Finn McCool's Football Club

Finn McCool's Football Club: The Birth, Death and Resurrection of a Pub Soccer Team in the City of the Dead
Author	Stephen Rea
Genre	Memoir
Publisher	Pelican Publishing Company
Publication date	February 2009

Finn McCool's Football Club is a 2009 memoir by Belfast author Stephen Rea. It was published by Pelican Publishing Company.^[1]

Synopsis

The book details Rea and his American wife's emigration from Northern Ireland to New Orleans. While living there, Rea became a regular at the Irish pub Finn McCool's, where he helped form a pub soccer team. The book focuses on the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the team, pub and community.

Reception

The book has received mostly positive reviews.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ McKee, Ross (28 September 2009). "Hurricane fails to beat Finn McCool's club". BBC News. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
^ "Expats' Love for the Game Helps Them Rebuild Their Lives After Katrina". New York Times.
^ Advocate, Suzanne Pfefferle Tafur Special to The (2015-08-13). "Book highlights the football club that beat Katrina". The Advocate. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
^ Coviello, 1272731 Will (2018-06-18). "Review: Stephen Rea's World Cup Fever". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2024-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Stephen Rea website

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[1] McKee, Ross (28 September 2009). "Hurricane fails to beat Finn McCool's club". BBC News. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

[2] "Expats' Love for the Game Helps Them Rebuild Their Lives After Katrina". New York Times.

[3] Advocate, Suzanne Pfefferle Tafur Special to The (2015-08-13). "Book highlights the football club that beat Katrina". The Advocate. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[4] Coviello, 1272731 Will (2018-06-18). "Review: Stephen Rea's World Cup Fever". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2024-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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