{"product_id":"pre-order-addicted-villan-shipping-from-1st-august-2026","title":"[Pre Order] Addicted Villan  (Shipping from 1st August 2026)","description":"\u003cp class=\"___1et8vw6 f18zxyen f1mevb6\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"___1cb78qm fl43uef\"\u003eSome people support a football club. Andy Dale is an addict.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"___1et8vw6 f18zxyen f1mevb6\"\u003eIt began, of all things, with a purple C\u0026amp;A tracksuit — an accidental Christmas present from his grandad that quietly nudged him away from the family's Wolves and straight into the arms of Aston Villa. He never recovered. He's not entirely sure he wants to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"___1et8vw6 f18zxyen f1mevb6\"\u003eHe was officially diagnosed in lockdown — by his long-suffering wife, not a doctor — and the symptoms have only worsened with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"___1et8vw6 f18zxyen f1mevb6\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"___11wyd0v f1j4dglz\"\u003eAddicted Villan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the true, funny and gloriously honest confession of a lifelong claret-and-blue habit: half memoir, half love letter, entirely guilty as charged. It runs from the swagger of the seventies, through every promotion, relegation, false dawn and famous night, all the way to a warm evening in Istanbul in 2026 that he's still not sure he's come to terms with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"___1et8vw6 f18zxyen f1mevb6\"\u003eIt's a book about a football club. It's also a book about time — measured out in fixtures, managers, shirts, and exactly where you were sitting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"___1et8vw6 f18zxyen f1mevb6\"\u003eYou get the lot: the European Cup in Rotterdam, the men in the dugout, the rivals, the heroes gone too young, the deserters, the daft superstitions, and top-ten lists he can rattle off faster than his own phone number. He can summon Nii Lamptey's debut goal against Wigan in a heartbeat — yet hasn't a clue where he left his glasses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"___1et8vw6 f18zxyen f1mevb6\"\u003eIf that sounds familiar, congratulations. You're one too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"___1et8vw6 f18zxyen f1mevb6\"\u003eBecause this isn't really a Villa book. It's a book about the beautiful, ridiculous condition of caring far too much about eleven players in coloured shirts. Every club has its addicts. Andy's just happen to bleed claret and blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"___1et8vw6 f18zxyen f1mevb6\"\u003eWarm, sharp and very hard to put down — with no known cure. And Andy's never once looked for one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"___1dgimjo f1ern45e f1n71otn f1h8hb77 f1deefiw fn4h89p fbgiajp fbxl46w f1wswflg\"\u003e","brand":"Andy Dale Writes Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56314952057211,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0908\/8410\/files\/AddictedVillanFCFinallowres.jpg?v=1782558018","url":"https:\/\/andy-dale-writes.myshopify.com\/products\/pre-order-addicted-villan-shipping-from-1st-august-2026","provider":"Andy Dale Writes Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}