Why Don't You Just Support Arsenal?: The Life and Times of a Spurs Supporter

Mike has written three other books about his experiences and felt that it was about time that he wrote this one; the life and times of a Spurs supporter of some 50 years standing. Its title came courtesy of his wife, Gaynor, during one of those long periods when Spurs weren't doing well. After listening to him extol the virtues of Arsene Wenger's management of their north London rivals and with Spurs losing once again, she asked "Why don't you just support Arsenal then?" That kick started a story which came to its fulfillment at the end of the season in which, for the first time in 22 years, Spurs finished above Arsenal in the Premiership.

However, this book isn't just about football, it's also about what it means to support a club, through the good years and the bad, and how that affects your life. What Mike, a dedicated rationalist, calls the rational pursuit of irrationality. The love of an artistry and beauty that can make you doubt the evidence of your own eyes, with a cast of players, some of who could make time stand still in the middle of a crowded penalty area. Three dimensional chess played as poetry in motion. Albeit with one of the game's hard men in close attendance and intent on wreaking immediate physical havoc on one of your own. Such is life.