Return of the Rev
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Easy fun read and a must for albion fans
I have read these posts 3 times and I still have no idea what you're talking about.
Basically a novel about our cup run was released around the time of leaving Gillingham/coming back to withers called "The Great Premium Bond Swizzle"
However lets be honest that title is a bit shit so it was renamed "And Smith Must Score"
Thanks for the translation into English.
What was this SWIZZLE?
The cup final money. But as well all know Dick Knight TROUSERED this and bought his PROPERTY in the COSTA Del Sol.
Basically a novel about our cup run was released around the time of leaving Gillingham/coming back to withers called "The Great Premium Bond Swizzle"
However lets be honest that title is a bit shit so it was renamed "And Smith Must Score"
Actually it came out whilst we were still at the Goldstone when it was called 'The Great etc...'
It was renamed with a new cover (which was a reproduction of the cup final programme) when, or around, the Gillingham / Withdean move time thing.
What was this SWIZZLE?
i have read these posts 3 times and i still have no idea what you're talking about.
Hey, I just got onto this thread. Peter Hayden - I wrote 'And Smith Must Score' and yes it did start life under the crap Premium Bond title, because it involved a scam on the Premium Bonds to fund the character's tickets for the Cup games in '83. I still have a copy of the original signed by Jimmy Case and Steve Foster. Fozzie wrote 'a great book', very generous as he hadn't read it.
It got good reviews in the fanzines; 'A football supporter's dream of a book' (Middlesbro), 'Highly recommended, even for us dour northerners' (Derby) and was an Observer summer read. Can still be got on Amazon, signed if you select the Crazy Horse Press seller.
Cheers, Peter Hayden.