{"product_id":"9781801504850-blue-was-the-colour","title":"Blue was the Colour","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Tale of Tarnished Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA witty, wise and charming take on modern football by Chelsea fan Andy Hamilton, one of the country’s leading comedy writers and stand-ups, and a novelist to boot. It tells of a childhood growing up in the streets surrounding Stamford Bridge and obsessing over Chelsea before he began to question the modern game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue was the Colour\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty, wise and charming assessment of modern football by Chelsea FC fan Andy Hamilton, one of the country’s leading comedy writers and stand-ups, and a novelist to boot.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndy grew up in the streets surrounding Stamford Bridge and fell in love with Chelsea and football as a six-year-old taken to his first match by his older brother. That love endured as an obsession until the modern game’s money and machinations took over and left him questioning its, and his, priorities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking as a starting point his first game against Newcastle United and comparing it with a match now between two teams owned by an American – via a Russian – and a Saudi Arabian government arm, the inimitable Hamilton relates how he came to question his passion for his club and football itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue was the Colour\u003c\/i\u003e will have fans and readers laughing out loud and nodding in agreement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40983632707681,"sku":"9781801504850","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27488482.jpg?v=1721807785","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781801504850-blue-was-the-colour","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}