Bastard in Black!: A local parks referee’s tales of life on the edge

This is a collection of engaging and humorous stories from a local parks football referee after 40 years of being involved in amateur football. The author has refereed in four counties in England: Lincolnshire, Berkshire, West Yorkshire and Buckinghamshire, and provides stories from all, including 'The Day I Ref'd In Broadmoor and Escaped To Tell The Tale' and adds his alternative and hilarious World Cup squads.

Mainly light-hearted but occasionally dipping into serious mode to reflect on what makes someone put their neck on the line every weekend, and providing some insights as to what such hardened individuals get out of the role. If you are a football fan then you will appreciate the sentiments and experiences of the local parks referee. If you are an amateur footballer then this will confirm everything you always suspected about these nutters who turn up every week to get slated by arrogant, unfit, and ignorant local footballers who are bereft of all soccer skills.

The book is dedicated to football referees everywhere in the certain knowledge that they will not be Man of the Match in their game this weekend.

One week after publishing 'Bastard in Black' sat in No.4 spot in Amazon's Top 100 Kindle Books on Football and No.11 place in the Football Books category (from 18,912 books) .