With Heads Held High

Last updated : 18 June 2015 By Tony Scholes

His latest book, entitled With Heads Held High, is initially available only as an ebook and has today been launched on Amazon Kindle.

The book as a tale of joy, hope, happiness, sadness, desperation, and sometimes misery. It's a modern day battle of David, in the shape of plucky small town heroes, against Goliath in the guise of the big city clubs dripping with foreign cash.

It's one man's personal view as he follows the unfolding story from unlikely Championship promotion contenders to runners up, and the subsequent challenge of the big boys of the Premier League.

Whilst of necessity featuring match reviews, it's not a blow-by-blow account of every minute of every game, the national and local press are far more adept at that. Hopefully it's a book that captures the fan's emotions, from the euphoria of an unexpected victory, to the gut wrenching sickness of an unwarranted defeat. 

Written in a diary style it encompasses other facets of everyday life of the author, which he hopes will also amuse the not so committed football fanatic. It's therefore also a book about the pleasures of walking, companionship, friendly rivalry, and life after work. In some small part it's also a good pub and beer guide. 

The author has followed the Clarets since their glory days of the 1960's, through their descent to the bottom of Division 4, and almost extinction in 1987. In his time as a fan he has seen his heroes crowned champions of all four divisions of English league football. Not many supporters of other clubs can claim that! 

This, the second book in the series, 'Burnley FC - The Premier League Diaries', follows the publication of 'A Season In The Sun' in 2010. Here's hoping it can become a long running series.