At an Old Trafford game, Lennie hears Man U fans chanting about Hillsborough. Enraged, he joins in with a retaliatory chant about the Munich Disaster of '58. Appalled, his dad and granddad take Lennie on a whistlestop tour of the dark side of the beautiful game. Dad and Grandad know only too well the human cost of fan violence and official negligence, having experience racism in football fandom and survived the Hillsborough disaster.Interwoven with lots of facts about the history of football, the great disasters of the twentieth century and the black footballers who blazed a trail in the UK, this book is ideal to engage reluctant reading football fans. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+

 

. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Barrington Stoke Ltd .

Alan and Robbie Gibbons are father and son. Together they have written three stories for the Read On series. After years of teaching geography in secondary schools, JOHN TOWNSEND realised that children were crying out for interesting, captivating and engaging reads - so he decided to write them! He has now written over 100 books and also works as a guest speaker - often visiting schools, writers' groups and libraries. He lives in Suckley, Worcester. TATIO VIANA, DANTE GINEVERA, CHRIS CHALIK and DAVID SHEPHARD are all talented illustrators combining over 50 years' experience in illustration. They are experienced illustrators of children's books, comic books, magazines and all have a passion for producing vibrant and engaging designs.