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Another Saturday & Sweet F.A Kindle Edition

by Calvin Wade (Author), Joe Royle (Foreword), Keith Brian (Photographer) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 313 ratings
In the summer of 2013, Calvin Wade, a man with football in his blood and very little in his wallet, decided to embark upon an F.A Cup adventure that he and his father had discussed for over thirty years. The idea was to head to a game in the Extra Preliminary Round of the F.A Cup and then follow the winners of each game, up and down the country, through every round, until eventually reaching the bright lights of Wembley and the F.A Cup Final.
This is not only an autobiographical account of a nine month journey through the 2013-14 footballing season, especially the F.A Cup, but it is also a story about family, friendship, financial struggle and a footballing past. It is about tales new and old with English Peles, a man known as 'The Casual Hopper' and football fans of all ages throughout the British Isles.
With a foreword by former F.A Cup winning manager, Joe Royle, 'Another Saturday & Sweet F.A' seeks to show that Bill Shankly was right after all and sometimes football can be more important than life and death.
* Fifty pence from the sale of the paperback and Kindle versions of this book will be donated to The Christie Charity. The charity raises money to fund projects at The Christie Hospital, Manchester, which are outside the scope of the NHS.
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Calvin Wade

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Calvin Wade was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire in 1971. He studied Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University, graduating in 1992. On graduation, he worked in a record shop for eighteen months to fund a backpacking trip around the world.

Since returning from his travels,the majority of his working life was spent in the mortgage industry, working for Alliance & Leicester, Yorkshire Building Society and Birmingham Midshires. During this period, he ran five marathons, three in London and one each in Liverpool and New York. His first London Marathon was run in a fancy dress house where he was narrowly beaten by an apple, a banana and a pear.

In 2006, he wrote a five minute monologue for BBC Radio Five Live entitled, "I Hate Football", which was performed by Johnny Vegas. It first aired in June 2006 and was repeated on a Christmas Day special.

'Forever is Over' was his debut novel in 2011, which peaked in the Amazon UK Top 20 in ebook format. This was followed by a second fictional novel, 18 months later called 'Kiss My Name'.

Two non-ficitonal books then followed. The first, 'Another Saturday & Sweet FA' was the story of attending all 14 rounds of the FA Cup with his father, a former FA Amateur Cup Finalist and a charity fundraising groundhopper called Alan Oliver.

The popularity of 'Another Saturday & Sweet FA' led to a decision to cover the FA Cup, FA Trophy & FA Vase, one season after the other, to make up a footballing trilogy. The story of the FA Trophy adventure, "Brutal Giants & The Village King (A Ferriby Fairytale)" was released in April 2015. 50p from the sale of each football ebook/book is donated to a specialist cancer hospital in Manchester, The Christie.

On 28th July 2015, a third fictional book called 'Waiting For The Bee Stings' was released on ebook. It reached #2 in UK Amazon Kindle Chart in November 2015.

In December 2016, the third and final football book, 'The Unbreakable Vase' was released co-written with friends, Alan Oliver and Gordon Johnson. This was followed, in May 2017, by Calvin's fourth fictional book, 'Living On A Rainbow'.

26th June 2020 marks the release of Calvin's fifth fictional ebook 'Our Broken Fairy Tale'.

Calvin Wade is married to Alison and has two sons, Brad and Joel.

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Customers find this book to be a wonderful read that captures the real spirit of the FA Cup and brings the game to life. The story is told with passion, and one customer notes how it provides insight into various levels of the game. Moreover, they appreciate the book's honesty, with one review highlighting how the author's humanity shines through at all stages. Additionally, customers value the book's charitable aspect, noting the significant amount of money raised for a worthy cause.

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Customers find the book to be a wonderful and reasonably entertaining read, particularly appealing to football supporters.

"...Another Saturday and Sweet F.A is a great read, and one I would recommend to football (or soccer as our American cousins call it) fans everywhere." Read more

"...The book is an easy read to be fair but has some great insight into lower league and semi proffesional teams and grounds, as a premiere league only..." Read more

"...Thoroughly enjoyed this, would definitely recommend this to any football fans, I don't usually read non fiction but I enjoyed it a lot...." Read more

"The football side of the book is quite interesting and offers an insight into various levels of the game...." Read more

23 customers mention ‘Story quality’23 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the stories in the book, which are told with passion, and one customer notes how it chronicles an epic journey.

"...The book is a journal, a diary, a true story and a superb documentation of the lives of ordinary football supporters, their feelings, their families..." Read more

"...This isn't just an author, this is a real person telling the story, they have the same day to day problems as us...." Read more

"...It is beautifully written, interesting and full of anecdotes. As a non knowledgable football type person I can very highly recommend this book...." Read more

"...He has a nice way of weaving anecdotes into the narrative and I found myself beginning to care about the people who joined him on his FA Cup odyssey...." Read more

18 customers mention ‘Insight’18 positive0 negative

Customers find the book insightful, bringing the games to life, with one customer noting it provides great understanding of various levels of the game.

