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Ayr United On This Day
Duncan Carmichael
ISBN 9781849211802
Paperback  432 pages
 
Published 4 August 2016    UK Price £16.95    US Price $24.95   

Where were you on Sunday 15 May 2016, when the final whistle blew at the Championship play-off?
Where were Ayr United playing when Willie Japp's miskick won the game?
Think about Norway 1928; Sweden 1928, 1998 and 2000; Canada 1973 and 1975; France 1973; Nigeria 1976; the Irish Republic 1994 and Austria 2009.
Were you there? Wherever and whenever Ayr United have played, the spirit of the club has remained alive.
You don't need to have an obsession with dates to enjoy this blend of statistics, player photographs, archive programmes and other football memorabilia from the vast resources of Duncan Carmichael.
The raw emotions generated by the fortunes and - dare it be said - misfortunes of this great club are captured by a man who has inhabited the Somerset Park terracing for more than half of Ayr United's lifespan.
A man eminently qualified to understand what drives the human mind to alternate between elation and despair, the author requires no other introduction.

Duncan Carmichael is the author of a growing number of Ayr United-themed books. As the Club historian, he also contributes to football biographies and club histories and helps many researching their family histories. The roots of his devotion date back to 1959, when his own family moved from Bathgate to Ayr, and his favoured role at Somerset Park continues to be to lend support from the Somerset Road end. Other books by Duncan Carnichael include Ayr United At War, Ayr United On This Day, Ayr United F.C. Managers, Nine Titles. Ayr United triumphs, and Ayr United - the oddest matches


 

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