Paperback, full colour illustrations, 289 pages, W130mm x H200mm
Rob is ready to hang up his boots, having dropped down a league each
year since joining Aston Villa in his teens. In his last match for local
team Cinderheath FC, he finds himself opposing his missing best
friend's brother Zulfiqar on the local mosque team.
This is May 2002,
9/11 still very vivid, the Tipton Three are in Guantanamo and
anti-Islamic sentiment runs high. As the camera tracks out from the
game, it reveals a beautiful and moving portrait of a whole community at
risk.