 Cover of first edition - 1975 | |
| Author | J.L. Carr |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comic Fiction |
| Publisher | London Magazine Editions |
Publication date | 1975 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 124 |
| ISBN | 978-0-900847-94-3 |
| OCLC | 30547312 |
| Preceded by | The Harpole Report |
| Followed by | A Month in the Country (book) |
How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup is the fourth novel by J. L. Carr, published in 1975. The novel is a comic fantasy that describes in the form of an official history how a village football club progressed through the FA Cup to beat Rangers in the final at Wembley Stadium.[1][2][3]
Like all of Carr's novels, it is grounded in his own experience. In 1930 as an unqualified 18-year-old teacher he played a season for South Milford White Rose when they won a football knockout tournament.[4] It sold 2,124 copies. Carr bought back the rights to the novel in 1992 and reprinted it in an edition of 2,000 copies as the fourth novel published by his own imprint, The Quince Tree Press.
- ^ DJ Taylor (25 March 2016). "We're going to Wem-ber-ley! DJ Taylor on a football classic". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Nicholas Wroe (2 November 2019). "Rugby, races and the rumble in the jungle: the best books on the biggest days in sport". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Robbie Millen (2 April 2016). "How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup by JL Carr". The Times. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Carr, J.L. How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup. Foreword. Kettering: The Quince Tree Press.