UNDERDOGS & NEWSHOUNDS

As England head to another World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico with hopes higher than ever, former Sky presenter and correspondent Chris Skudder (the man famously paid a trick on by the cast of Ted Lasso at the 2021 FA Cup Final) takes us on an evocative road trip, a personal journey from 1966 through to the present.

‘Underdogs and Newshounds’ is a frank and often irreverent road book viewed through, and beyond the eye of the camera lens that accompanied him around the globe covering the last eight World Cups. Stories that you rarely heard or that could never be fully told on television from a correspondent who was never shy to tell it like it was. Part travelogue, part memoir, this is essential reading for any fan who ever hit the road for the big international tournaments or harbours a dream of doing so.

As a lifelong Birmingham City fan, Chris has experienced the lows and lowers that any struggling club or England fan knows only too well. A book of candid tales from one of the most travelled and experienced sports correspondents in British broadcasting, and the turbulent club ‘education’ that got him there – following the perennial underachievers and gritty underdogs of ‘Built In Birmingham: Brady & The Blues’ Amazon Prime video series fame.

There’s much here for more than just sports fans, from someone who saw the bigger picture. It homes in on the people and the places, infectious storytelling littered with wry humour, punctuated by dark tales from the road.

This highly respected broadcaster’s passion and humility elevate ‘Underdogs & Newshounds’ into the football literature stratosphere. A revealing, and often laugh-out-loud funny view of the beautiful game.

Paperback. 340 pages with colour photos. 19.7 x 13.2 cm. ISBN 9781913984434. 

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‘Terrific memoir’ (Charlie Connelly, author and broadcaster)

 ‘Excellent stuff from a guy who is always on the trail of the story’ (Steve Wilson, Match Of The Day) 

‘Bloomin’ good!…very strong’ (Alastair Stewart OBE)

 ‘Joyous and hugely enjoyable’ (Philip Barker, SJA)

‘Unique and addictive storytelling’ (Tom McDermott, FWA)

‘Entertaining tales and insights from a top reporter who was always on the frontline of World Cup action’ (Paul Hayward, multiple British Sports Writer of the Year)