Publisher's Synopsis
South Shields Football Club has a rich and colourful history. In 2013, however, the town lost its club - 125 years after the first recorded public appearance of the original team. They had no home, no ground and seemingly, no hope. But a special band of volunteers refused to let their club die, persuading players to make a 50-mile round trip to a dilapidated ground despite sometimes playing in front of just 12 paying supporters.Their loyalty, dedication and determination was rewarded. Four years later, 15,000 Sand Dancers descended on Wembley Stadium to watch South Shields lift the prestigious FA Vase at the home of English football.Journalist Ross Gregory meets the men behind the stunning transformation; the retired pensioners who spent days up ladders fixing a ground; the Argentinian football star who fell in love with the club; the millionaire businessman who saved a historic club from extinction.The men who helped a lost club find paradise.
