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Book Synopsis`Offering a painfully honest insight into the male psyche, ‘The 12th Man’ is a fascinating account of how there can be far more to a die-hard football fan than meets the eye. Most fans don't choose their football club. In fact, the majority of them don’t even choose football itself. Becoming a Leeds United fan was a rite of passage for Steven Dawson, and even had he known the scale of the drama that would unfold after he became a fan, he would never have supported another club.
Table of ContentsPreface The First Half 1 - Nature, nurture and Leeds United 2 - Ego and England 3 - Self-esteem and Alan Smith 4 - Sensitivity and the Ryder Cup 5 - A chase to Zidane 6 - A bedroom sanctuary and a European adventure 7 - Obsession: A flick of a switch 8 - Hope to belief in 300 days 9 - Alcohol, a summit, and a cliff edge 10 - Wildest dreams to wildest nightmares 11 - The Rugby World Cup and sporting glory? 12 - The footballing extremes 13 - Ashes 2005 14 - One night in Sydney 15 - One priority The Second Half 16 - A personal cliff-edge 17 - Alcohol and football 18 - Beyond the bottom 19 - Against the world 20 - The self-destruct button 21 - All roads lead 22 - The wrong crowd 23 - Anti-socialism 24 - Positive self-destruction 25 - No high without a low 26 - 3rd January 2010 27 - Clinging to another cliff-edge 28 - A final cry for help 29 - The light Extra Time 30 - ‘Aguero’ moments 31 - A summer of love 32 - Bleeding out 33 - The rebound 34 - The football facade 35 - The process 36 - The elements 37 - Back where it all started 38 - The golden goal (part one) 39 - The golden goal (part two) 40 - The golden goal (part three) 41 - The destination 42 - A man behind a sports fan 43 - Marching on together
