How Football Stole Our Hearts

Two raconteurs with a passion for their native North East and the Beautiful Game share their love of both in a conversation with each other and their audiences.

Join Michael Chaplin (Newcastle United Stole My Heart) & Harry Pearson (The Far Corner, The Farther Corner) for an evening of conversation about our region’s football – the highs, the lows & the even lowers. 

Covering everything from the dribbling skills of Alan Suddick to Chris Waddle’s mullet, via Ron Guthrie’s Norseman lager win bonus and the open-topped Gents at Dean Street, this event is a must for anyone who can’t hear the name “Jinky” Jim Smith without emitting a wry chuckle.

Michael Chaplin is a playwright, a television and non-fiction writer, and a former producer and executive at ITV and the BBC. His writing credits include the highly successful television series Grafters and Monarch of the Glen, as well as nearly 100 plays for the theatre and BBC Radio 4.  

Harry Pearson is a journalist and writer specialising in sport.  He has written over 800 columns for The Guardian as well as being a regular contributor to the monthly football magazine, When Saturday Comes.  He has written 10 works of non-fiction to critical acclaim.