Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil NEW EDITION: A Chronicle of Coal, Cowdenbeath and Football Paperback – June 30, 2014

Informative, hilarious, heartbreaking, the author does a great job of endearing the reader to the disasterous Cowdenbeath Football Club, and the downtrodden town of Cowdenbeath.Long live the Blue Brazil.

This is a fantastic read! An excellent history of Cowdenbeath Football Club and a social history of the town of Cowdenbeath and surrounding area. The author's love for the town, the people and the football club is evident, and the book is beautifully written. It captures the joy, happiness, disappointment, frustration and misery experienced by those who stand on terraces week in week out following their team and puts it all perfectly in perspective! This is a must read for all football fans and for all those with an interest in social history!

Excellent for a gift

A very easily read book, containing a fair amount of information about part of the story of Cowdenbeath. The reader doesn't have to be a football fan or a lover of Cowdenbeath Football Club to enjoy this wee book. I can, and certainly do, recommend this book to anyone who enjoys light reading.

Read it first time around and had to read the updated version.A gripping chronicle of the highs and lows of the Blue Brazil