ONE SHOT AT GLORY
Dave Shaw is a young man with a big dream. Come with him on his journey inside the secretive world of professional soccer as he tries to make it at his hometown club.
Dave must confront the dark side to the beautiful game. The one the rest of us never see.
A professional contract and the big time beckoned for Wolston’s teen hotshot. Until it happened. A serious ankle injury turns the striker’s world upside down.
Now Dave has to convince Rovers’ tough academy chief, Rob Duncan, he deserves a scholarship and that once-in-a-lifetime chance to pull on the shirt of the team he’s adored for as long as he’s loved soccer.
It all comes down to 90 minutes to prove he can be part of Wolston’s future in the biggest match of his life. But above all he needs to convince himself he still has what it takes to survive in a cut-throat world where only the very best ever get a shot at stardom.
PADDY DAVITT
Paddy Davitt is an award-winning Football Editor with more than 20 years experience covering professional football in the English Premier League and Championship.
Paddy has extensive knowledge of the game built up from working closely with owners, sporting directors, head coaches and players. He has also covered professional football in the USA, Italy, France, Belgium and Austria.
His childhood passion for writing was sparked by reading the fictional football stories of authors such as Brian Glanville and Michael Hardcastle.
Paddy grew up in the Midlands and is a lifelong Coventry City fan. He works as a Football Editor based in beautiful Norfolk, England, for the regional publishing group Newsquest, where he leads an editorial team covering the fortunes of Norwich City’s men’s, women’s and development teams in print, across digital, social media and an industry-leading app.
‘One Shot at Glory’ is the first novel featuring a young footballer’s quest to follow his boyhood dream and make it big at his hometown club.
More books in the Dave Shaw series will follow.
