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Spurs fan Adam Michie is fed up with the Premier League. Countless television hours are devoted to it and billions of pounds are spent on players. Ticket prices have rocketed, matches are hyped beyond reality and results are predictable.

Something is missing. The soul of football has been lost.

In search of the honest roots of the sport, Adam adopted Leyton Orient in League One. Swapping Spurs’ Champions League exploits in Madrid and Milan for Orient’s scraps with Brentford and Bournemouth, this is the side of football where the Premier League is a distant dream and financial solvency is an achievement to be proud of.

ORIENTATION follows one ordinary football supporter trying to rediscover what it was that first made him fall in love with football.

Adam Michie is a Product Developer in legal publishing. He is a proud Tottenham Hotspur fan, although he has found room in his heart for Leyton Orient too. He can be found on Twitter using @flicksandtricks.
 

“Adam Michie perfectly captures the sense of futility that lies at the heart of every football fan. And makes it irresistibly attractive.” John Crace, author of Vertigo: One Football Fan's Fear of Success

£11.99 - 1st September 2012 - ISBN 9780956946010

Paperback - 198 x 129mm - 272 pages

"Fed up with the cash-obsessed nature of football's top table, lifelong Spurs nut Adam Michie trades his White Hart Lane seat for a season ticket at Leyton Orient. Although not an uncommon act these days, Michie writes with much warmth as he reignites his love for the game, making for an uplifting read." FourFourTwo

"While the book will inevitably be of interest primarily to Orient fans, it should also appeal to supporters of teams elsewhere in the lower echelons of football, who will recognise many of the author’s observations. At the same time, the enthusiasm with which Michie writes may encourage others that there is still much enjoyment to be had spending a few hours in the company of friends and family watching a match on a Saturday afternoon. For many supporters of top flight clubs, this is simply no longer a possibility." The Two Unfortunates

"Overall, the book is solidly written, and it's hard to disagree with anything Adam says about the wider footballing world... You could certainly do worse than to buy a copy for your Spurs-supporting mate who always says he's going to come and watch a game with you one of these days, but never does..." Leyton Orientear

"A book which reaffirms the reasons for supporting league football." Leyton Orient Supporters Club