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Brian Mawhinney, now Baron Mawhinney of Peterborough, has led an extraordinary life by anyone's standards. Born into a conservative Christian family in Belfast his life and career were continuously informed by the values of the gospel. However, his path was to take him far beyond his simple Belfast background and the legal or medical career his parents envisaged for him, and to the heights of British politics as a Government minister, and then to the heart of football administration as Chairman of the Football League. Written with his ten grandchildren in mind (to help them "understand your grandpa a little better", Mawhinney's memoirs capture at once the history of recent British politics and football, and the essential decency of the author.

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'[An]Engaging life story...Mawhinney is damning about a number of football powerbrokers.' Daily Mail '[W]ritten in an easy, conversational style. It is a good read' Church Times

Just a Simple Belfast Boy

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      Publisher: Biteback Publishing
      Publication Date: 16/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9781849545327, 978-1849545327
      ISBN10: 1849545324

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Brian Mawhinney, now Baron Mawhinney of Peterborough, has led an extraordinary life by anyone's standards. Born into a conservative Christian family in Belfast his life and career were continuously informed by the values of the gospel. However, his path was to take him far beyond his simple Belfast background and the legal or medical career his parents envisaged for him, and to the heights of British politics as a Government minister, and then to the heart of football administration as Chairman of the Football League. Written with his ten grandchildren in mind (to help them "understand your grandpa a little better", Mawhinney's memoirs capture at once the history of recent British politics and football, and the essential decency of the author.

      Trade Review
      '[An]Engaging life story...Mawhinney is damning about a number of football powerbrokers.' Daily Mail '[W]ritten in an easy, conversational style. It is a good read' Church Times

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