The overcoat men: how two unsung heroes thwarted a secret plan to kill off a football club, paperback/mark hodkinson

Description The story of two men who almost single-handedly saved their football club from extinction.

In the 80s David Kilpatrick and Graham Morris spied architects plans to turn Spotland, the home of their beloved, beleaguered Rochdale AFC, into a housing estate.

They set about saving the club but first had to take on the enemy within - fellow directors.

About the Author Mark Hodkinson is the author of Believe in the Sign (long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year), Blue Moon: Down Among the Dead Men with Manchester City , and The Last Mad Surge of Youth ( Q magazines Novel of the Year).

Mark has written for the Times for two decades, and has produced and presented documentaries for BBC Radio 4.