"...The book is a journal, a diary, a true story and a superb documentation of the lives of ordinary football supporters, their feelings, their families..." Read more

"...The book is an easy read to be fair but has some great insight into lower league and semi proffesional teams and grounds, as a premiere league only..." Read more

"...side of the book is quite interesting and offers an insight into various levels of the game...." Read more

"...It is beautifully written, interesting and full of anecdotes. As a non knowledgable football type person I can very highly recommend this book...." Read more

11 customers mention ‘Uplifting’11 positive0 negative

Customers find the book truly uplifting, capturing the real spirit of the FA, with one customer noting how it provides insight into the FA Cup journey.

"...There is also Calvin's own story that makes the trip poignant and flags up that in hard times there is a great charitable spirit out there to be..." Read more

"...Father through the journey and the friends he makes on the way is truly uplifting...." Read more

"...This is an enjoyable and uplifting book, even if Chippenham Town, Barnet, Welling Utd, nor Ebbsfleet happen to feature on this occasion." Read more

"...respective clubs, linked to Calvin’s very real, honest and touching personal journey. Can’t recommend this book enough!" Read more

10 customers mention ‘Writing style’8 positive2 negative

Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, with one customer noting it is written in diary form, while another describes it as a semi-autobiography.

"...The book is a journal, a diary, a true story and a superb documentation of the lives of ordinary football supporters, their feelings, their families..." Read more

"...from the other two, them being fiction and this being a semi autobiography style book...." Read more

"...This book is written in diary form and is autobiographical so you get to know about Calvin and his friends and family as well as his passion for..." Read more

"...of the story and really wanted to enjoy its telling but the writing style is so clunky that I just couldn't get through it...." Read more

7 customers mention ‘Honesty’7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the honesty in the book, with one noting how the author's humanity shines through at all stages, while another highlights the real insight into the real heroes behind each club.

"...I had a tear in my eye at one point. Calvin is extremely honest about himself and and sometimes too harsh on himself...." Read more

"...Calvin's style of writing, it is so easy to read and he describes his characters so well...." Read more

"...Calvin is both honest and passionate about his love for football and brought together the delights of non league football and league football..." Read more

"...The author's humanity shines through at all stages...." Read more

7 customers mention ‘Value for money’7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's value, noting it raises money for a worthy cause, with one customer specifically mentioning it supports a valued cancer charity.

"...the trip poignant and flags up that in hard times there is a great charitable spirit out there to be found growing out of sad cases as in the appeal..." Read more

"...for the game shine through and It was great that they raised money for a fine charity." Read more

"...For the price this is a bargain and an enjoyable read. And the added bonus of supporting a valued cancer charity." Read more

"...is not all about football, it discusses family issues, death, financial struggles, and the author comes across as a very decent guy...." Read more

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  • Sashadoo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Superb read, a chronicle of sporting life, dedication and passion told through the eyes of real supporters of the game!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2015
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    Still can't believe this book was offered as a free 'purchase'. This was a terrific read from start to finish.The book chronicles an epic journey, undertaken by author Calvin Wade and a small group of devoted friends and his father, in a quest to follow one football season's F.A. Cup from start to finish by attending one game per round starting in the lower reaches of English football with the preliminary rounds of the competition and then following the winning team from each match all the way to the eventual Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Along the way, 'Cal' meets Alan Oliver and begins a friendship that sees him aiding Alan in his quest to raise funds for a cancer charity while also following the F.A Cup trail in the same way. And yet, this book is some much more than a simple story about football, or the F.A Cup in particular. It is about people, the kind of people who, week in, week out, give their time and efforts freely at the grass roots level of our national sport, without whom the sport simply couldn't survive for so many others who have neither the will nor the resources to follow the 'big' teams in the world of first class professional football. The book is a journal, a diary, a true story and a superb documentation of the lives of ordinary football supporters, their feelings, their families and their hopes and aspirations for their teams, whether it be Workington Town or Wigan Athletic, West Didsbury or West Ham! The book is a real eye-opener for anyone who thinks that football is all about the Chelseas, Manchester Uniteds or Arsenals of this world. It isn't as those who read Mr. Wade's book will soon come to realise. Who remembers the glory days of great amateur clubs like Skelmersdale United, and the days when the F.A. Amateur Cup Final drew crowds almost as large as the professional game to Wembley? The author does, because his own father played for the club! The amateur game may be seriously overlooked today, but it certainly hasn't been forgotten by those who helped keep the game alive and brought so much pleasure to so many over the years, without taking a single penny out of the game. Another Saturday and Sweet F.A is a great read, and one I would recommend to football (or soccer as our American cousins call it) fans everywhere.
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  • james h
    4.0 out of 5 stars The book is an easy read to be fair but has some great insight ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 September 2014
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    I'm not really usually one for non fiction books or sport books in general but as everton fan (as is the author) thouht would give it a go. Must admit have been very pleasantly surprised. The author follows the 2013/2014 FA Cup through all rounds starting at the preliminary ones all the way to Wembley. Well hopefully he does as I'm about half way through. The book is an easy read to be fair but has some great insight into lower league and semi proffesional teams and grounds, as a premiere league only follower is good to be reminded there is so much more football around the country than finishing in the top 4 and 30 million deadline day transfers.

