{"product_id":"second-city-the-fall-death-and-rise-of-ccfc-part-two-season-2009-9780993062254","title":"Second City: The Fall, Death and Rise of CCFC, Part Two - Season 2009","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The 2009 season brought my club to a new low. Heed the warning: \"Adandon all hope, ye who enter here.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Second City, ' is the follow up to Neal Horgan's critically acclaimed account of Cork City FC's 2008 season, entitled 'Death of a Football Club?'This book chronicles Cork City FC's infamous 2009 season. Horgan brings you into the dressing room as club chairman, Tom Coughlan, attempts to explain to the players just why it is that the Revenue Commissioners are seeking to wind up Cork City FC in the High Court. Horgan mixes contemporaneous diary entries together with retrospective commentary. In the latter he concludes that the absence of a plan by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) for professional football in Ireland was the root cause for the 'annus horribilis' experienced by Cork City FC in 2009 as bounced cheques, delayed payments, evictions, pay cuts and a return to part-time football become the issues that dominate the players' lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the unfolding drama, that quickly turns from comedy to tragedy, there are fleeting appearances from Roy Keane and Ipswich Town, Dermot Desmond and Glasgow Celtic, and Christiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid in a sporting story which wil have a deep resonance for Irish football fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neal L. Horgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sportsproview\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780993062254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorgan, Neal L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The author, Neal Horgan, is a former professional footballer. He is regular contributor to the Irish Examiner's sporting pages, a former Solicitor, Horgan now works as a Barrister. This is his second book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sportsproview","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40663678353523,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d4caeb64-7812-4fe3-92f4-b1dbaff9c26d.jpg?v=1673536495","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/second-city-the-fall-death-and-rise-of-ccfc-part-two-season-2009-9780993062254","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}