{"product_id":"9781781767528","title":"Arsenal","description":"Early in 1966, as an eight-year-old schoolboy, Ian Castle found Arsenal Football Club - but almost didn't. Knowing nothing about football at the time he decided one afternoon that he'd be a West Ham fan. A few hours later his father pointed out the error of his ways and informed him in a very matter-of-fact manner that Arsenal was the best team. Unquestioningly, he accepted that advice and instantly switched his allegiance. It was a narrow escape. Forty-six years later he is still an Arsenal fan, a season ticket holder for 43 of those years and in that time the naïve schoolboy has matured into rather more cynical middle age. The book is a nostalgic journey, seen through the eyes of a fan, following Arsenal from its days as a run-of-the-mill, underachieving football team in the 1960s to today, when it occupies a place at the top table of the world's wealthiest football clubs. It is a journey punctuated with incredible highs and desperate lows and is one that has given him a real sense of belonging, of being a part of something very special. Arsenal: The Agony \u0026amp; The Ecstasy is that story. www.arsenalagonyecstasy.co.uk","brand":"Feedaread.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065266356464,"sku":"9781781767528","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781767528_p0.jpg?v=1763717162","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781767528","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}