{"product_id":"9781780573984","title":"Penthouse and Pavement: How to Survive in Football Without Sucking Up to the Old Firm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenthouse and Pavement\u003c\/i\u003e is not a book for glory-hunters. It is a book  about pain. It's about the anguish of watching your team lose 9-2 in the  very first game you ever saw, about the horrible inevitability of  defeat that so many feel so often. It's about despair, dismay and black,  frightening, deathly gloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it's also about hope. About dreams. And about dreams which sometimes, just sometimes, come true. Like the once-in-a-lifetime ecstasy of winning the Cup or a league. And as anyone who's had that moment-of-a-lifetime knows, the joy is even greater because you've known the pain. For Bill Leckie, who has followed St Mirren since 1964, it all became worthwhile when they won the Scottish Cup in 1987. This book is about these clubs and the people who love them. It's about the kind of fan who doesn't go to games expecting to win . . . or, worse, demanding it. This book is about being willing to accept a lifetime of frustration in return for one day of utter wonderment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152237281520,"sku":"9781780573984","price":11.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780573984_p0.jpg?v=1763713935","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780573984","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}