Author and historian Daniel Gray is the writer of Stramash and Homage to Caledonia. For a short period in the early 1990s he was the finest left-back in his village, once marking Gordon Strachan’s youngest son (the one who didn’t become a footballer) out of the game. A Middlesbrough supporter, Daniel began attending football matches in 1988 and has never recovered. He has worked in a psychiatric hospital, a library and in television and politics. He loves staring out of train windows and lives in Leith with his wife and daughter. Follow him on Twitter at @d_gray_writer.

• IntroductionPART ONE: IN THE WINTER: SCABS, BLADES, HATTERS AND TRACTOR BOYS1 Middlesbrough2 Sheffield3 Luton4 IpswitchPART TWO: IN THE SPRING: HORNETS, OS, SEALS AND RAILWAYMEN5 Watford6 Leyton7 Chester8 CrewePART THREE: IN THE SUMMER: KNITTERS, CLARETS AND BANTAMS9 The Middle of England10 Burnley11 BradfordPART FOUR: IN THE AUTUMN: BLUES AND PEPPERMINTS12 CarlisleThe End NewquayAcknowledgements

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Author and historian Daniel Gray is the writer of Stramash and Homage to Caledonia. For a short period in the early 1990s he was the finest left-back in his village, once marking Gordon Strachan’s youngest son (the one who didn’t become a footballer) out of the game. A Middlesbrough supporter, Daniel began attending football matches in 1988 and has never recovered. He has worked in a psychiatric hospital, a library and in television and politics. He loves staring out of train windows and lives in Leith with his wife and daughter. Follow him on Twitter at @d_gray_writer.

• IntroductionPART ONE: IN THE WINTER: SCABS, BLADES, HATTERS AND TRACTOR BOYS1 Middlesbrough2 Sheffield3 Luton4 IpswitchPART TWO: IN THE SPRING: HORNETS, OS, SEALS AND RAILWAYMEN5 Watford6 Leyton7 Chester8 CrewePART THREE: IN THE SUMMER: KNITTERS, CLARETS AND BANTAMS9 The Middle of England10 Burnley11 BradfordPART FOUR: IN THE AUTUMN: BLUES AND PEPPERMINTS12 CarlisleThe End NewquayAcknowledgements

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Author and historian Daniel Gray is the writer of Stramash and Homage to Caledonia. For a short period in the early 1990s he was the finest left-back in his village, once marking Gordon Strachan’s youngest son (the one who didn’t become a footballer) out of the game. A Middlesbrough supporter, Daniel began attending football matches in 1988 and has never recovered. He has worked in a psychiatric hospital, a library and in television and politics. He loves staring out of train windows and lives in Leith with his wife and daughter. Follow him on Twitter at @d_gray_writer.

• IntroductionPART ONE: IN THE WINTER: SCABS, BLADES, HATTERS AND TRACTOR BOYS1 Middlesbrough2 Sheffield3 Luton4 IpswitchPART TWO: IN THE SPRING: HORNETS, OS, SEALS AND RAILWAYMEN5 Watford6 Leyton7 Chester8 CrewePART THREE: IN THE SUMMER: KNITTERS, CLARETS AND BANTAMS9 The Middle of England10 Burnley11 BradfordPART FOUR: IN THE AUTUMN: BLUES AND PEPPERMINTS12 CarlisleThe End NewquayAcknowledgements

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