Any Newcastle fan who loves north east football and the unique cultural identity of the region may be interested in this book, which is free to download on Amazon kindle until the end of Monday 25th June: On Unfamiliar Grounds: A North-eastern football journey eBook: Mark Cowan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store The journey takes in the Teesside League, Wearside League, Northern League, Northern Premier League, National League and Premier League, covering all tiers of England's professional leagues. From packed out stadia at St James' Park and the Stadium of Light to virtually empty grounds where the players and officials almost outnumbered the paying public, the story muses over the role that football plays in a former industrial landscape where the ghosts of heavy industry are still present, if not physically then still in the psyche of locals and the settlements they inhabit. "A richly entertaining book about a season in North-East football" (Northern Echo)
