Author Dave Thomas signs a copy of It's Burnley Not Barcelona

If you enjoyed It’s Burnley Not Barcelona by Dave Thomas you will enjoy his  new book, Russians Don’t Land Here.

This is the story of the season mixed in with various player profiles and  interviews including with chairman Barry Kilby and chief exec Dave Edmundson, plus various other features.

The book will cover every game this season, charting the ups and downs, ins and outs and insights into all the struggles that the club has encountered over the season. If there are things to find funny, Dave has found them, but always with decorum and respect for his elders.

Dave will have travelled the length and breadth of the land from Leeds to Burnley for home games, from Barnsley to London, from Hull to Southampton, the lowest moment being the taste of the Potato, Cheese and Onion pie at QPR.

From a great start and the heady heights of the top six, the season fell away, but don’t forget, this is Burnley not Barcelona and Dave notes things down with his usual style and gallows humour including a look at January 2007. In this rare month, we bought players instead of selling when a Flood of money came into the club.

A visit to the Tower of London inspired Dave to think of a few ways the matchday experience at Turf Moor could be improved. In the visit to Colchester, you’ll also find out the origins of nursery rhymes like Humpty Dumpty and Old King Cole.

Along the way Dave also looks at the way in which a bigger club with greater potential, Coventry City, operates and compares with Burnley. They brought in 118 new players… that must help a lot.

This will be a paperback book available from the club shop and will nicely complement the 600 page complete club history the club is producing. The aim is to keep it at a price of no more than £10 if at all possible. Only 1000 copies will be produced, and of these, 125 will be specially labelled, numbered and signed by Martin Dobson and Barry Kilby, to tie in with the 125 celebrations, at a price of £22 including postage. 

These special editions must be ordered from Dave Thomas (David V Thomas Book Account). 12 Moorland View, Rodley, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS13 1PU
Tel: 0113 2570582.