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SEVENTEEN MILES FROM PARADISE (2nd Edition)
Southampton v Portsmouth
The Sequel

by Colin Farmery (October 2008) Hardback 240x159mm
256 pages. Illustrated
£14.99
ISBN: 978-1-905328-41-3

The first edition of this book, published in 2004, caused a stir. Back then Saints and Pompey were in the Premiership. Now Pompey hold the FA Cup and Saints are heading down. Nevertheless, the sweetest feeling for supporters of Southampton and Portsmouth is to beat the other team. There is only one thing sweeter - and that is to beat them on the opponents' ground. There are just seventeen miles between the two cities - seventeen miles from paradise. This second edition contains the entire first edition, plus two extra chapters taking the story up to 2008.

CONTENTS:
1. The Origins of a Bitter Rivalry
2. Advantage Saints
3. The Golden Era (1906-20)
4. The Race to the Top (1920-27)
5. Parting of the Ways (1927-39)
6. The Wilderness Years (1939-55)
7. The Pendulum Swings (1955-66)
8. Parting of the Ways … Again (1966-76)
9. Worlds Apart, but not for long (1976-83)
10. Together Again (1984-87)
11. Time of Change (1987-89)
12. So Near, So Far Away (1989-93)
13. Hanging in There (1993-99)
14. Back to the Future (1999-2004)
15. You Really Couldn’t Have Made It Up (2004-05)
16. The Pendulum Swings Back (2005-08)
Important Results: Southampton v Portsmouth

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