10 x 10 Alan Tonge on 'Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius'

04/04/2020 13 min
10 x 10 Alan Tonge on 'Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius'

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Alan Tonge of UCFB Etihad campus in Manchester discusses Oliver Kay's 'Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius' a brilliant elegy to a uniquely gifted young footballer who fell through the cracks of the professional game. Alan, who played at Manchester United with Doherty gives firsthand insight into an enigmatic player who was more interested in Bob Dylan, playing guitar and reading books than he was with playing at Old Trafford. He also captures why Kay's extensively researched has become a modern classic of football writing.

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