pledge: whenever and wherever fans were allowed to return, he would be there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Stands\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of that pledge: a joyous travelogue documenting a precarious season, in which behind-closed-doors matches and travel restrictions combined to make trips to Kendal and Workington seem impossibly exotic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffering a poignant peek at a surreal age and a slab of social history from the two-metre-distanced tea bar queue, this is the moving, heartfelt and surprisingly uplifting story of a unique season that no one wishes to repeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600327360748,"sku":"9781399404068","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d3f77ca1ca3ddce6cd7fc2b0791e5ca7.jpg?v=1778020549","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-silence-of-the-stands-by-daniel-gray-9781399404068","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}