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Ian Ridley: Floodlit Dreams – How to Save a Football Club

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. This is Martin’s conversation with award-winning sportswriter Ian Ridley about his book Floodlit Dreams, which documents his spell as chairman of his hometown club, Weymouth FC.

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Pete Burns: How has COVID-19 impacted sports publishing?

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. Our guest this week is Pete Burns, MD of Polaris Publishing, who have a growing list of authors including Tom English, Nick Cain, Stuart Barnes and Seth Burkett. Polaris brought out Matt Jansen’s brilliant autobiography last year and we also co-published our Pep’s City title with them in 2019.

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James Morgan: The Carfin Emeralds – How Celtic players in disguise won the Kennedy Cup

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. Our guest this week is James Morgan, who wrote the first book we ever published as a company, back in 2010. It was called In Search of Alan Gilzean and it was nominated for Football Book of the Year.

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Matt and Tom Oldfield: Ultimate Football Heroes

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. This is Martin’s conversation with Matt and Tom Oldfield, two brothers who between them have written the Ultimate Football Heroes series of books for children aged between 7 and 12.

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Lockdown special: sports docs and movies

After interviewing John Greechan in a recent episode of our Between the Lines podcast – on his piece for the Scottish Daily Mail recommending his list of sports docs and movies – we put a shout out to listeners and readers. Read More →

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My Favourite Sports Book: Neil Forsyth and Floodlit Dreams

Screenwriter Neil Forsyth tells us why Ian Ridley’s Floodlit Dreams is his all-time favourite sports book.

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Neil Forsyth: Jousting with Jim McLean

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. This is Martin’s conversation with the acclaimed screenwriter Neil Forsyth about an amazing feature he wrote for Nutmeg Magazine on Jim McLean, the legendary Dundee United manager.

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YOUR favourite sports movies and docs

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. We asked you, the listeners, to submit your favourite sports docs and movies. The response was phenomenal. Listen right to the end for a great bit of movie trivia!

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John Greechan: No Sport? Try a Movie Instead

Welcome to another episode of Between the Lines. This is Martin’s chat with John Greechan, chief sports writer of the Scottish Daily Mail, about a piece he wrote on his favourite sports movies and documentaries. If you are stuck for something to watch during this period of lockdown, get ready for an exhaustive list of brilliant suggestions.

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Iain Macintosh and Kenny Millar – Football Manager Stole My Life

Eight years ago, BackPage produced Football Manager Stole My Life, an epic journey through 20 years of fandom around a computer game (Football Manager, nee Championship Manager) that has become part of football culture.

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