Irish Times Sports Book of the YearDublin has become the dominant force in Gaelic football, setting new standards of skill and efficiency. But it was not very long ago that the county was a byword for underachievement and disorganization. Every year from 1996 to 2010, the Dubs found new and creative ways of losing, of causing their fans to suffer, and of earning the scorn of the wider GAA public.Based on interviews with former players and coaches, Dublin The Chaos Years tells the entertaining and sometimes scarcely believable story of how the Dubs managed to make such a hames of things over a period of fifteen years. It also traces the beginnings of the turnaround, as the bad habit of failure began to give way to a healthier culture. Full of frank, witty and sometimes outrageous stories and analysis from the people who were at the centre of it, Dublin The Chaos Years is a book for every Gaelic football fan.Fascinating Kieran Cunningham, Irish Daily StarFrom unwelcoming veterans to arseboxing and collapsing human pyramids to marching to the Hill to startled earwigs to champs, Cotter has it all covered in a very wellwritten and insightful read Kieran Shannon, Irish ExaminerThis book offers fascinating insight into the egos, dressing room divides, and bad habits which held the county back on the field. ... [Its] full of honest and witty interviews with players, coaches and officials from that revolutionary period. Darren Frehil, RT CultureCotter has done some terrific...

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: WSBT; Weight: 326 g; Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 21

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