Finn McCool's Football Club.: The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of a Pub Soccer Team in the City of the Dead
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In 2004, Belfast-born Stephen Rea moved to New Orleans, a city where "football" means something entirely different than what it does back home. After struggling to find a place to watch European soccer games, Rea discovered Finn McCool's pub and its mixed clientele of good-humored European ex-pats, charismatic New Orleanians, and assorted matchless personalities. Before long he was playing on the pub's motley over-thirty-five fledgling soccer team. Gathered at the bar on August 27, 2005, members of the team were discussing their upcoming match, untroubled by the impending storm and unknowing that their city and team would nearly be obliterated by Hurricane Katrina in a matter of hours. Days later, the lucky among them were scattered across the country; the others struggled to survive as they awaited rescue in New Orleans. With clarity and compassion, Rea examines the disaster as he profiles the experiences of his teammates and their efforts to resurrect the team and pub that had become so central in all of their lives. A gripping and moving memoir about an unusual pub team and a devastating natural disaster, Finn McCool's Football Club is a celebration of ex-pats and pubs, soccer and sportsmanship, and the strength it takes to rebuild a team, a city, and a life.
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Rea, S. (2017). Finn McCool's Football Club. [United States], Skyhorse.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Rea, Stephen. 2017. Finn McCool's Football Club. [United States], Skyhorse.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Rea, Stephen, Finn McCool's Football Club. [United States], Skyhorse, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Rea, Stephen. Finn McCool's Football Club. [United States], Skyhorse, 2017.
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