    Also enjoyed there is much more than just writting about each match in the book, the authors personal woes with giving up a good job he disliked so much and trying to become a full time writter and the financial burdens of doing what makes you happy. Along with the weird and wonderful supporters that follow all levels of football any given match day.

    Well worth a read and feel bad I downloaded it for free as well worth a few quid at least.
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  • andylennon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Read!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2014
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    I'm becoming quite a big fan of Calvin Wade. His first book "Forever is Over" actually inspired me to write my own book. I enjoyed his second book "Kiss my Name" just as much!

    This book obviously is completely different from the other two, them being fiction and this being a semi autobiography style book. However, the style of writing in this is the same as Wades earlier books, his writing style makes it very easy to read, you feel as if he is talking to you directly.

    I was looking forward to this book quite a lot, apart from like Wades earlier work, as I mentioned, I too am an Everton fan and I knew that there would be a bit of bias/stories in there towards the Toffees. Having said that, there is a lot more to this book than just football. Wade actually opens himself up to the readers, actually exposing his personal & financial problems that he was suffering during the beginning of writing this. That must have been very difficult to do and was a very bold move. I think that however was a big clincher in this book, I felt within a few chapters that I knew Wade a lot better and I could begin to relate to him a lot. This isn't just an author, this is a real person telling the story, they have the same day to day problems as us.

    Alan, who Wade meets on his journey sounds like a great bloke and I hope he achieves everything he wants and more in his fund raising for "The Christie".

    Thoroughly enjoyed this, would definitely recommend this to any football fans, I don't usually read non fiction but I enjoyed it a lot. Even if you aren't a massive football fan, you'll most likely enjoy it, as I said earlier there is far more to this book than just football.

    Can't wait for the next one!
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  • Superdon
    3.0 out of 5 stars More Football less finance !
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2015
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    The football side of the book is quite interesting and offers an insight into various levels of the game. However the constant moaning about his financial problems and how he gave up a lucrative job because he did`nt like the manner in which management spoke to subordinates, welcome to the real world mate !
    The book seems to want to highlight how many "contacts" and "friends" in football that he has. I`m not really interested in how popular you are, I want to learn about the people you meet not how everyone loves you.
    A reasonably entertaining read that could benefit from some serious editing.
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  • John Paul Rowe
    4.0 out of 5 stars I love the FA Cup and this was a great account ...
    Reviewed in the United States on 6 March 2015
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    An enjoyable book, I love the FA Cup and this was a great account of the journey through the tournament......The non league rounds were especially good. Can you do an FA Trophy book sometime Calvin??
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  • Bangkok Phil
    3.0 out of 5 stars An OK read
    Reviewed in the United States on 18 November 2015
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    This idea of doing an FA Cup journey is always something I have fancied doing - to choose a team in the first qualifying round and then follow the winners of that match into the next round and so on all the way to the final itself. I was surprised and delighted to find that there are at least three books written by people who have done the FA Cup journey - and Calvin's book became the first one on my list to read.

    Many sections of the book are about Calvin's youth, his university days, his footballing career, his employment etc and for me this was the book's downfall. I would have liked to have read more about the football matches and less about Calvin's life. No disrespect to Calvin because he comes across as a fine fellow, but like me and the vast majority of people, he hasn't led what you would call a life out of the ordinary in any way. I just found the chapters that focused on his life to be overlong and tedious.

    I think the book would have been much more fun to read (and to write) if Calvin had relied on public transport to get him to the games rather than drive directly to all the stadiums and also perhaps spent some time exploring the towns and cities where the games took place (Steve Leach does this to great effect in his book 'Conference Season')

    I think Calvin was also 'unlucky' that hardly any of the games he attended went to replays so he didn't face long mid-week journeys and driving home in the dark. Most of his FA Cup journey was pretty 'comfortable' from a logistical point of view.

    Overall, an OK read.
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  • Paul G
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, sweet book, good cause.
    Reviewed in the United States on 30 July 2014
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    Really enjoyed the read, even if it needed a good edit. The hominess was appealing to me and fit the book. It's also a fundraiser, so you can feel good about buying it.
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