Michael Tierney is a multi-award winning journalist, editor and writer. He is a winner of the coveted Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, the Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism, has twice been named Feature Writer of the Year at the prestigious British Press Awards and is a four-time winner at the Scottish Press Awards. He was a contributing editor to the Celtic Opus.As a teenager he had the opportunity to become a professional footballer. Andy Dodds, an old football coach of the author's, still swears he was the best young player he has ever seen.

"A distance of more than five years from the newspaper industry has not separated Michael Tierney from the imperative of immediately grabbing the reader by the lapels and giving the story straight and true with the concussive power of a headbutt and with a narrative that dizzies the senses... an extraordinary book." The Herald "A beautiful and lyrical memoir about the transformative power of sport... wonderful style. Tierney's book adds to the canon of great sports writing, which uses sport as a way of interrogating human interaction." Huffington Post "Beautifully written family memoir, set in the Catholic working-class community of Glasgow, which tells a poignant but life-affirming story of love, loss and family." The Bookseller "One of the most moving stories I've ever read... I was completely blown away by it." Paul Cuddihy, editor of Celtic View "So moving, I love it." Damian Barr, author of Maggie and Me

Michael Tierney is a multi-award winning journalist, editor and writer. He is a winner of the coveted Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, the Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism, has twice been named Feature Writer of the Year at the prestigious British Press Awards and is a four-time winner at the Scottish Press Awards. He was a contributing editor to the Celtic Opus.As a teenager he had the opportunity to become a professional footballer. Andy Dodds, an old football coach of the author's, still swears he was the best young player he has ever seen.

"A distance of more than five years from the newspaper industry has not separated Michael Tierney from the imperative of immediately grabbing the reader by the lapels and giving the story straight and true with the concussive power of a headbutt and with a narrative that dizzies the senses... an extraordinary book." The Herald "A beautiful and lyrical memoir about the transformative power of sport... wonderful style. Tierney's book adds to the canon of great sports writing, which uses sport as a way of interrogating human interaction." Huffington Post "Beautifully written family memoir, set in the Catholic working-class community of Glasgow, which tells a poignant but life-affirming story of love, loss and family." The Bookseller "One of the most moving stories I've ever read... I was completely blown away by it." Paul Cuddihy, editor of Celtic View "So moving, I love it." Damian Barr, author of Maggie and Me