Still An Ordinary Spectator

<p>In this follow-up to his award-winning book <em>An Ordinary Spectator: 50 Years of Watching Sport</em> John Rigg presents a collection of his wide-ranging sports writing over the last five years.</p><p><em>Still An Ordinary Spectator: Five More Years of Watching Sport</em> captures the thrill of watching some of the best sportsmen of the modern era – Rory McIlroy Robert Lewandowski Cameron Smith <em>et al</em> – at the top of their game. But it’s not all star athletes; John also introduces the reader to the casual acquaintances he has encountered and the local sporting events he has watched during this most recent stage of his long sports-spectating journey.</p><p>From high-school American football in San Antonio to club cricket in Saltaire the book reflects on sport’s inherent capacity to act as a barometer of the society around it with a rich combination of contemporary detail and historical digression.</p>