Book description
Luke Farrell, the talented young football star of the Stretford Enders
team, starts the new season with high hopes after the disappointment of
not being selected to play for Everton (Stretford Enders Away). There
are scouts in the crowd for three other big teams and one has a contract
in his pocket for Luke to sign after the match. Luke plays a blinder
until the moment he is brought down by a wild tackle, breaking his leg.
The break takes Luke out of play for several months. The contract stays
in the scout's pocket and all Luke can do is sit and contemplate what
might have been. Deeply disappointed, Luke sinks rapidly into
depression. His best mate, David, commits suicide and his girlfriend,
Ella, leaves for London. With his leg in plaster Luke loses fitness,
pays no attention to exercise or diet and puts on weight. He alienates
his friends, his coach, his mother - and worst of all, Ella. It's only a
chance encounter with the hated Peter, which jolts Luke out of his black
mood. Surprisingly, the two former enemies form a strange alliance which
starts Luke back on the road to fitness. After all, there's still
everything in the world to play for... Trevor Colgan was born and
brought up in Dublin. Only in his twenties and hailed by the Irish press
as 'the next Roddy Doyle', Trevor is certainly a literary talent to
watch.
