'39 controversial,
acrimonious, booze-fuelled days' - Loaded 'A compelling drama ****'
- 442 'This fine and well-researched book' - Daily Telegraph 'A
modern-day The Damned United ****' - News of the World 'The personality was huge, the stage tiny' - Independent on Sunday 'Fascinating' - The
Big Issue 'Steve Pitts takes you on a gripping journey'
- Daily Star on Sunday
Cass Pennant
shows his support for book!
Cass Pennant came to Kettering on Saturday to join Steve Pitts in meeting people and signing books
Hammers legend visits Kettering
Cass
Pennant visited Kettering on Saturday to join author Steve Pitts in meeting people and signing copies of the book 39 Days
Of Gazza. The reformed football hooligan has written seven top-10 true-life books and inspired the major feature
film, Cass. He visited the town to accompany Steve at book-signing sessions at Waterstones in the High Street and The
Beeswing pub in Rockingham Road, which features in the book. He said: “I am proud to be the publisher of Steve’s
book, which is definitely a contender for sports book of the year. “It was great to meet so many people in Kettering,
and I really enjoyed my day in the town.”
Get your personalised signed copy - included in the cover price!
Paul Gascoigne was the English football icon of the 1990s.
The outstanding player of his generation, Gazza was the inspiration behind some of England's most memorable moments during
a headline-grabbing career that saw him play for some of Europe's top clubs, including Newcastle United, Tottenham, Lazio,
Glasgow Rangers, Middlesbrough and Everton.
Then it all went terribly wrong. He still made the headlines but for all the wrong reasons - drink, drugs, wife-beating,
personality disorders, run-ins with the law...
Friends feared for his life, and there was seemingly no way back.
Then in the autumn of 2005 he was given a chance, out of the blue, to rebuild his career with his first job as a
football manager.
Just 39 days after his appointment, Gascoigne was sacked amidst a host of allegations and with the club on its knees.
This book tells the story of his tragically short reign as manager, how it all went wrong and the huge effect it had
on so many people's lives, including his own.
Steve Pitts was Group Sports Editor of the Kettering Evening Telegraph in 2005.
He was uniquely placed to record the rise and fall of the sporting legend, and builds the telling story with revealing
contributions from many people at the club at the time.
It's a must-have book that explosively reveals the true tragedy behind the public figure.
'A modern-day The Damned United' - News
of the World review
"There were a few times when
he was reduced to tears before the game. He’d say things to us like, ‘You’re my boys, we’re Kettering
Town’. Looking back, it was a little bit cringeworthy."
