{"product_id":"9781473546189","title":"The Bottom Corner: A Season with the Dreamers of Non-League Football","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlucky underdogs or perennial underachievers, your local non-league team offers hope, drama or at least a Saturday afternoon ritual that's been going for decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these days of oligarch owners, superstar managers and players on sky-high wages, the tide is turning towards the lower reaches of the pyramid as fans search for football with a soul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNige Tassell spends a season in the non-league world. He meets the raffle-ticket seller who wants her ashes scattered in the centre-circle. The envelope salesman who discovered a future England international. The ex-pros still playing with undiluted passion on Sunday mornings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe spends time at clubs looking for promotion to the Football League, clubs just aiming to get eleven players on a pitch every week, and everything in between. One thing unites them: they all inhabit the heartland of the beautiful game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167831998704,"sku":"9781473546189","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473546189_p0.jpg?v=1763601957","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473546189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}