United with Dad
eBook - ePub

United with Dad

Fatherhood, Football Fandom and Memories of Manchester United

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eBook - ePub

United with Dad

Fatherhood, Football Fandom and Memories of Manchester United

About this book

United With Dad is an emotional tale of football fandom and fatherhood, detailing the agonising final two years of a man' s life while drawing on his love for and memories of Manchester United.

David Lloyd passed away from metastatic prostate cancer in a nursing home in November 2019. During his heartbreaking decline, he also lived with dementia. His affection for United was ignited by early visits to Old Trafford as a boy in the 1950s. Through the anguish of his final months, his passion for the club never completely faded, even when so many other things did.

United With Dad is written by David' s son, Simon, who reflects on his father' s life and their relationship, attempting to make sense of why, at such a bleak time, a shared love of a football club should matter so much.

It is a book that transcends club allegiances, for anyone who knows what it is to devote a large chunk of their life to watching their favourite team beside someone they love, then, one day, realise the time has come to go on doing so without them.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781801506007

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Looking for Wayne
  7. 2. Duncan
  8. 3. Bryan Robson wouldn’t cry
  9. 4. Munich
  10. 5. The last games
  11. 6. The curse of Belgrade
  12. 7. Bad news
  13. 8. 1968
  14. 9. Ole at the wheel
  15. 10. Stepping away
  16. 11. How are United getting on?
  17. 12. Hiatus
  18. 13. The scarf
  19. 14. Eric (not Clayton)
  20. 15. Manchester United 3 Brighton 1
  21. 16. 1999
  22. 17. Saying goodbye
  23. 18. 2008
  24. 19. Programmes in a drawer
  25. 20. Ethan
  26. Acknowledgements
  27. Photos