Mark Worrall

Mark Worrall is a British author born in London in 1961 who is mainly associated with football literature, and more specifically Chelsea Football Club.

As with fellow Chelsea supporters John King and ^[1] Martin Knight who would go on to achieve great commercial success as authors, Worrall developed his writers craft penning articles for a wide variety of Blues related publications including the Chelsea Independent, a forerunner of the fanzine Matthew Harding's Blue And White Army, which is now named cfcuk. His first book 'Over Land and Sea' was published in 2004 and relayed the adventures of the fabled Chelsea Gate 17 crew, of which Worrall is an integral part, as they followed the fortunes of the Blues during the UEFA Champions League campaign of the previous season which coincided with the Clubs takeover by Roman Abramovich.

In 2007 Worrall's autobiographical first 'novel' "Blue Murder - Chelsea Till I Die" was published.

Named after the entry gate at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground, Gate 17 books was established in November 2007 as an imprint of respected publishing house Troubador. The first title published by this Chelsea themed imprint was a second edition of 'Over Land and Sea' which had achieved cult-classic status amongst Blues fans. A second title, 'One Man Went to Mow', a follow up to 'Over Land and Sea', which provided a detailed insight into the demise of Jose Mourinho as manager of the club ^[2] was published on January 15, 2008.

'Chelsea here Chelsea there', co-written with fellow Chelsea author Kelvin Barker and David Johnstone, the editor of the respected cfcuk fanzine and a champion of causes for Blues supporters ^[3] was published by Gate 17 on August 25, 2009, the publication date uniquely commemorating the 25th anniversary of the day Chelsea returned to the old First Division to play Arsenal FC at Highbury Stadium (the focus of the book) after an absence from top flight football of five years. Chelsea Football Club marked the publication of this title at Stamford Bridge with a special launch party ^[4] which featured Blues legend Kerry Dixon who scored in that game signing copies alongside the authors.

In 2010 Worrall edited 'Chelsea Football Fanzine - the best of cfcuk - Volume One', an anthology spanning the first fifty issues of the seminal Blues fanzine.

A social member of Cheam Sports Club in Surrey where he does the majority of his writing, Mark Worrall remains captivated by the shared experience of supporting Chelsea Football Club.

Bibliography

• Mark Worrall (2010). Chelsea Football Fanzine the best of cfcuk Volume One : Gate 17 paperback. ISBN 9780955745942. 
• Mark Worrall : Kelvin Barker : David Johnstone (2009). Chelsea here Chelsea there : Gate 17 paperback. ISBN 9780955745935. 
• Mark Worrall (2008). One Man Went to Mow : Gate 17 hardback. ISBN 9780955745911. 
• Mark Worrall (2007). Over Land and Sea : Gate 17 second edition. ISBN 9780955745904. 
• Mark Worrall (2007). Blue Murder : Chelsea Till I Die. ISBN 9781906085001. 
• Mark Worrall (2004). Over Land and Sea. ISBN 9781904744276. 

References

1. ^ Opinions, Observations and Research Literary Kicks
2. ^ Jose Mourinho left Chelsea by mutual consent, Daily Telegraph
3. ^ Chelsea football fans dining on Marcos £45 fish and chip supper, Daily Mail
4. ^ Chelsea here Chelsea there' book signing, Chelsea Football Club

External links

• GATE 17 is the official MARK WORRALL / Chelsea Gate 17 website

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