Football and How to Survive it: an evening with Pat Nevin

Main House Theatre  |  31 May 2023

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Pat Nevin - Football and how to survive it

Presented by Berwick Literary Festival and The Maltings and hosted by Gerry Foley

We are delighted to announce a special evening in the company of the charismatic Glasgow-born winger, Pat Nevin as he launches the second volume of his memoir Football and How to Survive t.

Had his life played out according to his own instincts, we may never have heard of Pat Nevin, the Premier League and Scottish International footballer.

Instead, “The Accidental Footballer” (the title of the first volume of his memoir and Sunday Times best seller) became a household name.

A highly skilled, ‘tricky’ winger, who, having scored 160 goals in one season playing for a local boys’ team in his home city of Glasgow and may have longed to be a striker, played for Chelsea and Everton, and won 28 caps for Scotland.

Always harbouring much wider interests than just football, Pat is now a well-known writer and broadcaster for, among others, the BBC and the Irish radio station Newstalk. He also loves DJing at clubs and festivals around the UK.

Football and How to Survive it: an evening with Pat Nevin promises to be as entertaining and refreshing as the man himself.

I used to walk miles to see Pat Nevin play football and I’d do the same now to read his thoughts. Always challenging, always entertaining.
Lord Sebastian Coe on The Accidental Footballer
'The good news for those who loved THE ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALLER: this new book is even better. There were times as I read Pat Nevin's account of his years running - or, trying to run - Motherwell, I had to remind myself to breathe. It's a thrilling read - funny, nerve-wracking, precise and very, very human
Roddy Doyle

Pat Nevin - Football and how to survive it

Pat Nevin - Football and how to survive it