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Eric
Judd is 39 and his girlfriend wants him to give up playing football.
Eric (aka Mr Cleansheets) is a goalkeeping legend at his amateur
Sydney club because in his youth he received a letter inviting
him to trial with Manchester United. The letter said to “come
when you’re ready” – and six days before his
40th birthday, Eric is finally ready.
Inspired
by the dying wish of his Uncle Jimmy, Eric travels to England,
but does not quite receive the welcome he had hoped for. Instead,
he encounters all manner of villains: murderous football hooligans,
Irish mafia, dodgy football agents, beautiful pop stars, international
terrorists and a range of supporting players with any number
of overt and hidden agendas.
He also
plays football.
Download
the first chapter.
Adrian Deans is a 50-year-old lawyer who used to play football
for the legendary Dartford Town Sewer Pigs and still plays (for
the mighty Avoca FC Gummysharks). He grew up in Sydney and has
worked in London. He is well steeped in football culture in
both countries.
Mr
Cleansheets is his third novel and blends his
love of football with his natural inclination for making up
bollocks.
He lives
on the Central Coast of NSW with his gorgeous wife Karen, supports
the Socceroos, Gunners and Mariners, but accepts that it is
not entirely unreasonable for readers of Mr Cleansheets
to follow other clubs . . .
As long
as they follow Bentham United, yeah?
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