Anthony Clavane
Promised Land – The Reinvention of Leeds United
Saturday 16 October at 11am
Venue: Morley Town Hall map
Running Time: 1 hour (approx)
Tickets: £3
Sunday Mirror sports writer and life-long Leeds supporter Anthony Clavane reads from and talks about his new book Promised Land, which charts the highs and lows of Leeds United Football Club alongside the peaks and troughs of both the city of Leeds and the ‘beautiful game’ itself.
From Don Revie highs to falls from grace and back again, this is a social and cultural history as well as a sporting one. It explores industrial and post-industrial Leeds, the role of the Jewish community in the making of the city and the football club, and the rise of working class Leeds writers such as Alan Bennett and Keith Waterhouse.
