Andy Elleray – författare

"A story about how a young girl discovers a love for football

and is set on a path to becoming a star. Standing in her way is

a mixture of obstacles including prejudice, opportunities and

adversity."

LILY GREEN is set on the unlikeliest of paths due to the fact

football is relatively non-existent in her current life. The

challenges she faces for acceptance are testing and the chances

to prove herself take her on a roller-coaster of a journey. With

the help of a few close friends, Lily starts to realise her talents,

and this gives her the courage and ambition to express herself.

The story begins in the summer of 2013 around the sleepy

Norfolk seaside and is narrated from the year 2021 when

things are very different for women''s football. Lily''s journey

encapsulates the struggles a young female has breaking into

the world of football ... can she achieve her goal of fulfilling

her talent and becoming a star?

*Andy Elleray was born and grew up in London. He moved to the

rural town of Worcester to attend university and hasn''t looked

back since. Growing up, Andy was fascinated with football.

Knowing he wanted to do more than play, he studied sports

coaching and has since worked with some of the best male and

female teams in the UK, as well as international teams. Andy is

a best-selling author and has produced nine non-fiction books

on the subject of football coaching and youth development

through the publishing company Bennion Kearny. Having

worked with young footballers for well over a decade, his first

fiction book combines the excitement and real-life issues faced

in the game.

After a whirlwind year of discovering and

developing a love for football, Lily Green embarks

on new football challenges with her close friends.

In the second book of her journey, Lily moves into

Year 8 at school and finds a more competitive side to

playing the sport. She is welcomed into a local club

called Northfield Juniors, where she takes centre

stage. All the while, she is still playing a starring role

for the St. Joseph''s school team.

Her game is taken to a new level by the situations

she finds herself in ... However, everything isn''t plain

sailing for Lily as she has to overcome some different

obstacles that are put in her way.

A whole new footballing world is opened up to

her throughout the upcoming season, but she''ll have

to dream big and believe in herself if she wants to get

to the top ...

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Andy Elleray is the author of ''Lily''s Goal: Finding

Football,'' the first book in the Lily''s Goal series. He

is also the writer of the best-selling football book

collection, ''Scientific Approaches to Goalkeeping in

Football,'' which takes the form of eight books.

Away from writing, Andy Elleray is a well-

renowned football coach, working with some of the

biggest teams in England, as well as coaching at the

youth international level.

Visit his website - andyelleray.com - for more

information on his work.