{"product_id":"this-ayr-united-thing-duncan-carmichael-9781849212625","title":"This Ayr United Thing - More Iliad than Illyria","description":"\u003cp\u003eClub Historian Duncan Carmichael reflects on the curious consequences that supporting a local football club will have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty-five years of writing programme notes have done nothing to diminish Duncan's enthusiasms: practicing stoicism, patience, emotional control in times of stress, perfect knowledge of transport timetables, motorway toilets and recommended fish-and-chiperies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerations of Carmichaels have found their lives rearranged by fixtures and foul weather, and here Duncan blends family reminiscences with reports of battles won and lost on a journey featuring glorious defeats and routine victories, but as yet no happiness at the still-elusive end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuncan's databases and archives of epic proportions are the accurate grounding for a fascinating review of one club's mesmeric hold on a typical Saturday foot-soldier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Duncan Carmichael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849212627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849212625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kennedy \u0026amp; Boyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.17d","brand":"Duncan Carmichael","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440569856255,"sku":"9781849212625","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89aeeffe-16a8-4fad-81e0-e46b30ad151c.jpg?v=1777183318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-ayr-united-thing-duncan-carmichael-9781849212625","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}